Search results for "Risk Assessment"
ED treat-and-release visits for fall associated with stroke risk
Patients were almost three times as likely to have an ED treat-and-release visit for a fall in the 15 days before an ischemic stroke than in a 15-day control period a year earlier, a case-crossover study using data from 10 U.S. states found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/24/ed-treat-and-release-visits-for-fall-associated-with-stroke-risk.htm
24 Jul 2024
Study finds racial disparities in hospitalization of patients presenting to ED with ACS
The proportion of patients who were discharged home from the ED with a diagnostic code of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) was 12% among Black patients, 6% among White patients, 9% among Hispanic patients, and 9% among Asian/Pacific Islander patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/28/study-finds-racial-disparities-in-hospitalization-of-patients-presenting-to-ed-with-acs.htm
28 Sep 2022
GRACE score underestimates in-hospital mortality in female ACS patients, study finds
The authors of a new study developed and validated the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) 3.0 score to account for sex-based differences in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and better identify women needing early invasive treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/07/grace-score-underestimates-in-hospital-mortality-in-female-acs-patients.htm
7 Sep 2022
Value of qSOFA score for predicting inpatient mortality judged by two recent studies
One study compared the quick Sequential (Sepsis-Related) Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) to the National Early Warning Score while another analyzed the utility of serial qSOFA measurements.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/29/3.htm
29 Aug 2018
New prediction rule may help detect delirium at hospital admission Weekly
Researchers used modeling to identify four potential risk factors (cognitive impairment, infection, sodium level, and age of 80 years or older) and created a consolidated prediction rule.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/29/2.htm
29 Aug 2018