Patient Discharge

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 2012 ACCF/AHA focused update of the guideline for the management of patients with unstable angina/non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (updating the 2007 guideline and replacing the 2011 focused update): a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. 
  • A Novel Rehabilitation Intervention for Older Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: The REHAB-HF Pilot Study. 
  • A Positive Association Between Hospice Profit Margin And The Rate At Which Patients Are Discharged Before Death. 
  • A Prospective Multi-Institutional Cohort Study of Mediastinal Infections After Cardiac Operations. 
  • A decade of change in abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in the United States: Have we improved outcomes equally between men and women? 
  • A failure to communicate: a qualitative exploration of care coordination between hospitalists and primary care providers around patient hospitalizations. 
  • A longitudinal, collaborative, practice-based learning and improvement model to improve post-discharge heart failure outcomes. 
  • A multicenter analysis of the ED diagnosis of pneumonia. 
  • A randomized clinical trial of nursing care for recovery from cardiac surgery. 
  • A systematic review of interventions to improve outcomes for elders discharged from the emergency department. 
  • ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction--executive summary. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to revise the 1999 guidelines for the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction). 
  • ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction--executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 1999 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction). 
  • Access to routine care and risks for 30-day readmission in patients with cardiovascular disease. 
  • Acute heart failure associated with high admission blood pressure--a distinct vascular disorder? 
  • Acute heart failure in the emergency department: short and long-term outcomes of elderly patients with heart failure. 
  • Adherence and persistence in the use of warfarin after hospital discharge among patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation. 
  • Admission, discharge, or change in B-type natriuretic peptide and long-term outcomes: data from Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF) linked to Medicare claims. 
  • Adverse events after stopping clopidogrel in post-acute coronary syndrome patients: Insights from a large integrated healthcare delivery system. 
  • Aetiology, timing and clinical predictors of early vs. late readmission following index hospitalization for acute heart failure: insights from ASCEND-HF. 
  • Age and persistent use of cardiovascular medication after acute coronary syndrome: results from medication applied and sustained over time. 
  • Ambulatory surgery with long acting regional anesthesia. 
  • An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline: Pediatric Chronic Home Invasive Ventilation. 
  • An analysis of the heterogeneity of U.S. nursing home patients. 
  • An evaluation of physician predictions of discharge on a general medicine service. 
  • An evaluation of stroke education in AVAIL registry hospitals. 
  • Anal sphincter laceration at vaginal delivery: is this event coded accurately? 
  • Are PRO discharge screens associated with postdischarge adverse outcomes? 
  • Are we finally ready for outpatient management of febrile neutropenia? 
  • Assessing oral beta-blocker therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: the role of observational data. 
  • Assessment of Clostridium difficile-associated disease surveillance definitions, North Carolina, 2005. 
  • Assessment of Home-Time After Acute Ischemic Stroke in Medicare Beneficiaries. 
  • Assisted early mobility for hospitalized older veterans: preliminary data from the STRIDE program. 
  • Association Between Ischemic and Bleeding Risk Scores and the Use of New P2Y12 Inhibitors in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome. 
  • Association Between Therapeutic Hypothermia and Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. 
  • Association Between Tracheal Intubation During Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and Survival. 
  • Association between diabetes mellitus and post-discharge outcomes in patients hospitalized with heart failure: findings from the EVEREST trial. 
  • Association of Arterial Pulse Pressure With Long-Term Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure. 
  • Association of Discharge Aspirin Dose With Outcomes After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the Treatment with ADP Receptor Inhibitors: Longitudinal Assessment of Treatment Patterns and Events after Acute Coronary Syndrome (TRANSLATE-ACS) Study. 
  • Association of Patient Enrollment in Medicare Part D With Outcomes After Acute Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Association of door-in to door-out time with reperfusion delays and outcomes among patients transferred for primary percutaneous coronary intervention. 
  • Association of environmental factors with levels of home and community participation in an adult rehabilitation cohort. 
  • Associations between aldosterone antagonist therapy and risks of mortality and readmission among patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction. 
  • Associations of patient demographic characteristics and regional physician density with early physician follow-up among medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with heart failure. 
  • Atrial fibrillation and acute myocardial infarction: antithrombotic therapy and outcomes. 
  • Can involuntary outpatient commitment reduce hospital recidivism?: Findings from a randomized trial with severely mentally ill individuals. 
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training of family members before hospital discharge using video self-instruction: a feasibility trial. 
  • Care Transitions After Acute Myocardial Infarction for Transferred-In Versus Direct-Arrival Patients. 
  • Change in intrathoracic impedance measures during acute decompensated heart failure admission: results from the Diagnostic Data for Discharge in Heart Failure Patients (3D-HF) Pilot Study. 
  • Changes in Dyspnea Status During Hospitalization and Postdischarge Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure: Findings From the EVEREST Trial. 
  • Changes in Payment Regulation and Acute Care Use for Total Hip Replacement: Trends in Length of Stay, Costs, and Discharge, 1997-2012. 
  • Characteristics and outcomes of hospice enrollees with dementia discharged alive. 
  • Characteristics of nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage in the United States in 2003. 
  • Characterizing hospice discharge patterns in a nationally representative sample of the elderly, 1993-2000. 
  • Children with new tracheostomies: planning for family education and common impediments to discharge. 
