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Kadosh BS, Berg DD, Bohula EA, Park JG, Baird-Zars VM, Alviar C, Alzate J, Barnett CF, Barsness GW, Burke J, Chaudhry SP, Daniels LB, DeFilippis A, Delicce A, Fordyce CB, Ghafghazi S, Gidwani U, Goldfarb M, Katz JN, Keeley EC, Kenigsberg B, Kontos MC, Lawler PR, Leibner E, Menon V, Metkus TS, Miller PE, O'Brien CG, Papolos AI, Prasad R, Shah KS, Sinha SS, Snell RJ, So D, Solomon MA, Ternus BW, Teuteberg JJ, Toole J, van Diepen S, Morrow DA, Roswell RO. Pulmonary Artery Catheter Use and Mortality in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. JACC. HEART FAILURE 2023; 11:903-914. [PMID: 37318422 PMCID: PMC10527413 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2023.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND The appropriate use of pulmonary artery catheters (PACs) in critically ill cardiac patients remains debated. OBJECTIVES The authors aimed to characterize the current use of PACs in cardiac intensive care units (CICUs) with attention to patient-level and institutional factors influencing their application and explore the association with in-hospital mortality. METHODS The Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network is a multicenter network of CICUs in North America. Between 2017 and 2021, participating centers contributed annual 2-month snapshots of consecutive CICU admissions. Admission diagnoses, clinical and demographic data, use of PACs, and in-hospital mortality were captured. RESULTS Among 13,618 admissions at 34 sites, 3,827 were diagnosed with shock, with 2,583 of cardiogenic etiology. The use of mechanical circulatory support and heart failure were the patient-level factors most strongly associated with a greater likelihood of the use of a PAC (OR: 5.99 [95% CI: 5.15-6.98]; P < 0.001 and OR: 3.33 [95% CI: 2.91-3.81]; P < 0.001, respectively). The proportion of shock admissions with a PAC varied significantly by study center ranging from 8% to 73%. In analyses adjusted for factors associated with their placement, PAC use was associated with lower mortality in all shock patients admitted to a CICU (OR: 0.79 [95% CI: 0.66-0.96]; P = 0.017). CONCLUSIONS There is wide variation in the use of PACs that is not fully explained by patient level-factors and appears driven in part by institutional tendency. PAC use was associated with higher survival in cardiac patients with shock presenting to CICUs. Randomized trials are needed to guide the appropriate use of PACs in cardiac critical care.
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- Bernard S Kadosh
- Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York University Langone Health, New York, New York, USA; Lenox Hospital, Northwell Health, New York, New York, USA.
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine at New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Bellevue Hospital, New York, New York, USA
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- Lenox Hospital, Northwell Health, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Lehigh Valley Heart Institute, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- University of British Columbia, University of British Columbia Centre for Cardiovascular Innovation, Cardiovascular Health Program, University of British Columbia Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Departments of Cardiology and Critical Care Medicine, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, USA; Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, USA
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- Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Divisions of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Departments of Cardiology and Critical Care Medicine, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Wellstar Cardiovascular Medicine, Marietta, Georgia, USA
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- University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Inova Fairfax Medical Center, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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- University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Critical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and Cardiovascular Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California, USA
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- Lenox Hospital, Northwell Health, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Stevenson LW, Ross HJ, Rathman LD, Boehmer JP. Remote Monitoring for Heart Failure Management at Home. J Am Coll Cardiol 2023; 81:2272-2291. [PMID: 37286258 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Early telemonitoring of weights and symptoms did not decrease heart failure hospitalizations but helped identify steps toward effective monitoring programs. A signal that is accurate and actionable with response kinetics for early re-assessment is required for the treatment of patients at high risk, while signal specifications differ for surveillance of low-risk patients. Tracking of congestion with cardiac filling pressures or lung water content has shown most impact to decrease hospitalizations, while multiparameter scores from implanted rhythm devices have identified patients at increased risk. Algorithms require better personalization of signal thresholds and interventions. The COVID-19 epidemic accelerated transition to remote care away from clinics, preparing for new digital health care platforms to accommodate multiple technologies and empower patients. Addressing inequities will require bridging the digital divide and the deep gap in access to HF care teams, who will not be replaced by technology but by care teams who can embrace it.
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- Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, Peter Munk Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- PENN Medicine Lancaster General Health, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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Chan E, Rooprai J, Rodger J, Visintini S, Rodger N, Philip S, Mielniczuk L, Sun LY. Sex-based differences in referral of heart failure patients to outpatient clinics: a scoping review. ESC Heart Fail 2022; 9:3702-3712. [PMID: 36069110 PMCID: PMC9773741 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.14143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Guidelines recommend that hospitalized patients newly diagnosed with HF be referred to an outpatient HF clinic (HFC) within 2 weeks of discharge. Our study aims were (i) to assess the current literary landscape on the impact of patient sex on HFC referral and outcomes and (ii) to provide a qualitative overview of possible considerations for the impact of sex on referral patterns and HF characteristics including aetiology, symptom severity, investigations undertaken and pharmacologic therapy. METHODS AND RESULTS We conducted a scoping review using the Arksey and O'Malley framework and searched Medline, EMBASE, PsychINFO, Cochrane Library, Ageline databases and grey literature. Eligible articles included index HF hospitalizations or presentations to the Emergency Department (ED), a description of the HFC referral of patients not previously followed by an HF specialist and sex-specific analysis. Of the 11 372 potential studies, 8 met the inclusion criteria. These studies reported on a total of 11 484 participants, with sample sizes ranging between 168 and 3909 (25.6%-50.7% female). The included studies were divided into two groups: (i) those outlining the referral process to an HFC and (ii) studies which include patients newly enrolled in an HFC. Of the studies in Group 1, males (51%-82.4%) were more frequently referred to an HFC compared with females (29%-78.1%). Studies in Group 2 enrolled a higher proportion of males (62%-74% vs. 26%-38%). One study identified independent predictors of HFC referral which included male sex, younger age, and the presence of systolic dysfunction, the latter two more often found in males. Two studies, one from each group reported a higher mortality amongst males compared with females, whereas another study from Group 2 reported a higher hospitalization rate amongst females following HFC assessment. CONCLUSIONS Males were more likely than females to be referred to HFCs after hospitalization and visits to the Emergency Department, however heterogeneity across studies precluded a robust assessment of sex-based differences in outcomes. This highlights the need for more comprehensive longitudinal data on HF patients discharged from the acute care setting to better understand the role of sex on patient outcomes.
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- Elizabeth Chan
- Division of CardiologyUniversity of Ottawa Heart InstituteOttawaOntarioCanada
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- Department of MedicineUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Department of MedicineUniversity of British ColumbiaVancouverBritish ColumbiaCanada
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- Berkman LibraryUniversity of Ottawa Heart InstituteOttawaOntarioCanada
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- Clinical ServicesUniversity of Ottawa Heart InstituteOttawaOntarioCanada
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- Department of Blood and Marrow TransplantStanford University Medical CenterPalo AltoCaliforniaUSA
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- Division of CardiologyUniversity of Ottawa Heart InstituteOttawaOntarioCanada
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- Division of Cardiac AnesthesiologyUniversity of Ottawa Heart InstituteOttawaOntarioCanada
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Checa C, Canelo-Aybar C, Suclupe S, Ginesta-López D, Berenguera A, Castells X, Brotons C, Posso M. Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Case Management in Advanced Heart Failure Patients Attended in Primary Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:13823. [PMID: 36360704 PMCID: PMC9656967 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192113823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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AIMS Nurse-led case management (CM) may improve quality of life (QoL) for advanced heart failure (HF) patients. No systematic review (SR), however, has summarized its effectiveness/cost-effectiveness. We aimed to evaluate the effect of such programs in primary care settings in advanced HF patients. We examined and summarized evidence on QoL, mortality, hospitalization, self-care, and cost-effectiveness. METHODS AND RESULTS The MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, Clinical Trials, WHO, Registry of International Clinical Trials, and Central Cochrane were searched up to March 2022. The Consensus Health Economic Criteria instrument to assess risk-of-bias in economic evaluations, Cochrane risk-of-bias 2 for clinical trials, and an adaptation of Robins-I for quasi-experimental and cohort studies were employed. Results from nurse-led CM programs did not reduce mortality (RR 0.78, 95% CI 0.53 to 1.15; participants = 1345; studies = 6; I2 = 47%). They decreased HF hospitalizations (HR 0.79, 95% CI 0.68 to 0.91; participants = 1989; studies = 8; I2 = 0%) and all-cause ones (HR 0.73, 95% CI 0.60 to 0.89; participants = 1012; studies = 5; I2 = 36%). QoL improved in medium-term follow-up (SMD 0.18, 95% CI 0.05 to 0.32; participants = 1228; studies = 8; I2 = 28%), and self-care was not statistically significant improved (SMD 0.66, 95% CI -0.84 to 2.17; participants = 450; studies = 3; I2 = 97%). A wide variety of costs ranging from USD 4975 to EUR 27,538 was observed. The intervention was cost-effective at ≤EUR 60,000/QALY. CONCLUSIONS Nurse-led CM reduces all-cause hospital admissions and HF hospitalizations but not all-cause mortality. QoL improved at medium-term follow-up. Such programs could be cost-effective in high-income countries.
