Theoretical foundations of mortality risk prediction scales for acute heart failure

Introduction: Heart failure is a public health problem. Multiple scales have been designed to predict mortality risk.Objective: to systematize the theoretical references that support the mortality risk prediction scales due to acute heart failureDevelopment: different researchers approach the prediction process from different areas of knowledge, at the national and international level, and theoretical positions related to the topic are adopted.Conclusions: the systematization carried out on the mortality prediction scales for acute heart failure allowed us to establish an approach to the theoretical references that support the topic.