Interhospital Transfer of Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure in the United States: A Scoping Review.

Objectives: Interhospital transfer of patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) is relevant in the current landscape of critical care delivery. However, current transfer practices for patients with ARF are highly variable, poorly formalized, and lack evidence. We aim to synthesize the existing evidence, identify knowledge gaps, and highlight persisting questions related to interhospital transfer of patients with ARF.

Health Status in Heart Failure and Cancer: Analysis of the Medicare Health Outcomes Survey 2016-2020.

Background: People with heart failure (HF) and cancer experience impaired physical and mental health status. However, health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has not been directly compared between these conditions in a contemporary population of older people.

Objectives: The authors sought to compare HRQOL in people with HF vs those with lung, colorectal, breast, and prostate cancers.

Death among patients hospitalized with symptomatic COVID-19: Implications for high-risk patients.

Background: We aimed to examine the role played by the COVID-19 infection in patients' death and to determine the proportion of patients for whom it was a major contributor to death.

Methods: We included patients ≥50 years old who were hospitalized with COVID-19 infection and died between March 1, 2020 and September 30, 2020 in a tertiary medical center. We considered COVID-19 infection to be a major cause for death if the patient had well-controlled medical conditions and death was improbable without coronavirus infection, and a minor cause for death if the patient had serious illnesses and had an indication for palliative care.

Association between Initiation of Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Rehospitalizations in Patients Hospitalized with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Although clinical trials have found that pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) can reduce the risk of readmissions after hospitalization for a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation, less is known about PR's impact in routine clinical practice. To evaluate the association between initiation of PR within 90 days of discharge and rehospitalization(s). We analyzed a retrospective cohort of Medicare beneficiaries (66 years of age or older) hospitalized for COPD in 2014 who survived at least 30 days after discharge.

Cardiac rehabilitation in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: Predictors of utilization and effects of exercise training.

Background: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) patients may benefit from cardiac rehabilitation (CR).

Objectives: The purpose to this study is to examine utilization of CR in TCM.

Methods: We conducted a review of hospitalized TCM patients at Baystate Medical Center between 2010 and 2017.

Association Between Initiation of Pulmonary Rehabilitation After Hospitalization for COPD and 1-Year Survival Among Medicare Beneficiaries.

Importance: Meta-analyses have suggested that initiating pulmonary rehabilitation after an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was associated with improved survival, although the number of patients studied was small and heterogeneity was high. Current guidelines recommend that patients enroll in pulmonary rehabilitation after hospital discharge.

Objective: To determine the association between the initiation of pulmonary rehabilitation within 90 days of hospital discharge and 1-year survival.

Short-Term Safety of Nicotine Replacement in Smokers Hospitalized With Coronary Heart Disease.

Background Little is known about the safety of nicotine replacement therapy ( NRT ) in smokers hospitalized with coronary heart disease. Methods and Results We examined the short-term safety of NRT use among smokers hospitalized for coronary heart disease in a geographically and structurally diverse sample of US hospitals in the year 2014. We compared smokers who started NRT in the first 2 days of hospitalization with smokers without any exposure to NRT and adjusted for baseline differences through propensity score matching.

Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy Among Smokers Hospitalized for Coronary Heart Disease.

This study uses data from the Premier Alliance database to assess factors associated with the use of smoking cessation pharmacotherapy in smokers hospitalized for coronary heart disease.