Higher red cell distribution width (RDW) is associated with increased rates of in-hospital mortality and hospital re-admission among older (>60) patients, new research led by investigators at Sutter Health's San Francisco ...
May 24, 2022
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Long before COVID-19 made the public aware of the importance of good air ventilation, designers have been concerned with how physical environments affect people's well-being and mental health.
May 20, 2022
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Results from a retrospective analysis reveal significantly higher mortality rates for low-income residents hospitalized with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) when compared to higher-income residents. The findings ...
May 19, 2022
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U.S. hospitals are running low on contrast dye injected into patients undergoing enhanced X-rays, CT scans and MRIs.
May 19, 2022
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Injured women are half as likely as men to receive the life-saving drug tranexamic acid (TXA) even though the treatment is equally effective regardless of sex, according to new research in the British Journal of Anaesthesia.
May 19, 2022
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People undergoing surgery are at risk for harm due to medication errors. A new approach to managing and documenting how medications are administered in the operating room (OR) improves patient safety and clinicians' workflow ...
May 16, 2022
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For patients discharged after hospitalization for COVID-19, death or readmission was common, with about 11% being readmitted or dying within 30 days, according to new research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association ...
May 16, 2022
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One in four older Americans covered by Medicare had some type of temporary or lasting harm during hospital stays before the COVID-19 pandemic, government investigators said in an oversight report published Thursday.
May 12, 2022
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Two years after infection with COVID-19, half of patients who were admitted to hospitals still have at least one symptom, according to the longest follow-up study to date, published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. The ...
May 11, 2022
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Hospitals are increasingly replacing pagers with clinical texting systems that allow doctors, nurses and other clinicians to use smartphones to send and receive messages related to patient care while maintaining compliance ...
May 11, 2022
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