A strategy to send select patients home within 48 hours after undergoing primary PCI for STEMI is safe and feasible if they’re considered low risk, according to results of a new study. In fact, the ...

Discharging patients the next day after minimalist transcatheter aortic valve replacement with a balloon-expandable device appears to be as safe as holding patients beyond the initial 24-hour period, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The rate of same-day discharge after chronic total occlusion PCI rose from 3% to 21% between 2015 and 2021.

Researchers suggest same-day discharge after elective percutaneous coronary intervention, such as stent placement, was not associated with a higher risk of readmission or mortality, but few providers ...

Highly selected low-risk patients can be safely sent home about 24 hours after successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) when supported ...

WASHINGTON — Patients who have undergone thyroidectomy can be safely discharged on the same day when an institution-specific protocol, adapted from the American Thyroid Association Statement on ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

A high-sensitivity troponin test accurately predicted 30-day rates of multiple adverse cardiac events (MACE) in a study that involved more than 1500 emergency department (ED) patients. Emergency ...

“I don’t care … I’m leaving here!” “I didn’t want to come to rehab to start with.” “The hospital/doctor told me I had to come here on my insurance company wouldn’t pay for my hospital stay.” At some ...