Posts Tagged ‘hospitalizations’
PTSD symptoms linger after intensive care
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — More than a third of intensive care patients put on ventilators develop symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, a study suggests. Continue…
Thursday, February 28, 2013 10:25 - 3 Comments
Health & Medicine - Feb 7, 2013 11:37 - 1 Comment
Test could catch kidney damage sooner
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Two biomarkers can tell a physician if a patient is at risk for acute kidney injury, which affects up to seven percent of all hospitalized patients. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 31, 2012 13:26 - 4 Comments
Medicare policy may mean treatment, not hospice
BROWN (US) — A Medicare policy prevents simultaneous reimbursement for skilled nursing facility (SNF) and hospice care—which means many families can’t choose hospice for loved ones who reside in nursing homes. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 18, 2011 15:07 - 0 Comments
Skin infections sending kids to hospitals
UC DAVIS (US) — The number of children hospitalized for skin and soft-tissue infections has more than doubled since 2000, in large part due to community-acquired MRSA—and the way doctors now treat it. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 19, 2011 10:13 - 1 Comment
Memory loss afflicts hospitalized seniors
NORTHWESTERN (US) — Being hospitalized can cause seniors temporary memory loss exacerbating the difficulty they may have with discharge instructions. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 1, 2010 13:42 - 0 Comments
Health ABCs reduce hospitalizations
EMORY (US) — Being able to read and understand medical terms may keep a patient with heart failure out of the hospital. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 15, 2010 11:50 - 0 Comments
Less vomit, fewer hospital stays
UNC CHAPEL HILL (US) — An expensive anti-vomiting drug could reduce pediatric hospitalizations and actually save millions of dollars a year, according to a new economic analysis. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 12, 2010 16:51 - 1 Comment
Child-ATV accidents spike sharply
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Children hospitalized with injuries sustained in all-terrain vehicle accidents more than doubled in the U.S. from 1997 to 2006. (more…)
