The primary IMAGINE endpoint consisted of the composite of cardiovascular death, resuscitated cardiac arrest, nonfatal MI, coronary revascularization, unstable angina requiring hospitalization, documented angina not requiring hospitalization, congestive heart failure which required hospitalization and stroke.
Overall, there were 71 hospitalizations documented.
Of the 23 events in which the patient was sent to the emergency department or hospital, the exact time of hospitalization was documented in 17 cases.
Length of hospitalization will documented.
Only GIB developed during hospitalization was documented and GIB occurred before admission was not considered.
Only toxicity leading to hospitalization was documented and remained limited, affecting only 17% of patients.
Patients experiencing one or more falls during hospitalization, as documented by the attending nurse, were categorized as fallers.
However, they were identified with delay and included, as their fulfillment of inclusion criteria within the first 24 hours of hospitalization was documented.
Data included the number of defecation during hospitalization as documented by nursing staff, demographics, smoking status, medical history, medication use, admission/discharge diagnoses, and laboratory results (serum albumin, calcium, and potassium levels – obtained from the first set of blood).
Transfusion within 24 hours of admission was associated with high-grade viremia, i.e. CMV viral load greater than 1000 copies/ml (OR 6.7, 95% CI 1.1 to 42.7) [ 11]; however, no association between CMV infection and transfusion during hospitalization was documented in two other studies [ 18].
