Hospitalization in Medical News

MULTAQ(R) (dronedarone) for Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter Now Available in the United States

... indicated to reduce the risk of cardiovascular hospitalization in patients with paroxysmal or persistent atrial ... reduced the combined endpoint of cardiovascular hospitalization or death from any cause by 24% (p<0.001) when ... failure with a recent decompensation requiring hospitalization or referral to a specialized heart failure ....

Pinnacle Health Solutions Launches New Web Site, Making Affordable Health Care and Benefits Easy to Understand

... addition, all plans cover emergency room visits, hospitalization and accidental death. Pinnacle Health Solutions ... offers deductibles for emergency room visits and hospitalization (E.R. deductible may be waived upon admittance ... visits, emergency room, prescription drugs, hospitalization and pregnancy. Affordable health care for ...

Low birth weight linked to long-term respiratory problems

... report a previously unrecognized excess risk of hospitalization for respiratory illnesses in young adults with a ... Critical Care Medicine . The researchers used hospitalization records from the Washington State Comprehensive ... any person who was 18 years old at the time of hospitalization and who was discharged with a respiratory code ...

Atrial fibrillation linked to increased hospitalization in heart failure patients

... chronic heart failure, have an increased risk of hospitalization due to heart failure, according to new research ... suggested, but did increase the risk of hospitalization due to worsening heart failure," said Mustafa ... atrial fibrillation significantly increased hospitalization due to heart failure only in patients not ...

FDA Approves Multaq(R) for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter

... shown a clinical benefit to reduce cardiovascular hospitalization in patients with AF/AFL. Multaq(R) is an ... indicated to reduce the risk of cardiovascular hospitalization in patients with paroxysmal or persistent atrial ... reduced the combined endpoint of cardiovascular hospitalization or death from any cause by 24% (p<0.001) when ...

Study examines dietary influences of liver disease

... cholesterol are associated with a higher risk of hospitalization or death due to cirrhosis or liver cancer, while ... people) or liver cancer (5 people) according to hospitalization records and death certificates. These individuals ... nutrient composition was a strong predictor of hospitalization or death due to cirrhosis or liver cancer in the ...

Exercise is safe, improves quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure

... for the first time. The leading cause of hospitalization among Americans age 65 and older, heart failure ... design) for the strongest predictors of death or hospitalization initial exercise capacity, history of atrial ... to an 11 percent lower risk of all-cause death or hospitalization and a 15 percent lower risk of ...

Exercise Might Benefit Some With Heart Failure

... exercise would reduce the incidence of death and hospitalization caused by heart failure, the progressive loss of ... . The incidence of death or cardiac hospitalization was 58 percent in the usual care group and 55 ... found that exercise reduced the incidence of hospitalization by 11 percent and cardiovascular death or heart ...

Psych Patients With Cost-Sharing Plans Use More Services

... mental health care following a psychiatric hospitalization is associated with fewer readmissions, more ... practitioner within a week or month after a hospitalization compared with enrollees in Medicare plans with ... to receive timely outpatient care following a hospitalization for mental illness," the authors concluded. ...

Interruptions in Medicaid coverage linked to increased hospitalization

... coverage are associated with a higher rate of hospitalization for conditions that can often be treated in an ... which examines interrupted Medicaid coverage and hospitalization rates, finds that increased risk for hospitalization is highest in the first three months after an ...

Adalimumab may reduce health-care costs for Crohn's disease patients

... with adalimumab have lower one-year risks of hospitalization and surgery, reports a new study in ... 261 received placebo. Both three- and 12-month hospitalization risks were significantly lower for patients who ... relative reductions in 12-month, all-cause hospitalization risk, and 48 percent and 64 percent reductions in ...

Exercise is safe, improves outcomes for patients with heart failure

... of the week is enough to modestly lower risk of hospitalization or death for patients with heart failure, say ... significantly lower the incidence of death and hospitalization among patients with heart failure. But based ... reduction in the primary endpoint of all-cause hospitalization or all-cause death. A planned, secondary ...

Heart Failure Hospitalizations Up Sharply

... SUNDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- hospitalization rates for heart failure among older Americans ... -- a 131 percent increase. And the increase in hospitalization rates has been more dramatic among women than ... The study, the first to look at heart failure hospitalization rates over the past three decades, examined ...

