Risultati per: GOLD 2019: le indicazioni nella terapia in fase stabile del paziente con BPCO

Objective
The aim of this study is to assess change in stunting and its associated factors among children aged less than 5 years in Ethiopia using Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey data from 2005 to 2019.

Design
A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted.

Setting
The study was conducted in Ethiopia.

Participants
In 2005, 4586 individuals were examined, followed by 10 282 in 2011, 9462 in 2016 and 4937 in 2019.

Primary and secondary outcomes
The primary outcome of the study was stunting, and the secondary outcome was factors associated with stunting and its change. A multilevel logistic regression model was fitted to identify individual and community-level factors associated with stunting among children aged less than 5 years. Multivariate decomposition analysis was also carried out to assess the role of compositional characteristics and behavioural change for decline in stunting among children aged less than 5 years in Ethiopia.

Results
Over the study period, the prevalence rate of stunting in children aged less than 5 years decreased from 47% to 37% in 2019. Differences in behavioural change among children under the age of 5 years account for 76.69% of the overall decline in stunting prevalence rate in the years 2005–2011, 86.53% in the years 2005–2016, 98.9% in the years 2005–2019, 70.34% in the years 2011–2016 and 73.77% in the years 2011–2019. Behavioural adjustments among breastfed children, diet diversity, place of delivery, ANC follow-up and region have all had a major effect on stunting prevalence rate. The wealth index, parenteral education, child’s age in months, length of breast feeding and area were among the compositional change factors.

Conclusion
A large percentage of children aged less than 5 years remains stunted in Ethiopia. Stunting was associated with alterations in the compositional and behavioural characteristics of children. Stimulating existing nutritional measures and improving the wealth index will make a significant difference in reducing stunting among Ethiopian children aged less than 5 years.

Cala occupazione intensive al 2% e area medica al 10%

Cala occupazione intensive al 2% e area medica al 10%

This study uses administrative health care data from Ontario, Canada, to assess whether changes in diabetes management practices have affected trends in the association between diabetes vs prior cardiovascular disease and risk of cardiovascular events from 1994 to 2019 among adults aged 20 to 84 years.

Potenziale cura per cardiomiopatia amiloide da transtiretina

I ricoverati Per Covid sono il 43%, i Con Covid 57%

Intervento record all’ospedale Molinette di Torino

Intervento record all’ospedale Molinette di Torino

Circulation, Volume 146, Issue Suppl_1, Page A13455-A13455, November 8, 2022. Introduction:Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) is a catheter-based real-time imaging procedure that assists in both diagnosis and treatment during Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). Over the years, IVUS-guided PCI have become more popular. In this study, we aimed to analyze the trends of use of IVUS-guided PCI, adjusted in-hospital mortality, hospital length of stay (LOS) and inpatient cost over the years.Methods:Data were extracted from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) 2014 through 2019 Database. The NIS was searched for PCI with and without IVUS in adult patients (age≥18) using ICD 9 and 10 codes. Outcomes of interest were utilization rates of IVUS during PCI, trend of adjusted in-hospital mortality, adjusted mean LOS and adjusted mean cost. Multivariate logistic and linear regression analysis was used accordingly to adjust for confounders. STATA software was used for analysis.Results:Of 2,871,865 PCIs in 2014 through 2019, 201,075 (7.0%) were coupled with IVUS. The use of IVUS during PCI steadily increased from 6.2% in 2014 to 9.3% in 2019 (trend p

Circulation, Volume 146, Issue Suppl_1, Page A10072-A10072, November 8, 2022. Introduction:Sarcoidosis involves many organs in the body, including the heart, thus triggering various cardiovascular dysrhythmias and complications. We sought to analyze the cardiovascular events seen in these patients.Methods:The 2019 National Inpatient Sample (NIS) is one of the most extensive inpatient databases in the United States. It was used to explore and identify patients diagnosed with sarcoidosis and a valid entry for the variable “Sex”. Hospitalizations associated with several cardiac events were also examined (reported as cases per 100 males or females), and their occurrences were compared between males and females. Multiple logistic regression adjusted to non-cardiac characteristics allowed us to estimate the adjusted odds ratio (aOR) of the cardiovascular events in females relative to males.Results:We found 84,640 cases of sarcoidosis (61.5% females, and 38.5% males). Females were less likely to present with supraventricular tachycardia (2.1 vs. 2.4, aOR 0.804, p

