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In this study from 120 hospitals in the Project IMPACT database, the presence of hyperoxia (arterial PO2 300 mm Hg or higher) in the first 24 hours after resuscitation from cardiac arrest was associated with a worse in-hospital mortality than either normoxia or hypoxia.
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Indications for surgical or interventional management in acute type B aortic dissection (ABAD) include malperfusion syndromes, progression of dissection, and aneurysm expansion.
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There is no medical therapy for aortic stenosis (AS), and balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) has sub-optimal long-term results.
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Cardiogenic unilateral pulmonary edema is unusual and, if it is the presenting manifestation of heart failure, diagnosis and appropriate treatment may be delayed.
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As health care reform has directed national focus to finding ways to improve public health and cut medical costs, leading hospitals, providers, and others are seeking ways to improve care transitions.
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There are multiple small ways and steps hospitals can take to improve their patients' discharge instructions and care.
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Once a health care system decides to improve its discharge planning process, the difficult next step is collecting information about what doesn't work and how to improve flawed processes.
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A hospital's discharge process could be well-organized and include best practices. But what happens when patients are kept in an acute care bed, because the usual care transition options will not work?
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