Choice of hospital impacts outcomes for inflammatory bowel disease surgery

... there was no increase in length of stay or hospitalization costs in higher-volume centers. The study was ... ulcerative colitis. These diseases often require hospitalization or surgical intervention leading to high ... hospitals have no increase in length of stay or hospitalization costs despite caring for patients with more ...

Systematic Review of Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) Can Reduce Cost of Cancer Care

... to Steve Coplon, CEO. "Avoidance of hospitalization dramatically reduces costs to treat cancer and ... For example, in our area an acute case requiring hospitalization for febrile neutropenia costs approximately $28,000 per event; hospitalization for anemia costs $23,000 per event; ...

Creatinine increase in elderly means increased renal disease, mortality

... small increases in serum creatinine levels during hospitalization raise the risk of end stage renal disease and ... between reductions in kidney function during hospitalization and higher mortality rates. Previous studies ... of 0.3 milligrams per deciliter or more during hospitalization is associated with higher in-hospital mortality, ...

Spouse's Sickness Bodes Ill for Partner's Health

... Stress of hospitalization may pose deadly burden SUNDAY, Feb. ... at work, realizing problems often start with the hospitalization of a spouse. New findings suggest that having ... the partner experiences while enduring the hospitalization of an ailing husband or wife. "It's not like ...

New hospital standards needed for pediatric flu vaccines

... for influenza have had a recent, previous hospitalization that would have provided an easy, convenient ... and another complicating illness had a previous hospitalization during the most recent flu-vaccine season. This ... complications and reducing rates of pediatric hospitalization for influenza may be aided by providing ...

Living longer with obesity means heavier burden for hospitals

... "Other research evaluating obesity and hospitalization has typically assessed short-term effects only, ... wanted to broaden the scope and look at people's hospitalization experience over time as well as their weight ... effect. For people with long-term obesity, hospitalization wasn't enough to slow down the problems; the ...

Weight Gain May Spell Trouble for Heart Failure Patients

... pounds over the course of a few weeks may require hospitalization within the month, according to heart researchers. ... University research team analyzed weight data and hospitalization records from 268 heart failure patients who were ... impact of the timing and amount of weight gain on hospitalization has not been studied before, the researchers ....

Weigh Gain May Spell Trouble for Heart Failure Patients

... pounds over the course of a few weeks may require hospitalization within the month, according to heart researchers. ... University research team analyzed weight data and hospitalization records from 268 heart failure patients who were ... impact of the timing and amount of weight gain on hospitalization has not been studied before, the researchers ....

Older Diabetics Should Avoid Dementia Meds

... Combo linked to higher risk for hyperglycemia hospitalization in study TUESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- Older diabetics ... April 2002 and March 2006. The researchers compared these patients' hospitalization rates for hyperglycemia with the rates of patients who had stopped taking ...

Public Health Experts Discuss Infectious Diseases Threats at News Conference

... in the United States. Most of the deaths occur in the elderly, but the hospitalization rate for children 2 years of age and younger is comparable to the hospitalization rate of the elderly. As of June 30, 2009 the Centers for Disease Control ...

Rate of Breast Cancer in Italy Significantly Higher Than Previously Reported

... group studied (ages 25 to 44). The new results, which rely on hospitalization databases that track major breast surgeries rather than official ... on mortality and survival data. The newly published analysis relies on hospitalization databases that track major breast surgeries. The current study notes ...

Successful Disease Management Programs Can Play Role in Health Care Reform

... Comprehensive NeuroScience, Inc. (2) Missouri pharmacy program decreases hospitalization for Medicaid SMI patients. Mental Health Weekly. December 15, 2005; Vol. ... December 20, 2004; Vol. 14, No. 48. (6) MO's Pharmacy Program Decreases hospitalization for Medicaid SMI Patients. Mental Health Weekly. Dec. 12, 2005; Vol ...

Combo Treatment Eases Wheezing in Babies

... Epinephrine, dexamethasone reduces hospitalization risk by 35%, study finds WEDNESDAY, May 13 (HealthDay News) ... in babies. New research suggests this treatment may reduce the risk of hospitalization by more than one-third, as well as stop wheezing sooner and get babies ...

