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Predictors of SCD Post MI Change With Time

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Predictors of Sudden Cardiac Death Change With Time After Myocardial Infarction: Results From the VALIANT Trial

Results: SCD occurred in 8.6% of patients during 3 years of follow-up. During the initial hospitalization for MI, the strongest predictors of SCD were atrial fibrillation (AF) (hazard ratio [HR], 2.0), prior stroke (HR, 2.0), and smoking (HR, 1.5). In the first 30 days after MI, the strongest predictors of SCD were recurrent MI (HR, 3.5), rehospitalization (HR, 2.5), and coronary artery bypass graft surgery (HR, 2.3). The strongest predictors of SCD from 30 days to 6 months after MI were prior transient ischemic attack (HR, 1.8), prior diabetes (HR, 1.7), and new left bundle branch block (HR, 1.7). From 6 months to 3 years after MI, the strongest predictors of SCD were prior MI (HR, 1.7), recurrent MI (HR, 1.7), and AF (HR, 1.6).

 

Contingent Workers – Some Metrics

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WORKFORCE METRICS
CONTINGENT COUNTS

  • Temporary workers needed for the 2010 U.S. Census: 2,200

 

  • Penetration rate of temporary workers in the United States: 1.3%

 

  • Percentage of CIOs who find trying an employee on a contract/temporary basis:

Valuable: 73%
Not valuable: 25%

 

  • Places candidates can search for work: 400,000
  • Employer job-candidate spending: $60 billion

 

  • Percentage of surveyed workers who chose temporary work because:

Couldn’t find permanent/regular job: 39%
To learn new skills: 3%

  • Percentage of people who plan to use staffing firms in third quarter of 2009 to:

Seek a job: 24%
Hire staff: 13%

  • Planned headcount changes for 2009:

Increase: 62%
Decrease: 27%

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics via Workforce Recruiting Management e-newsletter