News tagged with hospital discharges


Risk of death, hospital readmission prolonged after heart attack, heart failure

Heart attack or heart failure patients may have a high risk of death or re-admission for a month or longer after leaving the hospital, researchers said at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Scientific ...

Cardiology created May 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds increase in fall-related traumatic brain injuries among elderly men and women

"Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of hospitalization, disability, and death-worldwide, and among older adults, falling is the most common cause of TBI," writes Niina Korhonen, B.M., of the Injury and Osteoporosis ...

Health created May 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds survival from cardiac arrest highest in the operating room or post-anesthesia care unit

A University of Michigan study from the "Online First" edition of Anesthesiology found cardiac arrest was associated with improved survival when it occurred in the operating room (O.R.) or post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) ...

Cardiology created May 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0