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- Caterina Checa
- Doctoral Program in Methodology of Biomedical Research, Public Health in Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
- Fundació Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l’Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), 08007 Barcelona, Spain
- Primary Healthcare Centre Dreta de l’Eixample, 08013 Barcelona, Spain
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- Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Sant Antonio María Claret 167, 08025 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health, de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau) University Hospital, 08041 Barcelona, Spain
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- Doctoral Program in Methodology of Biomedical Research, Public Health in Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
- Fundació Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l’Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), 08007 Barcelona, Spain
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- Doctoral Program in Methodology of Biomedical Research, Public Health in Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
- Department of Epidemiology and Evaluation, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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- Biomedical Research Institute (IBB Sant Pau), Sardenya Primary Health Care Center, 08025 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Epidemiology and Evaluation, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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Poty A, Krim F, Lopes P, Garaud Y, Leprêtre PM. Benefits of a Supervised Ambulatory Outpatient Program in a Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Unit Prior to a Heart Transplant: A Case Study. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:811458. [PMID: 35665250 PMCID: PMC9160327 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.811458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Preoperative peak oxygen uptake (V.O2peak) and ventilatory efficiency (V.E/V.CO2slope) are related to the vital prognosis after cardiac transplantation (HTx). The objective of our study was to evaluate the effects of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (ECR) program on the preoperative exercise capacity of a HTx candidate. A male patient, aged 50–55 years, with chronic heart failure was placed on the HTx list and performed 12 weeks of intensive ECR (5 sessions-a-week). Our results showed that the cardiac index continuously increased between the onset and the end of ECR (1.40 vs. 2.53 L.min–1.m2). The first 20 sessions of ECR induced a V.O2peak increase (15.0 vs. 19.3 ml.min–1.kg–1, corresponding to 42.0 and 53.0% of its maximal predicted values, respectively). The peak V.O2 plateaued between the 20th and the 40th ECR session (19.3 vs. 19.4 ml.min–1.kg–1) then progressively increased until the 60th ECR session to reach 25.7 ml.min–1.kg–1, i.e., 71.0% of the maximal predicted values. The slope of V.E/V.CO2 showed a biphasic response during the ECR program, with an increase between the onset and the 20th ECR session (58.02 vs. 70.48) and a decrease between the 20th and the 40th ECR session (70.48 vs. 40.94) to reach its minimal value at the 60th ECR session (31.97). After the first 40 sessions of the ECR program, the Seattle Heart Failure Model score predicted median survival time was estimated at 7.2 years. In conclusion, the improvement in exercise capacity and cardiorespiratory function following the ECR helped delay the heart transplant surgery in our patient awaiting heart transplantation.
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- Antoine Poty
- Exercise Physiology and Rehabilitation Laboratory, Picardie Jules Verne University, Amiens, France
- Fundation Léopold Bellan, Chateau d’Ollencourt, Unit of Cardiac Rehabilitation, Tracy-le-Mont, France
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- Service de Réadaptation Cardiovasculaire, Centre Hospitalier de Corbie, Corbie, France
- Association Picardie de Recherche en Réadaptation Cardiaque, Association Picardie de Recherche en Réadaptation Cardiaque, Corbie, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie de l’Exercice Pour la Performance et la Santé, Université d’Évry Val d’Essonne, Évry, France
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- Fundation Léopold Bellan, Chateau d’Ollencourt, Unit of Cardiac Rehabilitation, Tracy-le-Mont, France
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- Exercise Physiology and Rehabilitation Laboratory, Picardie Jules Verne University, Amiens, France
- Service de Réadaptation Cardiovasculaire, Centre Hospitalier de Corbie, Corbie, France
- Association Picardie de Recherche en Réadaptation Cardiaque, Association Picardie de Recherche en Réadaptation Cardiaque, Corbie, France
- *Correspondence: Pierre-Marie Leprêtre,
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Yang S, Adams W, Bier‐Laning C. Head and neck cancer readmission reduction (HANCARRE) project: Reducing 30‐day readmissions. World J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2022; 8:158-166. [PMID: 35782404 PMCID: PMC9242425 DOI: 10.1002/wjo2.56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 10/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Objective Unplanned 30‐day readmissions result in increased costs and decreased patient satisfaction. The objective of this study was to compare readmission rates before and after a multidisciplinary quality improvement initiative that focuses on patient and staff education, use of targeted skilled nursing facilities, and appropriate use of patient observation status. Methods This was a quality improvement study of all unplanned admissions to the Head and Neck Oncology service at a tertiary care facility during a 3‐year period between October 2015 and September 2018. In October 2016, when the Head and Neck Oncology service revised its discharge practices for patients undergoing extirpative and/or reconstructive surgery. These changes included enhancing patient education, increasing the use of a skilled nursing facility with directed staff education and patient handoffs by advanced practice nurses, and appropriate utilization of 23‐h observation status for returning patients. The readmission rate from the pre‐intervention era (October 2015 through September 2016) was compared to the readmission rate from the post‐intervention era (October 2016 through September 2018). Secondary outcomes were the rates of 23‐h observation within 30 days of the discharge as well as emergency room visits within 30 days of discharge. Results In this sample of 449 patients, 161 (35.9%) were observed before the change‐in‐practice (before October 2016), and 288 (64.1%) were observed following the change‐in‐practice (after September 2016). On univariable analysis, the risk of readmission declined by approximately 41.4% from the pre‐intervention era, though this conclusion was not statistically significant (P = 0.06). On multivariable analysis, patients at moderate or high risk of death were 2.31 times more likely than those at minor risk of death to readmit within 30 days (P = 0.03). Similarly, those with recurrent or persistent cancer were 3.33 times more likely than those undergoing initial curative surgical management of cancer to readmit within 30 days (P = 0.001). No patient characteristics were associated with a 23‐h observation following discharge (all P > 0.05). Conclusions were similar for emergency room visits following discharge. Conclusions A three‐part quality improvement strategy resulted in a clinically important decrease in 30‐day readmissions, though the decline was not statistically significant. There were no significant changes in 23‐h observation within 30 days of discharge or emergency room visits within 30 days of discharge. Readmission rates were decreased by targeting three areas of improvement: Improved patient education regarding management of unique postoperative needs in our patient population such as tracheostomy care, gastrostomy care, and wound care. Utilization of nurse practitioners or other healthcare professionals on the team to assist with the transition of care from the hospital admission to discharge location. Application of 23‐h observation for select and appropriate patients that require a quick evaluation and management that does not require prolonged hospital readmission.
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- Sara Yang
- Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Loyola University Medical Center Maywood Illinois USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences Loyola University Chicago Maywood Illinois USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Loyola University Medical Center Maywood Illinois USA
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Kennel PJ, Rosenblum H, Axsom KM, Alishetti S, Brener M, Horn E, Kirtane AJ, Lin E, Griffin JM, Maurer MS, Burkhoff D, Sayer G, Uriel N. Remote Cardiac Monitoring in Patients With Heart Failure: A Review. JAMA Cardiol 2021; 7:556-564. [PMID: 34964805 DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2021.5090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Importance Heart failure (HF) is often characterized by an insidious disease course leading to frequent rehospitalizations and a high use of ambulatory care. Remote cardiac monitoring is a promising approach to detect worsening HF early and intervene prior to an overt decompensation. Observations Recently, a multitude of novel technologies for remote cardiac monitoring (RCM) in patients with HF have been developed and are undergoing clinical trials. This development has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusions and Relevance This review summarizes the major clinical trials on RCM in patients with HF and present the most recent developments in noninvasive and invasive RCM technologies.
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- Peter J Kennel
- Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York
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- Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York
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- Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York
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- Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York
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- Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York
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- Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York.,Division of Cardiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York
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- Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York
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- Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York
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- Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York
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- Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York
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- Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York
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- Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York
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- Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York
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Amar M, Lam SW, Faulkenberg K, Perez A, Tang WHW, Williams JB. Captopril Versus Hydralazine-Isosorbide Dinitrate Vasodilator Protocols in Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Transitioning From Sodium Nitroprusside. J Card Fail 2021; 27:1053-1060. [PMID: 34051349 DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The role of oral vasodilators in the management of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) is not clearly defined. We evaluated the use of captopril vs hydralazine-isosorbide dinitrate (H-ISDN) in the transition from sodium nitroprusside (SNP) in patients with ADHF. METHODS AND RESULTS A retrospective chart review was performed of 369 consecutive adult patients in the intensive care unit with ADHF and reduced ejection fraction, who received either a captopril or an H-ISDN protocol to transition from SNP. Captopril patients were matched 1:2 to H-ISDN patients, based on serum creatinine and race (Black vs non-Black). Baseline demographics, serum chemistry and use of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEis) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) were similar in both groups. Time to SNP discontinuation (46.9 vs 40.4 hours, P = 0.11) and length of hospital stay (9.86 vs 7.99 days, P = 0.064) were similar in both groups. Length of hospital stay in the intensive care unit was statistically shorter in the H-ISDN group (4.11 vs 3.96 days, P = 0.038). Fewer H-ISDN protocol patients were discharged on ACEis/ARBs (82.9 % vs 69.9%, P = 0.003) despite similar kidney function at time of discharge (serum creatinine 1.1 vs 1.2, P = 0.113). No difference was observed in rates of readmission (40.7% vs 50%, P = 0.09) or mortality (16.3% vs 17.5 %, P = 0.77) at 1 year postdischarge. CONCLUSION Similar inpatient and 1-year outcomes were observed between patients using H-ISDN vs ACEi when transitioning from SNP, even though fewer H-ISDN protocol patients were discharged taking ACEis/ARBs despite similar kidney function.
