Search results for "Heart Failure"
Use of observation, ED in place of readmission not responsible for heart failure mortality
A new analysis of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) found that increases in postdischarge heart failure mortality started before the program and could be attributed to patients who did not seek acute care in the 30 days after discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/01/29/2.htm
29 Jan 2020
June 21, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/21/
New pathway from ACC offers recommendations on inpatient heart failure care
The pathway from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) extends from ED presentation through the first postdischarge visit and focuses on optimizing patient care and improving outcomes, rather than reducing length of stay or readmissions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/09/18/3.htm
18 Sep 2019
August 31, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/31/
Hospitalizations for heart failure, but not MI, more common during influenza season
During influenza seasons from 2010 to 2014, a 5% monthly increase in influenza activity was associated with a 24% increase in heart failure hospitalizations within the same month.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/04/03/2.htm
3 Apr 2019
September 6, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/06/
Simplified lung ultrasonography quantifies pulmonary congestion in acute heart failure
The number of B-lines found on four-zone lung ultrasonography at heart failure admission predicted in-hospital adverse events, and the number found at discharge predicted risk of readmission or mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/02/2.htm
2 Oct 2019
September 2015
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/09/
Stopping digoxin after a heart failure exacerbation associated with risk of readmission
Patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction who were taking digoxin before hospitalization had higher short-term mortality and long-term readmission risk if the drug was discontinued at discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/31/3.htm
31 Jul 2019
September 20, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/20/