Search results for "Heart Failure"
New risk score appears valid for predicting mortality in ED patients with acute heart failure
Use of the MEESSI-AHF score could improve patient and economic outcomes by identifying high-risk patients who can benefit from inpatient therapy and triaging low-risk patients who can be safely discharged from the ED, study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/01/30/1.htm
30 Jan 2019
December 14, 2022
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/14/
Better heart failure outcomes associated with readmission to original hospital
Patients readmitted to a different hospital were more likely to be younger, to be male, to live in a rural area, to have been discharged more recently, to have had their initial admission at a teaching hospital, and to arrive at the hospital via ambulance.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/17/3.htm
17 May 2017
September 20, 2023
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/20/
COPD, heart failure, MI patients with marginal need for ICU had no better survival there
ICU admission was also associated with greater hospital costs for heart failure and acute myocardial infarction, but not chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to the retrospective study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/03/01/3.htm
1 Mar 2017
November 23, 2022
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/23/
ARBs may offer same efficacy, better tolerability than ACE inhibitors in patients without heart failure
Authors of the meta-analysis noted that treatment of cardiovascular disease changed considerably during the decade between ACE trials, which were conducted before 2000, and ARB trials, which were conducted after 2000.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/01/13/5.htm
13 Jan 2016
July 13, 2022
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/13/
March 16, 2022
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/16/
BNP predicts mortality, even in patients without heart failure
The results suggest that an elevated B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) level in a patient without heart failure may warrant additional investigation, including assessment of cardiac structure and function, study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/16/1.htm
16 May 2018