Search results for "Heart failure"
New drug for acute heart failure failed to improve inpatient symptoms or long-term mortality
The industry-funded study found that ularitide exerted favorable physiological effects but did not reduce cardiovascular deaths or improve the inpatient clinical course.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/19/4.htm
19 Apr 2017
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
Hospitalizations rose for acute decompensated heart failure in past decade
The analysis of heart failure-related hospitalizations in U.S. patients age 55 years and older between 2005 and 2014 found that only black patients showed decreased one-year mortality over time.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/03/14/3.htm
14 Mar 2018
October 2019
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/10/
NT-proBNP cutpoints validated for diagnosing and ruling out heart failure in the ED
Age-stratified cutpoints for N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) helped diagnose acute heart failure, and 300 pg/mL had good sensitivity and negative predictive value as a rule-out cutpoint, the study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/03/14/2.htm
14 Mar 2018
October 2015
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/10/
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
November 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/
January 31, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/31/
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