Search results for "Heart failure"
Heart failure readmissions were on the decline before HRRP began
Readmission rates and trends were similar for patients with heart failure as a primary or secondary diagnosis, according to a retrospective study of Medicare admissions before and after the start of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/03/06/4.htm
6 Mar 2019
April 6, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/06/
Multiple ED visits may be marker of mortality risk in heart failure patients
Patient factors associated with visiting the ED three times within six months of a hospitalization included higher comorbidity burden, residence in a rural area, and lack of a primary care clinician.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/04/04/4.htm
4 Apr 2018
April 10, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/10/
Hospitals' heart failure mortality rates associated with patients' long-term outcomes
Hospitals with better 30-day mortality rates had higher adherence to recommended processes of care, including use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators, cardiac resynchronization therapies, and postdischarge follow-up.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/03/21/2.htm
21 Mar 2018
August 17, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/17/
Sacubitril-valsartan reduced NT-proBNP more than enalapril in acute heart failure
The industry-funded trial found similar rates of renal failure, hyperkalemia, symptomatic hypotension, and angioedema whether patients started sacubitril-valsartan or enalapril during their heart failure hospitalization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/11/14/3.htm
14 Nov 2018
June 22, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/22/
August 24, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/24/
Influenza associated with worse in-hospital outcomes in heart failure patients
Rates of in-hospital mortality, acute respiratory failure with and without mechanical ventilation, and acute kidney injury with and without dialysis were higher in heart failure patients who had influenza versus those who did not.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/01/09/3.htm
9 Jan 2019