Search results for "Heart Failure"
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
March 20, 2024
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/20/
How to identify heart failure in the hospital
About 80% of the time, a good history and physical can diagnose a patient with true heart failure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/05/3.htm
5 Apr 2017
October 11, 2023
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/11/
July 19, 2023
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/19/
Higher-intensity care setting may not be associated with early survival in acute heart failure patients
Survival was higher at 1 year among those initially admitted to the ICU versus the wards, but no survival difference was seen between low-risk patients admitted to the wards versus discharged from the ED, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/03/3.htm
3 Aug 2016
June 21, 2023
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/21/
Updating heart failure documentation
There are important differences between the 2021 universal definition of heart failure and ICD-10-CM terminology.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/27/updating-heart-failure-documentation.htm
27 Jul 2022
Short and long heart failure stays associated with more readmissions than medium-length
The multicenter Canadian study also found the highest mortality rates among heart failure patients with a length of stay that exceeded eight days.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/17/2.htm
17 May 2017
August 31, 2022
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/31/