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Antibiotic Treatment Helpful For The Heart
According to a report in Tuesday's rapid access issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, clarithromycin--an antibiotic drug typically prescribed for respiratory infections-- prolonged life and reduced risk of future heart attacks in people hospitalized for heart attack or unstable angina. Further, clarithromycin significantly lowered risk of death or serious cardiovascular events (compared to placebo). more
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Heart Attack Discharge Form
This form can be given to acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients on their discharge day. It covers medications, behavior and follow up information. You can download the form and develop your own, or use this one in your practice as is. This form appears for physcians and nurses courtesy of the ACC/AHA. For other tools you can use for your better cardiac care in your practice, refer to yesterday's issue of Vidyya by visiting http://www.vidyya.com/vidyyav4i72.htm more
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The American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines Web-Based Data Collection Tool: What is the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines Program?
Get With The Guidelines (GWTG) is an American Heart Association (AHA) hospital-based discharge program for coronary patients to ensure that they are discharged on appropriate medications and with risk modification counseling. The program is based on the AHA’s Comprehensive Risk Reduction Guidelines for Patients with Coronary and Other Vascular Disease. A key component of this continuous quality improvement program is to monitor progress through data measurement. Download a brochure on the program in today's issue of Vidyya. more
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Chest Physicians Called To Action And Intervention With Smoking Patients: Tobacco Dependence Should Be Treated As A Chronic Disease
Physician intervention is of benefit to patients who smoke. According to a special report published in CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), greater physician anti-smoking intervention is needed. The report summarizes the major findings and clinical recommendations of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Public Health Service Guideline, "Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence" -- a comprehensive, evidence-based blueprint for smoking cessation. Report authors note that tobacco dependence is a chronic and potentially life-threatening disease for which effective treatments are continually studied and made available. more
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Clinical Practice Guideline - Treating Tobacco Use And Dependence
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, a Public Health Service-sponsored Clinical Practice Guideline, is the result of an extraordinary partnership among Federal Government and nonprofit organizations comprised of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Cancer Institute; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; National Institute on Drug Abuse; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; and University of Wisconsin Medical School’s Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention. Each member of this consortium is dedicated to improving the Nation’s public health, and their participation in this collaboration clearly demonstrates a strong commitment to tobacco cessation. This guideline is an updated version of the 1996 Smoking Cessation Clinical Practice Guideline No. 18. It is the product of a private-sector panel of experts, consortium representatives, and staff. The update was written to include new, effective clinical treatments for tobacco dependence that have become available since the original guideline was developed. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence will make an important contribution to the quality of care in the United States and the health of the American people. more
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