  • Clinical Effectiveness of Hydralazine-Isosorbide Dinitrate Therapy in Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: Findings From the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry. 
  • Clinical Effectiveness of Statin Therapy After Ischemic Stroke: Primary Results From the Statin Therapeutic Area of the Patient-Centered Research Into Outcomes Stroke Patients Prefer and Effectiveness Research (PROSPER) Study. 
  • Clinical assessment of acute heart failure syndromes: emergency department through the early post-discharge period. 
  • Clinical effectiveness of anticoagulation therapy among older patients with heart failure and without atrial fibrillation: findings from the ADHERE registry linked to Medicare claims. 
  • Clinical profile and prognostic value of anemia at the time of admission and discharge among patients hospitalized for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: findings from the EVEREST trial. 
  • Clopidogrel use After Myocardial Revascularization: Prevalence, Predictors, and One-Year Survival Rate. 
  • Clopidogrel use and hospital quality in medically managed patients with non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Cognitive risk factors and suicide attempts among formerly hospitalized adolescents: a prospective naturalistic study. 
  • Common sense, insight, and neuropsychological test performance in schizophrenia patients. 
  • Community integration of formerly homeless men and women with severe mental illness after hospital discharge. 
  • Comparative analysis of perioperative complications between a multicenter prospective cervical deformity database and the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database. 
  • Computerized nursery discharge summary. 
  • Connect-Home: Transitional Care of Skilled Nursing Facility Patients and their Caregivers. 
  • Conscious Sedation Versus General Anesthesia for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry. 
  • Contemporary patterns of discharge aspirin dosing after acute myocardial infarction in the United States: results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR). 
  • Contemporary trends and predictors of postacute service use and routine discharge home after stroke. 
  • Cost effectiveness of early discharge after uncomplicated acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Costs Associated With Access Site and Same-Day Discharge Among Medicare Beneficiaries Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: An Evaluation of the Current Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Care Pathways in the United States. 
  • Current Evidence Does Not Support Medicare's 3-Day Rule in Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty. 
  • Definitions of cardiovascular insufficiency and relation to outcomes in critically ill newborn infants. 
  • Demographics, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of patients hospitalized for decompensated heart failure: observations from the IMPACT-HF registry. 
  • Depression and Functional Status Among African American Stroke Survivors in Inpatient Rehabilitation. 
  • Design and implementation of an application and associated services to support interdisciplinary medication reconciliation efforts at an integrated healthcare delivery network. 
  • Design and implementation of an automated email notification system for results of tests pending at discharge. 
  • Determinants of postsurgical discharge setting for male hip fracture patients. 
  • Determinants of remaining in the community after discharge: results from New Jersey's Nursing Home Transition Program. 
  • Diabetes and early postoperative outcomes following lumbar fusion. 
  • Differences in Short- and Long-Term Outcomes Among Older Patients With ST-Elevation Versus Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction With Angiographically Proven Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • Direct Transport to a Percutaneous Cardiac Intervention Center and Outcomes in Patients With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. 
  • Discharge Plans for Geriatric Inpatients with Delirium: A Plan to Stop Antipsychotics? 
  • Discharge antithrombotic strategies among patients with acute coronary syndrome previously on warfarin anticoagulation: physician practice in the CRUSADE registry. 
  • Discharge heart rate and β-blocker dose in patients hospitalized with heart failure: Findings from the OPTIMIZE-HF registry. 
  • Discharge information and support for veterans Receiving Outpatient Care in the Emergency Department: study design and methods. 
  • Discharge prescribing of enteral opioids after initiation as a weaning strategy from continuous opioid infusions in the Intensive Care Unit. 
  • Discharge to a skilled nursing facility and subsequent clinical outcomes among older patients hospitalized for heart failure. 
  • Discriminative value of inflammatory biomarkers for suspected sepsis. 
  • Does aspirin use adversely influence intermediate-term postdischarge outcomes for hospitalized patients who are treated with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers? Findings from Organized Program to Facilitate Life-Saving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF). 
  • Does determining serum alcohol concentrations in emergency department patients influence physicians' civil suit liability? 
  • Does surgical approach in total hip arthroplasty affect rehabilitation, discharge disposition, and readmission rate? 
  • Door-to-needle times for tissue plasminogen activator administration and clinical outcomes in acute ischemic stroke before and after a quality improvement initiative. 
  • Driving-impaired patients leaving the emergency department. The problem of inadequate instructions. 
  • Early Medication Nonadherence After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights into Actionable Opportunities From the TReatment with ADP receptor iNhibitorS: Longitudinal Assessment of Treatment Patterns and Events after Acute Coronary Syndrome (TRANSLATE-ACS) Study. 
  • Early colonoscopy for acute lower GI bleeding predicts shorter hospital stay: a retrospective study of experience in a single center. 
  • Early discharge in the thrombolytic era: an analysis of criteria for uncomplicated infarction from the Global Utilization of Streptokinase and t-PA for Occluded Coronary Arteries (GUSTO) trial. 
  • Early management of patients with acute heart failure: state of the art and future directions--a consensus document from the SAEM/HFSA acute heart failure working group. 
  • Early post-discharge bleeding and antiplatelet therapy discontinuation among acute myocardial infarction patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention. 
  • Early treatment for non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome is associated with appropriate discharge care. 
  • Effect of liberal blood transfusion on clinical outcomes and cost in spine surgery patients. 
