Review Article
Improving Prognosis Estimation in Patients with Heart Failure and the Cardiorenal Syndrome
Table 2
Risk score developed by Forman et al. to predict worsening renal function [
15].
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Risk factor | Points |
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History of HF | 1 |
Diabetes | 1 |
Systolic blood pressure >160 mmHg at admission | 1 |
Creatinine levels ≥1.5 and <2.5 mg/dL | 2 |
Creatinine levels ≥2.5 mg/dL | 3 |
| Score | | % of patients with score | % of Patients with worsening renal function | Relative risk |
| 0 | 123 | 12.3 | 9.8 | Referent | 1 | 257 | 25.6 | 18.7 | 1.9 | 2 | 251 | 25 | 20.3 | 2.1 | 3 | 155 | 15.4 | 30.3 | 3.1 | 4+ | 218 | 21.7 | 52.8 | 5.4 |
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