Acute cardiac care & resuscitationCohort study
Short and long-term prognosis of hospitalization for dyspnoea based on aetiology and hospitalization ward: insights from the PARADISE cohort
- Prospective cohort study
- consecutive patients
Authors' conclusion
Patients hospitalized for dyspnoea face a high-risk of mortality both in-hospital and post-discharge.
Study context
- Population
- Patients hospitalized after an emergency department (ED) visit for dyspnoea, 2010–2019 (PARADISE cohort)
- Participants
- 18,903 patients
- Exposure
- Specialized ward vs other ward; dyspnoea aetiologies
- Outcome
- In-hospital and long-term mortality by aetiology and hospitalization setting
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Five-year all-cause mortality (discharged alive) · 5 years
- In-hospital mortality overall
- 12%
- In-hospital mortality, asthma
- 1.1%
- In-hospital mortality, acute heart failure (AHF) and respiratory infection (RI)
- 15%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Long-term mortality, specialized ward hospitalization
| Comparison | adjusted-HR (95% CI) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Specialized ward · RI | 0.90 (0.82–0.99) | P = 0.02 | |
| Specialized ward · AHF | 0.90 (0.82–0.99) | P = 0.03 | |
| 0.512Adjusted-hr (log scale) |
Long-term mortality, specialized ward hospitalization
- Specialized wards associated with significantly reduced in-hospital mortality across all aetiologies
Original publication
Short and long-term prognosis of hospitalization for dyspnoea based on aetiology and hospitalization ward: insights from the PARADISE cohort. Eur J Heart Fail. Published 22 January 2026. doi:10.1093/ejhf/xuaf027
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it