  • Effects of Acute-Postacute Continuity on Community Discharge and 30-Day Rehospitalization Following Inpatient Rehabilitation. 
  • Effects of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Treatment on Postdischarge Outcomes After Acute Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Effects of enhanced caregiver training program on cancer caregiver's self-efficacy, preparedness, and psychological well-being. 
  • Effects of thrombolytic regimen, early catheterization, and predischarge angiographic variables on six-week left ventricular function. The TAMI Investigators. Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Effects of thrombolytic regimen, early catheterization, and predischarge angiographic variables on six-week left ventricular function. The TAMI Investigators. Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Emergency department discharge diagnosis and adverse health outcomes in older adults. 
  • Emergency department revisits for patients with kidney stones in California. 
  • Enhancing Quality of Provider Practices for Older Adults in the Emergency Department (EQUiPPED). 
  • Enhancing the Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Veterans Discharged from the Emergency Department (EQUiPPED): Preliminary Results from Enhancing Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Veterans Discharged from the Emergency Department, a Novel Multicomponent Interdisciplinary Quality Improvement Initiative. 
  • Enhancing the Value of Statewide Hospital Discharge Data: Improving Clinical Content and Race-Ethnicity Data. 
  • Enteral Feeding with Human Milk Decreases Time to Discharge in Infants following Gastroschisis Repair. 
  • Enteric-coated mycophenolate sodium versus mycophenolate mofetil maintenance immunosuppression: outcomes analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing/Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network database. 
  • Epidemiology of facial fracture injuries. 
  • Estimates of future physical functioning by seriously ill hospitalized patients, their families, and their physicians. 
  • Evaluation of a discharge education protocol for pediatric patients with gastrostomy tubes. 
  • Extent of preoperative false lumen thrombosis does not influence long-term survival in patients with acute type A aortic dissection. 
  • Extracorporeal life support use in pediatric trauma: a review of the National Trauma Data Bank. 
  • Factors associated with discharge to home versus discharge to institutional care after inpatient stroke rehabilitation. 
  • Factors associated with survival in pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation--a single-center experience. 
  • Failure to reassess ejection fraction after acute myocardial infarction in potential implantable cardioverter/defibrillator candidates: insights from the Translational Research Investigating Underlying disparities in acute Myocardial infarction Patients' Health Status (TRIUMPH) registry. 
  • Fast-tracking ambulatory surgery patients following anesthesia. 
  • Feasibility and implications of an early discharge strategy after percutaneous intervention with abciximab in acute myocardial infarction (the CADILLAC Trial). 
  • Frailty and risk in proximal aortic surgery. 
  • Frailty predicts some but not all adverse outcomes in older adults discharged from the emergency department. 
  • Frequency and predictors of adverse health outcomes in older Medicare beneficiaries discharged from the emergency department. 
  • From the psychiatric hospital to the community: integrating conditional release and contingency management. 
  • Gender does not affect postdischarge outcomes in patients hospitalized for worsening heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (from the Efficacy of Vasopressin Antagonism in Heart Failure Outcome Study with Tolvaptan [EVEREST] Trial). 
  • Gender trends in the repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms and outcomes. 
  • Geographic variation in lumbar fusion for degenerative disorders: 1990 to 2000. 
  • Global variation in clinical profile, management, and post-discharge outcomes among patients hospitalized for worsening chronic heart failure: findings from the ASTRONAUT trial. 
  • Got the picture? Using mobile phone technology to reinforce discharge instructions. 
  • Guidelines for risk stratification after myocardial infarction. American College of Physicians. 
  • Health policy and outcome research in stroke. 
  • Health services use of older veterans treated and released from veterans affairs medical center emergency departments. 
  • Heart failure medications prescribed at discharge for patients with left ventricular assist devices. 
  • Heart failure oral therapies at discharge are associated with better outcome in acute heart failure: a propensity-score matched study. 
  • Heart rate at hospital discharge in patients with heart failure is associated with mortality and rehospitalization. 
  • High-dose dexmedetomidine for noninvasive pediatric procedural sedation and discharge readiness. 
  • Homelessness and discharge delays from an urban safety net hospital. 
  • Hospital Practice of Direct-Home Discharge and 30-Day Readmission After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy (STS/ACC TVT) Registry. 
  • Hospital Variation in Functional Recovery After Stroke. 
  • Hospital Variation in Home-Time After Acute Ischemic Stroke: Insights From the PROSPER Study (Patient-Centered Research Into Outcomes Stroke Patients Prefer and Effectiveness Research). 
  • Hospital discharge communications during care transitions for patients with acute kidney injury: a cross-sectional study. 
  • Hospital length of stay and clinical outcomes in older STEMI patients after primary PCI: a report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Hospital percutaneous coronary intervention appropriateness and in-hospital procedural outcomes: insights from the NCDR. 
  • Hospital readmission among older adults who return home with unmet need for ADL disability. 
  • Hospital readmissions reduction program. 
  • Hospitalization and case-fatality rates for stroke in Canada from 1982 through 1991. The Canadian Collaborative Study Group of Stroke Hospitalizations. 
  • Hospitalization rates and in-hospital mortality among centenarians. 
  • How Reliable are Patient-Reported Rehospitalizations? Implications for the Design of Future Practical Clinical Studies. 
