Publications by authors named "Caroline Birgy"
Assessment of Noninferiority in Terms of 6-month Morbidity and Mortality Rates of a Hospital-at-home Care Pathway for Patients With Acute Heart Failure: FIL-EAS-ic Study Protocol.
J Card Fail
October 2024
Background: Heart failure (HF) is a common cause of hospitalization and is associated with high mortality rates, long hospital stays and high economic costs worldwide. Novel care pathways are increasingly being considered to address these burdens. In France, a mixed conventional hospitalization and hospital-at-home (HaH) care pathway (named FIL-EAS-ic) has been designed to reduce hospital lengths of stay without impairing HF outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe use of geriatric and social assessment grids by dedicated nurses for patients hospitalised for acute heart failure allows for an early and safe return home in home hospitalisation. These grids isolate a sub-group of older patients with a high risk of re-hospitalisation for whom specific actions can be envisaged.
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- Transradial procedures significantly reduce bleeding events and mortality compared to transfemoral approaches, but complications like radial artery spasm (RAS) can occur.
- This study assessed the effects of opioids versus inhalation sedation (Kalinox) on pain and RAS during transradial coronary angiography with 325 patients enrolled.
- Results showed no significant differences in pain or RAS rates between the two sedation methods, although headaches were more common in the Kalinox group, and certain patient characteristics influenced the risk of RAS.