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- Mohamed Amar
- Department of Pharmacy, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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Hospitalisation costs associated with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF): a systematic review. Heart Fail Rev 2021; 27:559-572. [PMID: 33765251 DOI: 10.1007/s10741-021-10097-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is problematic to treat, with guidelines for HFpEF management concentrated on treating prevalent comorbidities. The aim of this study is to conduct a systematic review of the economic burden of hospitalisation for HFpEF. We conducted a systematic literature search from 2001, when HFpEF was first identified as an isolated diagnosis, up to July 1, 2020. Databases searched include PubMed, Medline, EMBASE, EBSCO, National Health Service Economic Evaluation and the National Bureau of Economic Research. The primary outcome measure was hospitalisation costs related to HFpEF. A comprehensive search of the literature produced a total of 243 possible studies. A total of nine studies, six from the U.S., met inclusion criteria and were included in this review. All results are presented in United States Dollars (US$) for the financial year 2019. Costs of index (the first) hospitalisation ranged from mean US$8340 up to US$11,366 per admission and increased up to US$31,493 for those with comorbidities. Two studies reported 1-year costs, and these were US$27,174 and US$26,343, respectively. Hospitalisation accounts for approximately 80% of total costs of HFpEF treatment. The results of this systematic review reveal that published costs of HFpEF hospitalisation are limited to nine studies from a comprehensive database search. The costs of an initial HF hospitalisation are significant, and these costs increase when a person with HFpEF presents with comorbidities or other complications.
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Jan CFJ, Chang CJJ, Hwang SJ, Chen TJ, Yang HY, Chen YC, Huang CK, Chiu TY. Impact of team-based community healthcare on preventable hospitalisation: a population-based cohort study in Taiwan. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e039986. [PMID: 33593765 PMCID: PMC7888366 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to explore the impact of Taiwan's Family Practice Integrated Care Project (FPICP) on hospitalisation. DESIGN A population-based cohort study compared the hospitalisation rates for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) among FPICP participating and non-participating patients during 2011-2015. SETTING The study accessed the FPICP reimbursement database of Taiwan's National Health Insurance (NHI) administration containing all NHI administration-selected patients for FPICP enrolment. PARTICIPANTS The NHI administration-selected candidates from 2011 to 2015 became FPICP participants if their primary care physicians joined the project, otherwise they became non-participants. INTERVENTIONS The intervention of interest was enrolment in the FPICP or not. The follow-up time interval for calculating the rate of hospitalisation was the year in which the patient was selected for FPICP enrolment or not. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURES The study's primary outcome measures were hospitalisation rates for ACSC, including asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes or its complications and heart failure. Logistic regression was used to calculate the ORs concerning the influence of FPICP participation on the rate of hospitalisation for ACSC. RESULTS The enrolled population for data analysis was between 3.94 and 5.34 million from 2011 to 2015. Compared to non-participants, FPICP participants had lower hospitalisation for COPD/asthma (28.6‰-35.9‰ vs 37.9‰-42.3‰) and for diabetes or its complications (10.8‰-14.9‰ vs 12.7‰-18.1‰) but not for congestive heart failure. After adjusting for age, sex and level of comorbidities by logistic regression, participation in the FPICP was associated with lower hospitalisation for COPD/asthma (OR 0.91, 95% CI 0.87 to 0.94 in 2015) and for diabetes or its complications (OR 0.87, 95% CI 0.83 to 0.92 in 2015). CONCLUSION Participation in the FPICP is an independent protective factor for preventable ACSC hospitalisation. Team-based community healthcare programs such as the FPICP can strengthen primary healthcare capacity.
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- Chyi-Feng Jeff Jan
- Family Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Family Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Family Medicine, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan
- Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Taiwan Association of Family Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Family Medicine, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan
- Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Public Health and Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, National Taiwan University College of Public Health, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Family Medicine, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan
- Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Taiwan Association of Family Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Taiwan Medical Association, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Family Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Family Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Taiwan Medical Association, Taipei, Taiwan
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Lee D, Keller MS, Fridman R, Lee J, Pevnick JM. Association between operational positive depression symptom screen scores on hospital admission and 30-day readmissions. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2021; 70:38-43. [PMID: 33713863 PMCID: PMC8136146 DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2021.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Revised: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Positive scores on inpatient depression symptom screens have been found to be associated with readmissions, yet most studies have used depression screens collected as part of research studies. OBJECTIVE We evaluated whether the relationship between depression severity and readmission persisted when depression screening data was obtained for operational purposes. DESIGN Retrospective analysis studying prospective use of PHQ data. SETTING Large academic medical center. INTERVENTION Ward nurses obtained depression screens from patients soon after admission. Patients who answered 'yes' to at least one Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-2 question were screened using the PHQ-9. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES We examined the association between depression severity and 30-day readmissions using logistic regression, adjusting for known predictors of hospital readmission. RESULTS From July 2014-June 2016, 18,792 discharged adult medicine inpatients received an initial depression screen (PHQ-2) and 1105 patients (5.90%) had at least one positive response. Of this group, 3163 patients (6.32%) were readmitted within 30 days. 1128 patients received the PHQ-9. Compared to patients with no depression, patients with moderately-severe depression had 3.03 higher odds (95%CI, 1.44-6.38) and patients with severe depression had 1.63 higher odds (95%CI, 0.70-3.78) of being readmitted, after adjusting for known predictors of hospital admission. Adding PHQ-9 results did not significantly improve the predictive power of a readmissions model. CONCLUSIONS Our mixed results call into question whether PHQ data obtained for operational purposes may differ compared to data obtained for research purposes. Differences in training of screening staff or patient discomfort with discussing depression in the hospital could explain our findings.
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- Danny Lee
- Cedars-Sinai Division of Informatics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.
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- Cedars-Sinai Division of Informatics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA,Enterprise Information Services, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 6500 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA,Cedars-Sinai Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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- Enterprise Information Services, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 6500 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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- Cedars-Sinai Division of Informatics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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- Cedars-Sinai Division of Informatics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA,Enterprise Information Services, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 6500 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA,Cedars-Sinai Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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Wu YM, Liu CC, Yeh CC, Sung LC, Lin CS, Cherng YG, Chen TL, Liao CC. Hospitalization outcome of heart diseases between patients who received medical care by cardiologists and non-cardiologist physicians: A propensity-score matched study. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0235207. [PMID: 32629459 PMCID: PMC7338078 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Background and aims The effects of physician specialty on the outcome of heart disease remains incompletely understood because of inconsistent findings from some previous studies. Our purpose is to compare the admission outcomes of heart disease in patients receiving care by cardiologists and noncardiologist (NC) physicians. Methods Using reimbursement claims data of Taiwan’s National Health Insurance from 2008–2013, we conducted a matched study of 6264 patients aged ≥20 years who received a cardiologist’s care during admission for heart disease. Using a propensity score matching procedure adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics, medical condition, and type of heart disease, 6264 controls who received an NC physician’s care were selected. Logistic regressions were used to calculate odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for complications and mortality during admission for heart disease associated with a cardiologist’s care. Results Patients who received a cardiologist’s care had a lower risk of pneumonia (OR = 0.61; 95% CI, 0.53–0.70), septicemia (OR = 0.49; 95% CI, 0.39–0.61), urinary tract infection (OR = 0.76; 95% CI, 0.66–0.88), and in-hospital mortality (OR = 0.37; 95% CI, 0.29–0.47) than did patients who received an NC physician’s care. The association between a cardiologist’s care and reduced adverse events following admission was significant in both sexes and in patients aged ≥40 years. Conclusion We raised the possibility that cardiologist care was associated with reduced infectious complications and mortality among patients who were admitted due to heart disease.
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- Yu-Ming Wu
- Department of Anesthesiology, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Anesthesiology and Health Policy Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Taipei Heart Institute, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Anesthesiology and Health Policy Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Anesthesiology and Health Policy Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Anesthesiology, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Anesthesiology and Health Policy Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Research Center of Big Data and Meta-Analysis, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Santos GC, Liljeroos M, Dwyer AA, Jaques C, Girard J, Strömberg A, Hullin R, Schäfer-Keller P. Symptom perception in heart failure - Interventions and outcomes: A scoping review. Int J Nurs Stud 2020; 116:103524. [PMID: 32063295 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Revised: 12/12/2019] [Accepted: 01/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Symptom perception in heart failure has recently been described as essential in the self-care process bridging self-care maintenance and self-care management. Accordingly, symptom perception appears to be critical for improving patient outcomes such as decreased hospital readmission and increased survival. OBJECTIVES To explore what interventions have been reported on heart failure symptom perception and to describe outcomes responsive to symptom perception. DESIGN We conducted a scoping review using PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews. DATA SOURCES Structured searches of Medline, PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, PsychINFO, Web of Science, Cochrane, Joanna Briggs Institute and Grey literature databases. REVIEW METHODS Two authors independently screened references for eligibility. Eligible articles were written in English, French, German, Swedish, Italian or Spanish and concerned symptom perception in adults with heart failure. Data were extracted and charted in tables by three reviewers. Results were narratively summarized. RESULTS We identified 99 eligible studies from 3055 references. Seven interventional studies targeted symptom perception as the single intervention component. Mixed results have been found: while some reported decreased symptom frequency, intensity and distress, enhanced health-related quality of life, improved heart failure self-care maintenance and management as well as a greater ability to mention heart failure symptoms, others found more contacts with healthcare providers or no impact on anxiety, heart failure self-care nor a number of diary reported symptoms. Additional interventional studies included symptom perception as one component of a multi-faceted intervention. Outcomes responsive to symptom perception were improved general and physical health, decreased mortality, heart failure decompensation, as hospital/emergency visits, shorter delays in seeking care, more consistent weight monitoring, improved symptom recognition as well as self-care management, decreased hospital length of stay and decreased costs. CONCLUSIONS While many studies allowed to map a comprehensive overview of interventions supporting symptom perception in heart failure as well as responsiveness to outcomes, only a few single component intervention studies targeting symptom perception have been reported and study designs preclude assessing intervention effectiveness. With regard to multiple component interventions, the specific impact of symptom perception interventions on outcomes remains uncertain to date. Well-designed studies are needed to test the effectiveness of symptom perception interventions and to elucidate relationships with outcomes.
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- Gabrielle Cécile Santos
- School of Health Sciences, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland Fribourg, Haute Ecole de Santé Fribourg, Route des Arsenaux 16a, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland; PhD Student at Institute of Higher Education and Research in Healthcare IUFRS, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne and Lausanne University Hospital, SV-A Secteur Vennes, Route de la Corniche 10, CH-1010 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden; Centre for Clinical Research Sörmland, Uppsala University, 631 88 Eskilstuna, Sweden.