  • Identification of acute myocardial infarction patients suitable for early hospital discharge after aggressive interventional therapy. Results from the Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry. 
  • Identification of population at risk for future Clostridium difficile infection following hospital discharge to be targeted for vaccine trials. 
  • Identifying Low-risk Patients for Early Discharge From Emergency Department Without Using Subjective Descriptions of Chest Pain: Insights From Providing Rapid Out of Hospital Acute Cardiovascular Treatment (PROACT) 3 and 4 Trials. 
  • Impact of a geriatric consultation team on discharge placement and repeat hospitalization. 
  • Impact of a randomized, controlled trial of liberal vs conservative hospital discharge criteria on energy, protein, and fluid intake in patients who received marrow transplants. 
  • Impact of an automated email notification system for results of tests pending at discharge: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. 
  • Impact of anemia on physical function and survival among patients with coronary artery disease. 
  • Impact of automated alerts on follow-up of post-discharge microbiology results: a cluster randomized controlled trial. 
  • Impact of early discharge after coronary artery bypass graft surgery on rates of hospital readmission and death. The Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) Investigators. 
  • Impact of outpatient commitment on victimization of people with severe mental illness. 
  • Implementation of Milestones-Based Assessment for a Safe and Effective Discharge. 
  • Implications of atypical antipsychotic prescribing in the intensive care unit. 
  • Improvements in Patient and Health System Outcomes Using an Integrated Oncology and Palliative Medicine Approach on a Solid Tumor Inpatient Service. 
  • Improvements in signs and symptoms during hospitalization for acute heart failure follow different patterns and depend on the measurement scales used: an international, prospective registry to evaluate the evolution of measures of disease severity in acute heart failure (MEASURE-AHF). 
  • Improving patient comprehension and recall of discharge instructions by supplementing free texts with pictographs. 
  • Improving post-intensive care unit neuropsychiatric outcomes: understanding cognitive effects of physical activity. 
  • Improving postdischarge outcomes in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure syndromes. 
  • Improving the quality of discharge communication with an educational intervention. 
  • In-Hospital Mortality and Post-Surgical Complications Among Cancer Patients with Metabolic Syndrome. 
  • In-hospital medical complications after non-operative and operative treatment of thoracolumbar fractures in patients over 75 years of age. 
  • In-hospital outcomes of premature infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia. 
  • In-hospital outcomes of thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke in patients with primary brain tumors. 
  • In-hospital switching between adenosine diphosphate receptor inhibitors in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with percutaneous coronary intervention: Insights into contemporary practice from the TRANSLATE-ACS study. 
  • Incidence and predictors of all and preventable adverse drug reactions in frail elderly persons after hospital stay. 
  • Incidence and predictors of microbiology results returning postdischarge and requiring follow-up. 
  • Increase in tracheostomy for prolonged mechanical ventilation in North Carolina, 1993-2002. 
  • Increased thymic output during acute measles virus infection. 
  • Increasing healthcare resource utilization after coronary artery bypass graft surgery in the United States. 
  • Independent Association Between Preoperative Cognitive Status and Discharge Location After Surgery: A Strategy to Reduce Resource Use After Surgery for Deformity. 
  • Influence of admission and discharge aspirin use on survival after primary coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Inpatient Consults and Complications During Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty in a Bundled Care Model. 
  • Inpatient Mobility Measures As Useful Predictors of Discharge Destination in Hospitalized Older Adults. 
  • Inpatient Rehabilitation Outcomes in a National Sample of Medicare Beneficiaries With Hip Fracture. 
  • Inpatient complications, mortality, and discharge disposition after surgical correction of idiopathic scoliosis: a national perspective. 
  • Inpatient geriatric evaluation and management units (GEMs) in the veterans health system: diamonds in the rough? 
  • Inpatient medication reconciliation at admission and discharge: A retrospective cohort study of age and other risk factors for medication discrepancies. 
  • Insufficient reduction in heart rate during hospitalization despite beta-blocker treatment in acute decompensated heart failure: insights from the ASCEND-HF trial. 
  • Insurance status and outcome after intracerebral hemorrhage: findings from Get With The Guidelines-stroke. 
  • Integration of HTML documents into an XML-based knowledge repository. 
  • International variation in and factors associated with hospital readmission after myocardial infarction. 
  • Interventions to improve transitional care between nursing homes and hospitals: a systematic review. 
  • Intracerebral hemorrhage with hypothyroidism. 
  • Intrathecal sufentanil for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy provides earlier discharge of the outpatient than intrathecal lidocaine. 
  • Involuntary outpatient commitment and homelessness in persons with severe mental illness. 
  • Is Risk-Standardized In-Hospital Stroke Mortality an Adequate Proxy for Risk-Standardized 30-Day Stroke Mortality Data? Findings From Get With The Guidelines-Stroke. 
  • Is early too early? Effect of shorter stays after bypass surgery. 
  • Is specialty care associated with improved survival of patients with congestive heart failure? 
  • Lack of impact of electronic health records on quality of care and outcomes for ischemic stroke. 
  • Laparoscopic appendectomy in the elderly. 
  • Late Consequences of Acute Coronary Syndromes: Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) Follow-up. 
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction assessment among patients with acute myocardial infarction and its association with hospital quality of care and evidence-based therapy use. 
  • Length of hospital stays among obese individuals. 
  • Lessons learned from implementation of a computerized application for pending tests at hospital discharge. 
