Hospitalization in Biological News

Reducing risk of hospitalization in the elderly

... is a more accurate gauge of a person's risk of hospitalization than muscle mass or size. The relative risk for ... in their thighs, were also at a higher risk of hospitalization compared to adults with more dense thighs. ... reduce the huge economic burden associated with hospitalization of the elderly." One in five Americans over ...

Study begins to reveal clues to the cause and progression of sepsis

... CAP, the researchers measured cytokine levels daily for the first week of hospitalization and then weekly thereafter. They found that 82 percent of the participants ... the first few days, but remained elevated throughout the first week of hospitalization even after the clinical signs of infection had subsided. Levels were ...

Treatment for extreme nausea, vomiting during pregnancy

... are telltale indicators of pregnancy, affecting more than 80 percent of future mothers. For a few moms-to-be, symptoms can become so severe that hospitalization is required. Yet a new medication protocol, introduced by the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center, appears effective in improving symptoms ...

Eating fatty fish once a week reduces men's risk of heart failure

... is usually caused by existing cardiac conditions, including high blood pressure and coronary artery disease. Heart failure is the leading cause of hospitalization among patients 65 and older, and is characterized by such symptoms as fatigue and weakness, difficulty walking, rapid or irregular heartbeat, and ...

Mothers of multiple births at increased odds of postpartum depression

... DrPH, lead author of the study and a research associate with the Bloomberg School's Department of International Health. "Mothers with a history of hospitalization due to mental health problems or a history of alcohol or drug abuse also had significantly increased odds. Non-Hispanic black mothers had higher odds ...

Penn medicine draws road map for elimination of central line-associated bloodstream infections

... the 735 bed Philadelphia hospital and president-elect of SHEA. "Central line-associated bloodstream infections can add up to $40,000 to the cost of a hospitalization and take their toll in human lives. The mortality rate of CLABSI has been reported as high as 30 percent. Our program ultimately makes the hospital a ...

For old or young dialysis patients, AV fistulas remain pure gold

... the gold standard of access for kidney dialysis patients. They last longer, need less rework and are associated with lower rates of infections, hospitalization and death than other types of access," explained Forauer. A significant number of patients with chronic kidney failure receive dialysis using ...

La Jolla Institute signs exclusive license agreement with Medimmune on major asthma discovery

... can cause wheezing, coughing and difficulty breathing. It is the most common serious chronic disease of childhood and is the third-ranking cause of hospitalization among U.S. children under age 15. More than 30 million Americans (or 11.2 percent of the population) reported having a history of asthma in 2005, ...

New asthma research opposes current drug treatment, says UH prof

... in December, an analysis of more than 100 trials on four drugs (two LABAs alone and two LABA/corticosteroid combinations) found an increased risk of hospitalization and asthma-related deaths with the LABA-only therapy. During the same month, an FDA advisory panel urged the FDA to ban the LABA-only drugs and ...

Research elucidates way lungs fight bacteria and prevent infection

... NEW YORK (Jan. 23, 2009) Actor and pancreatic cancer patient Patrick Swayze's recent hospitalization with pneumonia as a result of his compromised immune system underscores the sensitivity of the lungs: many patients die from lung complications of a ...

Plastic and reconstructive surgery -- in brief

... not probable. The author, who completed health care policy literature and position article reviews, reveals that despite far greater expenditures, US hospitalization rates, lengths-of-stay, and inpatient hospital beds are all lower than they are in other first-world nations. Furthermore, Americans pay higher ...

Proactive care saves lives of seniors, study finds

... clinics served the CMP patients and six the control group patients. Each CMP patient was matched with two control patients based on age, hospitalization records, comorbidity scores, gender, and specific chronic illnesses. The average age of all patients was 76. Three quarters of them had two or more ...

Identification of protein able to stimulate production of T-cells

... and weakens the resistance to common viruses, for instance to the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which is responsible each year for the hospitalization of more than 150,000 people in the U.S. This is due to the fact that 'old' T cells are not equipped to face the threat of new foreign bodies, whether ...

Medicines derived from cannabis: a review of adverse events

... 1966 and 2007. Adverse events were categorized as either serious or non-serious; with serious adverse events defined as those leading to death, hospitalization or disability. "Overall, we found an 86% increase in the rate of non-serious adverse events among the patients treated with cannabinoids compared ...

