Birth cohort effect in atrial fibrillation: a matter of detection?
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac rhythm disorder, affecting an estimated 43 million people globally.1 In the last 20 years, the incidence of AF increased by 33% and it is expected to increase by threefold in the next three decades.1 Long-term AF management, including outpatient visits, hospitalisations and disabilities from stroke and heart failure (HF), adds substantial burden on healthcare resources and costs, accounting for 2.6% of the total annual healthcare expenditure of European countries.2 As a result, AF has emerged as a major public health concern and a potential future epidemic.1 The...
Source: Heart - April 25, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Samuel, M., Rienstra, M. Tags: Editorials Source Type: research
Improving Scheduling Efficiency in the Setting of Staff Turnover and Increased Surgical Volume in the Post-anesthesia Care Unit Using Census Data Trends
This article describes the successful implementation of a staffing restructuring in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) at a large Cancer Center in New York City. Retrospective census data (hourly census “snapshots” and 60-day average daily census trends) in the Main PACU was evaluated to predict PACU's busiest working hours and adjust PACU staffing targets accordingly. This restructure led to a 55% decrease in overtime expenditure in 2023 YTD compared to 2022 YTD ($264,248 and $588,063 annual d ollars spent, respectively), despite a 6.6% increase in surgical volume and 2x the amount of staff turnover in 2023 compared...
Source: Nurse Leader - April 25, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Victoria Bihler Tags: Featured article Source Type: research
Projected prescription drug expenditures in 2024: Looking ahead to the inflation reduction era
Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2024 Apr 24:zxae104. doi: 10.1093/ajhp/zxae104. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn an effort to expedite the publication of articles, AJHP is posting manuscripts online as soon as possible after acceptance. Accepted manuscripts have been peer-reviewed and copyedited, but are posted online before technical formatting and author proofing. These manuscripts are not the final version of record and will be replaced with the final article (formatted per AJHP style and proofed by the authors) at a later time.PMID:38656543 | DOI:10.1093/ajhp/zxae104 (Source: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy : AJHP)
Source: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy : AJHP - April 24, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Inmaculada Hernandez Source Type: research
What does the Brazilian National Health Survey have to say about the influence of cigarette spending on household income?
Cad Saude Publica. 2024 Apr 22;40(3):e00175423. doi: 10.1590/0102-311XPT175423. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTIn a country whose indicators of population impoverishment continue to increase, it is concerning that individuals spend money to buy cigarettes instead of using this resource in actions that strengthen aspects of the well-being of their lives and that of their families. Based on the Brazilian National Health Survey conducted in 2019, the influence of spending on manufactured cigarettes on the family budget in households with at least one smoker was estimated, stratified by sociodemographic characteristics. Brazilian sm...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Andr é Szklo Mirian Carvalho de Souza Aline de Mesquita Carvalho Source Type: research
Effects of parliamentary amendments on municipal financing of primary health care in the Brazilian Unified National Health System
This study aims to analyze the effects of the expansion of the federal transfer of parliamentary amendments for municipal financing of primary health care (PHC) in the Brazilian Unified National Health System (SUS), from 2015 to 2020. A longitudinal study was conducted using secondary data on transfers of parliamentary amendments from the Brazilian Ministry of Health and expenditure of municipalities' own resources on public health actions and services and PHC. The effect of the transfer of parliamentary amendments on municipal financing was verified in a stratified way by population size of the municipalities, using gener...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Karla Giovana Bavaresco Ulinski Br ígida Gimenez Carvalho Fabiola Sulpino Vieira Renne Rodrigues Luciana Dias de Lima Source Type: research
GSE241761 Molecular and functional profiling of cell diversity and identity in the lateral superior olive, an auditory brainstem center with ascending and descending projections
Contributors : Ayse Maraslioglu ; Erika Pizzi ; Jonas Fisch ; Kathrin Kattler ; Tamara Ritter ; Eckhard FriaufSeries Type : Expression profiling by high throughput sequencingOrganism : Mus musculusThe lateral superior olive (LSO), a conspicuous integration center in the auditory brainstem, contains a remarkably heterogeneous neuron population. Ascending neurons, predominantly principal neurons (pLSOs), process interaural level differences for sound localization. Descending neurons (lateral olivocochlear neurons, LOCs) provide feedback into the cochlea and likely protect from acoustic overexposure. The molecular deter...
Source: GEO: Gene Expression Omnibus - April 24, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Tags: Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing Mus musculus Source Type: research
Skill-Based Electronic Gaming Machines: Features that Mimic Video Gaming, Features that could Contribute to Harm, and Their Potential Attraction to Different Groups
AbstractNew gambling products have been developed over time as technology permits. For example, early mechanical slot machines were later replaced by electronic gaming machines (EGMs), which enabled a faster speed of play and more immersive experience. EGMs have in the decades since their invention become one of the main drivers of gambling expenditure worldwide and are one of the gambling products most strongly associated with harm. This literature review considers research relevant to a new subcategory of EGM, ‘skill-based’ EGMs, termed ‘SGMs’ here. SGMs can be highly varied in content, with some representing a m...
