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Do psychosocial factors predict readmission among diabetic elderly patients?

Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2017
Background: Despite advances in diabetes treatment, the rate of readmission is still relatively high among these patients, especially in older population.
Mousa Alavi, Omeleila Baharlooei, Marzieh AdelMehraban   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intermountain Healthcare's McKay-Dee Hospital Center: Driving Down Readmissions by Caring for Patients the "Right Way" [PDF]

, 2011
Outlines the hospital's strategies for low readmission rates for heart failure and pneumonia, including standardization of care, interdisciplinary care coordination and discharge planning, and integration with community providers, and lessons ...
Jennifer N. Edwards, Sharon Silow-Carroll   +1 more
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The role of cardiac acoustic biomarkers in monitoring patients with heart failure: A systematic literature review

ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 980-997, April 2025.
Abstract Heart failure (HF) creates a considerable clinical, humanistic and economic burden on patients and caregivers as well as on healthcare systems. To attenuate the significant burden of HF, there is a need for enhanced management of patients with HF.
Javed Butler, Malcolm Brown, Philippe Prokocimer, Ashley C. Humphries, Sophie Pope, Olivia Wright, Jun Su, Osama Elnawasany, Bogdan Muresan   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of patient outcomes in a pharmacist-led outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy program [PDF]

, 2019
Purpose: Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is a therapeutic option meant to conserve healthcare resources when treating infections requiring the administration of IV antibiotics over a prolonged treatment course.
Howe, Zachary
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The in‐hospital administration of sacubitril/valsartan in acute myocardial infarction: A meta‐analysis

ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 998-1012, April 2025.
In patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction related heart failure, the in‐hospital administration of ARNIs was associated with a reduced risk of MACEs and re‐hospitalizations for heart failure, as well as cardiac remodeling, compared to standard therapy.
Gianluca Di Pietro, Riccardo Improta, Paolo Severino, Andrea D'Amato, Lucia Ilaria Birtolo, Ovidio De Filippo, Antonio Lattanzio, Raffaele De Cristofaro, Giacchino Galardo, Fabrizio D'Ascenzo, Roberto Badagliacca, Gennaro Sardella, Maurizio Volterrani, Francesco Fedele, Carmine Dario Vizza, Massimo Mancone   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient-reported outcomes 6 months after enhanced recovery after colorectal surgery. [PDF]

, 2018
BackgroundEnhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programs have been established as perioperative strategies associated with improved outcomes. However, intermediate and long-term patient-reported outcome data for patients undergoing ERAS interventions ...
Chen, Lee-Lynn, Deiss, Thomas, Naidu, Ramana K, Sarin, Ankit   +3 more
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Hospital readmissions of discharged patients with COVID-19

, 2020
AbstractBackgroundCOVID-19 infection has led to an overwhelming effort by health institutions to meet the high demand for hospital admissions.AimTo analyse the clinical variables associated with readmission of patients who had previously been discharged after admission for COVID-19.Design and methodsWe studied a retrospective cohort of patients with ...
Ramírez, Lina Marcela Parra, Caballero, Mireia Cantero, de la Torre, Ignacio Morrás, Plaza, Alberto Vallejo, Yagüe, Itziar Diego, Tejero, Elena Jimenez, Rubio, Elena Múñez, Asensio, Ángel, Cruz, Ana Fernández, Martínez, Antonio Ramos   +9 more
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The effects of sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors on the ‘forgotten’ right ventricle

ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 1045-1058, April 2025.
Abstract With the progress in diagnosis, treatment and imaging techniques, there is a growing recognition that impaired right ventricular (RV) function profoundly affects the prognosis of patients with heart failure (HF), irrespective of their left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF).
Liangzhen Qu, Xueting Duan, Han Chen
wiley   +1 more source

Readmission After COPD Exacerbation Scale: determining 30-day readmission risk for COPD patients

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 2017
COPD affects over 13 million Americans, and accounts for over half a million hospitalizations annually. The Hospital Readmission Reduction Program, established by the Affordable Care Act requires the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to reduce payments to hospitals with excess readmissions for COPD as of 2015.
Christine SM Lau, Brianna Siracuse, Ronald S Chamberlain   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Implementation of guideline‐recommended medical therapy for patients with heart failure in Europe

ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 790-798, April 2025.
Abstract Physicians' adherence to guideline‐recommended heart failure (HF) treatment remains suboptimal, especially regarding the target doses. In particular, there is evidence that non‐cardiologists are less compliant with HF guideline recommendations. This is likely to have a detrimental impact on patients' survival, readmissions and quality of life.
Maurizio Volterrani, Petar Seferovic, Gianluigi Savarese, Ilaria Spoletini, Egidio Imbalzano, Antoni Bayes‐Genis, Ewa Jankowska, Michele Senni, Marco Metra, Ovidiu Chioncel, Andrew J. S. Coats, Giuseppe M. C. Rosano   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source