Search results for "Heart failure"
Cardiology groups issue guidance on heart failure
A focused update addresses biomarkers, new therapies for stage C heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, new data on important comorbidities, and new insights into heart failure prevention.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/03/4.htm
3 May 2017
December 14, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/14/
Influenza associated with worse in-hospital outcomes in heart failure patients
Rates of in-hospital mortality, acute respiratory failure with and without mechanical ventilation, and acute kidney injury with and without dialysis were higher in heart failure patients who had influenza versus those who did not.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/01/09/3.htm
9 Jan 2019
CAD testing associated with improved outcomes in new-onset heart failure
A retrospective cohort study found that risk for heart failure readmission or all-cause mortality was lower in patients hospitalized with new-onset heart failure who underwent coronary artery disease (CAD) testing within 90 days.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/31/cad-testing-associated-with-improved-outcomes-in-new-onset-heart-failure.htm
31 Jan 2024
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/
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
August 24, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/24/
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
January 17, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/17/
Talking about heart failure
Patients with heart failure often have a hard time wrapping their heads around it. Hospitalists can do a lot to improve communication and education during hospitalization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/24/talking-about-heart-failure.htm
24 Aug 2022