Search results for "Myocardial infarction"
New index for preoperative cardiovascular evaluation may have strong predictive power
The index categorized patients' cardiovascular risk based on their age, history of heart disease, symptoms of angina or dyspnea, hemoglobin level, and whether they were having vascular or emergency surgery.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/06/19/3.htm
19 Jun 2019
Discharging ACS patients on varenicline appeared to produce better quit rates than placebo
Patients received varenicline 0.5 mg once daily for 3 days, then 0.5 mg twice daily for 4 days, then 1.0 mg twice daily for the remainder of the 12-week treatment period.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/11/18/2.htm
18 Nov 2015
Transitions of care, readmissions, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2020
Medications before transfer worked for patients who had STEMI far from PCI capability
The study compared outcomes among patients who were transferred directly for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) because they presented within 90 km of the PCI center and those treated with a “pharmaco-invasive strategy” because they were farther away.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/10/05/3.htm
5 Oct 2016
Anemia, antibiotic overuse, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/03/recent-research.htm
15 Mar 2021
Prognostic value of acute-to-chronic glycemic ratio better than glycemia at admission for AMI patients
Patients' A/C glycemic ratio predicted a composite of in-hospital mortality, acute pulmonary edema, and cardiogenic shock as well as troponin I peak value, a prospective study in Italy found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/02/07/4.htm
7 Feb 2018
Sodium excretion, postop antibiotics, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/10/recent-research.htm
15 Oct 2019
Functional mobility was strongest predictor of readmissions after MI in elderly
Researchers identified eight variables that they combined to predict 30-day readmissions among patients ages 75 years and older, with the most significant being a slow result on the Timed Up and Go test.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/01/4.htm
1 May 2019
There will be (less) blood
A new patient blood management program reduced transfusions, length of stay, and cost at one hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/16/there-will-be-less-blood.htm
16 Feb 2022
1 in 4 PCI patients have unplanned readmission within six months, study finds
Patients are at greatest risk of an unplanned readmission within seven days of discharge, with the majority of readmissions occurring within 30 days, researchers noted.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/04/03/3.htm
3 Apr 2019