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Heartening news about cardiac surgery in the elderly

Not long ago, a patient’s advanced age was a serious, potentially prohibitive risk factor when considering surgery. But innovations in surgical techniques, better patient care, and improving attitudes towards aging have led to octogenarians routinely surviving surgery and often significantly benefiting from it, allowing them to enjoy an improved quality of life for a decade or more afterward.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/02/surgery.htm
15 Feb 2009

New guidelines on valvular heart disease released

Cardiology experts released new updated guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease (VHD) last week.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/03/12/1.htm
12 Mar 2014

LTAC use, med adherence after MI, and more

Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/09/recent-research.htm
15 Sep 2018

Outcomes of hospital-level care at home comparable to hospitalization for older adults

A randomized trial of hospital at home found no difference in the proportion of patients who had died or were living at home at six months, although participants who had received care at home were less likely to be in long-term residential care than those who had been hospitalized.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/04/21/3.htm
21 Apr 2021

Take time to ease the pain of elderly patients

Asking the right questions and individualizing care are especially helpful.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/09/pain.htm
15 Sep 2013

Primum non nocere

Two hospitalists muse on the current pandemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/primum-non-nocere.htm
15 Sep 2020

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

Recent Research

HCAHPS scores, order sets for COPD inpatients, warfarin in brain injury patients, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/11/rr.htm
15 Nov 2014

Recent Research

Rivaroxaban versus warfarin, postop frailty score, parasitic infections and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/10/rr.htm
15 Oct 2014

After heart surgery, greater mortality risk for frail patients

New report assesses health in every U.S. county
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/24/3.htm
24 Feb 2010

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