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Bedside CGM boosts glucose control in hospital
June 10, 2017
Early results from pilot study impress researchers.
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Noninvasive therapy cut COPD readmissions
June 7, 2017
WASHINGTON – Noninvasive ventilation therapy may let patients concerned with readmission breathe easy.
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A prescription for heart failure success: Change the name
June 5, 2017
PARIS – This condition’s very name dooms it to failure. Dr. Lynne Warner Stevenson has some ideas to fix that.
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Consider switch to clopidogrel for DAPT early post ACS
May 20, 2017
PARIS – TOPIC trial provides new evidence-based DAPT strategy.
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New heart failure guidelines prioritize prevention
May 18, 2017
The latest update to U.S. guidelines for heart failure management, released at the end of April , puts unprecedented emphasis on heart failure prevention and also shines a brighter light on patients at risk for developing heart failure – people with hypertension, diabetes, or coronary arte...
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Oral iron of no benefit in heart failure with iron deficiency
May 16, 2017
High-dose oral iron therapy doesn’t improve exercise capacity in the estimated 50% of patients with symptomatic heart failure who also have iron deficiency, according to a report published online May 16 in JAMA.Iron deficiency in patients with HF, regardless of their hemoglobin status, is ...
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PPIs triple heart failure hospitalization risk in atrial fib patients
May 10, 2017
PARIS – Atrial fib patients taking proton pump inhibitors, largely unnecessarily, have a far greater risk of hospitalization for an acute heart failure episode.
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Noncardiovascular comorbidities spike in acute heart failure
May 1, 2017
PARIS – The biggest jump occurred in the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which rose from 27% in 2005 to 35% in 2014.
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What drives readmissions within 90 days after MI hospitalization
April 26, 2017
WASHINGTON – Cardiologists and hospitals gear up for switch to Medicare bundled payments for acute MI.
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Hospital infections top WHO’s list of priority pathogens
April 25, 2017
WHO is urging governments to focus antibiotic research efforts on a list of urgent bacterial threats, topped by several increasingly powerful superbugs.