Search results for "Heart failure"
Expert clinical decision pathway details diagnosis, management of myocarditis
The guidance from the American College of Cardiology includes a five-step care pathway for myocarditis, including strategies for diagnosis, risk stratification, and surveillance, and proposes four new stages of disease classification.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/12/18/expert-clinical-decision-pathway-details-diagnosis-management-of-myocarditis.htm
18 Dec 2024
Meta-analysis compares mortality benefits of heart failure treatment combinations
Patients taking an angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor, beta-blocker, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor showed the greatest reduction in risk of death, the analysis of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/15/4.htm
15 Dec 2021
Getting worse at heart failure
Despite advances in drugs and guidelines, heart failure mortality is on the rise. An expert researcher offers some solutions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/06/19/getting-worse-at-heart-failure.htm
19 Jun 2024
Beta-blockers after discharge associated with improved outcomes in older patients with heart failure
Ninety-day mortality and readmission rates were significantly lower in Medicare patients who received a beta-blocker after hospital discharge for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction than in those who did not, even if they were 75 years of age and older.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/16/2.htm
16 Jun 2021
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/12/04/docbot.htm
4 Dec 2024
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
ACC updates guidance on inpatient heart failure management
Greater emphasis on initiation of guideline-directed medical therapies and incorporation of palliative care are among the changes the American College of Cardiology (ACC) made in its updated consensus decision pathway.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/08/14/acc-updates-guidance-on-inpatient-heart-failure-management.htm
14 Aug 2024
Medications that can exacerbate heart failure often continued despite heart failure hospitalization
Many heart failure patients were still prescribed albuterol, metformin, or diltiazem at discharge, as well as many other medications on the American Heart Association's list of drugs that can precipitate or induce heart failure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/13/3.htm
13 Nov 2019
March 20, 2024
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/20/
Few patients receiving recommended heart failure therapies after hospitalization
Patients who didn't receive a beta-blocker, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, angiotensin receptor blocker, angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitor, or mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist had a longer length of stay during rehospitalization than those who did.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/12/5.htm
12 Aug 2020