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- William F. Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United State of America.
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- Medical Library, Research and Education Department, Lausanne University Hospital, Route du Bugnon 46, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- School of Health Sciences, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland Fribourg, Haute Ecole de Santé Fribourg, Route des Arsenaux 16a, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
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- Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden.
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- Department of cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital, Route du Bugnon 46, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland; Faculty of biology and medicine, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- School of Health Sciences, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland Fribourg, Haute Ecole de Santé Fribourg, Route des Arsenaux 16a, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
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Woodruff JN. Accounting for complexity in medical education: a model of adaptive behaviour in medicine. MEDICAL EDUCATION 2019; 53:861-873. [PMID: 31106901 DOI: 10.1111/medu.13905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2018] [Revised: 02/07/2019] [Accepted: 04/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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CONTEXT Medicine is practised in complex systems. Physicians engage in clinical and operational problems that are dynamic and lack full transparency. As a consequence, the behaviour of medical systems and diseases is often unpredictable. Medical science has equipped physicians with powerful tools to favourably impact health, but a reductionist approach alone is insufficient to optimally address the complex challenges posed by illness and public health. Concepts from complexity science, such as continuous quality improvement and teamwork, strive to fill the gap between biomedical knowledge and the realities of practice. However, the superficial treatment of these systems-thinking concepts in medical education has distorted their implementation and undermined their impact. 'Systems thinking' has been conflated with 'systematic thinking'; concepts which are adaptive in nature are being taught as standardised, reductionist tools. METHODS Using concepts from complexity science, the history of science and psychology, this problem is outlined and a theoretical model of professional development is proposed. RESULTS This model proposes that complex problem solving and adaptive behaviour, not technical expertise, are distinguishing features of professionalism. DISCUSSION The impact of this model on our understanding of physician autonomy, professionalism, teamwork and continuous quality improvement is discussed. This model has significant implications for the structure and content of medical education. Strategies for enhancing medical training, including interventions in recruitment, the curriculum and evaluation, are reviewed. Such adjustments would prepare trainees to more effectively utilise biomedical knowledge and tools in the complex high-stakes reality of medical practice.
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- James N Woodruff
- Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- The Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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The Added Value of Exercise Stress Echocardiography in Patients With Heart Failure. Am J Cardiol 2019; 123:1470-1477. [PMID: 30777323 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2018] [Revised: 01/26/2019] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Doppler echocardiography can provide reliable and repeatable measures of cardiac index (CI), whereas lung ultrasound (LUS) represents a quantitative approach to assess pulmonary congestion. We tested the hypothesis that simultaneous assessment of CI and LUS during exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) may define heart failure (HF) outpatients with different risk of adverse outcome. Standard transthoracic echocardiography and LUS (B-lines) evaluation were assessed during semisupine ESE. CI and B-lines were measured at baseline and peak exercise. Resting plasma B-type natriuretic peptide levels were also evaluated. We enrolled 105 HF patients (87 males; age 62 ± 11 years; New York Heart Association class I to III) with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (30 ± 7%). Patients were classified into 4 profiles: (1) peak CI ≥4.0 l/min/m2 and peak B-lines <15 (no evidence of congestion or hypoperfusion, n = 47); (2) peak CI ≥4.0 l/min/m2 and peak B-lines ≥15 (congestion with adequate perfusion, n = 23); (3) peak CI <4.0 l/min/m2 and peak B-lines <15 (hypoperfusion without congestion, n = 13); and (4) peak CI <4.0 l/min/m2 and peak B-lines ≥15 (congestion and hypoperfusion, n = 22). There were 21 cardiovascular deaths and 18 hospitalizations for worsening HF during a median follow-up of 29 months. Multivariate predictors of the combined end point were peak hemodynamic profiles (hazard ratio [HR] 1.62, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.19 to 2.21; p = 0.002), B-type natriuretic peptide (HR 1.00, 95% CI 1.00 to 1.01; p = 0.001), and rest E/e' (HR 1.09, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.15; p = 0.002). Survival analysis showed a worse survival in patients with ESE-derived D profile, followed by patients with C, B, and A profile (log-rank: chi-square = 40.5; p <0.0001). In conclusion, dual evaluation of CI and LUS during ESE is useful for risk stratification of HF patients with reduced ejection fraction. Evidence of pulmonary congestion and low CI at peak ESE identifies a subgroup with a very high risk of adverse outcome.
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Thomas E, Gupta PP, Fonarow GC, Horwich TB. Bioelectrical impedance analysis of body composition and survival in patients with heart failure. Clin Cardiol 2018; 42:129-135. [PMID: 30447075 DOI: 10.1002/clc.23118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2018] [Revised: 11/12/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Studies have shown that higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with improved prognosis in heart failure (HF), and this is often termed the obesity paradox. HYPOTHESIS Analysis of body composition may reveal that muscle mass rather than adipose tissue accounts for the obesity paradox. METHODS Bioelectrical impedance analysis of body composition in 359 outpatients with HF was performed using an In Body 520 body composition scale (Biospace Inc., California). Body fat and lean mass were indexed by height (m2 ). The cohort was stratified by median fat and lean mass indexed by height. RESULTS The mean age of patients studied was 56 ± 14; mean left ventricular ejection fraction was 38 ± 16%. Patients with higher indexed body fat mass had improved 5-year survival over patients with lower indexed body fat mass (90.2% vs 80.1%, P = 0.008). There was also improved survival in patients with high vs low indexed lean body mass (89.3% vs 80.9%, P = 0.036). On multivariable analysis, higher indexed body fat mass, but not lean body mass, was independently associated with improved survival (HR 0.89, per kg/m2 increase in indexed body fat mass, P = 0.044); however, this was attenuated after adjustment for diabetes. The combination of low lean with low-fat mass was independently associated with poor prognosis. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that higher fat mass-and to a lesser extent higher lean mass-is associated with improved outcomes in HF. Further investigations of specific components of body composition and outcomes in HF are warranted.
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- Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, California, Los Angeles
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- Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, California, Los Angeles
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- Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, California, Los Angeles
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Reynolds C, Esrailian E, Hommes D. Quality Improvement in Gastroenterology: A Systematic Review of Practical Interventions for Clinicians. Dig Dis Sci 2018; 63:2507-2518. [PMID: 30014225 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-018-5198-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Quality improvement (QI) identifies practical methods to improve patient care; however, it is not always widely known which QI methods are successful. We sought to create a primer of QI in gastroenterology for the practicing clinician. METHODS We performed a systematic review of QI literature in gastroenterology. We included search terms for inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, celiac disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease, pancreatitis, liver disease, colorectal cancer screening, endoscopy, and gastrointestinal bleeding. We used general search terms for QI as well as specific terms to capture established quality metrics for each GI disease area. RESULTS We found 33 studies that met our definitions for QI. There were 17 studies of endoscopy including screening colonoscopy, six on liver disease, four on IBD, two on GERD, three on GI bleeding, and one on celiac disease. Education was the most common intervention, although most successful studies combined education with another intervention. Other effective interventions included retraining sessions to reach ADR goals in colonoscopy, nursing protocols to increase HCC screening, and EMR decision support tools to prompt reassessment of PPI therapy. Many studies showed improved compliance to metrics, but few were able to show differences in length of stay, readmissions, or mortality. CONCLUSIONS Our review of quality improvement literature in gastroenterology revealed common themes of successful programs: Education was frequently used but often insufficient, the EMR may be underutilized in guiding decision making, and patient-reported outcomes were infrequently assessed. Further research may be needed to compare QI strategies directly.
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- Courtney Reynolds
- Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 10945 Le Conte Ave, Suite 2338, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
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- Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 10945 Le Conte Ave, Suite 2338, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.,Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 200 Medical Plaza Driveway, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA
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- Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 10945 Le Conte Ave, Suite 2338, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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Design and Simulation of an Integrated Wireless Capacitive Sensors Array for Measuring Ventricular Pressure. SENSORS 2018; 18:s18092781. [PMID: 30149510 PMCID: PMC6164233 DOI: 10.3390/s18092781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Revised: 07/17/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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This paper reports the novel design of a touch mode capacitive pressure sensor (TMCPS) system with a wireless approach for a full-range continuous monitoring of ventricular pressure. The system consists of two modules: an implantable set and an external reading device. The implantable set, restricted to a 2 × 2 cm² area, consists of a TMCPS array connected with a dual-layer coil, for making a reliable resonant circuit for communication with the external device. The capacitive array is modelled considering the small deflection regime for achieving a dynamic and full 5⁻300 mmHg pressure range. In this design, the two inductive-coupled modules are calculated considering proper electromagnetic alignment, based on two planar coils and considering the following: 13.56 MHz frequency to avoid tissue damage and three types of biological tissue as core (skin, fat and muscle). The system was validated with the Comsol Multiphysics and CoventorWare softwares; showing a 90% power transmission efficiency at a 3.5 cm distance between coils. The implantable module includes aluminum- and polyimide-based devices, which allows ergonomic, robust, reproducible, and technologically feasible integrated sensors. In addition, the module shows a simplified and low cost design approach based on PolyMEMS INAOE® technology, featured by low-temperature processing.