  • Linking clinical registry data with administrative data using indirect identifiers: implementation and validation in the congenital heart surgery population. 
  • Liver function, in-hospital, and post-discharge clinical outcome in patients with acute heart failure-results from the relaxin for the treatment of patients with acute heart failure study. 
  • Long-Term Outcomes Among Elderly Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. 
  • Long-Term Post-Discharge Risks in Older Survivors of Myocardial Infarction With and Without Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. 
  • Long-acting serotonin antagonist (Palonosetron) and the NK-1 receptor antagonists: does extended duration of action improve efficacy? 
  • Longitudinal discharge trends and outcomes after hospitalization for mouth cellulitis and Ludwig angina. 
  • Loop diuretic dose adjustments after a hospitalization for heart failure: insights from ASCEND-HF. 
  • Magnitude and Characteristics of Patients Who Survived an Acute Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Management of Persistent Angina After Myocardial Infarction Treated With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the TRANSLATE-ACS Study. 
  • Management of postdischarge nausea and vomiting after ambulatory surgery. 
  • Measurement of troponin and natriuretic peptides shortly after admission in patients with heart failure-does it add useful prognostic information? An analysis of the Value of Endothelin Receptor Inhibition with Tezosentan in Acute heart failure Studies (VERITAS). 
  • Medicare's 3-Day Rule: Time for a Rethink. 
  • Medication Initiation Burden Required to Comply With Heart Failure Guideline Recommendations and Hospital Quality Measures. 
  • Medication coaching program for patients with minor stroke or TIA: a pilot study. 
  • Medication performance measures and mortality following acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Minor depression and physical outcome trajectories in heart failure and pulmonary disease. 
  • Multifaceted intervention to improve medication adherence and secondary prevention measures after acute coronary syndrome hospital discharge: a randomized clinical trial. 
  • Multistate 5-Year Initiative to Improve Care for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Primary Results From the HeartRescue Project. 
  • National evaluation of adherence to beta-blocker therapy for 1 year after acute myocardial infarction in patients with commercial health insurance. 
  • Natriuretic peptide testing for predicting adverse events following heart failure hospitalization. 
  • Necessity of hospitalization and stress testing in low risk chest pain patients. 
  • Nurses' communication of pharmacogenetic test results as part of discharge care. 
  • Off-hour admission and in-hospital stroke case fatality in the get with the guidelines-stroke program. 
  • Older patients' understanding of emergency department discharge information and its relationship with adverse outcomes. 
  • One-year and three-year mortality prediction in adult major blunt trauma survivors: a National Retrospective Cohort Analysis. 
  • One-year trajectories of care and resource utilization for recipients of prolonged mechanical ventilation: a cohort study. 
  • Opioid-Based Analgesia: Impact on Total Joint Arthroplasty. 
  • Organizing an academic nursing home. Impacts on institutionalized elderly. 
  • Outcome of plasmapheresis in myasthenia gravis: delayed therapy is not favorable. 
  • Outcomes According to Cardiac Catheterization Referral and Clopidogrel Use Among Medicare Patients With Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Discharged Without In-hospital Revascularization. 
  • Outcomes associated with warfarin use in older patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation and a cardiovascular implantable electronic device: findings from the ADHERE registry linked to Medicare claims. 
  • Outcomes in mild or rapidly improving stroke not treated with intravenous recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator: findings from Get With The Guidelines-Stroke. 
  • Outcomes of sutureless gastroschisis closure. 
  • Patient expectation is the most important predictor of discharge destination after primary total joint arthroplasty. 
  • Patient safety concerns arising from test results that return after hospital discharge. 
  • Patterns of aspirin dosing in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes in the CRUSADE Quality Improvement Initiative. 
  • Patterns of discharge antiplatelet therapy and late outcomes among 8,582 patients with bleeding during acute coronary syndrome: a pooled analysis from PURSUIT, PARAGON-A, PARAGON-B, and SYNERGY. 
  • Pediatric tracheostomies: a recent experience from one academic center. 
  • Performance-based outcomes of inpatient rehabilitation facilities treating hip fracture patients in the United States. 
  • Perioperative Optimization of Geriatric Lower Extremity Bypass in the Era of Increased Performance Accountability. 
  • Peripheral nerve blockade with long-acting local anesthetics: a survey of the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia. 
  • Persistence of evidence-based medication use after discharge from academic versus nonacademic hospitals among patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Persistence with stroke prevention medications 3 months after hospitalization. 
  • Persistent Pain Among Older Adults Discharged Home From the Emergency Department After Motor Vehicle Crash: A Prospective Cohort Study. 
  • Pharmacist-managed antimicrobial stewardship program for patients discharged from the emergency department. 
  • Pharmacologic prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism and 30-day outcomes among older patients hospitalized with heart failure: an analysis from the ADHERE national registry linked to Medicare claims. 
  • Pilot study: individualized training for caregivers of hospitalized older veterans. 
  • Plasma biomarkers to predict or rule out early post-discharge events after hospitalization for acute heart failure. 
  • Pooled analysis of adverse event collection from 4 acute coronary syndrome trials. 
  • Population-based approaches to treatment and readmission after spinal cord injury. 
  • Post-Hospital Outcomes of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction With Cardiogenic Shock: Findings From the NCDR. 
  • Post-acute care: the role of natriuretic peptides. 
