2013
Diagnoses and Timing of 30-Day Readmissions After Hospitalization for Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, or Pneumonia
Dharmarajan K, Hsieh AF, Lin Z, Bueno H, Ross JS, Horwitz LI, Barreto-Filho JA, Kim N, Bernheim SM, Suter LG, Drye EE, Krumholz HM. Diagnoses and Timing of 30-Day Readmissions After Hospitalization for Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, or Pneumonia. JAMA 2013, 309: 355-363. PMID: 23340637, PMCID: PMC3688083, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.216476.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionCommon readmission diagnosesAcute MI hospitalizationReadmission diagnosesDays of hospitalizationPatient demographic characteristicsHeart failureMyocardial infarctionHF hospitalizationReadmission timingPneumonia hospitalizationsMedian timeMI hospitalizationMedicare feeIndex HF hospitalizationIndex pneumonia hospitalizationProportion of patientsDemographic characteristicsService claims dataMI cohortPneumonia cohortHF cohortCondition categoriesHospitalizationReadmission
1996
Aspirin for secondary prevention after acute myocardial infarction in the elderly: prescribed use and outcomes.
Krumholz HM, Radford MJ, Ellerbeck EF, Hennen J, Meehan TP, Petrillo M, Wang Y, Jencks SF. Aspirin for secondary prevention after acute myocardial infarction in the elderly: prescribed use and outcomes. Annals Of Internal Medicine 1996, 124: 292-8. PMID: 8554223, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-124-3-199602010-00002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionPrescription of aspirinMyocardial infarctionPatient characteristicsPrescribed useMortality rate 6 monthsBetter overall health statusRate 6 monthsBeta-blocker therapyPatients 65 yearsUse of aspirinPatient demographic characteristicsAcute care hospitalsOverall health statusPrescribed aspirinDischarge medicationsElderly patientsHospital dischargeSecondary preventionCare hospitalClinical factorsMedical chartsMultivariable analysisCardiac proceduresTreatment characteristics