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A crude custom

...ation to ensure the process is only carried out in hospitals by trained doctors....

Delirium linked to death

...n double those without it. The older patients in hospitals frequently become delirious, leading to longer hospital stays and other health problems, yet the condition is often not diagnosed during hospital stays. The results of this study have implications for the care of older medical inpatients and for rese...

The earlier the treatment, the more the benefit

...a 1.5 times greater chance of recovery. Brott said hospitals should strive to start treatment as fast as possible....

Blood test diagnoses heart failure in short time

...ople. It was conducted on 1,586 men and women at 9 hospitals in the US and Europe....

Interference helps Heart Patients

...owed for six months after being sent home from two hospitals in the San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare network. ... program is being used at one of the Sharp network hospitals and is being studied at another....

Greater volume hospitals better for stroke

...troke caused by bleeding into the brain do best in hospitals dealing with many such cases.// In SAH, a blood ve...many cases the departments saw a year. High volume hospitals were those seeing 20 to 50 cases, while low volume hospitals would see, typically, between zero and ...

Nurses save more lives

According to a new study, hospitals staffed with more registered nurses (RN) the most ...e, analyzed 6.2 million patients released from 600 hospitals in 8 states in 1995. The patients accounted for about a quarter of those who were discharged nationw...

Breastfed babies grow rapidly

... months. Some infants were born in "baby friendly" hospitals that encouraged exclusive breast-feeding, and others were born in hospitals that did not promote breast-feeding. More than 43% of infants born in baby-friendly hospitals were ...

Errors in medication

...ne out of every five medication doses delivered in hospitals and nursing homes may be in error. The problem occ...owing problem of medication errors in the nation's hospitals and other health care facilities. Many cited systems problems as the main cause of these errors. The...

Specialist care convalesces intensive care survival

...ploying such experts could be 162,000. Patients in hospitals where there are intensivists have both reduced ICU and hospital deaths and a reduced length of stay in the ICU. But at present, only one hospital in ten employs these critical care specialists....

Children! Protecting them from medical mistakes

... children than for adults. The rates for babies in hospitals are even higher. However, a new effort by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) may help prevent medical errors in children.// The effort, an educational campaign is aimed at pediatricians...

New way to control hospital infection

People go to hospitals to overcome illness. However, very often, patients...coated catheters, though more expensive, will save hospitals $100,000 a year in shorter stays and fewer antibiotics....

Chance of water births being urged for mums-to-be

A major child birth charity has urged midwives and hospitals in the UK to give mums-to-be the chance of a water...ve of the NCT, added that this approach would help hospitals reduce their Caesarean rates....

Second SARS suspect fuels worry in India

...g the entry of the virus. They also confirmed that hospitals are ready to treat patient even if new cases are reported. India, relatively relaxed so far about the spread of SARS however in recent days has started screening of passengers arriving at its international airports with extended care....

Brain Temperature Tunnel dicovered

...provide continuous brain temperature monitoring in hospitals without the need of nurse intervention. Important purposes for the devices include detection and prevention of heatstroke and heat illness...

Tea Pill Lowers Cholesterol

... age 18 and older who were being seen at six urban hospitals in China for mild to moderate cholesterol problems. All were on a low-fat diet. Researchers randomly assigned members of the group to receive either a pill containing tea extracts thought to have cholesterol-lowering properties or a placebo pill. The...

SARS-Free Taiwan to Mark End Phase of Global Fight

...on to another easily, even in well-equipped modern hospitals where many victims have been doctors and nurses, means countries will have to be on guard for some time to come, the WHO has warned. Officials in Toronto, the Canadian business capital taken off the local transmission list on Wednesday, say they wi...

Meditation Works Medically

...unction. With the widespread use of meditation in hospitals and academic medical centers, the authors of the study say it is a very important topic. Most research has focused on changes that occur during meditation and not as a result of meditation. Whereas these studies have been informative, they tell us li...

Angioplasty Should be the Standard

... involved around 1,500 heart attack patients at 24 hospitals without angioplasty services and five hospitals with such services. Patients at the 24 hospitals were randomly assigned to either treatment with fib...

Music soothes labour pain

... for women during childbirth. A study done at two hospitals in Thailand found music can reduce the sensation o...ndard care during labour. Standard care at the two hospitals was to not give analgesic medication to women in labour because of its effect on the infants. Much ...

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