Search results for "Heart failure"
AHA evaluates heart failure risks from prescription drugs, OTCs, alternative products
The new comprehensive guide identifies prescription medications that may exacerbate underlying myocardial dysfunction or are known to cause direct myocardial toxicity.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/07/20/2.htm
20 Jul 2016
Recognize, respond to restrictive eating disorders
Hiding food, exercising discreetly, and manipulating feeding tubes are just a few behaviors hospitalists may have to address.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/20/recognize-respond-to-restrictive-eating-disorders.htm
20 Mar 2024
Advanced dementia and respiratory failure
A case highlights the importance of addressing prognosis before making care decisions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/31/free/advanced-dementia-and-respiratory-failure.htm
31 Jan 2024
Guideline updated to include new drugs for stage C heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
The update to the 2013 American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association guideline adds the angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor valsartan/sacubitril and the sinoatrial node modulator ivabradine to the list of treatment options.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/05/25/3.htm
25 May 2016
IV iron reduces risk of death, hospitalization in heart failure, meta-analysis finds
The combined results of 14 trials testing IV iron in patients with iron deficiency and heart failures showed significant benefit from iron overall, with potentially greater effect in those with lower baseline transferrin saturation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/03/iv-iron-reduces-risk-of-death-hospitalization-in-heart-failure-meta-analysis-finds.htm
3 Jan 2024
Urine sodium excretion associated with six-month mortality in hospitalized heart failure patients
A study measured 24-hour sodium excretion in patients receiving high-dose loop diuretic therapy for an acute heart failure decompensation and found that it was highly variable both within and among patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/01/1.htm
1 May 2019
Two in five HF patients not on guideline-directed medical therapy at discharge
A study of Veterans Affairs hospitals found that 42% of patients hospitalized for heart failure (HF) in 2013 to 2019 were not prescribed all guideline-recommended medications at discharge, and those receiving care at urban hospitals were even less likely to receive the treatments.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/10/two-in-five-hf-patients-not-on-guideline-directed-medical-therapy-at-discharge.htm
10 Apr 2024
Early treatment with spironolactone not effective for new-onset acute HF
Patients with acute heart failure (HF) who received spironolactone at discharge did not have a lower risk for HF readmission or mortality over the next year but were at higher risk for hyperkalemia, a retrospective cohort study in U.S. hospitals found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/06/early-treatment-with-spironolactone-not-effective-for-new-onset-acute-hf.htm
6 Mar 2024
High-dose spironolactone didn't affect acute heart failure outcomes
The results contrast with previous research suggesting potential benefit from spironolactone, and the authors speculated that the drug could possibly have more effect at a higher dose or in certain subgroups of patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/19/1.htm
19 Jul 2017
August 2017
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