Interventions to reduce hospital length of stay in high-risk populations: a systematic review

SM Siddique, K Tipton, B Leas, SR Greysen… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Many strategies to reduce hospital length of stay (LOS) have been implemented,
but few studies have evaluated hospital-led interventions focused on high-risk populations …

[HTML][HTML] Wearable devices for patient monitoring in the early postoperative period: a literature review

T Amin, RJ Mobbs, N Mostafa, LW Sy, WJ Choy - Mhealth, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The early postoperative period is a crucial stage in a patient's recovery as they are
susceptible to a range of complications, with detection and management the key to avoiding …

Effect of empagliflozin as an add-on therapy on decongestion and renal function in patients with diabetes hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure: a …

S Tamaki, T Yamada, T Watanabe, T Morita… - Circulation: Heart …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Empagliflozin reduces the risk of hospitalization for heart failure in patients with
type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. We sought to elucidate the effect of …

Cardiac rehabilitation and all-cause mortality in patients with heart failure: a retrospective cohort study

BJR Buckley, SL Harrison… - European journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Aims Despite the benefits of exercise training in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular
disease, there are conflicting findings for the impact of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation …

[HTML][HTML] Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic variations in hospital length of stay: a state-based analysis

AK Ghosh, BP Geisler, S Ibrahim - Medicine, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic variations in hospital lengt... : Medicine Racial/ethnic and
socioeconomic variations in hospital length of stay: A state-based analysis : Medicine Log in or …

Predicting 90 day acute heart failure readmission and death using machine learning‐supported decision analysis

FB Sarijaloo, J Park, X Zhong, A Wokhlu - Clinical cardiology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Readmission or death soon after heart failure (HF) admission is a significant problem.
Traditional analyses for predicting such events often fail to consider the gamut of …

Frequency, trends and institutional variation in 30‐day all‐cause mortality and unplanned readmissions following hospitalisation for heart failure in Australia and New …

C Labrosciano, D Horton, T Air… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims National 30‐day mortality and readmission rates after heart failure (HF)
hospitalisations are a focus of US policy intervention and yet have rarely been assessed in …

One-year mortality in patients with cancer cachexia: association with albumin and total protein

XY Liu, X Zhang, GT Ruan, KP Zhang… - Cancer Management …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Serum albumin can indicate the onset of cancer cachexia, provide information
about a patient's nutritional status, and serve as a biomarker for the prognosis of patients …

Morning discharges and patient length of stay in inpatient general internal medicine

A Kirubarajan, S Shin, M Fralick, J Kwan… - Journal of Hospital …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Many initiatives seek to increase the number of morning hospital
discharges to improve patient flow, but little evidence supports this practice. OBJECTIVE To …

Contemporary economic burden in a real‐world heart failure population with commercial and Medicare supplemental plans

CSP Lam, R Wood, M Vaduganathan… - Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Limited real‐world data exist on healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) and
associated costs of patients with heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) …