Medicare utilization of CPT critical care code 99291 (Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes) and the add-on code 99292 ( … ; each additional 30 minutes) jumped higher during the pandemic years, according to...Read More »
Nearly half of patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with sepsis are affected by sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (SA-AKI), with 25% dying during their hospital stay, according to an analysis...Read More »
Patients with severe mental illness (SMI), which was defined as a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, or schizophrenia, have reported high levels of obesity and poor health, a new...Read More »
A new study has found an association between hospital- and clinician-level operating practices and the development of acute kidney injury (AKI) post-cardiac operation.
The addition of the pregnancy checkbox on death certificates in 2003 correlated with an increase of 6.78 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in the U.S., according to a new analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics...Read More »
The levels of renalase, dopamine, and norepinephrine in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) show promise as markers of disease progression, hypertension development, and cardiovascular events, according to...Read More »