Source: Journal of Gambling Studies - April 23, 2024 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Response to Letter to Editor: On Glycemic Status and Energy Expenditure
(Source: Clinical Nutrition)
Source: Clinical Nutrition - April 23, 2024 Category: Nutrition Authors: Kate Lillegard, John A. Del Castillo, Heidi J. Silver Source Type: research
Methods to estimate body temperature and energy expenditure dynamics in fed and fasted laboratory mice: effects of sleep deprivation and light exposure
AbstractMonitoring body temperature and energy expenditure in freely-moving laboratory mice remains a powerful methodology used widely across a variety of disciplines –including circadian biology, sleep research, metabolic phenotyping, and the study of body temperature regulation. Some of the most pronounced changes in body temperature are observed when small heterothermic species reduce their body temperature during daily torpor. Daily torpor is an energy savi ng strategy characterized by dramatic reductions in body temperature employed by mice and other species when challenged to meet energetic demands. Typical measure...
Source: Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology - April 23, 2024 Category: Physiology Source Type: research
Challenging and target-based shifting strategies for heart failure treatment: An update from the last decades
Biochem Pharmacol. 2024 Apr 20:116232. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2024.116232. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHeart failure (HF) is a major global health problem afflicting millions worldwide. Despite the significant advances in therapies and prevention, HF still carries very high morbidity and mortality, requiring enormous healthcare-related expenditure, and the search for new weapons goes on. Following initial treatment strategies targeting inotropism and congestion, attention has focused on offsetting the neurohormonal overactivation and three main therapies, including angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin II t...
Source: Biochemical Pharmacology - April 22, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Yuichi Hattori Kohshi Hattori Kuniaki Ishii Masanobu Kobayashi Source Type: research
Principles and practices of antimicrobial stewardship programs in Korea
Korean J Intern Med. 2024 Apr 23. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2023.482. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis review addresses the escalating challenge posed by antibiotic resistance, highlighting its profound impact on global public health, including increased mortality rates and healthcare expenditures. The review focuses on the need to adopt the One Health approach to effectively manage antibiotic usage across human, animal, and environmental domains. Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) are considered as comprehensive strategies that encompass both core and supplementary initiatives aimed at enhancing prudent antibiotic use. T...
Source: The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine - April 22, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Ki Tae Kwon Shin-Woo Kim Source Type: research
Challenging and target-based shifting strategies for heart failure treatment: An update from the last decades
Biochem Pharmacol. 2024 Apr 20:116232. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2024.116232. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHeart failure (HF) is a major global health problem afflicting millions worldwide. Despite the significant advances in therapies and prevention, HF still carries very high morbidity and mortality, requiring enormous healthcare-related expenditure, and the search for new weapons goes on. Following initial treatment strategies targeting inotropism and congestion, attention has focused on offsetting the neurohormonal overactivation and three main therapies, including angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin II t...
Source: Biochemical Pharmacology - April 22, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Yuichi Hattori Kohshi Hattori Kuniaki Ishii Masanobu Kobayashi Source Type: research
Associations between resting energy expenditure and glycemic parameters in women with obesity without type 2 diabetes mellitus
(Source: Clinical Nutrition)
Source: Clinical Nutrition - April 22, 2024 Category: Nutrition Authors: Mateus de Lima Macena, Micn éias Roberth Pereira, Déborah Tenório Costa de Paula, André Eduardo da Silva Júnior, Nassib Bezerra Bueno Source Type: research
Relationship between cachexia and short physical performance battery scores in patients with heart failure attending comprehensive outpatient cardiac rehabilitation
This study included 115 consecutive patients with HF (43% male; mean age, 78 ± 8 years) who underwent comprehensive outpatient CR. The cachexia status was assessed according to the definition proposed by the Asian Working Group on Cachexia in 2023. The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) and Mini Nutritional Assessment Short-Form (MNA-SF) were used to evaluate m otor function of the lower limbs and nutritional status, respectively. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to examine the potential relationship between cachexia and low SPPB scores (≤ 9 points). The prevalence of cachexia was 30% i...
Source: Heart and Vessels - April 22, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Fruitful changes? Exploring household fruit purchase decisions following comprehensive food policy regulations in Chile
This study analyzes whether, following the announcement, modification, and implementation of Chile's Food Labeling and Advertising law targeting highly processed food (occurring in 2012, 2015, and 2016, respectively), households improved their fruit purchase decisions: purchase participation (i.e., buying likelihood) and purchase quantity. Expenditure data from a representative sample of Chilean households were employed, covering two consecutive survey waves conducted in 2011/2012 and 2016/2017. After controlling for socioeconomic factors (e.g., prices and income), results indicate that only purchase participation increase...
Source: Appetite - April 20, 2024 Category: Nutrition Authors: Grace Melo Source Type: research