VA/UAB study looks at functional decline in older patients after hospitalization

... scores, experiencing a marked functional decline following hospitalization even after two years. "The difference may be caused by the presence of ... hospital beds. If we can get these people up faster, perhaps we can reduce hospitalization stays and reduce the risk of falls." The Life-Space Assessment, ...

Video: New Children's Storybook Helps Parents Teach Their Children With Asthma About Their Condition

... 13 million missed school days each year and is the third-ranking cause of hospitalization among those younger than 15 years of age.(3,4) With statistics like these, ... each year in the United States.(3) It is also the third leading cause of hospitalization among children under the age of 15.(4) About Allergy & Asthma ...

Black young adults hospitalized for stroke at much higher rate than whites, Hispanics

... blacks and Hispanics. Among the findings: The age-adjusted stroke hospitalization rate for blacks was three times higher than for whites or Hispanics. Stroke hospitalization rates for Hispanics were similar to those for whites. The rates at ...

NxStage Reports Sustained Reduction in Clinical Depressive Symptoms for Daily Home Hemodialysis Patients After One Year

... of depressive symptoms, which have been implicated in higher rates of hospitalization and death among ESRD patients LAWRENCE, Mass., March 9 ... of depressive symptoms have been linked to significant increases in hospitalization rates and mortality in the dialysis population in large, multinational ...

New Anxiety and Mood Disorders Intensive Treatment Program in Downtown Chicago

... LLC will open its new Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) and Partial hospitalization Program (PHP) for anxiety and mood disorders. Uncommon in the U.S. and ... work or school schedules. Intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs are appropriate for individuals who could benefit from more ...

Medicare Faces Challenges Caring for Chronically Ill

... illnesses, and you have certain features, then you can have an impact on hospitalization rates. That's the key," said study senior author Randall Brown, vice ... Only two of the 15 programs showed any significant difference in hospitalization rates, and one of those actually involved an increase of 0.118 ...

With Depression, Vets Face Higher Suicide Risk

... person-years," Valenstein said. The risk for suicide after psychiatric hospitalization does not return to normal for a year, she said. Veterans 61 to 80 ... risk is highest in the first 12 weeks after discharge from a psychiatric hospitalization calls into question current policies that require minimal contact after a ...

Implantable monitor may help in managing diastolic heart failure

... the difference was not significant. A 29 percent reduction in the risk of hospitalization for heart failure was also nonsignificant. The IHM did lead to some ... device show a trend toward lower rates of heart failure events, including hospitalization related to heart failure. "This is very important study and the trends ...

CVS Caremark Presents Influenza Vaccine Data at Rescheduled 2008 DMAA Annual Meeting

... Caremark study monitored the impact of influenza vaccination on subsequent hospitalization rates for all participants. Results indicated that for chronic disease patients who received the influenza vaccine there was a 19% reduction in hospitalization for all causes and a 24% reduction in flu and pneumonia-related ...

Hospital-based smoking cessation program after heart attack adds to success

... researchers studied 639 patients who smoked at the time of their hospitalization for heart attack. Six months later, 297 of the patients approximately 47 ... to quit smoking by health care professionals during a heart attack hospitalization does not predict successful quitting. ...

Global study shows telmisartan reduces outcome of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke

... reduced the outcome of cardiovascular death, heart attack, stroke or hospitalization for heart failure by a relative eight per cent (17 per cent in the placebo ... the outcome included cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke (and not hospitalization for heart failure), telmisartan reduced that outcome by a significant 13 ...

Post-partum suicide attempt risks studied

... abuse was a strong predictor of post-partum suicide attempts. Using the hospitalization and birth records from Washington State, USA, from 1992 to 2001, the ... abuse were six times as likely to attempt suicide, while psychiatric hospitalization and substance abuse together increased the risk by 11 times. Writing in ...

Senior Falls Can Lead to Brain Injury

... -- 26.9 per 100,000 vs. 17.8 per 100,000. The rate of fall-related TBI hospitalization for men was 146.3 per 100,000, compared to 158.3 per 100,000 for women. Death and hospitalization rates for fall-related TBIs generally increased with age. Most men (54.9 ...

Head injuries increase after motorcycle helmet law repeal

... in the state. They found an increase of 42 percent in the head injury hospitalization rate and a 2 percent increase in the non-head injury hospitalization rate. The number of head-injured, hospitalized motorcyclists requiring ...