Spousal illness can trigger partner death

... found that for people aged 65 and older, hospitalization of a spouse can harm the wellbeing of his or her ... over the short run, within 30 days of a spouse's hospitalization or death. Over this time frame, hospitalization in a spouse can confer to a partner almost as ...

Study calculates patient time costs associated with cancer care

... During the first 12 months after diagnosis, the average length of time for hospitalization was highest for patients with gastric and ovarian cancers (21.1 and 20.8 ... ($5,348) and ovarian ($5,605) cancer. In the last year of life, hospitalization time was longest for patients with gastric (35.4 days), lung (32.4 days), ...

Elderly spinal cord injuries increase five-fold in 30 years, Jefferson neurosurgeons find

... traumatic injuries, they said. Mortality, both during hospitalization and the first year after injury, was much higher in the geriatric ... approximately eight times higher, the study showed. Mortality during hospitalization was 3.2 percent for adult patients less than age 70 and 27.7 percent for ...

New vaccine for condition that kills 500,000 children a year

... and diarrhea from rotavirus can lead to dehydration, which can result in hospitalization and even be life-threatening." Rotavirus causes about 70,000 hospital ... year to U.S. emergency rooms. In the developing world, where prompt hospitalization and effective treatment may not be available, rotavirus kills half a ...

High-dose anticlotting drug cuts heart attack, death risk in half

... (600 mg or more) was associated with a 50 percent reduction in the risk of cardiac death or nonfatal heart attack, both during the initial hospitalization and within 30 days of the PCI procedure, a finding that was highly statistically significant (p=0.009). There was no statistically significant ...

Novel therapy combinations gain ground in treating hepatitis

... 24, a significantly better response than the comparator. No viral breakthrough has been seen to date. However, vomiting and dehydration requiring hospitalization occurred in three patients taking the highest dose (800 mg), forcing the research team to halt the use of that dose and continue using only the lower ...

High-dose flu vaccines appear to safely boost immunity in elderly

... immunization were mild. Although current vaccines are sufficient to protect younger adults from influenza, the elderly and others at high risk of hospitalization and death from the disease have not responded consistently, the authors write. "Improved vaccines are needed to reduce the morbidity and mortality ...

New HIV study identifies high-risk subgroups of adolescents

... that the group of boys at highest risk for HIV (i.e., practiced the most unprotected sex) also had more mental health problems, such as psychiatric hospitalization or suicide attempts, than other study participants. By contrast, amongst the girls, two distinct profiles emerged: the cluster with the highest ...

Study indicates dramatic rise in antibiotic-resistant community-acquired staph infections

... Staph infections resistant to antibiotics, previously only associated with hospitalization or prior contact with the healthcare system, are now widespread in the community and coming home. A new study from Emory University School of ...

Hospitalizations because of chicken pox down dramatically since implementation of vaccine

... the National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, and colleagues conducted a study to determine the patterns of hospitalization and ambulatory visits for chicken pox and their associated medical expenditures in the United States, evaluating these factors beginning in 1994 ...

Quantum dots provide a faster, more sensitive method for detecting respiratory viral infections

... in infectious childhood diseases have joined forces to create an early detection method for a respiratory virus that is the most common cause of hospitalization among children under five. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) sends about 120,000 children to the hospital in the United States each year. Although ...

Gene therapy advance treats hemophilia in mouse models

... the factor VIII activity from less than 1 percent of normal to within 5 to 10 percent of normal, the tendency for spontaneous bleeding and need for hospitalization would diminish dramatically," McCray said. "In the mouse model in our study, we were able to achieve levels of gene expression that converted the ...

Morphine for Chest Pain Increases Death Risk

... clinical data and outcomes of more than 57,000 high-risk heart attack patients -- 29.8 percent of whom received morphine within the first 24 hours of hospitalization -- the researchers found that those who received morphine had a 6.8 percent death rate, compared to 3.8 percent for those receiving nitroglycerin. ...

WHO suspends Marburg work, appeals for new funds

... in a high level of fear, which is further aggravated by a lack of public understanding of the disease. Moreover, because the disease has no cure, hospitalization is not associated with a favourable outcome, and confidence in the medical care system has been eroded. WHO is familiar with such reactions, which ...