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Kambiré Y, Konaté L, Diallo I, Millogo GRC, Kologo KJ, Tougouma JB, Samadoulougou AK, Zabsonré P. [Assessment of medical management of heart failure at National Hospital Blaise COMPAORE]. Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris) 2018; 68:22-27. [PMID: 29753424 DOI: 10.1016/j.ancard.2018.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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AIM The aim of this study was to assess the quality of medical management of heart failure at the National Hospital Blaise Compaoré according to the international guidelines. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective study was performed including consecutive patients admitted for heart failure documented sonographically from October 2012 to March 2015 in the Medicine and Medical Specialties Department of National Hospital Blaise Compaore with a minimum follow-up of six weeks. Data analysis was made by the SPSS 20.0 software. RESULTS Eighty-four patients, mean age of 57.61±18.24 years, were included. It was an acute heart failure in 84.5% of patients with systolic left ventricular function impaired (77.4%). The rate of prescription of different drugs in heart failure any type was 88.1% for loop diuretics; 77.1% for angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers and 65.5% for betablockers. In patients with systolic dysfunction, 84.62% of patients were received the combination of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers and 75.38% for betablockers. Exercise rehabilitation was undergoing in 10.7% of patients. The death rate was 16.7% and hospital readmission rate of 16.7%. CONCLUSION The prescription rate of major heart failure drugs is satisfactory. Cardiac rehabilitation should be developed.
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- Y Kambiré
- Service de médecine et spécialités médicales, hôpital National Blaise-COMPARORE, 11, BP 104 Ouagadougou, CMS 11, Burkina Faso; Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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- Service de médecine et spécialités médicales, hôpital National Blaise-COMPARORE, 11, BP 104 Ouagadougou, CMS 11, Burkina Faso
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- Service de médecine et spécialités médicales, hôpital National Blaise-COMPARORE, 11, BP 104 Ouagadougou, CMS 11, Burkina Faso
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- Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Service de cardiologie, centre hospitalier universitaire Yalgado Ouédraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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- Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Service de cardiologie, centre hospitalier universitaire Yalgado Ouédraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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- Service de cardiologie, centre hospitalier universitaire Sourô Sanou, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
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- Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Service de cardiologie, centre hospitalier universitaire Yalgado Ouédraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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- Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Service de cardiologie, centre hospitalier universitaire Yalgado Ouédraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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Cognitive impairment (CI) is common in older adults with heart failure (HF). The prevalence of CI is higher among patients with HF than in those without. The spectrum of CI in HF is similar to that observed in the general population and may range from delirium to isolated memory or non-memory-related deficits to dementia. Both HF with reduced ejection fraction and HF with preserved ejection fraction have been associated with defects in different domains of cognition. Numerous risk factors have been shown to contribute to CI in HF. Additionally, various pathophysiological mechanisms related to HF can contribute to cognitive decline. These conditions are not routinely screened for in clinical practice settings with HF populations, and guidelines on optimal assessment strategies are lacking. Validated tools and criteria should be used to differentiate acute cognitive decline (delirium) from chronic cognitive decline such as mild cognitive impairment and dementia. CI in HF has been associated with higher rates of disability and impairment in self-care activities that may in turn increase healthcare cost, hospital readmission and mortality. Early detection of CI may improve clinical outcomes in older adults with HF. Appropriate HF management strategies may also help to reduce CI in patients with HF, and future research is needed to develop and test newer and more effective interventions to improve outcomes in patients with HF and CI.
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Dini FL, Bajraktari G, Zara C, Mumoli N, Rosa GM. Optimizing Management of Heart Failure by Using Echo and Natriuretic Peptides in the Outpatient Unit. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2018; 1067:145-159. [PMID: 29374825 DOI: 10.1007/5584_2017_137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Chronic heart failure (HF) is an important public health problem and is associated with high morbidity, high mortality, and considerable healthcare costs. More than 90% of hospitalizations due to worsening HF result from elevations of left ventricular (LV) filling pressures and fluid overload, which are often accompanied by the increased synthesis and secretion of natriuretic peptides (NPs). Furthermore, persistently abnormal LV filling pressures and a rise in NP circulating levels are well known indicators of poor prognosis. Frequent office visits with the resulting evaluation and management are most often needed. The growing pressure from hospital readmissions in HF patients is shifting the focus of interest from traditionally symptom-guided care to a more specific patient-centered follow-up care based on clinical findings, BNP and echo. Recent studies supported the value of serial NP measurements and Doppler echocardiographic biomarkers of elevated LV filling pressures as tools to scrutinize patients with impending clinically overt HF. Therefore, combination of echo and pulsed-wave blood-flow and tissue Doppler with NPs appears valuable in guiding ambulatory HF management, since they are potentially useful to distinguish stable patients from those at high risk of decompensation.
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- Frank Lloyd Dini
- Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy. .,Unità Operativa Malattie Cardiovascolari 1, Dipartimento Cardio, Toracico e Vascolare, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy.
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University and Heart Centre, Umeå, Sweden.,Clinic of Cardiology, University Clinical Centre of Kosova, Prishtina, Kosovo
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- Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Livorno Hospital, Livorno, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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Peled H. Readmissions and Diuretic Dosing. JACC. HEART FAILURE 2017; 5:618. [PMID: 28774402 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2017.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Accepted: 05/18/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Gilbert EM, Xu WD. Rationales and choices for the treatment of patients with NYHA class II heart failure. Postgrad Med 2017; 129:619-631. [PMID: 28670961 DOI: 10.1080/00325481.2017.1344082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Heart failure (HF) in the United States represents a significant burden for patients and a tremendous strain on the healthcare system. Patients receiving a diagnosis of HF can be placed into 1 of 4 New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional classifications; the greatest proportion of patients are in the NYHA class II category, which is defined as patients having a slight limitation of physical activity but who are comfortable at rest, and for whom ordinary physical activity results in symptoms of HF. Because the severity of NYHA class II HF may be perceived as mild or unalarming by this definition, the urgency to treat this type of HF may be overlooked. However, these patients are optimal candidates for active intervention because their HF is at a critical point on the disease progression continuum when untoward changes can be halted or reversed. This review discusses the physiological consequences of NYHA class II HF with reduced ejection fraction and describes recent clinical trials that have demonstrated a therapeutic benefit for patients in this population. In doing so, we hope to establish that patients with NYHA class II disease merit careful attention and to provide reassurance to the treating community that options are available for these patients.
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- Edward M Gilbert
- a Division of Cardiology , University of Utah , Salt Lake City , UT , USA
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- a Division of Cardiology , University of Utah , Salt Lake City , UT , USA
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Khera R, Pandey A, Kumar N, Singh R, Bano S, Golwala H, Kumbhani DJ, Girotra S, Fonarow GC. Variation in Hospital Use and Outcomes Associated With Pulmonary Artery Catheterization in Heart Failure in the United States. Circ Heart Fail 2017; 9:CIRCHEARTFAILURE.116.003226. [PMID: 27780836 DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.116.003226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2016] [Accepted: 09/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND There has been an increase in the use of pulmonary artery (PA) catheters in heart failure (HF) in the United States in recent years. However, patterns of hospital use and trends in patient outcomes are not known. METHODS AND RESULTS In the National Inpatient Sample 2001 to 2012, using International Classification of Diseases-Ninth Revision codes, we identified 11 888 525 adult (≥18 years) HF hospitalizations nationally, of which an estimated 75 209 (SE 0.6%) received a PA catheter. In 2001, the number of hospitals with ≥1 PA catheterization was 1753, decreasing to 1183 in 2011. The mean PA catheter use per hospital trended from 4.9 per year in 2001 (limits 1-133) to 3.8 per year in 2007 (limits 1-46), but increased to 5.5 per year in 2011 (limits 1-70). During 2001 to 2006, PA catheterization declined across hospitals; however, in 2007 to 2012, there was a disproportionate increase at hospitals with large bedsize, teaching programs, and advanced HF capabilities. The overall in-hospital mortality with PA catheter use was higher than without PA catheter use (13.1% versus 3.4%; P<0.0001); however, in propensity-matched analysis, differences in mortality between these groups have attenuated over time-risk-adjusted odds ratio for mortality for PA catheterization, 1.66 (95% confidence interval, 1.60-1.74) in 2001 to 2003 down to 1.04 (95% confidence interval, 0.97-1.12) in 2010 to 2012. CONCLUSIONS There is substantial hospital-level variability in PA catheterization in HF along with increasing volume at fewer hospitals over-represented by large, academic hospitals with advanced HF capabilities. This is accompanied by a decline in excess mortality associated with PA catheterization.
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- Rohan Khera
- From the Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (R.K., A.P., S.B., D.J.K.); Cambridge Health Alliance Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (N.K.); Division of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (R.S.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (H.G.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Iowa City (S.G.); and Ahmanson-University of California at Los Angeles Cardiomyopathy Center, Ronald Reagan-University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center (G.C.F.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (R.K., A.P., S.B., D.J.K.); Cambridge Health Alliance Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (N.K.); Division of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (R.S.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (H.G.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Iowa City (S.G.); and Ahmanson-University of California at Los Angeles Cardiomyopathy Center, Ronald Reagan-University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center (G.C.F.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (R.K., A.P., S.B., D.J.K.); Cambridge Health Alliance Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (N.K.); Division of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (R.S.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (H.G.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Iowa City (S.G.); and Ahmanson-University of California at Los Angeles Cardiomyopathy Center, Ronald Reagan-University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center (G.C.F.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (R.K., A.P., S.B., D.J.K.); Cambridge Health Alliance Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (N.K.); Division of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (R.S.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (H.G.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Iowa City (S.G.); and Ahmanson-University of California at Los Angeles Cardiomyopathy Center, Ronald Reagan-University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center (G.C.F.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (R.K., A.P., S.B., D.J.K.); Cambridge Health Alliance Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (N.K.); Division of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (R.S.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (H.G.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Iowa City (S.G.); and Ahmanson-University of California at Los Angeles Cardiomyopathy Center, Ronald Reagan-University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center (G.C.F.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (R.K., A.P., S.B., D.J.K.); Cambridge Health Alliance Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (N.K.); Division of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (R.S.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (H.G.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Iowa City (S.G.); and Ahmanson-University of California at Los Angeles Cardiomyopathy Center, Ronald Reagan-University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center (G.C.F.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (R.K., A.P., S.B., D.J.K.); Cambridge Health Alliance Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (N.K.); Division of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (R.S.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (H.G.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Iowa City (S.G.); and Ahmanson-University of California at Los Angeles Cardiomyopathy Center, Ronald Reagan-University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center (G.C.F.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (R.K., A.P., S.B., D.J.K.); Cambridge Health Alliance Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (N.K.); Division of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (R.S.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (H.G.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Iowa City (S.G.); and Ahmanson-University of California at Los Angeles Cardiomyopathy Center, Ronald Reagan-University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center (G.C.F.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (R.K., A.P., S.B., D.J.K.); Cambridge Health Alliance Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (N.K.); Division of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (R.S.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (H.G.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Iowa City (S.G.); and Ahmanson-University of California at Los Angeles Cardiomyopathy Center, Ronald Reagan-University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center (G.C.F.).