  • Post-discharge Follow-up Characteristics Associated With 30-Day Readmission After Heart Failure Hospitalization. 
  • Post-operative delirium is an independent predictor of 30-day hospital readmission after spine surgery in the elderly (≥65years old): A study of 453 consecutive elderly spine surgery patients. 
  • Postacute rehabilitation quality of care: toward a shared conceptual framework. 
  • Postdischarge international normalized ratio testing and long-term clinical outcomes of patients with heart failure receiving warfarin: findings from the ADHERE registry linked to Medicare claims. 
  • Predicting non-home discharge in epithelial ovarian cancer patients: External validation of a predictive model. 
  • Predicting time to hospital discharge for extremely preterm infants. 
  • Predictors and Associations With Outcomes of Length of Hospital Stay in Patients With Acute Heart Failure: Results From VERITAS. 
  • Predictors of costs of caring for elderly patients discharged with heart failure. 
  • Predictors of delivery of hospital-based heart failure patient education: a report from OPTIMIZE-HF. 
  • Predictors of outcome in nursing homes. 
  • Predictors of postdischarge outcomes from information acquired shortly after admission for acute heart failure: a report from the Placebo-Controlled Randomized Study of the Selective A1 Adenosine Receptor Antagonist Rolofylline for Patients Hospitalized With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure and Volume Overload to Assess Treatment Effect on Congestion and Renal Function (PROTECT) Study. 
  • Predictors of suicide attempts: state and trait components. 
  • Predictors of two-year post-hospitalization mortality among elderly veterans in a study evaluating a geriatric consultation team. 
  • Predictors, Trends, and Outcomes (Among Older Patients ≥65 Years of Age) Associated With Beta-Blocker Use in Patients With Stable Angina Undergoing Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the NCDR Registry. 
  • Predischarge initiation of carvedilol in patients hospitalized for decompensated heart failure. 
  • Predischarge initiation of carvedilol in patients hospitalized for decompensated heart failure: results of the Initiation Management Predischarge: Process for Assessment of Carvedilol Therapy in Heart Failure (IMPACT-HF) trial. 
  • Preoperative Frailty Increases Risk of Nonhome Discharge after Elective Vascular Surgery in Home-Dwelling Patients. 
  • Preoperative Nutritional Status is an Independent Predictor of 30-day Hospital Readmission After Elective Spine Surgery. 
  • Preoperative pain level and patient expectation predict hospital length of stay after total hip arthroplasty. 
  • Prescribing warfarin at discharge for heart failure patients: findings from the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry. 
  • Prevalence and outcomes of same-day discharge after elective percutaneous coronary intervention among older patients. 
  • Preventable readmissions within 30 days of ischemic stroke among Medicare beneficiaries. 
  • Procalcitonin-based indication of bacterial infection identifies high risk acute heart failure patients. 
  • Prognosis in medically stabilized unstable angina: early Holter ST-segment monitoring compared with predischarge exercise thallium tomography. 
  • Promoting Same-Day Discharge for Gynecologic Oncology Patients in Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy. 
  • Proposing short-term observation units for the management of decompression illness. 
  • Prospective evaluation of beta-blocker use at the time of hospital discharge as a heart failure performance measure: results from OPTIMIZE-HF. 
  • Prospective payment and psychiatric discharges from general hospitals with and without psychiatric units. 
  • Quality of care for atrial fibrillation among patients hospitalized for heart failure. 
  • Quality of care of and outcomes for African Americans hospitalized with heart failure: findings from the OPTIMIZE-HF (Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure) registry. 
  • Race, insurance status, and traumatic brain injury outcomes before and after enactment of the Affordable Care Act. 
  • Randomized Controlled Trial of Screening, Risk Modification, and Physical Therapy to Prevent Falls Among the Elderly Recently Discharged From the Emergency Department to the Community: The Steps to Avoid Falls in the Elderly Study. 
  • Randomized trial of physician alerts for thromboprophylaxis after discharge. 
  • Rate versus rhythm control and outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation and chronic kidney disease: data from the GUSTO-III Trial. 
  • Rationale and design of the Initiation Management Predischarge: Process for Assessment of Carvedilol Therapy for Heart Failure (IMPACT-HF) study. 
  • Readmission after major surgery: effect of the postdischarge environment. 
  • Recent nationwide trends in discharge statin treatment of hospitalized patients with stroke. 
  • Reducing family stress during and after coronary artery bypass surgery. 
  • Reduction in heart failure events by the addition of a clinical pharmacist to the heart failure management team: results of the Pharmacist in Heart Failure Assessment Recommendation and Monitoring (PHARM) Study. 
  • Relation of serum magnesium levels and postdischarge outcomes in patients hospitalized for heart failure (from the EVEREST Trial). 
  • Relationship between early physician follow-up and 30-day readmission among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for heart failure. 
  • Relationship of vitamin D deficiency to clinical outcomes in critically ill patients. 
  • Relief and Recurrence of Congestion During and After Hospitalization for Acute Heart Failure: Insights From Diuretic Optimization Strategy Evaluation in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (DOSE-AHF) and Cardiorenal Rescue Study in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (CARESS-HF). 
  • Renal Dysfunction Is Associated With Poststroke Discharge Disposition and In-Hospital Mortality: Findings From Get With The Guidelines-Stroke. 
