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Follow Up Care For Heart Failure Patients And Association With Hospital Readmission, Supraja Thunuguntla, Michael Machiorlatti, Sonya Rivera, Juan Cortinas Galvan, Jose Campo Maldonado
Follow Up Care For Heart Failure Patients And Association With Hospital Readmission, Supraja Thunuguntla, Michael Machiorlatti, Sonya Rivera, Juan Cortinas Galvan, Jose Campo Maldonado
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Background:
The CDC reports 6.5 million adults in the US have Heart failure (HF) with yearly costs topping 30 billion. HF patients admitted to Valley Baptist (VB) are readmitted 26% of the time, which is close to the national average of 23% [1]. Standard of care for HF patients is remote nursing care for 30 days from discharge. A hospitalization for any reason within 30 days is considered a “readmission”. On October 1, 2019 at VB remote nursing care changed from weekly house visits to weekly phone calls. The aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of this …
Steps-T Program Improves Endovascular Treatment Outcomes Of Acute Ischemic Stroke; A 6-Year Study, Ameer E. Hassan, Rani R. Rabah, Laurie Preston, Wondwossen G. Tekle
Steps-T Program Improves Endovascular Treatment Outcomes Of Acute Ischemic Stroke; A 6-Year Study, Ameer E. Hassan, Rani R. Rabah, Laurie Preston, Wondwossen G. Tekle
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Background: Early endovascular recanalization of occluded vessels in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is a major contributor to good clinical outcome. We report the analysis of all AIS patients throughout a 6-year experience following the deployment of a quality initiative aiming at improving care, speed and maintaining quality for AIS treatment.
Methods: Using a prospectively collected endovascular database at a comprehensive stroke center between 2012 and 2017, workflow/outcomes were recorded. There were no exclusion criteria. During the first year, a quality program employing “digital-object” technology, staff education, and workflow improvement was implemented to reduce time-to-treatment. Using electronic recording, workflow times were …
There Is No Association Between The Number Of Stent Retriever Passes And The Incidence Of Hemorrhagic Transformation For Patients Undergoing Mechanical Thrombectomy, Ameer E. Hassan, Hari Kotta, Umar Shariff, Laurie Preston, Wondwossen G. Tekle, Adnan Qureshi
There Is No Association Between The Number Of Stent Retriever Passes And The Incidence Of Hemorrhagic Transformation For Patients Undergoing Mechanical Thrombectomy, Ameer E. Hassan, Hari Kotta, Umar Shariff, Laurie Preston, Wondwossen G. Tekle, Adnan Qureshi
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Background: Previous research has focused on the association between hemorrhagic transformation (HT) incidence and pre-procedural variables (i.e., baseline variables) rather than the association between HT incidence and endovascular treatment (EVT) procedural variables (e.g., stent retriever passes).
Objective: To assess the association, if any, that exists between the number of stent retriever passes per procedure and the incidence of HT for patients undergoing mechanical thrombectomy.
Methods: An endovascular database from a comprehensive stroke center was used to collect data on EVT patients treated with Trevo, Solitaire, or Penumbra stent retrievers from the years 2012 to 2017. Statistical analyses were conducted on …