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Lloyd T, Buck H, Foy A, Black S, Pinter A, Pogash R, Eismann B, Balaban E, Chan J, Kunselman A, Smyth J, Boehmer J. The Penn State Heart Assistant: A pilot study of a web-based intervention to improve self-care of heart failure patients. Health Informatics J 2017; 25:292-303. [DOI: 10.1177/1460458217704247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Tom Lloyd
- Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, USA
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- College of Nursing, University of South Florida, USA
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State Health, USA
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- Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, USA
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- College of Health and Human Development, Penn State University, USA
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State Health, USA
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Álvarez-García J, Salamanca-Bautista P, Ferrero-Gregori A, Montero-Pérez-Barquero M, Puig T, Aramburu-Bodas Ó, Vázquez R, Formiga F, Delgado J, Arias-Jiménez JL, Vives-Borrás M, Cerqueiro González JM, Manzano L, Cinca J. Impacto pronóstico de la especialidad en el paciente ambulatorio con insuficiencia cardiaca: un análisis emparejado de los registros REDINSCOR y RICA. Rev Esp Cardiol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.recesp.2016.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Wan TTH, Terry A, Cobb E, McKee B, Tregerman R, Barbaro SDS. Strategies to Modify the Risk of Heart Failure Readmission: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Health Serv Res Manag Epidemiol 2017; 4:2333392817701050. [PMID: 28462286 PMCID: PMC5406120 DOI: 10.1177/2333392817701050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2016] [Revised: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 02/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background: Human factors play an important role in health-care outcomes of heart failure (HF) patients. A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trial studies on HF hospitalization may yield positive proofs of the beneficial effect of specific care management strategies. Purpose: To investigate how the 8 guiding principles of choice, rest, environment, activity, trust, interpersonal relationships, outlook, and nutrition reduce HF readmissions. Basic Procedures: Appropriate keywords were identified related to the (1) independent variable of hospitalization and treatment, (2) the moderating variable of care management principles, (3) the dependent variable of readmission, and (4) the disease of HF to conduct searches in 9 databases. Databases searched included CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, ERIC, MEDLINE, PubMed, PsycInfo, Science Direct, and Web of Science. Only prospective studies associated with HF hospitalization and readmissions, published in English, Chinese, Spanish, and German journals between January 1, 1990, and August 31, 2015, were included in the systematic review. In the meta-analysis, data were collected from studies that measured HF readmission for individual patients. Main Findings: The results indicate that an intervention involving any human factor principles may nearly double an individual’s probability of not being readmitted. Participants in interventions that incorporated single or combined principles were 1.4 to 6.8 times less likely to be readmitted. Principal Conclusions: Interventions with human factor principles reduce readmissions among HF patients. Overall, this review may help reconfigure the design, implementation, and evaluation of clinical practice for reducing HF readmissions in the future.
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- Thomas T H Wan
- College of Health and Public Affairs, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
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- College of Health and Public Affairs, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
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- Florida Hospital Translational Research Institute, Orlando, FL, USA
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- College of Health and Public Affairs, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
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- College of Health and Public Affairs, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
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- College of Health and Public Affairs, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
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This article identifies and explains barriers to optimal outcomes of heart failure and the role of the clinical nurse specialist in overcoming these obstacles, improving patient outcomes and quality of life. In recent years, advances in heart failure management have increased survival rates, and as a result, the number of patients requiring services to manage disease progression and the complex array of symptoms associated with end-stage heart disease. Management of the heart failure patient is dependent on the severity of the disease and wide range of available treatment regimens. Disease progression can be unpredictable and treatment regimens increasingly complex. The authors present a typical case of a patient with heart failure, identify the barriers to optimal outcomes in managing heart failure, as well as describe the roles of the clinical nurse specialist in overcoming these barriers within 3 spheres of clinical nurse specialist influence: patient, health care provider, and health care systems. The clinical nurse specialist role is ideally suited to positively affect heart failure outcomes. These positive effects are drawn from the dynamic and unique nature of the clinical nurse specialist role and are perpetrated through the 3 spheres of clinical nurse specialist practice: patient, health care provider, and heath care system.
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Álvarez-García J, Salamanca-Bautista P, Ferrero-Gregori A, Montero-Pérez-Barquero M, Puig T, Aramburu-Bodas Ó, Vázquez R, Formiga F, Delgado J, Arias-Jiménez JL, Vives-Borrás M, Cerqueiro González JM, Manzano L, Cinca J. Prognostic Impact of Physician Specialty on the Prognosis of Outpatients With Heart Failure: Propensity Matched Analysis of the REDINSCOR and RICA Registries. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 70:347-354. [PMID: 28189543 DOI: 10.1016/j.rec.2016.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The specialty treating patients with heart failure (HF) has a prognostic impact in the hospital setting but this issue remains under debate in the ambulatory environment. We aimed to compare the clinical profile and outcomes of outpatients with HF treated by cardiologists or internists. METHODS We analyzed the clinical, electrocardiogram, laboratory, and echocardiographic data of 2 prospective multicenter Spanish cohorts of outpatients with HF treated by cardiologists (REDINSCOR, n=2150) or by internists (RICA, n=1396). Propensity score matching analysis was used to test the influence of physician specialty on outcome. RESULTS Cardiologist-treated patients were often men, were younger, and had ischemic etiology and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Patients followed up by internists were predominantly women, were older, and a higher percentage had preserved LVEF and associated comorbidities. The 9-month mortality was lower in the REDINSCOR cohort (11.6% vs 16.9%; P<.001), but the 9-month HF-readmission rates were similar (15.7% vs 16.9%; P=.349). The propensity matching analysis selected 558 pairs of comparable patients and continued to show significantly lower 9-month mortality in the cardiology cohort (12.0% vs 18.8%; RR, 0.64; 95% confidence interval [95%CI], 0.48-0.85; P=.002), with no relevant differences in the 9-month HF-readmission rate (18.1% vs 17.2%; RR, 0.95; 95%CI, 0.74-1.22; P=.695). CONCLUSIONS Age, sex, LVEF and comorbidities were major determinants of specialty-related referral in HF outpatients. An in-depth propensity matched analysis showed significantly lower 9-month mortality in the cardiologist cohort.
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- Jesús Álvarez-García
- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIb-SantPau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIb-SantPau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIb-SantPau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Puerta del Mar, Cádiz, Spain
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- Servicio de Medicina Interna, IDIBELL, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIb-SantPau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIb-SantPau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Aim: The aim of this literature review was to review and discuss the differences between men and women with heart failure with regard to epidemiology, aetiology, diagnostics, prognosis, pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment, and the impact of heart failure on psychosocial factors and healthcare utilisation. Method: Two primary health care resources, MEDLINE and CINAHL, were selected to review the current literature. In MEDLINE, 234 abstracts dealing with heart failure and gender/sex were found and in CINAHL, 20 abstracts. Conclusion: Men have a higher incidence of heart failure, but the overall prevalence rate is similar in both sexes, since women survive longer after the onset of heart failure. Women tend to be older when diagnosed with heart failure and more often have diastolic dysfunction than men. The extent of sex differences in treatment, hospital cost and quality of care can partly be explained by age differences. The life situations for men and women with heart failure are different. Physical and social restrictions affecting daily life activities are experienced as most bothersome for men, whereas restrictions affecting the possibility to support family and friends are most difficult to accept for women. Women with heart failure ascribe more positive meanings to their illness. Despite this, women seem to experience a lower overall quality of life than men. The known gender differences in patients with heart failure need to be highlighted in guidelines as well as implemented in standard care.
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- Anna Strömberg
- Department of Cardiology, Heart Centre, Linköping University Hospital, S-581 85 Linköping, Sweden.
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Panella M, Marchisio S, Di Mario G, Marani L, Di Stanislao F. The Effectiveness of an Integrated Care Pathway for Inpatient Heart Failure Treatment: Results of a Trial in a Community Hospital. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/147322970500900104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Massimiliano Panella
- Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Public Health, University of Eastern Piedmont ‘A Avogadro’, Novara
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Public Health, University of Eastern Piedmont ‘A Avogadro’, Novara
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- Department of Medicine, The Holy Family Hospital in Novafeltria
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- Regional Healthcare Agency of Marche, School of Hygiene and Public Health, University of Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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Tipología y estándares de calidad de las unidades de insuficiencia cardiaca: consenso científico de la Sociedad Española de Cardiología. Rev Esp Cardiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.recesp.2016.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Wallen MP, Skinner TL, Pavey TG, Hall A, Macdonald GA, Coombes JS. Safety, adherence and efficacy of exercise training in solid-organ transplant candidates: A systematic review. Transplant Rev (Orlando) 2016; 30:218-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trre.2016.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2015] [Revised: 04/06/2016] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Classification and Quality Standards of Heart Failure Units: Scientific Consensus of the Spanish Society of Cardiology. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 69:940-950. [PMID: 27576081 DOI: 10.1016/j.rec.2016.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2016] [Accepted: 06/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The prevalence of heart failure remains high and represents the highest disease burden in Spain. Heart failure units have been developed to systematize the diagnosis, treatment, and clinical follow-up of heart failure patients, provide a structure to coordinate the actions of various entities and personnel involved in patient care, and improve prognosis and quality of life. There is ample evidence on the benefits of heart failure units or programs, which have become widespread in Spain. One of the challenges to the analysis of heart failure units is standardization of their classification, by determining which "programs" can be identified as heart failure "units" and by characterizing their complexity level. The aim of this article was to present the standards developed by the Spanish Society of Cardiology to classify and establish the requirements for heart failure units within the SEC-Excellence project.
