Search results for "Myocardial infarction"
Observation, ED treat-and-discharge visits rose in parallel with drop in readmissions
A new analysis of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program found that hospital revisits within 30 days actually increased among Medicare patients admitted for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, or pneumonia from 2012 to 2015.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/21/3.htm
21 Aug 2019
Buprenorphine, cannabis, and other periop challenges
Perioperative medication management is particularly tricky when it comes to patients who are already taking drugs for chronic pain.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/22/buprenorphine-cannabis-and-other-periop-challenges.htm
22 Nov 2023
Excess days in acute care may improve performance measurement for hospitals
A study found that replacing 30-day readmission rates with a measure of excess days in acute care would change about a quarter of penalties for targeted conditions under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/21/4.htm
21 Oct 2020
July 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/
Risk model assesses function in older patients after hospitalization for acute MI
Five factors, including longer hospital stay and depression, were associated with declines in activities of daily living six months after discharge for a myocardial infarction (MI).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/07/4.htm
7 Oct 2020
Hospitals with higher proportion of Black patients hit with value-based Medicare penalties
Mortality rates for myocardial infarction and pneumonia were consistently higher at hospitals that treated a high proportion of Black patients, and that didn't change after implementation of Medicare's value-based payment program, a 10-year study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/10/hospitals-with-higher-proportion-of-black-patients-hit-with-value-based-medicare-penalties.htm
10 Jan 2024
Meth use associated with higher risk of heart failure, myocardial infarction, stroke
An analysis of hospitalized patients found that those who used methamphetamine had a 32% increase in cardiovascular disease risk compared to nonusers who also had been hospitalized. Risk increases associated with misuse of alcohol and cocaine were 28% and 47%, respectively.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/10/meth-use-associated-with-higher-risk-of-heart-failure-myocardial-infarction-stroke.htm
10 Aug 2022
February issue online and in the mail
This issue looks at collaboration between hospitals, with a main story about improving transfers and an inside feature about providing palliative care at rural facilities.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/02/12/5.htm
12 Feb 2020
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/
Combination of biomarkers appears as accurate as troponin plus clinical signs for identifying type 2 MI
Patients with type 2 myocardial infarction (MI) had higher levels of mid-regional pro-atrial natriuretic peptide, C-terminal pro-endothelin-1, mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin, and procalcitonin than patients with type 1 MI.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/02/4.htm
2 Sep 2020