Guideline Adherence
Tackling medication nonadherence to improve heart failure management and prognosis
Medication adherence, the extent to which an individual’s behavior corresponds to a health care provider’s recommendations, remains an unaddressed challenge in health care.
Q&A: Women less likely than men to receive guideline-directed care during heart surgery
Three studies published recently indicate that women who undergo heart surgery are less likely to receive guideline-directed care and more likely to have poor outcomes compared with men.
Antibiotic order panel guides management of CAP in outpatient setting
Use of a prepopulated antibiotic order panel resulted in greater adherence to guideline recommendations among physicians who treated outpatients with community-acquired pneumonia, according to a study presented at IDWeek.
Yoga improves prognosis, functional outcome in heart failure
Adults with HF on optimized guideline-directed medical therapy had improvements in quality of life measures and functional status after participating in a yoga therapy program for 1 year, researchers reported.
Most major CV guidelines mention but do not incorporate shared decision-making
Approximately half of all guidelines published by three major CV societies during the past decade mention “shared decision-making,” yet just 6% of recommendations incorporated shared decision-making in any form, researchers reported.
Bakris: Take time, follow guidelines for accurate BP measurements
ARLINGTON, Texas — An accurate BP measurement is essential to properly diagnose and manage hypertension, yet most providers do not have time to follow the guideline-recommended steps, according to a speaker.
Referral for cardiac rehabilitation low, utilization even lower among patients with HFrEF
Approximately one-quarter of patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction who are stable at 6 weeks after discharge are referred to an exercise program for cardiac rehabilitation, while less than 5% used it, researchers reported.
Many patients with HFrEF eligible for quad therapy at discharge; SGLT2 inhibition lacking
Quadruple therapy after discharge was feasible for a large proportion of patients with HF reduced ejection fraction, yet few were prescribed the “four pillars” of HFrEF therapy, researchers in Italy reported.
Outcomes after HF hospitalization suboptimal, perhaps due to failure to follow guidelines
Among more than 250,000 patients hospitalized for HF for the first time in four countries, more than one-quarter died within 1 year of their hospitalization, according to the EVOLUTION HF cohort study.
VIDEO: Inhaled corticosteroids plus formoterol potential reliever therapy in asthma
In this video, Kaharu Sumino, MD, MPH, discusses a presentation on the use of inhaled corticosteroids plus formoterol as a reliever therapy in patients with asthma from the American Thoracic Society International Conference.