Cardiology
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Award for best hospital goes to … the Mayo Clinic
The U.S. News Best Hospitals Honor Roll for 2017-2018 includes the usual suspects, with the University of Michigan making a big move up the list...
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Syncope Guidelines
What are the key points from the 2017 ACC/AHA/HRS guidelines for the evaluation and management of adult patients with syncope?
Clinical
PHM17 session summary: Kawasaki Disease updates
Hospitalists agree that Kawasaki Disease, both classic and incomplete, is being diagnosed more frequently than even a few years ago.
Clinical
Effect of frailty on HF readmissions
Clinical Question: What is the effect of frailty on 30-day mortality in non-severely disabled older patients with acute...
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Study: No increased mortality with ACA-prompted readmission declines
Reductions in 30-day hospital readmission rates among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries are weakly but significantly correlated with...
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High Value Care curriculum reduced echocardiogram ordering
A High Value Care curriculum in a residency training program led to a reduction in the ordering of repeat echocardiograms.
Clinical
What is the best approach for managing CIED infections?
Patients with CIED infections generally present in one of two ways: pocket infection (most common) or signs of systemic infection.
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Plasma biomarker distinguishes ARDS, acute heart failure
WASHINGTON – The biomarker identified acute respiratory distress syndrome patients who were sicker and more responsive to conservative fluid...
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Idarucizumab reversed dabigatran completely and rapidly in study
One drug reversed the anticoagulant effect of another completely and rapidly.
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Amplatzer devices outperform oral anticoagulation in atrial fib
PARIS – Greater net clinical benefit documented in registry.