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Perioperative Mortality Risk After Living Kidney Donation Significantly Declined in 2013-2022

HCPLive

Findings from a recent national registry study suggest perioperative mortality after living kidney donation significantly declined in 2013-2022 compared with 1993-2002 and 2003-2012.

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Study Details Effect of 2013 Guidelines on Statin Use, MACE Trends among US Adults

HCPLive

Study finds 2013 ACC/AHA guideline led to immediate improvements in optimal statin use for ASCVD patients and enhanced 5-year MACE survival for populations with ASCVD or diabetes in the US.

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Trends in Targeted Temperature Management Before and After 2013, with José López, MD

HCPLive

24 analysis found a decline in TTM use post-2013 TTM trial, which investigators suggest indicates a potential misinterpretation of trial findings.

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Abstract WP77: Changes in Acute Stroke Management and Outcomes in Korea Between 2013-2014 and 2018

Stroke Journal

We evaluated the changes of acute stroke management and outcomes between 2013/2014 and 2018 in Korea.Methods:We compared the most recent available ASQA data from 2018 with the data from 2013/2014. We grouped 2013 and 2014 into one group and compared them with 2018.Results:A among IS patients in 2013/2014, respectively.

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National- and State-Level Trends in Medicare Hospice Beneficiaries for Stroke During 2013 to 2019 in the United States

Stroke Journal

BACKGROUND:Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States, one of the leading contributors to Medicare cost, including through Medicare hospice benefits, and the rate of stroke mortality has been increasing since 2013. from 78 812 to 160 884. from 78 812 to 160 884. P<0.001).

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Abstract WP100: Trends in the Utilization of Intravenous Thrombolysis for Ischemic Stroke in Korea From 2013 to 2022

Stroke Journal

In the multivariable model, patients who arrived in 2022 were less likely to receive IV thrombolysis compared to patients who arrived in 2013 (adjusted odds ratio [95% CI], 0.83 [0.75 - 0.93]).Conclusions:Utilization

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Bystander CPR up to 10 minutes after cardiac arrest may protect brain function

Science Daily - Heart Disease

from 2013 to 2022. The sooner a lay rescuer (bystander) starts cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a person having a cardiac arrest at home or in public, up to 10 minutes after the arrest, the better the chances of survival and brain protection, according to an analysis of nearly 200,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases in the U.S.