  • Representativeness of the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Registry: comparison of patient and hospital characteristics among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with ischemic stroke. 
  • Restarting the cycle: incidence and predictors of first acute care use after nursing home discharge. 
  • Risk adjustment for complications of hysterectomy: limitations of routinely collected administrative data. 
  • Risk stratification after myocardial infarction. 
  • Rural Medicare Beneficiaries Have Fewer Follow-up Visits and Greater Emergency Department Use Postdischarge. 
  • Rural-Urban Differences in the Effect of Follow-Up Care on Postdischarge Outcomes. 
  • Safety of same-day discharge after percutaneous coronary intervention: what is the level of evidence? 
  • Same day discharge following transradial PCI in India: Creating value for patients and providers. 
  • Same-day discharge and risks of mortality and readmission after elective ICD placement for primary prevention. 
  • Same-day discharge compared with overnight hospitalization after uncomplicated percutaneous coronary intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Seasonal variation in 30-day mortality after stroke: teaching versus nonteaching hospitals. 
  • Selection of Postacute Stroke Rehabilitation Facilities: A Survey of Discharge Planners From the Northeast Cerebrovascular Consortium (NECC) Region. 
  • Self-Care and Mobility Following Postacute Rehabilitation for Older Adults With Hip Fracture: A Multilevel Analysis. 
  • Serum lactates correlate with mortality after operations for complex congenital heart disease. 
  • Shifting Medicare patients out of the hospital. 
  • Short recovery time after percutaneous liver biopsy: should we change our current practices? 
  • Six-month follow-up of patients with in-hospital thrombocytopenia during heparin-based anticoagulation (from the Complications After Thrombocytopenia Caused by Heparin [CATCH] registry). 
  • Social support and hostility as predictors of depressive symptoms in cardiac patients one month after hospitalization: a prospective study. 
  • Standardizing care for acute decompensated heart failure in a large megatrial: the approach for the Acute Studies of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Subjects with Decompensated Heart Failure (ASCEND-HF). 
  • Statin use, intensity, and 3-year clinical outcomes among older patients with coronary artery disease. 
  • Strategic Patient Discharge: the Case of Long-Term Care Hospitals. 
  • Survey of on-call systems in hospital social work departments informs change in compensation. 
  • Switching of adenosine diphosphate receptor inhibitor after hospital discharge among myocardial infarction patients: Insights from the Treatment with Adenosine Diphosphate Receptor Inhibitors: Longitudinal Assessment of Treatment Patterns and Events after Acute Coronary Syndrome (TRANSLATE-ACS) observational study. 
  • Tailoring your heart failure project for success in rural areas. 
  • Take heart: a one-on-one peer-based strategy to improve acute coronary syndrome patient care. 
  • Temporal Changes in Postdischarge Mortality Risk After Hospitalization for Heart Failure (from the EVEREST Trial). 
  • Temporal Trends and Variation in Early Scheduled Follow-Up After a Hospitalization for Heart Failure: Findings from Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure. 
  • Temporal trends and predictors in the use of aldosterone antagonists post-acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Temporal trends for secondary prevention measures among patients hospitalized with coronary artery disease. 
  • The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Surgical Risk Calculator Has a Role in Predicting Discharge to Post-Acute Care in Total Joint Arthroplasty. 
  • The Comprehensive Post-Acute Stroke Services (COMPASS) study: design and methods for a cluster-randomized pragmatic trial. 
  • The Impact of Hospital Health Network Affiliation on Discharge Communication Preferences of Primary Care Providers. 
  • The Initiation Management Predischarge Process for Assessment of Carvedilol Therapy for Heart Failure (IMPACT-HF) Study: design and implications. 
  • The Sepulveda VA Geriatric Evaluation Unit: data on four-year outcomes and predictors of improved patient outcomes. 
  • The association between guideline-based treatment instructions at the point of discharge and lower 1-year mortality in Medicare patients after acute myocardial infarction: the American College of Cardiology's Guidelines Applied in Practice (GAP) initiative in Michigan. 
  • The association of discharge destination with 30-day rehospitalization rates among older adults receiving lumbar spinal fusion surgery. 
  • The association of in-hospital guideline adherence and longitudinal postdischarge mortality in older patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • The changing epidemiology of mechanical ventilation: a population-based study. 
  • The chronically critically ill patient: pediatric considerations. 
  • The effect of Medicaid status on weight loss, hospital length of stay, and 30-day readmission after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. 
  • The effects of state psychiatric hospital waitlist policies on length of stay and time to readmission. 
  • The impact of diabetes mellitus and renal insufficiency on the outcome of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. 
  • The impact of education on caregiver burden on two inpatient oncology units. 
  • The impact of glycemic control and diabetes mellitus on perioperative outcomes after total joint arthroplasty. 
  • The morning report. 
  • The nature and effectiveness of general hospital psychiatric services. 
  • The quality of pharmacotherapy in older veterans discharged from the emergency department or urgent care clinic. 
  • The risk of risk-adjustment measures for perioperative spine infection after spinal surgery. 
  • The role of cardiac morbidity in short- and long-term mortality in injured older patients who survive initial resuscitation. 
  • The vulnerable phase after hospitalization for heart failure. 
  • Therapeutic use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factors for established febrile neutropenia: effect on costs from a hospital perspective. 
  • Time to treatment with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator and outcome from acute ischemic stroke. 
