This is a systemic review and consensus statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) that was published in 2014. [1] A total of 53 studies and 4 meta-analyses were included in the review. Approximately 20% of patients admitted with an acute coronary syndrome fulfil diagnostic criteria of major depression, even more will have depressive symptoms.…
A study from the Royal Brompton in 2002. [1] The authors retrospectively examined a cohort of 396 consecutive adult patients with a dilated cardiomyopathy. In all, 83 patients (21%) were clinically depressed, the majority of which (60%) were taking antidepressant therapy. After a follow-up period of 48 months, 83 (21%) patients died, 15 (4%) underwent…
This is a systematic review and meta-analysis that was published in Chest in 2013. [1] It included 16 studies on depression or anxiety as predictors of COPD outcomes (incident COPD/chronic lung disease or exacerbation) and/or mortality, in 28,759 participants followed for 1 to 8 years, and six studies on COPD as a predictor of depression…
This is an English study that was published in 2009. [1] Out of the eligible 132 patients, 87 participated in the study. The Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS) and self-rated symptoms list were completed three times over an eight-week period and analyzed, together with demographic and clinical factors. Depression was self-rated in 29% (25/87) of patients…
This study looked at all patients admitted to a district hospital in England during one week. The prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity was 11.8% in 2,444 inpatients. These patients had higher inpatient mortality (8.7 vs 3.3%; p < 0.001), 30-day readmission rates (24.7 vs 9.7%; p < 0.001), length of stay (mean 16.7 vs 5 days;…
