Saint Luke's Health System

Nursing Documentation in Hospitalised Adults With an Indwelling Urinary Catheter: Retrospective Study

ABSTRACT Is there a relationship between required documentation and patient outcomes? Hospitals routinely conduct chart audits with no evidence that it improves patient outcomes. Using CAUTI as an exemplar, we explored if more complete required documentation is related to improve...

Redefining atrial fibrillation treatment success: patient-defined goals for arrhythmia burden and health-related quality of life

Background: Despite the use of atrial fibrillation (AF) cutoff of 30s as the standard for success in most AF clinical trials, patients consider an AF Severity Scale (AFSS) of ≤ 5 or AF duration ≤ 1 hour as treatment success. Prevalence and factors associated with these patient-de...

Efficacy of rituximab plus lenalidomide regimens in follicular lymphoma: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Follicular lymphoma (FL) is an incurable, indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma with a high relapse rate despite effective chemoimmunotherapy. Lenalidomide, an immunomodulatory agent, in combination with rituximab (R²), has been evaluated as an alternative to chemoimmunotherapy and to ot...

Global Efficacy of Aficamten in Nonobstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Results From ACACIA-HCM

BACKGROUND: Nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (nHCM) is associated with significant morbidity with no approved treatment. Aficamten is a cardiac myosin inhibitor targeting excess contractility and diastolic impairment, the predominant mechanism responsible for adverse ou...