Tap water scald burns exact high personal and financial costs every year in the U.S., finds an audit of relevant national data, published online in the journal Injury Prevention.
Mar 7, 2023
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High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) treatment for patients with mild to moderate bronchiolitis may be associated with longer hospital stays and higher cost of care, according to a study led by Le Bonheur Hospitalist Jeffrey C. ...
Mar 2, 2023
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Trauma insurance (also known as crisis cover or critical illness insurance) is not a widely understood cover. Many people don't even know it exists.
Feb 27, 2023
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When patients receive care after cardiac arrest, doctors can now—by entering patient data in a web-based app—find out how thousands of similar patients have fared. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have developed ...
Feb 13, 2023
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People who are discharged after a hospitalization involving sepsis were at greater risk of cardiovascular events, rehospitalization for any cause or death during a maximum follow-up of 12 years compared to those hospitalized ...
Feb 1, 2023
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Exercise helped Delhi college student Vinay Jani gain strength and lose weight. But in 2005, he began having seizures. Seizure control was elusive, and Jani went into a depression. He stopped exercising and gained back more ...
Jan 25, 2023
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There are significant increases in use of palliative care for recently hospitalized veterans when primary care teams have additional social work staffing, according to a study published online Jan. 4 in JAMA Network Open.
Jan 5, 2023
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This season has brought an unusually high number of cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting a positivity rate between 15% and 20% among Americans in December. ...
Dec 16, 2022
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Pregnant trauma patients with certain injury patterns—including multiple injuries, injuries to the head, face, neck, and scalp, and multiple contusions—should be screened for intimate partner violence (IPV), according ...
Nov 17, 2022
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Alzheimer's Dementia and Related Disorders (ADRD) affects upwards of 5 million people in the United States, with no known treatments to stop or prevent its progression. Associated with these diagnoses are costly health care ...
Nov 14, 2022
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