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Clinicians are cautiously supportive of an electronic portal to enhance communication in the intensive care unit

ICU Clinicians Cautiously Support Electronic Portals

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Focus groups assess perspectives of ICU clinicians on current state of communication
Nearly one-third of cancer deaths among Americans aged 35 or older are caused by smoking

Smoking Still Responsible for Many U.S. Cancer Deaths

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Linked to close to one-third of fatal cancers in patients 35 and older
Participation in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) does not improve reported health status during the year following acute myocardial infarction; however

Cardiac Rehabilitation Does Not Up Health Status After AMI

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However, participation did confer a significant survival benefit
From 1999 to 2014 the numbers of deaths

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Deaths Down 1999 to 2014

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Additional study needed to demonstrate the efficacy of residential CO alarms
For patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

Angina Pectoris Linked to Worse HRQoL in Heart Failure

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Depressive symptoms, health-related quality of life were worse for patients with angina pectoris
For adults with asthma and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

CPAP Improves Asthma Control, QoL for Adults With Asthma, OSA

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Decrease in percentage of patients with uncontrolled asthma, asthma attacks at six months
About one of every six patients hospitalized for a first episode of syncope has a pulmonary embolism

Pulmonary Embolism May Be Cause of Syncope in Some Elderly

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Identified in nearly one of every six patients
Financial toxicity is a clinically relevant outcome for patients receiving treatment for advanced cancer

Financial Toxicity Is a Relevant Cancer Outcome Measure

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Health-related quality of life correlated with financial toxicity in cancer patients
Considerable costs are associated with absenteeism related to chronic diseases and health risk factors

Considerable Absenteeism Costs for Chronic Disease, Risk Factors

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Considerable costs for smoking, physical inactivity, obesity, and for those with hypertension, diabetes
For patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction with an exercise-induced increase in the ratio between early mitral inflow velocity and mitral annular early diastolic velocity

Spironolactone Benefits Exercise Tolerance in HFpEF

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Improvements in exercise capacity, anaerobic threshold, and oxygen uptake efficiency