Simple button terminals featuring “emoji” reflecting a range of emotions and sentiments stationed around emergency departments (EDs) are effective in monitoring doctor and patient sentiments in real time, a Penn Medicine study found. Traditionally, surveys are mailed or sent electronically to evaluate patient experiences; but response rates can be low and those that respond do…
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) use is with reduce short and long term mortality in patients with heart failure; according to late breaking research present in a Hot Line Session today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology and publish in Circulation. Patients with heart failure are at increase risk of potentially lethal…
Angina in patients with a previous heart attack is link with a poor outcome in patients with stable coronary artery disease, according to late breaking results from the CLARIFY study present in a Hot Line Session today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology and publish in the European Heart Journal.…
Research published in JAMA Cardiology today presents new evidence that might explain why the prognosis of heart failure patients heart failure patients has improved so little over the past decade. Findings show that a decline in cardiovascular deaths has offset by an increase in the number of deaths from infections and respiratory problems; highlighting the importance…
A new study has found that hospital emergency room closures can adversely affect health outcomes for heart attack patients at neighboring hospitals that are near or at full capacity. Conversely, when a new emergency department opens, health outcomes for patients at those so-called “bystander” hospitals improve. The national study, believed to be the first to evaluate…
Heart attack patient in Sweden were less likely to die from them in the short and long term than those in England and Wales, according to a new study. Researchers, led by the University of Leeds, have for the first time compare the care of the entire populations of Sweden, England and Wales, revealing the…
A cheap, once-a-day pill combining aspirin with drugs that lower blood pressure and cholesterol cuts cardiovascular disease as a whole by a third, and heart attacks by more than half, researchers report in The Lancet. In clinical trials, the polypill was especially effective among people with no history of cardiovascular disease; reducing the number of severe events…
In this study the following a heart attack or other cardiac event, it’s important for patients to exercise and eat healthier. But lack of motivation and follow through, among other factors, often lead to further health events. A virtual cardiac rehabilitation program, which includes the use of wearable smart devices and healthy lifestyle coaching, reduced…
Years ago, when someone struggling with opioid dependency would show up in a Colorado emergency room after an overdose or as they were suffering through withdrawal, doctors and nurses would patch them up and send them on their way. “They came in and we made them feel a little bit better,” said Dr. Jason Hoppe,…
A 15-year study of nearly 5000 people has found an enlarged heart chamber is a better predictor of cardiac death than a widely use screening tool, the coronary artery calcium score. The result fuels an ongoing debate about the value of tests to gauge the risk of heart attack in people with no symptoms of heart disease.…
Punjab Emergency Service Director General Dr Rizwan Naseer has returned after visiting National Ambulance Service of Ireland to maintain emergency services in Pakistan according to international standards. The Emergency Services Academy is collaborating with National Ambulance Service College of Ireland to achieve global standards for the provision of quality pre hospital emergency care in Pakistan.…
Researcher Seaside’s Fred Loser remembers when things were so quiet at Providence Seaside Hospital that they would send doctors home for lack of business. “When I came here in 1990 and ’91, there were days when there was nobody here. With a full staff, they’d send people home to save expenses. Now look at it…