Search results for "Heart Failure"
Diuretics demand discussion in heart failure management
comorbidities. Adhering to a heart failure medication regimen isn't simple, Audrey C. ... Kleet, chief heart failure and transplant officer at New York Presbyterian-Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City.
November 2019
Heart failure, part two
Heart failure, part two. Now it's time for the bummer news about heart failure (HF). ... But, as Philip Poole-Wilson, MD, said in his inimitable English accent about the exercise and heart failure study: "Safety without benefit is a bit dull, really.".
November 2019
QD: News Every Day--Cancer risk appears higher in heart failure patients
not have heart failure, after adjustment for BMI, smoking, and Charlson comorbidity index. ... non-cardiac morbidity and of cancer surveillance in the management of [heart failure] patients.".
November 2019
QD: News Every Day--9 performance measures for heart failure expand use of beta-blockers to inpatient care, among other recommendations
outcomes. "In order to improve the quality of heart failure care, one has to provide measures of quality. ... Eight measures from the previous heart failure performance measures set, which were released in 2005, were retired.
November 2019
K, kidneys, and ketoacidosis | Internal Medicine Meeting 2019 News | ACP Internist
Endocrinologists, nephrologists, and heart failure docs have a love affair with these,” he said.
April 2019
No kidding
to have an accompanying editorial called “Rethinking the focus of heart failure quality measures.” Both were authored by luminaries in the field. ... This is, of course, hard to pull off, because of the challenges associated with “managing
November 2019
Bias landmines
Yup. He just had bad heart failure. Period. And sometimes bad heart failure just misbehaves without much provocation. ... We optimized his blood pressure meds. We restricted his fluids. And we consulted the heart failure team.
November 2019
Requiem for ABC David
1. Admit: to medical surgical unit. 2. Because: diagnosis of congestive heart failure. ... Orders are different, of course, for congestive heart failure and community acquired pneumonia, for hip fractures and bowel obstructions and for exacerbations of
November 2019
Drawing lines
As often occurs with chronically ill elders, Milt winds up back in the hospital six weeks later with "congestive heart failure." His heart is not pumping blood effectively, so fluid is ... Without it, Milt will die due to kidney failure. Fortunately,
November 2019
Understanding heart failure in African Americans
Yancy said. This could significantly change thinking about heart failure in African Americans, he explained. ... Disparities in cardiovascular mortality related to heart failure in the United States [Letter].
November 2019