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Little guidance exists for treating inpatients with asymptomatic high blood pressure, review finds

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

A systematic review of 14 clinical practice guidelines found that guidance on inpatient management of elevated blood pressure (BP) without symptoms is lacking. According to the authors, this lack of guidance may contribute to variable practice patterns. The review is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

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When Should We Treat Elevated Inpatient Blood Pressure?

American College of Cardiology

There is an absence of definitive randomized controlled trial data to guide inpatient blood pressure (BP) treatment. Consequently, this paucity of data has resulted in clinical equipoise, in which the benefits and risks of various treatment approaches are unclear.

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Inpatient initiation of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors: the prescribing learning curve

The British Journal of Cardiology

In conclusion, inpatient initiation of SGLT2i was safe and well tolerated in a real-world cohort of patients hospitalised with worsening HF. At discharge the proportion prescribed a beta blocker (44% to 92%), angiotensin-receptor/neprilysin inhibitor (6% to 44%) and mineralocorticoid-receptor antagonist (35% to 85%) had increased.

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Jessica Crimaldi, NP: Diagnosing, Treating Abdominal Pain in GI Inpatients

HCPLive

Crimaldi reviews key considerations for the diagnosis and management of bowel ischemia, diverticulitis, and small bowel obstructions in GI inpatients.

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Inpatient Initiation of HF GDMT: What Are You Waiting For?

American College of Cardiology

MD, MACC discuss inpatient initiation of HF GDMT. In this interview, Stephen Greene, MD, FACC and Sidney C. Smith Jr.,

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Meth-Related Cardiomyopathy: Where the Biggest Clusters Are

Med Page Today

The National Inpatient Sample (NIS. (MedPage Today) -- The American West has seen the biggest surge of cardiomyopathy-associated hospital admissions among methamphetamine users, based on 13 years of the latest available hospital admission data.

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The role of structured inpatient lipid protocols in optimizing non-statin lipid lowering therapy: a review and single-center experience

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

We also present a single-center experience implementing a systematic inpatient protocol for lipid lowering therapy for secondary prevention of ASCVD.