International journal of clinical practice
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Mar 2021
Temporal Trends and Outcomes in Utilization of Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Therapies in Aortic Valve Stenosis Patients with Heart Failure.
Heart failure (HF) is a common comorbidity in patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). We sought to access the temporal trends and outcomes of TAVR or SAVR in HF patients. ⋯ For patients with severe aortic valve stenosis and heart failure who undergo aortic valve intervention, TAVR is associated with less odds of in-hospital mortality compared with SAVR.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Mar 2021
Pharmacy and Pharm.D students' knowledge and information needs about COVID-19.
The COVID-19 pandemic necessitates collaborative teamwork by all healthcare providers including pharmacists. Since Pharmacy and Pharm. D students represent the future pharmacists, it is necessary to ensure that they have a good awareness about COVID-19 or any other pandemic that could happen in the future. ⋯ The results of this study clearly demonstrate unsatisfactory level of knowledge and a lot of information needs about COVID-19 amongst Pharmacy and Pharm. D students. More efforts should be deployed to educate pharmacy students about COVID-19, with an emphasis on the need for more active role by the universities to achieve this goal.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Mar 2021
Profiles of liver function abnormalities in elderly patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019.
The profiles of liver function abnormalities in COVID-19 patients need to be clarified. ⋯ Liver function abnormalities were observed in 29.1% of elderly people COVID-19 patients, which were slightly and transient in most cases. Liver function abnormalities in COVID-19 may be correlated with bacterial infection.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Mar 2021
Cardiomyopathy and echocardiographic abnormalities in Indian patients with psoriasis: results of a pilot study.
The relationship between psoriasis and cardiomyopathy is understudied in Indian patients. ⋯ Psoriasis perhaps plays a role in left ventricular dysfunction and possibly cardiomyopathy even with moderately severe disease and in the absence of clinical symptoms. However, these observations need to be interpreted with caution in the absence of any statistically significant difference between age, gender, duration and severity of psoriasis in the patients having normal and abnormal echocardiography.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Mar 2021
Influence of intradialytic systolic blood pressure changes on arteriovenous access thrombosis in maintenance hemodialysis patients.
Arteriovenous access (AV) thrombosis is an important and preventable problem amongst chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) fluctuation relates to higher cardiovascular mortality amongst these patients. We proposed there is a close relation between SBP changes and arteriovenous (AV) access thrombosis. We also determined other risk factors and biochemical parameters related to AV access failure. ⋯ Close monitoring and management of intradialytic hypotension and SBP fluctuation in every HD session are important. Some important and novel modifiable risk factors related to AV access thrombosis were identified in this study (eg, AV access infection, decreased BF and abnormal biochemical parameters, etc). Earlier surveillance and modification of these risk factors is crucial to prevent AV access failure in HD patients.