Epidemiology and patterns of care of patients admitted to Italian Intensive Cardiac Care units: the BLITZ-3 registry

Abstract

The BLITZ-3 survey provides a unique snapshot of current epidemiology and patterns of care of patients admitted to ICCUs. Although ACS still remains the most frequent admission diagnosis, the number of non-ACS patients is substantial. However, the correct standard of care for these non-ACS patients has to be defined.

Evolution of Critical Care Cardiology: Transformation of the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit and the Emerging Need for New Medical Staffing and Training Models

“…24,30 Patients with acute heart failure syndromes and end-stage heart failure can now be stabilized emergently with the use of mechanical circulatory support devices and extracorporeal life support. As such, management of severe heart failure by use of advanced pharmacological agents (eg, intravenous inotropes, vasopressors, and vasodilators) and technologies (intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation, percutaneous and surgically implanted ventricular assist devices, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and renal replacement therapies) has become a major focus of the CICU and requires a wellcoordinated multidisciplinary approach that involves heart failure specialists and CICU staff.…”

The management of acute myocardial infarction in the cardiological intensive care units in Italy: the ‘BLITZ 4 Qualità’ campaign for performance measurement and quality improvement

“…2 In compliance with this recommendation, on the background of previous short-term nationwide BLITZ surveys, 12,13,19 ANMCO has launched the scout project 'BLITZ 4 qualità'. Our findings demonstrate that pharmacological indicators scored close or superior to the target of compliance with the relevant recommendations in ≥90% of suitable patients whereas this was not the case for non-pharmacological process-of-care indicators.…”

“…Based on the results of a previous national survey, 19 only the CCUs with an expected case load of at least 20 patients with STEMI and 20 with NSTEMI during each period of the campaign, in agreement with the study protocol, were invited to participate. No fee for enrolment was paid.…”

Dynamics of Acute Coronary Syndrome Patient Management in Nonivasive Primary Vascular Center (According to Record and Record-2 Registers)

“…В современных условиях получение подробной информации возможно в результате проведения не-рандомизированных когортных исследований -ре-гистров [4,5]. Проведение регистров ОКС широко ис-пользуется во многих странах, давая очень ценную ин-формацию, охватывающую многие аспекты парамет-ров пациентов с ОКС [6,7]. В настоящее время большое значение придается работе первичных и региональных сосудистых центров, создаваемых во многих регионах РФ [1].…”