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Heart Failure Programs Take Aim at Readmits
Pharmacy Practice News image Hollywood, Fla. and Las Vegas—As part of the requirements of the Affordable Care Act, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) started imposing potential reimbursement penalties on hospitals based on their 30-day heart failure (HF) … Collaboration may improve medication adherenceModernMedicine |
How are patients managing with the costs of care for chronic kidney disease in …7thSpace Interactive (press release)Chronic kidney disease (CKD) poses a financial burden on patients and their households. This descriptive study measures the prevalence…
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Two HTN Meds Plus NSAIDs Ups Acute Kidney Injury Risk
Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (HealthDay News) – Use of triple therapy comprising diuretics and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, or angiotensin receptor blockers, together with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is associated with an increased risk of acute … Two antihypertensives plus NSAID ups risk of acute kidney injuryTheHeart.Org NSAID, BP Med Combo Tied to Kidney RiskMedPage Today |
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Observation Units For Heart Failure Could Reduce Unnecessary Hospitalizations
Forbes Two new papers published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology propose that most heart failure (HF) patients who present to the emergency department (ED) don’t need to be hospitalized and can be safely managed in an observation unit. |
A new treatment for kidney disease-associated heart failure?EurekAlert (press release)Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients frequently suffer from mineral bone disorder, which causes vascular calcification and, eventually, chronic heart failure. Simila…
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Two antihypertensives plus NSAID ups risk of acute kidney injury
TheHeart.Org Montreal, QC – Taking two antihypertensive medications—a diuretic and an ACE inhibitor or angiotensin-receptor blocker (ARB)—along with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) significantly increases the risk of hospitalization for acute kidney … NSAID, BP Med Combo Tied to Kidney RiskMedPage Today |
Heart Failure Kills Liberian Journalist As PUL MournsAllAfrica.comThe Press Union of Liberia (PUL) has learned with profound sadness the death of Television, videographer and editor, Emmanuel Kolubahwu Mulbah. The late Mulbah suddenly died on Saturday,…
Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) Therapeutics – Pipeline Assessment and Market …PR Newswire (press release)Annualized seven key markets (US, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK and Japan) Chronic Heart Failure Therapeutics market revenues data from 2006 to …
Yokohama man dies of heart failure after ambulance drives to wrong homeThe Japan Daily PressYokohama man dies of heart failure after ambulance drives to wrong home. By Adam Westlake / January 9, 2013 / No Comments · Yokohama man dies of heart fa…
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National Heart Failure Audit 10000 patients a year ‘die needlessly of heart …
Mirror.co.uk Others have been denied a simple £100 echocardiogram that can spot heart failure while an alarming number are sent to general wards ill-equipped to deal with cardiac problems, according to a study by the National Heart Failure Audit. Chair of the … |