Search results for "Heart failure"
IV iron reduces risk of death, hospitalization in heart failure, meta-analysis finds
The combined results of 14 trials testing IV iron in patients with iron deficiency and heart failures showed significant benefit from iron overall, with potentially greater effect in those with lower baseline transferrin saturation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/03/iv-iron-reduces-risk-of-death-hospitalization-in-heart-failure-meta-analysis-finds.htm
3 Jan 2024
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
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/
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
Acute kidney injury
Documenting acute kidney injury frequently requires assessing the trajectory of a patient's creatinine levels.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/17/acute-kidney-injury.htm
17 Jan 2024
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/
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
February 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/02/