Search results for "Heart failure"
Nontraumatic myocardial injury
Myocardial injury is a relatively new term, necessary to know for documentation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/11/coding-corner-myocardial-injury.htm
15 Nov 2021
Catheters, antibiotics recalled
Recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/11/fda-update-catheters-antibiotics-recalled.htm
15 Nov 2021
New American Heart Association framework for referring patients to advanced HF centers
The first step is to identify whether the patient has clinical signs and symptoms consistent with advanced heart failure (HF), including recurrent hospitalizations, and the second is to assess the likelihood of benefit from referral to an advanced HF center.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/09/22/4.htm
22 Sep 2021
Archaic
Take this quiz and see how well you understand terms that predate the precursor to ICD.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/free/newmans-notions-archaic.htm
15 Sep 2021
Risk for adverse outcomes after early-onset MI appears higher in Black patients
Researchers calculated that 45.7% of race-related disparity in major adverse cardiac events after myocardial infarction (MI) among younger and middle-aged patients was due to lower income, highlighting the importance of social determinants of health.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/09/01/3.htm
1 Sep 2021
Immediate angiography after cardiac arrest did not provide benefit in a trial
Thirty-day mortality was the same in patients resuscitated for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest without ST-segment elevation, regardless of whether they received immediate coronary angiography or initial intensive care with delayed or selective angiography.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/09/01/2.htm
1 Sep 2021
Third-party partnerships influenced hospitals' participation in bundled payment programs
Compared to hospitals without third-party partnerships, those that partnered with private consulting firms in Medicare's voluntary Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative were more likely to select inpatient clinical episodes with higher target prices, leading to greater savings opportunities, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/11/4.htm
11 Aug 2021
Discharge of heart failure patients to settings not recommended by therapists linked to increased readmission risk
Patients hospitalized with congestive heart failure who were discharged to a less intensive postacute setting than that recommended by physical and occupational therapists were more likely to be readmitted within 30 days than those discharged according to recommendations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/04/2.htm
4 Aug 2021
Education, feedback for clinicians did not affect inpatient or postdischarge heart failure outcomes
An intervention targeting hospital clinicians had no significant effect on time to first heart failure rehospitalization or death or quality-of-care scores among patients discharged after hospitalization for acute heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, a recent trial found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/04/3.htm
4 Aug 2021
Hospitalizations for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions associated with functional decline, other adverse outcomes in the elderly
A longitudinal analysis looked at total disability score, functional recovery, and incident nursing home admission within six months of hospitalization for an ambulatory care-sensitive condition, such as diabetes or pneumonia, in elderly community-living adults.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/28/2.htm
28 Jul 2021