Search results for "Myocardial infarction"
January 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/01/
Risk for death appears higher in STEMI patients without standard modifiable risk factors
Patients, especially women, who presented with ST-segment elevation (STEMI) and did not smoke or have hypertension, diabetes, or hypercholesterolemia had a significantly higher all-cause mortality rate than those with a risk factor in a retrospective Swedish study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/17/4.htm
17 Mar 2021
April 2016
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/
May 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/
Care disparities, barriers common in homeless patients hospitalized for acute MI
Coronary angiography, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and coronary artery bypass grafting were done less frequently in homeless patients, and homeless patients who did undergo PCI were more likely to receive bare-metal stents, according to a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/03/25/4.htm
25 Mar 2020
Strained finances linked to increased mortality following myocardial infarction
Patients under severe financial strain had higher risk of death in the six months after hospital discharge after acute myocardial infarction, even after accounting for medical complexity, functional impairments, and conditions of aging such as impaired mobility.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/23/strained-finances-linked-to-increased-mortality-following-myocardial-infarction.htm
23 Feb 2022
Risk model assesses function in older patients after hospitalization for acute MI
Five factors, including longer hospital stay and depression, were associated with declines in activities of daily living six months after discharge for a myocardial infarction (MI).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/07/4.htm
7 Oct 2020
October 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/
Angiography with contrast associated with kidney injury, but rates of clinically significant cases appear low
An editorial noted that the insensitivity of serum creatinine to identify changes in kidney function may contribute to a lack of clarity about the association and that the incidence of kidney injury is low in patients treated with contemporary hydration regimens.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/03/18/4.htm
18 Mar 2020
July 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/