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Klein DM, Turvey CL, Pies CJ. Relationship of Coping Styles With Quality of Life and Depressive Symptoms in Older Heart Failure Patients. J Aging Health 2016; 19:22-38. [PMID: 17215200 DOI: 10.1177/0898264306296398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This study examines the relationship between coping styles, quality of life, and depressive symptoms in older heart failure patients. Eighty heart failure patients seeking treatment in an outpatient heart failure or family practice clinic participated in a study examining depression, disability, and heart failure. Patients completed a clinical interview and questionnaires about mood, functional impairment, comorbid illness, quality of life, and coping. Heart failure severity and maladaptive coping styles, including denial, self-distraction, and self-blame, negatively affected quality of life and depressive symptoms. The use of maladaptive coping strategies involves efforts that divert attention from the illness and suggests the need to provide heart failure patients the skills to directly address the stress associated with their illness. Interventions that target these coping strategies may help patients take a more active role in their heart failure management and may improve psychological and cardiac outcomes.
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Heywood JT, Elatre W, Pai RG, Fabbri S, Huiskes B. Simple Clinical Criteria to Determine the Prognosis of Heart Failure. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther 2016; 10:173-80. [PMID: 16211206 DOI: 10.1177/107424840501000305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Objective: To determine whether easily obtained clinical parameters serve as predictors of survival in patients with congestive heart failure. Several scoring systems to predict heart failure survival have been developed; however, many of these deal principally with transplant recipients or do not account for a patient’s response to therapy. Methods: A total of 680 patients with an ejection fraction of less than 40% were included in the analysis. Baseline assessments were performed and treatment regimens were identified; patients were then followed for up to 5 years. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression models were used to determine clinically important predictors of survival. Kaplan-Meier survival functions for patients with and without the prognostic variable were constructed and mortality was calculated at 1 year and 5 years. Results: Ejection fraction improvement at 6 months, diabetes mellitus, age, serum creatinine, and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) were significant predictors for survival in the univariate model. Ejection fraction improvement, age, and BUN were significant predictors in the multivariate model. These findings were used to construct a model for predicting patient mortality. Improved ejection fraction (>15 ejection fraction units) gave a 1-year mortality of 2% and a 5-year mortality of 11%. Mortality rates according to patient age and BUN levels were also calculated. Conclusion: Ejection fraction improvement was the most important predictor for survival in patients with systolic dysfunction; monitoring ejection fraction changes through repeat echocardiograms has important prognostic value. In patients without ejection fraction improvement, age and renal function are important survival determinants.
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- J Thomas Heywood
- Department of Cardiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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Vavouranakis I, Lambrogiannakis E, Markakis G, Dermitzakis A, Haroniti Z, Ninidaki C, Borbantonaki A, Tsoutsoumanou K. Effect of Home-Based Intervention on Hospital Readmission and Quality of Life in Middle-Aged Patients with Severe Congestive Heart Failure: A 12-Month Follow Up Study. Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs 2016; 2:105-11. [PMID: 14622635 DOI: 10.1016/s1474-5151(03)00006-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Objective: Home care surveillance has been shown to reduce hospital readmission and improve functional status and quality of life of elderly patients with mild to moderate or severe congestive heart failure and in younger patients candidates for transplantation. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of home-based intervention on hospital readmission and quality of life of middle-aged patients with severe congestive heart failure. Methods: Thirty-three patients aged 50–75 (mean age 65.4±6.7) with class III and IV congestive heart failure were included in this observational, community-based study. Intervention consisted of intensive home surveillance of patients, including frequent home visits associated with laboratory tests and telephone contacts to implement standard therapy, treat early symptoms and provide psychological support. Results: Admissions for cardiovascular reasons decreased from 2.143±1.11 for the year before the initiation of the study to 1.25±1 after its completion ( P=0.0005). Quality of life improved, as showed by a decrease of the mean score of the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire from 2.68±0.034 to 2.33±0.032 ( P=0.0001). Conclusion: Intensive home care of middle-aged patients with severe heart failure results in improved quality of life and a decrease in hospital readmission rates.
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- I Vavouranakis
- Technological Educational Institute, School of Nursery, Stavromenos, 71500, Crete, Iraklion, Greece.
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González B, Lupón J, Herreros J, Urrutia A, Altimir S, Coll R, Prats M, Valle V. Patient's Education by Nurse: What We Really do Achieve? Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs 2016; 4:107-11. [PMID: 15904880 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2005.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2004] [Revised: 03/06/2005] [Accepted: 03/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Aim: To evaluate what is really achieved with nurse education in an outpatient heart failure population. Method: The answers obtained in a nurse questionnaire performed at the first visit to the Unit and at 1 year of follow-up were compared. The questionnaire was addressed to know how compliant patients were and how much they knew about their disease and their treatment. Results: Two hundred and ninety eight patients (219 men and 79 women) were evaluated. Baseline mean age was 65 years (35–86). At first visit only 30% knew and understood the performance of the heart; 56% at 1 year ( p < 0.001). Only 28% initially understood the disease; 55% at follow-up ( p < 0.001). Awareness of more than 3 worsening signs increased from 66.5% to 86.5% ( p < 0.001). Knowledge of the names of all the pills they were receiving increased from 33% to 44% ( p < 0.001), of the action of these pills from 24% to 44% ( p < 0.001), and of how to use nitroglycerine among patients with ischemic heart disease from 87% to 96% ( p < 0.001). Initially 63% monitored their weight only at the medical visit and 21% monitored it at least once a week; at 1 year these percentages were 16% and 39% respectively ( p < 0.001). At baseline 45% checked blood pressure only at the medical visit and 28.5% checked it at least once a week; at 1 year these percentages were 12% and 43% ( p < 0.001). Whereas no significant differences were found in sodium restricted diet compliance, exercise performance increased slightly although statistically significantly ( p = 0.01). The great majority of patients never or only very rarely smoked or drunk alcoholic beverages, both at first visit and at 1 year, although both habits increased slightly during follow-up. No significant differences in treatment compliance (92% vs. 88% were taking all the medications prescribed) were found. Conclusion: Nurse-guided education has changed self-care behaviour of patients with heart failure in several important aspects, as weight and blood monitoring, and has increased their knowledge and understanding of the disease and treatment. However, these improvements have not been reflected in a better compliance of treatment and sodium restricted diet. Such aspects need more and more work to obtain better results.
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- Beatriz González
- Unitat d'Insuficiència Cardíaca, Servei de Cardiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Carretera del Canyet s/n. 08916 Badalona, Spain
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Inuzuka R, Kass DA, Senzaki H. Novel, single-beat approach for determining both end-systolic pressure-dimension relationship and preload recruitable stroke work. Open Heart 2016; 3:e000451. [PMID: 27347424 PMCID: PMC4916631 DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2016-000451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2016] [Revised: 04/27/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Objective The end-systolic pressure–dimension relationship (ESPDR) and the preload recruitable stroke work (PRSW) relationship are load-insensitive measures of contractility, but their clinical application has been limited by the need to record multiple beats over a wide volume range. In this study, we therefore sought to validate a new method to concomitantly determine the ESPDR and the PRSW relationship from a single beat. Methods Pressure–dimension loops were recorded in 14 conscious dogs under various haemodynamic and pathological conditions. Multiple-beat PRSW relationship was determined for its slope (Mw) and for a dimension-axis intercept (Dw). The ESPDR represented by the formula , was estimated from a steady-state, single-beat late-systolic pressure–dimension relationship. The single-beat Mw was determined as an end-systolic pressure when the end-systolic dimension was equal to Dw. Results A strong correlation was observed between multiple-beat and single-beat ESPDRs (zero-stress dimension; r=0.98, p<0.0001). The single-beat estimation of Mw calculated using the wall thickness was strongly correlated with the actual Mw (r=0.93, p<0.0001) and was sensitive enough to detect the change in contractility by dobutamine infusion (p<0.001) and by tachycardia-induced heart failure (p<0.001). Similar results were obtained for Mw estimated without information on wall thickness. Conclusions Mw can be interpreted as an end-systolic pressure when the end-systolic dimension is equal to Dw. By using the non-linear ESPDR, accurate single-beat estimation of the ESPDR and Mw is possible even without information on wall thickness. These results should enhance the applicability of pressure–volume framework to clinical medicine.
