Hospitalization

Among patients who underwent peripheral artery revascularization, those who were subsequently hospitalized at least once for a major adverse limb event had elevated risk for cardiac and limb events compared with those who were not, researchers reported.

The Cambridge Multimorbidity Score — a new method of measuring multimorbidity — outperformed the currently used Charlson Comorbidity Index across all outcomes, according to research published in CMAJ.

Although adherence to a provided diet was low, patients who were recently hospitalized for HF and adhered to a low-sodium diet had reductions in urinary sodium without an effect on quality of life, according to results of the PROHIBIT pilot study published in Circulation: Heart Failure.

A shorter length of stay of 3 days or less was safe for patients who underwent elective cardiac surgery, according to a poster presented at The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting and Exhibition.

After the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program was announced in 2010 and implemented in 2012, there were decreases in readmissions and increases in observation stays and ED visits 30 days postdischarge in patients previously hospitalized for HF, acute MI or pneumonia, according to a study published in The BMJ.

Among patients with acute conditions, hospital care at home reduced costs, health care use and readmission and increased physical activity compared with usual care, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Older adults who were hospitalized unexpectedly for the first time faced a 5-fold increased risk for death compared with those who were not hospitalized, according to a study published in CMAJ.

Professional cardiology and geriatrics societies have expressed a need for risk-stratification tools specific to older adults, and researchers have now developed a model to predict 6-month mortality in seniors hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction.

PHILADELPHIA — Individuals who experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are less likely to survive to hospital admission on weekends compared with weekdays, according to findings presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

Patients with atrial fibrillation who used warfarin had a higher fracture risk than those who used direct oral anticoagulants, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.