  • Time-based risk assessment after myocardial infarction. Implications for timing of discharge and applications to medical decision-making. 
  • Timing of Complications Occurring Within 30 Days After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. 
  • Timing of First Postdischarge Follow-up and Medication Adherence After Acute Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Tracking Patients in Community-Based Palliative Care through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Healthcare Innovation Project. 
  • Trait anger, anger expression, and suicide attempts among adolescents and young adults: a prospective study. 
  • Transition of Care from the Emergency Department to the Outpatient Setting: A Mixed-Methods Analysis. 
  • Transition of care for acute stroke and myocardial infarction patients: from hospitalization to rehabilitation, recovery, and secondary prevention. 
  • Transitional Care Partners: a hospital-to-home support for older adults and their caregivers. 
  • Transitional care after hospitalization for acute stroke or myocardial infarction: a systematic review. 
  • Transitional care of older adults in skilled nursing facilities: A systematic review. 
  • Transitions in Care for Infants with Trisomy 13 or 18. 
  • Translating clinical trials into practice. 
  • Transradial approach for coronary angiography and interventions: results of the first international transradial practice survey. 
  • Treatment and risk in heart failure: gaps in evidence or quality? 
  • Trends in endovascular therapy and clinical outcomes within the nationwide Get With The Guidelines-Stroke registry. 
  • Trends in inpatient urinary incontinence surgery in the USA, 1998-2007. 
  • Trends in pathological vertebral fractures in the United States: 1993 to 2004. 
  • Trends in the use of evidence-based treatments for coronary artery disease among women and the elderly: findings from the get with the guidelines quality-improvement program. 
  • Triage after hospitalization with advanced heart failure: the ESCAPE (Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Effectiveness) risk model and discharge score. 
  • Troponin T levels in patients with acute heart failure: clinical and prognostic significance of their detection and release during hospitalisation. 
  • Tuberculosis management continues to utilize a large amount of hospital resources in the United States. 
  • Underimmunization at discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit. 
  • Underuse of indicated medications among physically frail older US veterans at the time of hospital discharge: results of a cross-sectional analysis of data from the Geriatric Evaluation and Management Drug Study. 
  • Unnecessary drug use in frail older people at hospital discharge. 
  • Untangling Health Trajectories among Patients with Sepsis. 
  • Use of Reflux Medications in Premature Infants After Hospital Discharge. 
  • Use of a standardized assessment to predict rehabilitation care after acute stroke. 
  • Use of aldosterone antagonists at discharge after myocardial infarction: results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network (ACTION) Registry-Get with the Guidelines (GWTG). 
  • Use of evidence-based therapies in short-term outcomes of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in patients with chronic kidney disease: a report from the National Cardiovascular Data Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network registry. 
  • Use of health services by medically ill depressed elderly patients after hospital discharge. 
  • Use of intensive lipid-lowering therapy in patients hospitalized with acute coronary syndrome: an analysis of 65,396 hospitalizations from 344 hospitals participating in Get With The Guidelines (GWTG). 
  • Use of medications for gastroesophageal reflux at discharge among extremely low birth weight infants. 
  • Use of patient registries and administrative datasets for the study of pediatric cancer. 
  • Using intake and change in multiple psychosocial measures to predict functional status outcomes in people with lumbar spine syndromes: a preliminary analysis. 
  • Using physician claims to identify postoperative complications of carotid endarterectomy. 
  • Utilization of acute care among patients with ESRD discharged home from skilled nursing facilities. 
  • Utilization of hospice and predicted mortality risk among older patients hospitalized with heart failure: findings from GWTG-HF. 
  • Utilization of secondary prevention therapies in patients with nonobstructive coronary artery disease identified during cardiac catheterization: insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Cath-PCI Registry. 
  • Variation in Warfarin Use at Hospital Discharge After Isolated Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve Replacement: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database. 
  • Variation in warfarin thromboprophylaxis after mitral valve repair: does equipoise exist and is a randomized trial warranted? 
  • Water and sodium in heart failure: a spotlight on congestion. 
  • Weekend hospital admission and discharge for heart failure: association with quality of care and clinical outcomes. 
  • Weekend/holiday versus weekday hospital discharge and guideline adherence (from the American Heart Association's Get with the Guidelines--Coronary Artery Disease database). 
  • What do medical students learn when they follow patients from hospital to community? A longitudinal qualitative study. 
  • Which Patients Require Extended Thromboprophylaxis After Colectomy? Modeling Risk and Assessing Indications for Post-discharge Pharmacoprophylaxis. 
  • Winning the war against ICU-acquired weakness: new innovations in nutrition and exercise physiology. 
  • Women undergoing aortic surgery are at higher risk for unplanned readmissions compared with men especially when discharged home. 
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  • Bettger, Janet Prvu, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Nursing
  • Curtis, Lesley H., Professor in Population Health Sciences, Medicine, General Internal Medicine
  • O'Connor, Christopher Michael, Richard Sean Stack, M.D. / Guidant Foundation Professor of Cardiology, Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology
  • Olsen, Maren Karine, Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
  • Reed, Shelby Derene, Professor in Population Health Sciences, Duke Science & Society
  • Tsalik, Ephraim, Associate Professor of Medicine, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
  • Warner, David Samuel, Distinguished Professor of Anesthesiology, in the School of Medicine, Neurobiology