Search results for "Pulmonary disease"
A bit of good news on drug costs
Recent Medicare changes may help more patients access guideline-directed heart failure therapies, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/15/a-bit-of-good-news-on-drug-costs.htm
15 Feb 2023
Adults hospitalized with RSV had worse outcomes than those with influenza
Patients with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) were at higher risk of a long hospital stay and mechanical ventilation versus those with influenza, a prospective study found. The former group also had more pre-existing cardiopulmonary conditions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/01/adults-hospitalized-with-rsv-had-worse-outcomes-than-those-with-influenza.htm
1 Feb 2023
Telerehab, unsupervised home training both effective for COPD patients
A small international randomized trial found that the incidence of hospitalizations and ED visits was lower in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) assigned to a telerehabilitation group or unsupervised training group than among controls.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/21/telerehab-unsupervised-home-training-both-effective-for-copd-patients.htm
21 Dec 2022
Do-not-attempt-resuscitation order rates compared for heart failure, other hospital conditions
A retrospective study in California found low overall rates of do-not-attempt-resuscitation orders in patients hospitalized for heart failure, pneumonia, acute myocardial infarction, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, with some variation by race.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/23/free/do-not-attempt-resuscitation-order-rates-compared-for-heart-failure-other-hospital-conditions.htm
23 Nov 2022
Tracheostomy tube shortage
The FDA alerted clinicians about the need to reuse tracheostomy tubes and to caution patients about decreased effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis against COVID-19, among other recent actions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/16/tracheostomy-tube-shortage.htm
16 Nov 2022
Home hospital care as effective for respiratory diseases as other conditions, study finds
Among patients requiring acute care for an exacerbation of asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or non-COVID-19 pneumonia who were treated at home, 96% completed their full admission at home, according to a retrospective analysis from one health system.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/16/home-hospital-care-as-effective-for-respiratory-diseases-as-other-conditions-study-finds.htm
16 Nov 2022
Almost half of veterans hospitalized for COPD didn't get spirometry within a year
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were three times as likely to undergo spirometry in the year before or after hospitalization if they had a pulmonary clinic visit, according to Veterans Health Administration data.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/26/almost-half-of-veterans-hospitalized-for-copd-didnt-get-spirometry-within-a-year.htm
26 Oct 2022
Readmission penalties didn't improve COPD exacerbation care
The percentage of patients hospitalized with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who received recommended care increased at a rate of 0.16% per month before implementation of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program compared to 0.01% per month in the four years after.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/10/readmission-penalties-didnt-improve-copd-exacerbation-care.htm
10 Aug 2022
Fragmentation breeds frequency in COPD care
An expert discusses how the locations patients receive chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) care are tied to their risk of hospitalization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/03/fragmentation-breeds-frequency-in-copd-care.htm
3 Aug 2022
New tool uses NT-proBNP plus clinical characteristics to diagnosis acute heart failure
The accuracy of using guideline-recommended thresholds of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) alone to diagnose acute heart failure varied by patient age and other characteristics, including body mass index and renal impairment, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/22/new-tool-uses-nt-pro-bnp-plus-clinical-characteristics-to-diagnosis-acute-heart-failure.htm
22 Jun 2022