Impact of a statewide intensive care unit quality improvement initiative on hospital mortality and length of stay: retrospective comparative analysis -- Lipitz-Snyderman et al. 342 -- bmj.com

The US Institute of Medicine highlighted the serious problem of patient safety and importance of evidence based quality improvement initiatives to reduce adverse events.1 Evidence that quality improvement initiatives intended to reduce adverse events result in a measurable impact on other important outcomes, such as mortality and length of hospital stay, is limited. Without this evidence, hospitals and healthcare payers face uncertainty about whether investment in any specific quality improvement intervention will significantly benefit patients and represent a good use of limited financial resources.

The Michigan Health and Hospital Association Keystone ICU (intensive care unit) project, developed by researchers at Johns Hopkins and undertaken by the Michigan Health and Hospital Association, about 80 of its member hospitals, and researchers at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, is a recent example of a successful, large scale quality improvement initiative.2 3 4 The project adopted a comprehensive approach to improving patient safety that included promoting a culture of safety, improving communication between providers, and implementing evidence based practices to reduce rates of catheter related bloodstream infections and ventilator associated pneumonia. Evidence based interventions for preventing catheter related bloodstream infections were promoting handwashing, full barrier precautions, skin antisepsis with chlorhexidine, avoiding the femoral site during catheter insertion, and removing unnecessary catheters. Interventions to prevent ventilator associated pneumonia included a mechanical ventilator “bundle” consisting of use of semirecumbent positioning, daily interruption of sedation infusions, and prophylaxis for peptic ulcer disease and deep venous thrombosis.5 The project showed that measures of culture and infection rates in the intensive care unit were substantially improved for up to 36 months after implementing the quality improvement measures.2 4 5 6

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CDC Features - February is American Heart Month

About every 25 seconds, an American will have a coronary event.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and is a major cause of disability. The most common heart disease in the United States is coronary heart disease, which often appears as a heart attack. In 2010, an estimated 785,000 Americans had a new coronary attack, and about 470,000 had a recurrent attack. About every 25 seconds, an American will have a coronary event, and about one every minute will die from one.¹

The chance of developing coronary heart disease can be reduced by taking steps to prevent and control factors that put people at greater risk. Additionally, knowing the signs and symptoms of heart attack are crucial to the most positive outcomes after having a heart attack. People who have survived a heart attack can also work to reduce their risk of another heart attack or a stroke in the future. For more information on heart disease and stroke, visit CDC's Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention.

Diseases and Conditions That Put Your Heart at Risk

Other conditions that affect your heart or increase your risk of death or disability include arrhythmia, heart failure, and peripheral artery disease (PAD). High cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and secondhand smoke are also risk factors associated with heart disease. For a full list of diseases and conditions along with risk factors and other health information associated with heart disease, visit the American Heart Association.

Know Your Signs and Symptoms

Some heart attacks are sudden and intense; however, most heart attacks start slowly, with mild pain or discomfort. Often people affected aren't sure what's wrong and wait too long before getting help. Here are signs

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PT Perspective: Heart Disease in Women - Overshadowed and Understated|putmebacktogether.com

It’s good to be informed. As PTs, I’d add that it’s our responsibility to inform ourselves then to pass on the information to patients. I’ve come across many women, patients, and co-workers who recognize the dangers of breast cancer and the necessity of research to cure it.

Clearly, breast cancer is serious business and the stats are grim. The lifetime prevalence: 1 in 8; number of deaths per year: 40,000.

But consider this. Lung cancer claims 70,000 women a year which is more than breast, ovarian and uterine cancers combined. Of those diagnosed with lung cancer, only 1 in 8 survives.  The public consciousness seems misinformed on this.

Heart disease is another poorly understood killer. Every year, heart disease claims the lives of 500,000 women. That’s 1000% more deaths than breast cancer. People seem to think breast cancer is the biggest monster out there gobbling up women’s lives while the real boogey man disease lives in virtual anonymity.

Why does this happen? Why would such a big problem get such short shrift? Part of the problem is the stereotype that only type A men get heart attacks.  The fact is heart disease doesn’t dabble in gender politics. Whether you’re from Venus or Mars, the odds are pretty even.

If you’re a woman, your sirens should be ringing (blaring stridently; in fact), particularly if you have a family history, like to wash down your corn-fed Angus cuts with a keg of beer, and exercise by walking from the couch to the kitchen during commercial breaks. If this describes you or your patients, beware, but don’t despair.

Giving up leads to paralysis and paralysis doesn’t help. What does help is information (keeping in mind that the step after information is informed action).  Unlike breast cancer which is largely genetic and difficult to prevent (if such as word even applies), heart disease responds to the following life-saving changes:

• Smoking cessation
• A well-balanced diet, low in saturated and trans fat
• Regular exercise
• Weight loss
• Stress reduction
• Social support
• Decreased alcohol consumption 

Those who campaign against breast cancer do a wonderful job of raising awareness about a terrible disease. We should applaud these efforts and replicate them with heart disease, spreading the word the way rumors spread in the girl’s middle school bathrooms across America.  First whispered conspiratorially, the message gets passed on via three very simple words: “Pass it on!”

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A Push to Ban Soda Purchases With Food Stamps - NYTimes.com

A Push to Ban Soda Purchases With Food Stamps - NYTimes.com:"Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg sought federal permission on Wednesday to bar New York City’s 1.7 million recipients of food stamps from using them to buy soda or other sugared drinks. "The request, made to the United States Department of Agriculture, which finances and sets the rules for the food-stamp program, is part of an aggressive anti-obesity push by the mayor that has also included advertisements, stricter rules on food sold in schools and an unsuccessful attempt to have the state impose a tax on the sugared drinks."
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Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:"The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, in cooperation with the National Institute of Diabetes and digestive and Kidney Diseases, released the first Federal guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity. About 97 million adults in the United States are overweight or obese.
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National Cholesterol Education Program:"The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) launched the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) in November 1985. The goal of the NCEP is to contribute to reducing illness and death from coronary heart disease (CHD) in the United States by reducing the percent of Americans with high blood cholesterol."
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Understanding Adult Obesity, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health:"What is obesity? How is obesity measured? Body Mass Index Body Fat Distribution: "Pears" vs. "Apples" Causes of Obesity Genetic factors Environmental factors Psychological factors Other causes of obesity Consequences of Obesity Health Risks Psychological and social effects Who should lose weight? How is obesity treated? Additional Reading."
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Sincerely,

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