For patients with heart failure discharged to a skilled nursing facility and then home, the risk for readmission is highest during the first 2 days at home and is attenuated with a longer SNF length of stay.
Certain lots of valsartan recalled due to contamination with trace amounts of nitrosamine.
Higher incidence seen for in-hospital mortality, acute respiratory failure, acute kidney injury.
Compared with abstinence from alcohol, increased survival seen with moderate drinking.
Prevalence ratio for any cardiovascular disease was 2.18 for those working with pesticides.
Approximately 50% of deaths in people with type 2 diabetes worldwide, and approximately two-thirds of deaths in people with type 2 diabetes in the US are caused by cardiovascular disease.
The use of both NSAID and aspirin was positively associated with incident HF in adults with no prior history of CVD.
The authors searched for randomized placebo-controlled trials (December 1, 2008 to November 24, 2017) involving 3 pharmacologic classes of antidiabetic medications to compare the effects of these agents on the risk of hospitalization for HF in T2DM patients.
Program for heart failure management and implementation of clinical practice guidelines.
Respiratory polygraphy can accurately diagnose sleep apnea in patients hospitalized with heart failure.