Circulation, Volume 146, Issue Suppl_1, Page A9444-A9444, November 8, 2022. Background:Uncertainty exists whether a higher CHA2DS2VASc risk score is associated with poorer in-hospital outcomes than a lower risk score following Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAO) procedures.Methods:The National Inpatient Sample (NIS) was queried for all hospitalizations with primary atrial fibrillation or flutter from 2016 to 2019 with codes for percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion device placement. Cohorts with high (CHA2DS2VASc ≥5) and low (CHA2DS2VASc 5) and 49.39% had low score (< 5) (table 1). All patients received the Watchman device. The primary outcome of in-hospital mortality was not statistically different between high and low risk (0.18% vs. 0.12%, OR: 1.53, 95% CI: 0.59-3.96, p=0.37), a finding that did not change when adjusted for comorbidities in multivariate analysis (adjusted OR: 1.44, 95% CI: 0.55-3.62, p=0.46). In the high-risk group, total complication rates were similar (adjusted OR: 1.16, 95% CI: 0.97-1.38, p=0.09) as was ischemic stroke (adjusted OR: 2.05, 95% CI: 0.82-5.13, p=0.13) while systemic embolism (adjusted OR: 5.09, 95% CI: 1.08-23.99, p=0.04) and major bleeding requiring transfusion (adjusted OR: 3.84, 95% CI: 1.41-10.42, p=0.08) were higher after adjusting for confounders in multivariable analysis (figure 1).Conclusion:This study demonstrates that the LAAO procedure had similar short-term outcomes between high and low-risk patients in a study of real-world patients.

Circulation, Volume 146, Issue Suppl_1, Page A11761-A11761, November 8, 2022. Background:Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in elderly patients who have previously undergone coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) poses a diagnostic and therapeutic complexity. There is limited data on cardiovascular and mortality outcomes for this population.Methods:Using the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) from 2016-2019, we identified patients over 65 years with a prior CABG presenting with AMI, excluding those with a history of percutaneous coronary intervention. After assessing baseline characteristics, we analyzed trends in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and all-cause in hospital mortality (ACM) while stratifying for gender and race. Pearson’s chi-squared test was utilized to compare the CVD variables.Results:There were 266,365 hospitalizations included in the study with a median age of 77 years. They were predominantly males(69.5%), of Caucasian origin (81.7%), Medicare enrollees (91.4%) and were admitted in urban teaching hospitals (67.2%) located in the South of the US (39.5%) as non-elective cases (93.8%). Between 2016-19, Hyperlipidemia (HLD), smoking(Sm), and obesity(Ob) showed an increasing trend in males (2.8%, 1.3%, and 2% respectively) and females (2.1%, 2.4%, and 2% respectively), whereas hypertension (HTN) decreased by 4.5% in males and 6.3% in females.The length of stay remained constant at 4 days and the average cost of stay was 58963.5 USD. HTN among all races decreased from 2016 to 2019 except for Native Americans. HLD and obesity exhibited an upward trend among all races. Hispanics and Asians/Pacific Islanders(PI) had a consistent downtrend in mortality rates, with Native Americans showing the biggest drop in mortality rate (6.9%). All-cause mortality decreased from 2016 to 2019 by 1.4% except for Blacks which has increased by 2.6%, overtaking Asian/PI. All p

Circulation, Volume 146, Issue Suppl_1, Page A14430-A14430, November 8, 2022. Introduction:Advanced heart failure therapies and heart transplantation (HTx) have been underutilized in women. Therefore, we aimed to explore the clinical characteristics and outcomes of HTx by sex.Methods:We conducted a retrospective analysis of adult discharges from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) between 2012 and 2019. International Classification of Disease (ICD) procedure codes were used to identify those who underwent HTx.Results:A total of 20,180 HTx hospitalizations were identified from 2012-2019. Among them, 28% were female. Women undergoing HTx were younger (mean age 51 vs. 54.5 years, p

