Acute heart failure (AHF) represents a potentially fatal disease that needs immediate hospital care. In-hospital management can be divided into three consecutive phases: an early phase of intensive management of symptoms, an intermediate phase of stabilization and transition from intravenous to oral ...
Randomized study on safety and effectiveness of levosimendan in patients with left ventricular failure after an acute myocardial infarct Unstable angina is a critical phase of coronary heart disease with a risk for myocardial infarction or death of up to 20% within 30 days. Glycoprotein IIb/... ...
All-cause mortality from cardiovascular disease is declining in the USA. However, there remains a significant difference in risk factors for disease and in
RIFLE criteria for acute kidney injury in valvular surgery. The RIFLE classification, which defines three grades of increasing severity of acute kidney injury--risk (RIFLE R), injury (RIFLE I) and failure (RIFLE F),... LSD Santo,G Romano,N Galdieri,... - 《Journal of Heart Valve Disease...
In our study, 11.6% of the patients had a previous diagnosis of heart failure, with a two-fold adjusted risk for lack of clinical control criteria. This is not surprising since it is known that heart failure worsens the quality of life and increases the risk of exacerbations in COPD ...
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An echocardiogram documented akinesia and ballooning of the ventricular apex, mild heart failure, and pericardial effusion. Considering the symptoms exhibited, the patient received treatment with a Venturi mask for oxygen therapy, bronchodilators, corticosteroids, and diuretics. Nevertheless, after ...
• Inadequate social support for outpatient management • Failure of outpatient management • Concomitant acute medical illness Modified from Graff L et al. Correlation of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research congestive heart failure admission guideline with mortality: Peer Review Organizati...
The higher number of criteria will probably improve the detection of PIDP in a more accurate manner since they consider the availability of several new medications for acute and chronic treatments, although it will difficult the review process by clinical teams, converting the assistance of ...
(HTN), acute myocardial infarction (AMI), congestive heart failure (CHF), cerebrovascular disease (CVD), chronic lung disease (CLD), and diabetes mellitus (DM); 3) vital signs, including systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and heart rate (HR); 4) eGFR was ...