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- Ryo Inuzuka
- Department of Pediatrics , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- Department of Cardiology , Johns Hopkins Medical Institution , Baltimore, Maryland , USA
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology , Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University , Kawagoe , Japan
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Cedars AM, Burns S, Novak EL, Amin AP. Lesion-Specific Factors Contributing to Inhospital Costs in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease. Am J Cardiol 2016; 117:1821-5. [PMID: 27079214 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Revised: 03/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The population of adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) in the United States is growing rapidly with concomitant increases in care costs. We sought to define the variables having the greatest influence on annual cost of inpatient care in patients with ACHD in the United States. To do so, we conducted a retrospective analysis of admissions in patients >18 years old with a 3-digit International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision, code of 745 to 747 from the State Inpatient Databases of Arkansas (2008 to 2010), California (2003 to 2012), Florida (2005 to 2012), Hawaii (2006 to 2010), Nebraska (2003 to 2011), and New York (2005 to 2012). We selected variables we believed would have the greatest effect on care costs and built a series of multivariable regression models grouping patients by congenital lesion to examine the relative contribution of the specified variables to total annual inpatient cost. We analyzed a total of 68,314 patients aged 57 ± 18.6 years, 51% of whom were women. The multivariable regression model had an overall R(2) of 0.35. Readmission was responsible for 10.3% of annual inpatient cost among all patients with ACHD and had the greatest effect on inpatient care cost for each congenital lesion except Eisenmenger syndrome and conotruncal abnormalities, for both of which it was the second most significant contributor. Other major contributors to annual inpatient care costs included length of stay and operative procedures. In conclusion, rehospitalization is the most significant contributor to annual inpatient cost for individual patients with ACHD in the United States, regardless of underlying anatomy.
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- Ari M Cedars
- Department of Cardiology, Baylor University Hospital, Dallas, Texas.
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- Division of Cardiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Cardiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Cardiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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Hopper I, de Silva C, Skiba M, Tonkin A, Krum H. Attitudes of Patients and Prescribing Clinicians to Polypharmacy and Medication Withdrawal in Heart Failure. J Card Fail 2016; 22:743-4. [PMID: 27216428 DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2016.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2016] [Revised: 05/15/2016] [Accepted: 05/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Ingrid Hopper
- Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Clinical Pharmacology Department, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Clinical Pharmacology Department, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Clinical Pharmacology Department, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Clinical Pharmacology Department, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia
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Creaser JW, DePasquale EC, Vandenbogaart E, Rourke D, Chaker T, Fonarow GC. Team-Based Care for Outpatients with Heart Failure. Heart Fail Clin 2016; 11:379-405. [PMID: 26142637 DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2015.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Management of heart failure requires a multidisciplinary team-based approach that includes coordination of numerous team members to ensure guideline-directed optimization of medical therapy, frequent and regular assessment of volume status, frequent education, use of cardiac rehabilitation, continued assessment for the use of advanced therapies, and advance care planning. All of these are important aspects of the management of this complex condition.
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- Julie W Creaser
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, University of California, 100 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 630 East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, University of California, 100 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 630 East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, University of California, 100 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 630 East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, University of California, 100 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 630 East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, University of California, 100 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 630 East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, University of California, 100 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 630 East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Assessing the Quality and Comparative Effectiveness of Team-Based Care for Heart Failure: Who, What, Where, When, and How. Heart Fail Clin 2016; 11:499-506. [PMID: 26142644 DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2015.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Team-based or multidisciplinary care may be a potential way to positively impact outcomes for heart failure (HF) patients by improving clinical outcomes, managing patient symptoms, and reducing costs. The multidisciplinary team includes the HF cardiologist, HF nurses, clinical pharmacists, dieticians, exercise specialists, mental health providers, social workers, primary care providers, and additional subspecialty providers. The timing and setting of multidisciplinary care depends on the needs of the patient and the resources available. Multidisciplinary HF teams should be evaluated based on their ability to achieve goals, as well as their potential for sustainability over time.
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Jurgens CY, Goodlin S, Dolansky M, Ahmed A, Fonarow GC, Boxer R, Arena R, Blank L, Buck HG, Cranmer K, Fleg JL, Lampert RJ, Lennie TA, Lindenfeld J, Piña IL, Semla TP, Trebbien P, Rich MW. Heart failure management in skilled nursing facilities: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association and the Heart Failure Society of America. J Card Fail 2016; 21:263-99. [PMID: 25863664 DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2015.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Donaho EK, Hall AC, Gass JA, Elayda MA, Lee VV, Paire S, Meyers DE. Protocol-Driven Allied Health Post-Discharge Transition Clinic to Reduce Hospital Readmissions in Heart Failure. J Am Heart Assoc 2015; 4:JAHA.115.002296. [PMID: 26702083 PMCID: PMC4845270 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.115.002296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Background Heart failure (HF) patients have high rates of hospitalization and rehospitalization. Methods and Results A protocol‐driven clinic staffed by an allied health care team was designed for patients discharged from the hospital with a diagnosis of congestive HF. The clinic provided follow‐up visits 1 week and 4 to 6 weeks after hospital discharge. One‐hundred and fourteen patients were observed at least 1 time, and 80% of these patients completed the 2‐visit protocol. Clinical evaluations were provided by a nurse practitioner specializing in HF and a clinical pharmacist; these evaluations included physical examination, laboratory evaluation, medical education and reconciliation, medication adjustment and titration, and care coordination. Referrals to home health and appropriate services were provided. At visit 1, 25% of patients were hypervolemic and 13% were hypovolemic. At visit 2, 20% were hypervolemic and 13% were hypovolemic. Medicine reconciliation errors were common, with an average of 2.1 and 0.8 errors per person recorded for visits 1 and 2, respectively. Clinic participants showed a 44.3% reduction in 30‐day readmission rates, as compared to the hospital's average 30‐day readmission rates. Conclusions Protocol‐driven postdischarge transition care delivered by allied health staff addressed multiple transition issues and was associated with a dramatic reduction in readmission rates.
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- Pharmacy Department, Memorial Hermann TMC, Houston, TX (A.C.H., J.A.G.)
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- Pharmacy Department, Memorial Hermann TMC, Houston, TX (A.C.H., J.A.G.)
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- Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX (M.A.E., V.V.L., D.E.M.)
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- Palliative Care Department, Kelsey Seybold Clinic, Houston, TX (S.P.)
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Pinney SJ, Page AE, Jevsevar DS, Bozic KJ. Current concept review: quality and process improvement in orthopedics. Orthop Res Rev 2015; 8:1-11. [PMID: 30774466 PMCID: PMC6209351 DOI: 10.2147/orr.s92216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Multiple health care stakeholders are increasingly scrutinizing musculoskeletal care to optimize quality and cost efficiency. This has led to greater emphasis on quality and process improvement. There is a robust set of business strategies that are increasingly being applied to health care delivery. These quality and process improvement tools (QPITs) have specific applications to segments of, or the entire episode of, patient care. In the rapidly changing health care world, it will behoove all orthopedic surgeons to have an understanding of the manner in which care delivery processes can be evaluated and improved. Many of the commonly used QPITs, including checklist initiatives, standardized clinical care pathways, lean methodology, six sigma strategies, and total quality management, embrace basic principles of quality improvement. These principles include focusing on outcomes, optimizing communication among health care team members, increasing process standardization, and decreasing process variation. This review summarizes the common QPITs, including how and when they might be employed to improve care delivery.
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- Stephen J Pinney
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA,
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- Orthopaedic Surgery, AAOS Health Care Systems Committee, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth University, Hanover, NH, USA
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- Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
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Dovancescu S, Saczynski JS, Darling CE, Riistama J, Sert Kuniyoshi F, Meyer T, Goldberg R, McManus DD. Detecting Heart Failure Decompensation by Measuring Transthoracic Bioimpedance in the Outpatient Setting: Rationale and Design of the SENTINEL-HF Study. JMIR Res Protoc 2015; 4:e121. [PMID: 26453479 PMCID: PMC4704971 DOI: 10.2196/resprot.4899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2015] [Accepted: 07/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Background Recurrent hospital admissions are common among patients admitted for acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), but identification of patients at risk for rehospitalization remains challenging. Contemporary heart failure (HF) management programs have shown modest ability to reduce readmissions, partly because they monitor signs or symptoms of HF worsening that appear late during decompensation. Detecting early stages of HF decompensation might allow for immediate application of effective HF therapies, thereby potentially reducing HF readmissions. One of the earliest indicators of HF decompensation is intrathoracic fluid accumulation, which can be assessed using transthoracic bioimpedance. Objective The SENTINEL-HF study is a prospective observational study designed to test a novel, wearable HF monitoring system as a predictor of HF decompensation among patients discharged after hospitalization for ADHF. Methods SENTINEL-HF tests the hypothesis that a decline in transthoracic bioimpedance, as assessed daily with the Philips fluid accumulation vest (FAV) and transmitted using a mobile phone, is associated with HF worsening and rehospitalization. According to pre-specified power calculations, 180 patients admitted with ADHF are enrolled. Participants transmit daily self-assessments using the FAV-mobile phone dyad for 45 days post-discharge. The primary predictor is the deviation of transthoracic bioimpedance for 3 consecutive days from a patient-specific normal variability range. The ADHF detection algorithm is evaluated in relation with a composite outcome of HF readmission, diuretic up-titration, and self-reported HF worsening (Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire) during a 90-day follow-up period. Here, we provide the details and rationale of SENTINEL-HF. Results Enrollment in the SENTINEL-HF study is complete and the 90-days follow-up is currently under way. Once data collection is complete, the study dataset will be used to evaluate our ADHF detection algorithm and the results submitted for publication. Conclusion SENTINEL-HF emerged from our long-term vision that advanced home monitoring technology can improve the management of chronic HF by extending clinical care into patients’ homes. Monitoring transthoracic bioimpedance with the FAV may identify patients at risk of recurrent HF decompensation and enable timely preventive measures. Trial Registration Clinicaltrials.gov NCT01877369: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01877369 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6bDYl0dGy)
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A two-way street: what the United States can learn from resource-limited countries to improve health care delivery and reduce costs. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2015; 41:236-9. [PMID: 25977252 DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(15)41032-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Larned J, Kabach M, Tamariz L, Raimondo K. Congestive Heart Failure Clinics: How to Make Them Work in a Community-Based Hospital System. CARDIOVASCULAR INNOVATIONS AND APPLICATIONS 2015. [DOI: 10.15212/cvia.2015.0005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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