Mayo Clinic proceedings
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Mayo Clinic proceedings · Aug 2021
Multicenter StudyAcute Pulmonary Embolism During Pregnancy and Puerperium: National Trends and In-Hospital Outcomes.
To investigate the trend and outcomes of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) during pregnancy and puerperium using a large national database. ⋯ In this contemporary analysis of pregnancy-related hospitalizations, acute PE was uncommon, but rates have not decreased over the past decade. Acute PE during pregnancy and puerperium was associated with high maternal mortality, and the rates of in-hospital mortality have not improved. Future studies to improve prevention and management of acute PE during pregnancy and puerperium are warranted.
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Mayo Clinic proceedings · Aug 2021
Multicenter Study Observational StudyBarriers to ACEI/ARB Use in Proteinuric Chronic Kidney Disease: An Observational Study.
To assess present angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) and angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) use among patients with proteinuric chronic kidney disease (CKD) and examine barriers limiting this guideline-concordant care. ⋯ Discontinuing, rather than never initiating, ACEI/ARB treatment limits guideline-concordant care in proteinuric CKD. Past AKI, hyperkalemia, advanced CKD, and lack of nephrology care were associated with lower use of ACEIs/ARBs, but these putative barriers may in many instances be inappropriate (AKI and advanced CKD) or modifiable (hyperkalemia and lack of nephrology care).
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Clinicians regularly have to trade benefits and harms to choose between testing and treatment strategies. This process is often done by making global and implicit judgments. A decision analysis is an analytic method that makes this process more explicit, reproducible, and evidence-based. ⋯ The first judgment is about the credibility of the methods, such as whether the decision analysis addressed a relevant clinical question, included all important outcomes, used the current best evidence to derive variables in the model, and adopted the appropriate time horizon. The second judgment is about rating confidence in the preferred course of action by determining the certainty in the model variables, whether the results are robust in sensitivity analyses and if the results are applicable to a specific patient. Results from a valid and robust decision analysis can inform both guideline panels and the patient-clinician dyad engaged in shared decision-making.
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Mayo Clinic proceedings · Aug 2021
ReviewAntiarrhythmic Drugs for Atrial Fibrillation in the Outpatient Setting: Common Clinical Scenarios and Pearls for the Primary Care Clinician.
The management of atrial fibrillation (AF) in the outpatient setting has become more complex with the utilization of antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs) and increasing complexity of comorbid conditions. The primary care clinician is critically involved in the pharmacologic management of AF, whether it be direct prescription of AADs or managing potential drug-drug interactions with other medications. In this review, we provide instructive, high-yield clinical scenarios and quick clinical references to increase familiarity and comfort with the use of AADs.
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Mayo Clinic proceedings · Aug 2021
Multicenter StudyImpact of Pulmonary Hypertension on In-Hospital Outcomes and 30-Day Readmissions Following Percutaneous Coronary Interventions.
To evaluate the impact of pulmonary hypertension (PH) on percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) outcomes and 30-day all-cause readmissions by analyzing a national database. ⋯ Patients with PH undergoing PCI are a high-risk group in terms of mortality and 30-day readmission rates. Percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with PH is associated with higher rates of recurrent heart failure and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, rather than recurrent coronary events or ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. This perhaps indicates a predominance of demand ischemia and heart failure syndromes rather than overt atherothrombosis in the etiology of chest pain in these patients.