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Hyponatremia in the Critically Ill
Hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte disorder encountered in hospitalized patients (30-40%) and is present in 17.7% of patients admitted to the ICU. A recent registry demonstrated significant practice variation regarding this common disorder, underlining the frequent diagnostic and therapeutic challenges clinicians face in this area.
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Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement as an Alternative to Other Surgical Options
A large registry study of transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) in patients with degenerated mitral valve bioprostheses or failed mitral annuloplasty repairs who were at high risk for repeat surgery showed that TMVR can be performed successfully. However, the initial and long-term results are better in the degenerated bioprothesis group.
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Can Medical Therapy Improve Functional Mitral Regurgitation?
Among patients who presented with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and severe functional mitral regurgitation, mitral regurgitation improved in 38% of patients with medical management. Improvement in mitral regurgitation was associated with increased survival.
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Patent Foramen Ovale Intervention Rises to Occasion in Cryptogenic Stroke
After years of uncertainty, three large randomized trials have shown a benefit to patent foramen ovale closure in reducing recurrence after cryptogenic stroke in the right patients.
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Late-breaking Clinical Trials From the European Society of Cardiology Congress, August 2017
Recent findings of several important clinical trials in atrial fibrillation management were presented as part of the “Hot Line” sessions at this year’s European Society of Cardiology Congress in Barcelona, Spain. A selection particularly relevant to the general cardiology community is presented here.
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Research Shows Link Between Quality and Readmission Rates
Researchers studied readmissions of more than 2.7 million Medicare patients over age 65, treated at more than 4,700 hospitals between 2014 and 2015. Hospitals in the highest performance quartile for quality had significantly lower 30-day readmission rates than those in the lowest quartile.
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Promising Time for Careers in Healthcare Quality, Report Says
A new report says demand for healthcare quality management is likely to increase as a result of government mandates compelling healthcare providers to improve the quality of patient care they offer, the rising volume of unstructured data in the healthcare sector, and the demand for reducing healthcare costs and risk of medical errors.
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CMS Offers Guidance on Inpatient Engagement Necessary for Hospital Certification
The new guidance highlights two key factors that surveyors should consider: average length of stay (ALOS) and average daily census (ADC).
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ICU Diaries Help Patients, Families Cope With Stress and Aftereffects
An innovative diary system has helped to reduce the incidence of post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) at a California health system.
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AHA Urges CMS to Halt Quality Star Ratings, Calls Them Misleading
The American Hospital Association's vice president of public policy analysis and development says the ratings program poses a “regulatory burden” that is “substantial and unsustainable” for hospitals.