Circulation, Volume 146, Issue Suppl_1, Page A11742-A11742, November 8, 2022. Background:Inpatient outcomes in obese patients have been investigated, although regional inequalities in cardiac and cerebrovascular events in young obese patients have not been explored previously.Methods:The National Inpatient Sample 2019 was queried for young obese patients (18-44 years) in 4 regions (Northeast, Midwest, South, West) using ICD-10-CM codes. Baseline characteristics and comorbidities inpatient MACCE including all-cause mortality, AMI, cardiac arrest, and stroke were identified.Results:Young obese cohort (Total n: 1,285,775, median age: 33 years, females: 75.4%) often consisted of admissions in the South (41.1%), followed by the Midwest (22.3%), West (20.7%), and Northeast (20.7%). HTN and DM were more frequent in the Midwest (32.3% and 22.3%) and South (34.4% and 22.8%) respectively, with higher MACCE of South (3.3%) and Midwest (3%) as compared to Northeast (2.3%) and West (2.6%) regions. All regions had comparable median hospital stay (3 days); however, the admissions in the West and Northeast regions (USD 36861 and 31211) had a higher cost burden. After adjusting for sociodemographic and comorbidities, the odds of in-hospital MACCE were higher in the West (aOR 1.15 95%CI 1.02-1.29), and South (aOR 1.16 95%CI 1.04-1.29), (p

Circulation, Volume 146, Issue Suppl_1, Page A10073-A10073, November 8, 2022. Introduction:With the increasing burden of Acute Myocardial Infarction(AMI) on Medicare, there is a paucity of information on the incidence of Acute Ischemic Stroke(AIS) in those patients and their risk factors.Methods:Patients with a principal diagnosis of AMI covered by Medicare from the 2019 National Inpatient Sample were extracted. Multiple variable regression allowed us to estimate the adjusted odds ratio (aOR) of AIS among patients while acknowledging various possible factors.Results:A total of 378,390 cases of AMI covered by Medicare were found, amongst which 6110 patients,1.6%, also experienced AIS. The mean age of AIS cases was 75.34 years, while it was 74.31 years in non-AIS patients. Patients with AMI are more likely to have a diagnosis of AIS during their hospitalization if they are females (aOR 1.195, 95% CI 1.134-1.260, p

Circulation, Volume 146, Issue Suppl_1, Page A12931-A12931, November 8, 2022. Introduction:The subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-ICD) has emerged as an alternative to the transvenous ICD with comparable efficacy and complication rates in clinical trials. Adoption of this technology and real-world clinical experience are less well described.Methods:This was a retrospective descriptive cohort study using data from National Inpatient Sample (NIS) for calendar years 2016-2019. Outcomes were cardiovascular adverse events, all-cause mortality, 30-day readmission, and resource utilization in patients who had S-ICD implantation.Results:We identified 6655 patients who had S-ICD implantation between 2016-2019. S-ICD implant rates remained between 10-12% of total ICD implants in the US over the study period (Figure 1a), though hospital implant rates were widely distributed (Figure 1b). The mean (SD) age of the population was 56.1 ± 15.9 years, and 2002 patients (30.1%) were female. Median length of stay (IQR) was 6.0 (4.0, 10.0). Hospitalization costs were $ 245937.1 ± 206047.3. Adverse cardiovascular events associated with the hospitalization were: pericardial perforation/cardiac tamponade (0.2%), hemothorax/pneumothorax (1.1%), stroke/TIA (0.5%), cardiogenic shock (8.6%), cardiac arrest (11%), and vascular complications (1.3%). A total of 48 patients (0.7%) died. Non-elective readmission within 30 days post-procedure occurred in 15.7% of cases.Conclusion:S-ICD implant rates were stable over time but varied widely among hospitals. Hospitalization-associated adverse cardiovascular events may be more a reflection of the vulnerable population undergoing S-ICD implant than risk of the procedure.