Search results for "Disabilities"
Early minimally invasive surgery may improve outcomes for certain intracerebral hemorrhages
An industry-sponsored trial found that functional outcomes at 180 days were better with minimally invasive hematoma evacuation plus guideline-based medical management than medical management alone, if surgery could be done within 24 hours.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/17/early-minimally-invasive-surgery-may-improve-outcomes-for-certain-intracerebral-hemorrhages.htm
17 Apr 2024
Patients with interhospital stroke transfers had higher mortality, more severe disability than front-door patients
The differing characteristics of patients who are transferred should be accounted for in the quality measurements of receiving hospitals, the study authors suggested.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/09/12/3.htm
12 Sep 2018
Patient-reported behavioral, economic factors predict mortality after cardiac hospitalization
Patients who reported being unemployed, retired, or unable to work due to disability at discharge from a cardiovascular hospitalization were significantly more likely to die during three-year follow up, a single-center study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/10/patient-reported-behavioral-economic-factors-predict-mortality-after-cardiac-hospitalization.htm
10 Apr 2024
Endovascular thrombectomy reduced disability when given within 7 hours of symptoms
The odds of a stroke patient who received thrombectomy in addition to medical therapy having better function at 90 days than a patient who received medical therapy alone decreased the longer the patient spent between symptom onset and arterial puncture.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/10/05/2.htm
5 Oct 2016
December 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/
Recurrent TIA and minor stroke associated with resulting disabilities, study finds
A detailed prospective study of transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) and minor stroke found 15% of patients were disabled at 90 days, even though most of them did not have a recurrent event.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/09/26/6.htm
26 Sep 2012
October 12, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/12/
Thrombolysis seems safe in patients with preexisting disability
Stroke patients with preexisting disability don't appear to have a higher risk of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage after thrombolysis, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/02/12/3.htm
12 Feb 2014
April 10, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/10/
IDSA guidelines aim to reduce death, disability and cost of prosthetic joint infections
Multispecialty physician teams need to work together to reduce disability, death and costs associated with the ever-growing number of prosthetic joint infections, according to the first guidelines on the topic by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/12/12/4.htm
12 Dec 2012