Search results for "Heart failure"
Interpreters pinpoint challenges for heart failure patients with limited English proficiency
Twenty interpreters at a U.S. academic medical center reported in interviews that heart failure etiology, prognosis, and treatment options were difficult to explain clearly to patients with limited English proficiency.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/11/interpreters-pinpoint-challenges-for-heart-failure-patients-with-limited-english-proficiency.htm
11 May 2022
When your patient is on dialysis
A nephrologist ran down the initial steps hospitalists should take after admitting a long-term dialysis patient during a lecture at Internal Medicine Meeting 2022.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/11/when-your-patient-is-on-dialysis.htm
11 May 2022
A different score and factor to consider before surgery
Hospitalists should think beyond the Revised Cardiac Risk Index when providing preoperative assessments, attendees at Internal Medicine Meeting 2022 learned.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/04/a-different-score-and-factor-to-consider-before-surgery.htm
4 May 2022
Heart failure hospitalizations, costs increasing among young adults
Heart failure hospitalizations among adults ages 18 to 45 years increased from 2013 to 2018. More than half of patients were Black, and 45.8% lived in ZIP codes in the lowest quartile of national household income, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/27/heart-failure-hospitalizations-costs-increasing-among-young-adults.htm
27 Apr 2022
Empagliflozin shows clinical benefit in patients hospitalized with acute heart failure
A secondary analysis of the industry-funded EMPULSE trial found that patients with acute heart failure who initiated the sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor had improvements in symptoms, physical limitations, and quality of life compared to those who received placebo.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/13/empagliflozin-shows-clinical-benefit-in-patients-hospitalized-with-acute-heart-failure.htm
13 Apr 2022
Cardiac societies issue new joint guideline on management of heart failure
The updated guideline recommends sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors for many heart failure patients, regardless of their diabetes status, among other changes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/06/free/cardiac-societies-issue-new-joint-guideline-on-management-of-heart-failure.htm
6 Apr 2022
Ease up on antipsychotics
Antipsychotics started for an episode of agitation in the ICU are often continued through hospitalization and even after discharge, posing serious health risks to patients, experts say.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/06/free/ease-up-on-antipsychotics.htm
6 Apr 2022
Timely follow-up after hospitalization may reduce disparities in readmissions
In a retrospective cohort study of Medicare beneficiaries, follow-up within seven days of discharge was associated with reduced 30-day readmissions and was predicted to help mitigate higher readmission rates among Black and dual-eligible patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/06/free/timely-follow-up-after-hospitalization-may-reduce-disparities-in-readmissions.htm
6 Apr 2022
Periop in a pandemic
Without data or guidelines on when and whether to perform surgery on the many patients who have had COVID-19 infections after vaccination, hospitals and hospitalists are developing their own plans and protocols.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/23/free/periop-in-a-pandemic.htm
23 Mar 2022
Women less likely to get guideline-recommended care for MI with cardiogenic shock
The analysis of patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction (MI) with cardiogenic shock found higher rates of in-hospital mortality and major bleeding in women compared to men but no difference in mortality or heart failure hospitalizations at one year.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/23/women-less-likely-to-get-guideline-recommended-care-for-mi-with-cardiogenic-shock.htm
23 Mar 2022