Search results for "Atrial Fibrillation"
Guideline-directed care after TIA or nonsevere stroke associated with lower mortality risk
Patients who received brain imaging, carotid artery imaging, antihypertensive intensification, statins, antithrombotics, and anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation after transient ischemic attack (TIA) or nonsevere ischemic stroke had lower risk of mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/10/2.htm
10 Jul 2019
Updated guidelines released on antithrombotic therapy for afib
The American College of Chest Physicians provided 60 recommendation statements in the areas of stroke risk, bleeding risk, antithrombotic therapy, and management of bleeding on oral anticoagulation, among other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/29/5.htm
29 Aug 2018
MKSAP quiz on stroke
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on stroke.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/mksap-quiz-on-stroke.htm
15 Aug 2020
Guidance calls for increased awareness of drug-induced arrhythmias
Some arrhythmias caused by medications, such as bradyarrhythmias and atrial tachycardia, are notable mainly due to their symptoms, while others, such as Brugada syndrome and torsades de points, can lead to sudden death, a scientific statement from the American Heart Association said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/23/4.htm
23 Sep 2020
Hospital performance on one stroke quality measure may predict performance on others
Hospitals that performed well on one of four indicators—carotid imaging, antithrombolytic therapy, treatment in a stroke unit, or discharge to inpatient rehabilitation—tended to also perform well on the other three, and the reverse was also true, with poor performance on one predicting poor performance on the others.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/12/09/4.htm
9 Dec 2020
In-hospital mortality for afib patients appears higher in rural vs. urban hospitals
The electrophysiology and medical communities should look at the findings as a motivational call to initiate prospective studies with the goal of identifying gaps in afib care, an accompanying editorial said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/12/20/3.htm
20 Dec 2017
Syncope, sepsis resuscitation, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/recent-research.htm
15 Oct 2020
Decision pathway addresses bleeding in patients on oral anticoagulants
The guidance from the American College of Cardiology covers management of major and minor bleeding in patients treated with direct-acting oral anticoagulants or vitamin K antagonists for any indication.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/22/4.htm
22 Jul 2020
Infective endocarditis increases ischemic stroke risk for up to two years
The risk of ischemic stroke was highest during the first four weeks after an infective endocarditis diagnosis, and it was lower in patients on anticoagulation, according to the Danish registry study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/08/4.htm
8 May 2019
Interrupting DOACs for surgery associated with low rates of major bleeding, clots in afib patients
The standardized strategy stopped direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) for one to two days prior to an elective surgery or procedure and resumed DOACs one to three days afterward, without heparin bridging, in patients with atrial fibrillation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/14/3.htm
14 Aug 2019