Search results for "Cardiology"
Studies look at outcomes with drug use and heart failure, infective endocarditis
Almost 10% of patients with acute heart failure tested positive for drug use, a French study found, while an analysis of U.S. patients who injected drugs and underwent surgery for infective endocarditis found that 79% had relapsed and 68% had died by five years.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/21/studies-look-at-outcomes-with-drug-use-and-heart-failure-infective-endocarditis.htm
21 Feb 2024
High stakes: Considerations about cannabis
More Americans are taking cannabis, complicating inpatient care. Understanding patients' use patterns and history is key to mitigating risks during a hospital stay.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/07/free/high-stakes-considerations-about-cannabis.htm
7 Feb 2024
Analysis highlights poor outcomes, inconsistent treatment of catastrophic PE
Pulmonary embolism (PE) patients with hemodynamic collapse had a 42.1% risk of mortality, according to data from the Pulmonary Embolism Response Team registry. Only 13.3% of such patients underwent extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and 25% got systemic thrombolysis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/10/analysis-highlights-poor-outcomes-inconsistent-treatment-of-catastrophic-pe.htm
10 Jan 2024
New report lists 10 steps to improving in-hospital cardiac arrest care
The American Heart Association and international organizations offered the steps with the aim of reducing the high morbidity and mortality and worldwide variation in quality of care found with in-hospital cardiac arrest.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/22/new-report-lists-10-steps-to-improving-in-hospital-cardiac-arrest-care.htm
22 Nov 2023
Community paramedics treating heart failure
Cardiologists and paramedics collaborated to keep some patients out of the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/20/community-paramedics-treating-heart-failure.htm
20 Sep 2023
Use of decision aid in ED for patients with AF linked to decrease in admissions
Hospitals that implemented a decision aid to risk stratify patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) in the ED saw a 17% reduction in their odds of hospital admission, but also a small but significant increase in repeat presentations for AF within 30 days, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/02/use-of-decision-aid-in-ed-for-patients-with-af-linked-to-decrease-in-admissions.htm
2 Aug 2023
Readmission, mortality rates high for hospitalized HF patients worldwide
A systematic review and meta-analysis found that 13.2% and 35.7% of heart failure (HF) patients were readmitted at 30 days and one year and that 7.6% and 23.3% had died by those respective time points.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/26/readmission-mortality-rates-high-for-hospitalized-hf-patients-worldwide.htm
26 Jul 2023
Scientific statement offers guidance on myocardial ischemia after cardiac surgery
Diagnosis of acute postoperative myocardial ischemia is made challenging by the absence of universally accepted criteria for the condition, according to experts gathered by the American Heart Association.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/28/scientific-statement-offers-guidance-on-myocardial-ischemia-after-cardiac-surgery.htm
28 Jun 2023
Heart failure care at home
The hospital at home model appears particularly suited to patients who require hospitalization for heart failure, a recent cardiology commentary said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/14/heart-failure-care-at-home.htm
14 Jun 2023
Disparities seen in postdischarge care for Medicaid beneficiaries
A study in Alabama found that 58% of Medicaid beneficiaries with diabetes and heart failure did not receive guideline-recommended care after hospitalization. Risk of inadequate follow-up was particularly high among patients who were Black or Hispanic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/14/free/disparities-seen-in-postdischarge-care-for-medicaid-beneficiaries.htm
14 Jun 2023