Background: Home hospitalization is a care modality growing in popularity worldwide. Telemedicine-driven hospital-at-home (HAH) services could replace traditional hospital departments for selected patients. Chest x-rays typically serve as a key diagnostic tool in such cases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The hospital-at-home (HAH) model is a viable alternative for conventional in-hospital stays worldwide. Serum electrolyte abnormalities are common in acute patients, especially in those with many comorbidities. Pathologic changes in cardiac electrophysiology pose a potential risk during HAH stays.
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December 2023
Background: Hospital-at-Home (HAH) is a valid alternative for in-hospital stay for a wide variety of clinical indications. Occult myocardial injury, associated with acute illness, mainly occurs in patients with a background of non-obstructive coronary disease. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of this phenomenon in our HAH population.
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