News tagged with rehabilitation hospital

Team approach reduces urinary tract infections in rehab patients

Nurses, occupational and physical therapists, case managers and education staff, all working together at a 300-bed Nebraska rehabilitation hospital, have successfully implemented a team approach to dramatically reduce infections ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Houston doctors say Giffords can attend launch

(AP) -- Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is set to reach an important milestone this week when she ventures from her Houston rehabilitation hospital for the first time to watch her astronaut husband ...

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created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords leaves hospital for rehab

(AP) -- An ambulance carried Rep. Gabrielle Giffords along a route lined with well-wishers holding flags Friday, taking the congresswoman to a plane that will fly her to a Houston rehab hospital and her next ...

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created Jan 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Family: Giffords will move to Houston rehab center

(AP) -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will be moved Friday to a rehabilitation hospital in Houston to begin the next phase of her recovery from a gunshot wound, barring medical issues that would delay the ...

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created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Intriguing early results for device that reshapes enlarged, leaky heart valve

An innovative device that acts like a belt to reshape an enlarged, leaky heart valve is providing a minimally invasive treatment option for patients who are too sick for open-heart surgery. According to a Late-Breaking Clinical ...

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created May 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0