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Emergency Departments Do Not Provide Timely Care for All Patients
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new study, Yale University researchers document a disturbing lack of consistency among U.S. hospitals in how quickly they treat patients in emergency rooms. Furthermore, some hospitals ...
Hearing to air VA mistakes with hospital equipment
Jun 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A congressional panel is pressing the Department of Veterans Affairs to disclose on Tuesday whether non-sterile equipment that may have exposed 10,000 veterans to HIV and other infections was isolated to three Southeast ...
Exercise intensity and duration linked to improved outcomes for heart failure patients
Mar 30, 2009 |
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The level of exercise is linked with the reduction of hospitalization and death in patients with chronic heart failure, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.
Study reveals high level of adverse drug reactions in hospitals
Feb 11, 2009 |
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In a study of more than 3,000 patients, researchers at the University of Liverpool have found that one in seven admitted to hospital experience adverse drug reactions to medical treatment.
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Scientists, lawyers mull effects of home robots
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(AP) -- Eric Horvitz illustrates the potential dilemmas of living with robots by telling the story of how he once got stuck in an elevator at Stanford Hospital with a droid the size of a washing machine.
New gene findings will help guide treatment in infant leukemia
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Pediatric oncologists have identified specific genes, dubbed partner genes, that fuse with another gene to drive an often-fatal form of leukemia in infants. By more accurately defining specific partner genes, researchers ...
Risk of blood clot after surgery higher and lasts longer than previously thought
Dec 04, 2009 |
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The risk of having a potentially fatal blood clot after surgery is higher and lasts for longer than had previously been thought, concludes new research published in the British Medical Journal today.
Artificial Intelligence Shuffles Schedules, Cuts Patients' Wait Times
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Some of the same artificial intelligence (AI) underlying NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is now streamlining patient care at Strong Memorial Hospital, helping radiologists and technologists ...
Researchers report poor outcomes for CCI patients leaving hospitals on ventilators
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Patients, discharged from hospitals on ventilator support and with cognitive impairments, fare poorly four months later. Researchers from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University report ...
Vaccination, antivirals and social distancing may blunt impact of H1N1 influenza
Dec 03, 2009 |
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The relatively low number of new cases created by a single case of H1N1 influenza indicates that mitigation strategies such as vaccination, social distancing and the use of antiviral drugs may help to lessen the final impact ...
Cooling may benefit children after cardiac arrest
Dec 03, 2009 |
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When the heart is stopped and restarted, the patient's life may be saved but their brain is often permanently damaged. Therapeutic hypothermia, a treatment in which the patient's body temperature is lowered and maintained ...
Doctors Warn Against Holiday Heart Attack Spike
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Some studies indicate that death rates from heart attacks and stroke as well as non-heart-related causes spike during the holiday season.
New guidelines for treating complicated skin and soft tissue infections
Dec 02, 2009 |
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New evidence-based recommendations developed by the Surgical Infection Society to guide physicians in the diagnosis and management of complicated skin and soft tissue infections have been published in Surgical Infections.
Team approach results in dramatic improvement in timely heart attack care
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Healthcare professionals using new time-saving strategies to coordinate care for patients having a heart attack saw dramatic improvement in "door-to-balloon" (D2B) times—the time from when a patient enters the hospital to ...
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