Search results for "Heart failure"
April 6, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/06/
Heart failure readmissions were on the decline before HRRP began
Readmission rates and trends were similar for patients with heart failure as a primary or secondary diagnosis, according to a retrospective study of Medicare admissions before and after the start of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/03/06/4.htm
6 Mar 2019
June 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/06/
August 17, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/17/
Multiple ED visits may be marker of mortality risk in heart failure patients
Patient factors associated with visiting the ED three times within six months of a hospitalization included higher comorbidity burden, residence in a rural area, and lack of a primary care clinician.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/04/04/4.htm
4 Apr 2018
June 22, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/22/
Sacubitril-valsartan reduced NT-proBNP more than enalapril in acute heart failure
The industry-funded trial found similar rates of renal failure, hyperkalemia, symptomatic hypotension, and angioedema whether patients started sacubitril-valsartan or enalapril during their heart failure hospitalization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/11/14/3.htm
14 Nov 2018
August 24, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/24/
Hospitals' heart failure mortality rates associated with patients' long-term outcomes
Hospitals with better 30-day mortality rates had higher adherence to recommended processes of care, including use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators, cardiac resynchronization therapies, and postdischarge follow-up.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/03/21/2.htm
21 Mar 2018
Use your window into heart failure
A new guideline and experts urge hospitalists to maximize heart failure therapies, but also to be aware of their costs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/27/free/use-your-window-into-heart-failure.htm
27 Jul 2022