News tagged with infectious complications
TPN-linked hyperglycemia ups death for non-critically ill
(HealthDay)—Non-critically ill hospitalized patients who develop hyperglycemia after total parenteral nutrition (TPN) are more than five times more likely to die in the hospital, according to research published ...
Diabetes
Jan 03, 2013 |
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Pregnancy generates maternal immune-suppressive cells that protect the fetus
A new study published online in the journal Nature suggests it might be possible to develop vaccines to prevent premature birth and other pregnancy complications. If so, such vaccines would be the first intended to stimul ...
Immunology
Sep 26, 2012 |
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Study examines usage, outcomes of knee replacement procedures among Medicare patients
There has been an increase in total knee arthroplasty (TKA; knee replacement) procedures over the past 20 years that has been driven by both an increase in the number of Medicare enrollees and increase in per capita utilization, ...
Surgery
Sep 25, 2012 |
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Immunodeficient patients with secondary lung disease benefit from combined chemotherapy
A team of researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute defined a new treatment for a potentially fatal lung disease in patients with a primary immunodeficiency known ...
Immunology
Aug 30, 2012 |
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High blood sugar, obesity increase risk for surgical site infection
Two recent studies in the July issues of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) looked at surgical site infections and hyperglycemia, the technical term for high blood glucose, or high blood sugar. According to the ...
Surgery
Jul 25, 2012 |
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Benefits of prostate-specific antigen testing remain unclear
(HealthDay) -- It remains unclear whether the benefits of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing outweigh the harms, but evidence suggests that men with a longer life expectancy may benefit from testing, ...
Cancer
Jul 20, 2012 |
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Obese appendectomy patients have fewer complications with minimally invasive operations
Obese patients who need to have their appendixes removed fare better after a minimally invasive surgical procedure rather than an open operation, according to a new study published in the July issue of the Journal of the Am ...
Surgery
Jun 27, 2012 |
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Rabbit risk score can help rheumatologists identify patients at high risk of infection
Results of a study presented today at EULAR 2012, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, suggest that the newly developed RABBIT Risk Score, which calculates the risk of serious infections in patients ...
Arthritis & Rheumatism
Jun 08, 2012 |
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Elderly thyroid surgery patients at increased risk for postoperative complications
Elderly patients who undergo thyroid surgery are at a much higher risk than their younger counterparts for serious cardiac, pulmonary and infectious complications, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The ...
Surgery
Mar 29, 2012 |
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