MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cardiac catheterization'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:38:02 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008379&cid=t_121623_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fsmall-isolated-rural-hospitals-show-pooerer-results-measures-quality-care-patient-outcomes In the first national study to examine care at critical access hospitals (CAHs) in rural areas of the U.S., Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that CAHs have fewer clinical capabilities, lower quality of care, and worse patient outcomes compared with other hospitals. The researchers found that patients admitted to a CAH for heart attack, congestive heart failure, or pneumonia were at greater risk of dying within 30 days than those at other hospitals. read more (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008379 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:19:48 +0100 5008379 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4902424&cid=t_121623_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fan-interview-with-a-cardiac-cath-lab-nurse%2F2011.06.05 Ready to learn more about nurses who work beyond the bedside?  Nurses who work in the Cardiac Catheterization Lab (CCL) play an important role in cardiac care.  Amy Sellers, RN BSN CCRN CSC CMC blogs at Nursing Influence and graciously agreed to give us a peek at what a nurse is responsible for doing in the CCL. Amy has worked in the Cath Lab for about 6 months now.  She previously worked in CVICU for almost 5 years before deciding that she needed a new challenge.  She is paid hourly and works three 12 hour shifts per week (all daytime Mon-Fri) with lots of opportunities for overtime and call shifts. A cath lab is an area of the hospital that uses fluoroscopy and contrast dye to check for narrowing/blockages in arteries or veins in the body. Using special equipment, they are able to pe... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4902424 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:30:43 +0100 4902424 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734229&cid=t_121623_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2011%2F04%2F19%2Fwho-should-select-the-music-during-medical-procedures%2F According to recent research it’s not the patient who should select it. Possibly because the patient will be afraid choosing a kind of music not agreeable to the physician. Overall, listening to music during cardiac catheterization significantly reduces anxiety as measured before and after the procedure with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Moreover, all patients who listened to music had a trend to lower values of systolic and diastolic blood pressure and heart rate than control-group with no music. Women had higher anxiety scores before the procedure, the post operative score were similar in men and women. Women had a stronger anxiety reduction than men due to the music. All patients with music during the procedure showed a positive reaction to the music played and they di... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734229 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 05:32:49 +0100 4734229 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3311709&cid=t_121623_105_f&fid=38964&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrwes.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Foccupational-sciatica.html Ever note lower back pain that radiates down your leg after standing at a cath lab or operating room table?Timothy Sanborn, MD, director of cardiology at our institution shared his experience with this occupational hazard in a recent editorial (pdf) from Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions and offers an interesting non-invasive remedy short of laminectomy: hyperextension of the lower back using McKenzie exercises (video). It's helped him.-WesMusings of a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist. (Source: Dr. Wes) Dr. Wes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3311709 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:39:00 +0100 3311709 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3175905&cid=t_121623_105_f&fid=38964&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrwes.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fwhere-were-techs-and-nurses.html Medicine is a team sport. No single doctor can do what they do without tons of help from nurses, technicians, clerical staff, and yes, even adminstrators.So it was with considerable surprise that I saw this piece from the Baltimore Sun:"An internal review, begun last May at the behest of federal investigators and in response to a patient complaint, has turned up 369 patients with stents that appear to have been implanted in their arteries unnecessarily, CEO Jeffrey K. Norman said in an interview yesterday. Patients began receiving letters alerting them to the finding early last month, and more notifications are expected as the review continues. "We take our interaction and the care of our patients with the utmost seriousness, and so we wanted to alert patients and their physicians to what ... Dr. Wes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3175905 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:17:00 +0100 3175905 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1960815&cid=t_121623_105_f&fid=35048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicineAndMan%2F%7E3%2F452379995%2F Animated video explaining how coronary angioplasty with stent insertion is performed. Also called percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), it is the procedure of choice for most cases of heart attack. Coronary artery bypass grafting is performed for severe disease as in involvement of all 3 coronary vessels or left main coronary artery.   addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmedicineandman.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F11%2F13%2Fangioplasty-and-bypass-surgery-education-videos%2F'; addthis_title = 'Angioplasty+and+Bypass+Surgery+education+videos'; addthis_pub = ''; (Source: Medicine and Man) Medicine and Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1960815 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:05:29 +0100 1960815 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1563960&cid=t_121623_105_f&fid=35048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicineAndMan%2F%7E3%2F325390941%2F More conundrums on whether cardiac catheterization is safe for unstable angina (”near heart attack”) or non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (”small heart attacks”). Heart disease is the number one killer of women each year in the United States. Cardiac catheterization is a routine procedure that allows doctors to find potential blockages in coronary arteries in order to help prevent new heart attacks and even death. A recent study finds that high risk women, who do have a heart attack, benefit from this procedure just as much as men. But for some women the procedure may not always be the best option. Reference: JAMA addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmedicineandman.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F07%2F02%2Fcardiac-catheterization-in-women%2F'; addthis_title = 'Cardiac+Cath... Medicine and Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1563960 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:19:05 +0100 1563960 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1015870&cid=t_121623_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F182176145%2F Very interesting considering I have been a cardiac nurse for near 10 years and have always been told and observed that a cardiac catheterization is the only “real” way to visualize blockages in the heart… A study by an international team of cardiac imaging specialists, led by researchers at Johns Hopkins, concludes that sophisticated computed tomography (CT) scans of the heart and its surrounding arteries are almost as reliable and accurate as more invasive procedures to check for blockages. The 64 slice CT scan that the researcher’s are talking about was first introduced in the US in 2005 and was tested at Johns Hopkins. Beware though, they are not saying that the CT scans will replace cardiac cath’s but to rule out patients that do not need the more invasiv... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1015870 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:11:26 +0100 1015870 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=644744&cid=t_121623_85_f&fid=34692&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpolitedissent.com%2Farchives%2F1665 An uninspired episode with sloppy medicine. It’s a shame that this was the season finale of House. Hopefully they’ll rerun the first and second seasons during the summer instead of the third. Esteban and Marina, a young couple from Cuba, travel to the United States in a rickety boat to get Marina treated by Dr. House. Their boat breaks down and they are picked up by the Coast Guard. Unfortunately, her medical records are lost in the sea. The couple is coming to America because Marina is “sick” and suffering from a variety of symptoms, many of them quite non-specific. She has been treated by medical experts in Cuba to no avail so her husband “got permission” (from whom?) to bring her to Dr. House for assessment. Her symptoms include fatigue, pain all ove... Polite Dissent blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=644744 Wed, 30 May 2007 19:05:34 +0100 644744