Last. Tone M. Norekvål(Haukeland University Hospital)H-Index: 25
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BACKGROUND Chest pain is a common complaint in the general practitioner's (GP) office. Computed tomography (CT) is one of the main diagnostic tools available for assessing coronary artery disease (CAD), with a low probability of a false-negative result (<1%). Despite normal CT findings, many patients with non-coronary chest pain believe they suffer from CAD. AIMS To determine the effect of an intervention on reassurance, treatment satisfaction, and recurring chest pain in patients with non-coron...
Aims null Frailty has a great impact on the quality of life of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), which needs to be judged in time. To develop a diagnostic model based on nutritional indicators to judge the frailty status of patients with chronic heart failure (Frailty-CHF). null Methods and results null In the data collection part of this study, questionnaire method and biomedical measurement method were adopted. The trace elements in serum samples were detected by high performance liqu...
Last. Britt Borregaard(University of Southern Denmark)H-Index: 8
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INTRODUCTION In patients hospitalized for cardiac disease, a more comprehensive understanding of the potential predictors of returning to the workforce or detachment from employment is lacking. AIM The aims were (i) to explore the patterns of employment status within 1 year following hospital discharge and (ii) to investigate the association between self-reported physical health, mental health, and symptom burden at discharge and employment status at 13, 26, and 52 weeks, respectively, following...
Aims null Underuse of oral anticoagulants (OACs) is commonly observed among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), which hinders stroke prevention in AF. Shared decision-making (SDM) can help enhance adherence by minimizing patients' misunderstanding of treatment and aligning care with their preferences. Decision aids (DAs) have been developed to facilitate the SDM process. This study aimed to: (i) evaluate the effects of DAs on AF patients' knowledge, decisional conflict, OAC uptake, and adher...
AIMS Previous research on racial/ethnic disparities in relation to cardiac arrest has mainly focused on black vs. white disparities in the USA. The great majority of these studies concerns out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). The current nationwide registry study aims to explore whether there are ethnic differences in treatment and survival following in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA), examining possible disparities towards Middle Eastern and African minorities in a European context. METHODS AN...
AIMS The role of triage for patients admitted to the emergency department (ED) for a syncopal transitory loss of consciousness (TLOC) has not been debated, and no comparisons with the recent European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines are currently available. To verify the ability of triage to correctly prioritize patients with syncopal TLOC. METHODS AND RESULTS All patients who received a triage assessment at the ED of the Merano Hospital (Italy) between 1 January 2017 and 30 June 2019 for ...