Search results for "Heart failure"
First medication for severe frostbite approved
The FDA also warned about smartwatches claiming to measure blood sugar without piercing the skin, among other recent actions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/06/first-medication-for-severe-frostbite-approved.htm
6 Mar 2024
Heart failure readmission rates not associated with quality or mortality
The results raise questions about the validity of 30-day readmissions as a performance and payment metric for hospitals, the authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/16/2.htm
16 Nov 2016
July 13, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/13/
BNP predicts mortality, even in patients without heart failure
The results suggest that an elevated B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) level in a patient without heart failure may warrant additional investigation, including assessment of cardiac structure and function, study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/16/1.htm
16 May 2018
March 16, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/16/
Heart failure may be independent risk factor for VTE
Researchers performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the absolute and relative risks (RRs) for venous thromboembolism after hospital admission in patients with heart failure, finding a pooled RR of 1.51 compared to other hospitalized patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/12/16/3.htm
16 Dec 2015
Cases from the Medical College of Wisconsin
A mycotic aneurysm, retroperitoneal hematoma, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/28/free/cases-from-the-medical-college-of-wisconsin.htm
28 Feb 2024
High d-dimer level on admission for heart failure may indicate higher short-term stroke risk
The study found the optimal d-dimer cutoff value for the risk of ischemic stroke in the hospital or within 30 days was 3.5 µg/mL, and no patients with a d-dimer level under the reference limit of normal had a stroke during follow-up.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/13/1.htm
13 Jun 2018
Systematic review looks at effects of transitional care clinics
Implementation of transitional care clinics for recently hospitalized patients without a primary care clinician appeared to be associated with reductions in ED visits and readmissions, but no change in mortality, compared to usual care, according to a review.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/24/systematic-review-looks-at-effects-of-transitional-care-clinics.htm
24 Apr 2024
Acute kidney injury
Documenting acute kidney injury frequently requires assessing the trajectory of a patient's creatinine levels.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/17/acute-kidney-injury.htm
17 Jan 2024