Search results for "Acute MI"
Improving door-to-balloon time for acute MI
The decisions made by hospital staff in the first few minutes following an acute myocardial infarction (MI) often determine whether a patient lives or dies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/02/acute-mi.htm
15 Feb 2007
Beta-blockers not associated with lower risk of death after acute MI in patients without heart failure
An accompanying editorial said that the results shouldn't change clinical practice and should be interpreted with “extreme caution” because of the general limitations inherent to observational studies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/07/4.htm
7 Jun 2017
January 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/01/
Early beta-blocker use may reduce 30-day mortality in patients with acute MI
Patients who received beta-blockers within 48 hours of admission were younger than those who did not, with lower risk scores and fewer comorbidities.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/09/28/4.htm
28 Sep 2016
AHA releases scientific statement on acute MI in women
Differences in clinical presentation affect the timely identification, testing, and management of ischemic symptoms, leading to misdiagnosis, delayed revascularization, and higher acute myocardial infarction mortality rates.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/02/03/2.htm
3 Feb 2016
August 2012
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/08/
Study links cardiac rehab after acute MI with lower mortality but not improved health outcomes
Cardiac rehab participants and nonparticipants both experienced improvements in health status outcomes in the 12 months after discharge, but there were no clinical differences between groups in the mean scores on both survey instruments.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/02/5.htm
2 Nov 2016
July 2015
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/
Haloperidol increases in-hospital mortality after acute MI compared to atypical antipsychotics
The results suggest that atypical antipsychotics may be a less harmful option than haloperidol in older hospital patients with acute myocardial infarction who require an off-label antipsychotic for severe agitation, study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/04/04/1.htm
4 Apr 2018
Prasugrel, ticagrelor show similar safety, efficacy in acute MI treated with PCI
Patients were randomized to either a loading dose of 60 mg prasugrel and a maintenance dose of 10 mg once per day or a loading dose of 180 mg ticagrelor with a maintenance dose of 90 mg twice daily, for 12 months along with a recommended dose of 100 mg of aspirin daily.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/09/14/3.htm
14 Sep 2016