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Study highlights lack of patient knowledge regarding hospital medications

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a new study to asses patient awareness of medications prescribed during a hospital visit, 44% of patients believed they were receiving a medication they were not, and 96% were unable to recall the name of at least one ...


Kidney injury in hospital increases long-term risk of death

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


WHO says Tamiflu still works against swine flu

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The World Health Organization says isolated cases of drug-resistant swine flu in Britain and the United States have not changed the agency's assessment of the disease.


Hospital re-admission high for dialysis patients treated in long-term care hospitals

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study by University of Cincinnati (UC) nephrologists shows that most dialysis patients admitted to long-term care hospitals face readmission to acute care facilities, and those with acute kidney failure don't often ...


Researchers report poor outcomes for CCI patients leaving hospitals on ventilators

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


MRSA leads to worse outcomes, staggering expenses for surgical patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Post-surgical infections significantly increase the chance of hospital readmission and death and cost as much as $60,000 per patient, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers who conducted the largest study ...


Unified approach to premature infant care improves patient outcomes

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A substantial number of premature infants born before 27 weeks gestational age encounter complicated medical problems. Although the survival rate of these infants has increased over the last two decades, the survival data ...


Should flowers be banned in hospitals?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Does flower water harbour potentially deadly bacteria? Do bedside blooms compete with patients for oxygen? Do bouquets pose a health and safety risk around medical equipment?


Many dialysis patients undergoing PCI receive improper medication, with higher risk of bleeding

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Approximately 20 percent of dialysis patients undergoing a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI; procedure such as angioplasty) are given an antithrombotic medication they should not receive, which may increase their risk ...


Prayer on the hospital floor

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

What happens when the families of sick and dying hospitalized children ask their physicians to pray with them, or for them? How do pediatricians respond to such personal requests? While increasing numbers of physicians say ...



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