Search results for "Heart Failure"
Men with heart failure more likely to be admitted, get intensive treatment at end of life
Researchers couldn't determine whether women with heart failure were less likely to be hospitalized or to receive intensive or invasive care due to undertreatment of women or overtreatment of men at the end of life.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/12/23/4.htm
23 Dec 2020
May 2018
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/
Complex in-hospital treatment linked to worse outcomes for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
An observational study using data from real-world U.S. clinical practice found that one-third of patients hospitalized for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction experienced treatment escalation beyond initial IV diuretics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/19/3.htm
19 Aug 2020
February 2016
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/
Readmission more likely in heart failure patients with low calorie consumption
A small nutrition study found that all of the heart failure inpatients who reported maintaining a low-sodium diet were consuming an insufficient quantity of calories before hospital admission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/15/5.htm
15 Jul 2020
December 2020
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/
Loop diuretics may improve outcomes in some older patients with heart failure
Researchers used the OPTIMIZE-HF registry to examine mortality and readmission rates in heart failure patients being discharged with a new prescription for loop diuretics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/05/5.htm
5 Aug 2020
July 27, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/27/
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
August 2010
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/08/