News tagged with hospital discharges
New study: Infections after cardiac device implantation produce excess costs and mortality
Surgical infections associated with pacemakers and defibrillators led to 3-fold increases in hospital stay, 55-118% higher hospitalization costs, 8 to 11 fold increase in mortality rates, and double the mortality after 1 ...
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Elderly heart failure patients who need skilled nursing care often sicker, have poorer outcomes
Elderly patients with heart failure who need skilled nursing care after hospital discharge are often sicker, at higher risk for poor outcomes and are more likely than other patients to die or be rehospitalized within one ...
Mar 29, 2011 |
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Gaps in health care limit options for older adults, expert says
There are 50 million family members providing care to older adults in the United States, according to the MetLife Foundation and national caregiving associations. When older adults are hospitalized and discharged, their families ...
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Trauma patients have higher rate of death for several years following injury
In a study that included more than 120,000 adults who were treated for trauma, 16 percent of these patients died within 3 years of their injury, compared to an expected population mortality rate of about 6 percent, according ...
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Most Medicare stroke patients die or are rehospitalized within year after discharge
A UCLA-led has study found that after leaving the hospital, nearly two-thirds of Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for acute ischemic stroke either died or were rehospitalized within a year.
Dec 16, 2010 |
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Speedier recovery from joint-related problems following resort training
Patients with joint problems such as rheumatism or arthritis who are discharged from hospital often require a significant recovery time before they return to a reasonable degree of mobility. Yvette Bulthuis of the University ...
Nov 23, 2010 |
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Study takes first steps to improve the quality of health care for chronically ill children
Children with chronic health conditions such as cystic fibrosis, type 1 diabetes, sickle cell diseases and cerebral palsy represent less than two percent of the population but can consume more than 50 percent of resources ...
Nov 16, 2010 |
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For cardiac arrest CPR performed by laypersons, chest compression-only may lead to better outcomes
In a comparison of outcomes in Arizona for out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for cardiac arrest performed by bystanders, patients who received compression-only CPR were more likely to survive to hospital ...
Oct 05, 2010 |
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Excess oxygen in blood after cardiac resuscitation may increase risk of in-hospital death
Patients who have excessive oxygen levels in arterial blood (hyperoxia) following resuscitation from cardiac arrest have a higher rate of death in the hospital than similar patients without arterial hyperoxia, according to ...
Jun 01, 2010 |
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Study finds public reporting of heart-bypass surgery outcomes in California has not reduced access
New UC Davis research has found that patients scheduled to undergo coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in California were just as ill in 2003 — when public reporting of performance data for this particular surgery ...
Apr 21, 2010 |
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Elderly patients who survive ICU stay have high rate of death in following years
An analysis of Medicare data indicates that elderly patients who are hospitalized in an intensive care unit (ICU) and survive to be discharged from the hospital have a high rate of death in the following three years, and ...
Mar 02, 2010 |
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Cluster of 'critical' follow-up evaluations may improve outlook for hospitalized HF patients
Heart failure is by far the most prevalent chronic cardiac condition. Around 30 million people in Europe have heart failure and its incidence is still increasing: more cases are being identified, more people are living to ...
Mar 02, 2010 |
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Caregivers of ICU patients are collateral damage of critical illness
Intensive care unit patients are not the only ones likely to be severely depressed in the aftermath of hospitalization. Family and friends who care for them often suffer emotional and social hardship, too, according to a ...
Feb 01, 2010 |
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Kidney injury in hospital increases long-term risk of death
Patients with sudden loss of kidney function, called acute kidney injury (AKI), are more likely to die prematurely after leaving the hospital—even if their kidney function has apparently recovered, according to an upcoming ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 17, 2009 |
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New criteria to project preemies' time in hospital, says researcher
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a new way to estimate when the tiniest preemies -- babies born months early -- will go home from the hospital.
Dec 14, 2009 |
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