News articles tagged with 'hospital'
Death rates after hospitalisation down for oldest heart failure patients
— 6 Apr 2011 18:10 | HealthDeath rates after hospitalisation for heart failure have dropped for veterans age 80 and older, but rehospitalisations remain frequent, according to a study in the American Heart Association…
Comprehensive approach can improve clinical care of Kenyan children
— 6 Apr 2011 16:04 | HealthA multifaceted approach that addressed deficiencies in clinical knowledge, skills, motivation, resources, and the organisation of care was associated with improvements in practice for…
Less than one-third of painful procedures for children in hospital associated with documented pain relief
— 4 Apr 2011 18:57 | HealthLess than one-third of painful procedures performed on children in hospital were associated with documentation of a specific strategy to help manage pain, according to an article in…
MRSA eliminated by copper in live global broadcast
— 4 Apr 2011 17:58 | HealthA live broadcast from the University of Southampton today (4 April 2011) highlighted the effectiveness of antimicrobial copper in preventing the spread of antibiotic-resistant organisms,…
Surprising finding from smoke inhalation study
— 2 Apr 2011 11:43 | HealthAn award-winning Loyola University Health System study includes some unexpected findings about the immune systems of smoke-inhalation patients…
Remove children's catheters as soon as possible to prevent bloodstream infections
— 1 Apr 2011 15:12 | HealthHospitals can reduce the risk of life-threatening bloodstream infections in children with peripherally inserted central venous catheters by assessing daily the patient's progress and…
Critical care outside hospital 'incomplete, unpredictable, and inconsistent' across UK
— 28 Mar 2011 18:12 | HealthThe critical care expertise available before a severely injured person can be admitted to hospital is 'incomplete, unpredictable, and inconsistent,' shows research published online…
Long-term study: Robot-assisted prostate surgery is safe
— 28 Mar 2011 17:22 | HealthIn the first study of its kind, urologists and biostatisticians at Henry Ford Hospital have found that robot-assisted surgery to remove cancerous prostate glands is safe over the long…
Computerised systems reduce psychiatric drug errors
— 21 Mar 2011 15:57 | HealthCoupling an electronic prescription drug ordering system with a computerised method for reporting adverse events can dramatically reduce the number of medication errors in a hospital's…
Regions with higher rate of diagnoses have lower fatality rate for chronic conditions
— 16 Mar 2011 13:22 | HealthAn examination of data for more than 5 million Medicare beneficiaries finds that hospital regions that have a greater frequency of diagnoses have a lower case-fatality rate for chronic…