Search results for "Risk Prediction"
Intensive care management for high-risk VA patients didn't affect overall costs
The trial focused on patients in the Veterans Affairs system (VA) who had recently had a hospital admission or ED visit and who were considered high risk for admission within 90 days.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/06/4.htm
6 Jun 2018
New biomarker for ACS offers better mortality risk prediction than GRACE score
Amyloid-β (1-40) was associated with mortality, even after adjustment for variables including age, sex, diabetes, high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T and C-reactive protein levels, revascularization, and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) type.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/23/3.htm
23 May 2018
Taking the mystery out of falls
Donna M. Miller, MD, ACP Member, offered advice on diagnosing and preventing falls at the Mayo Clinic Hospital Medicine 2017 conference.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/taking-the-mystery-out-of-falls.htm
15 Jan 2018
Four factors predict risk of DVT when it's suspected in hospitalized patients
Researchers created a risk prediction score based on history of deep venous thrombosis (DVT), active cancer, hospital stay of six or more days before imaging, and age 46 years or older.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/09/27/4.htm
27 Sep 2017
Tweaking rapid response teams
Automation, new team members improving outcomes at some hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/09/rapid-response-teams.htm
15 Sep 2015
CHA2DS2-VASc modestly predicts ischemic stroke, thromboembolism, death in heart failure patients
The observation that the risk factors included in the score are particularly significant among heart failure patients without atrial fibrillation is an important result, study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/02/4.htm
2 Sep 2015
In the News
Guidelines on spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage, hospital weekend services, low-risk chest pain patients, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/08/in-the-news.htm
15 Aug 2015
Low-risk chest pain patients unlikely to have cardiac events during hospitalization
Patients who were admitted for chest pain but had negative serial biomarker results had very few adverse cardiac events during hospitalization, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/05/20/1.htm
20 May 2015
Recent Research
Perioperative aspirin and clonidine for AKI, longer surgeries and clot risk, poor neighborhoods and readmissions, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/03/rr.htm
15 Mar 2015
From too little to too much
Experts struggle to find the optimal venous thromboembolism prophylaxis strategy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/01/coverstory.htm
15 Jan 2015