Search results for "Myocardial infarction"
High-intensity statins associated with survival after myocardial infarction in elderly
Among French patients 80 years or older at the time of a myocardial infarction, receiving high-intensity lipid-lowering therapy at discharge was associated with lower risk of death over five years.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/08/high-intensity-statins-associated-with-survival-after-myocardial-infarction-in-elderly.htm
8 May 2024
Epinephrine and norepinephrine compared to treat shock after myocardial infarction
Fifty-seven patients in France were randomly assigned to receive epinephrine or norepinephrine, with a primary efficacy outcome of cardiac index evolution and a primary safety outcome of refractory cardiogenic shock.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/04/4.htm
4 Jul 2018
Factors identified to predict risk of type 2 MI in patients hospitalized with COVID-19
Patients who were on antihyperglycemic or anticoagulant medications before admission were less likely to be among the 2.2% of patients who had a type 2 non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (MI) while hospitalized with COVID-19, a retrospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/22/free/factors-identified-to-predict-risk-of-type-2-mi-in-patients-hospitalized-with-covid-19.htm
22 May 2024
Score predicts 90-day readmission risk after myocardial infarction
Predictive factors that could be identified before discharge included age, heart failure, heart rate, dialysis, diabetes, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral artery disease, and chronic lung disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/10/24/2.htm
24 Oct 2018
Myocardial infarction
Be sure to distinguish between type 1 and type 2 when documenting care for a patient with acute myocardial infarction.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/28/myocardial-infarction.htm
28 Jun 2023
AHA scientific statement addresses myocardial infarction in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease
Management of myocardial infarction in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease should include consideration of emergency supportive care, a working diagnosis for patient evaluation, cardioprotective therapies regardless of cause, and cause-targeted therapies, according to the American Heart Association (AHA).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/04/03/1.htm
3 Apr 2019
June 28, 2023
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/28/
New score for predicting inpatient mortality after acute myocardial infarction
Factors independently associated with inpatient mortality after acute myocardial infarction included age, heart rate, systolic blood pressure, presentation after cardiac arrest, presentation in cardiogenic shock, presentation in heart failure, presentation with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, creatinine clearance, and troponin ratio.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/03/4.htm
3 Aug 2016
January 18, 2023
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/18/
EKG and high-sensitivity troponin T may rule out myocardial infarction
Among chest-pain patients with no new ischemia on an electrocardiogram (EKG) and troponin T below 0.005 µg/L, only 0.5% had an acute myocardial infarction during hospitalization and none died.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/19/1.htm
19 Apr 2017