Worsening renal function (WRF) in hospitalized patients with systolic heart failure: prevalence and risk factors

Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, data from medical records of 347 hospitalized patients diagnosed with HFrEF from 2019 to 2020, admitted to Tabriz Shahid Madani Heart Hospital, who met the predefined inclusion criteria, were retrieved. Patients were divided into two groups based on the in-hospital occurrence of WRF. Laboratory tests and para-clinical findings were collected and analyzed using SPSS Version 20.0. Statistical significance was accepted at a P value of <0.05.