Emergency Medical Diseases Account for About Half of Mortality
31 emergency medical diseases contribute 50.7 percent of global mortality in 195 countries
FDA Announces New Steps to Reduce Risks Tied to Surgical Staplers
Agency proposing higher classification of surgical staplers that will require premarket notification clearance
Risk-Based Screening Improves Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Benefits seen for prevention of major cardiovascular events, higher quality-adjusted life years
Sleeping Pill Use Tied to Greater Need for BP Meds in Older Adults
But no association observed between sleep duration or quality and change in BP drug use
PCI Beneficial for All Categories of Older AMI Patients
PCI linked to improved survival versus medical therapy for young-old, middle-old, and old-old patients
In Severe, Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis, Early Surgery May Help
Patients undergoing aortic valve replacement within a year of diagnosis appear to benefit most
Risk Model Developed for Readmission After AMI in Seniors
Strongest predictor of 30-day readmission among adults ≥75 years is impaired functional mobility
High Resting Heart Rate Linked to Increased Cardiac Risk in Men
Risk for all-cause death, CVD, CHD increased with RHR >75 and with increase in RHR over time
Cardiometabolic Risk Better ID’d in Children Reclassified to Higher BP
Likelihood of developing adult HTN, MetS, LVH increased for children reclassified with 2017 guidelines
Moderate/Vigorous Exercise Attenuates Risks of Sitting
Sitting time linked to all-cause, CVD mortality in least active adults; MVPA can attenuate these links
