• After an increase in carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) bloodstream infections and associated deaths in the neonatal unit of a South Africa hospital, we conducted an outbreak investigation during October 2019-February 2020 and cross-sectional follow-up during March 2020-May 2021. (cdc.gov)
  • It also reported 299 new deaths and a positivity rate of 23.6% among those newly tested for the virus. (kodao.org)
  • The beginning of this new era of healthcare reform began in 2000 with the release by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of To Err is Human: Building: a Safer Health System ( IOM, 2000 ), which reported that hospital errors caused 98,000 unnecessary hospital deaths each year. (nursingworld.org)
  • 2.0% of all confirmed cases reported, equivalent to 2 deaths for every 100 test-confirmed cases. (thecitizen.com)
  • Between new construction and renovation of more than 100,000 square feet in the existing hospital, the project will encompass about 600,000 square feet and nearly double the size of Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center. (geisinger.org)
  • On a per capita basis, that's more new cases (299 per 100,000 residents) than any other state except the far less populous Dakotas, and several times more than Michigan (75), Illinois (123) or Minnesota (137). (covid19newscenter.com)
  • Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care wide disaster plans (76.4 percent), and 75.9 percent specifically reported a Survey (NHAMCS). (cdc.gov)
  • Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care related exposures has been published and Mass Casualty Supplement, Survey (NHAMCS) included a (1). (cdc.gov)
  • The data were preparedness in the Nation's hospitals plans, training for terrorism response, weighted according to the inverse will be crucial for appropriate Federal experiences with internal and external probability of hospital selection and a agencies that are charged with planning disaster drills, and availability of nonresponse adjustment factor. (cdc.gov)
  • Because the data were antibiotic and supply stockpiles, and characteristics included JCAHO weighted according to the inverse coordinated supply-chain management accreditation, bed capacity, and urban probability of hospital selection, of pharmaceuticals and other supplies. (cdc.gov)
  • In addition to increasing the number of operating rooms and emergency room and intensive care beds, the project will also include the modernization of the Richard and Marion Pearsall Heart Hospital, which opened on the campus in 2001, increasing Heart and Vascular inpatient and surgical capacity as well as additional spaces for advanced cardiac interventional procedures. (geisinger.org)
  • Participants All adult patients with schizophrenia who had regular follow-up in the outpatient departments of the selected hospitals were study participants. (bmj.com)
  • Hospitals had a mean of about 14 personal protective suits, 21 better disaster preparedness, because critical care beds, 12 mechanical ventilators, 7 negative pressure isolation rooms, these surveys were fielded at a time and 2 decontamination showers each. (cdc.gov)
  • ventilators 33 a & b block hospital 1 year 9. (tendersindelhi.com)
  • According to his research, mergers have resulted in higher costs and prices and static or worse patient outcomes. (nationalacademies.org)
  • His most recent research focuses on nurses' experiences making predictions about their patient outcomes. (nursingworld.org)
  • In addition, information about outcomes associated with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) at the EOL will allow the oncology clinician to better present options to patients with advanced cancer who are near the EOL. (cancer.gov)
  • According to WHO, all PTB +ve patients one of the useful indicators to determine the efficacy of should be evaluated for bacteriological status after the anti-tuberculosis treatment and essential in the clinical intensive phase to determine treatment outcomes ( 7 ). (who.int)
  • Drive Medical Oxygen Tank Holder for "D" and "E" Cylinders is for patients on oxygen therapies and allows them to carry their oxygen cylinders with them while they are on the go. (agecomfort.com)
  • Ratio of arterial oxygen tension to fraction of inspired oxygen at time of chest radiography was 100. (medscape.com)
  • oxygen outlets 459 a & b block hospital 1 year 6. (tendersindelhi.com)
  • In the prospective Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation International Scleroderma (ASTIS) trial, a phase 3 comparison of autologous HSCT with 12 successive monthly intravenous pulses of cyclophosphamide in 156 patients with early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis, HCST was associated with higher treatment-related mortality than in the first year after treatment. (medscape.com)
  • For the section dealing with clinical prediction rules, we identified original research articles describing the derivation or validation of a clinical prediction rule for all-cause mortality after hospital admission by searching for articles in any language in MEDLINE and Embase (from inception to July 2011) using the following search terms: "prognostic tool," "prognostic model," "prognostic index," "mortality" and "hospitalization. (cmaj.ca)
  • Delayed sputum smear conver- the current incidence rate of 92 per 100 000 and an annual sion after 2 months of intensive phase has been associ- mortality rate of 4.1 per 100 000 population ( 7 ). (who.int)
  • as functions of residency and medical school affiliation, hospital size, Objective --This study presents baseline data to determine which hospital ownership, metropolitan statistical area characteristics are associated with preparedness for terrorism and natural disaster in (MSA) status, and accreditation by the the areas of emergency response planning and availability of equipment and Joint Commission on Accreditation of specialized care units. (cdc.gov)
  • The information response plans and resources by residency and medical school affiliation, hospital gained from a nationally representative size, ownership, metropolitan statistical area status, and Joint Commission survey about strengths and limitations of accreditation. (cdc.gov)
  • Survey respondents were asked to Hospitals with residency programs of similar hospitals over the entire provide total numbers of mechanical addressed biological, chemical, and Nation. (cdc.gov)
  • This classification may change over time according to progression of COVID-19 infection among patients. (who.int)
  • On Friday, the Quezon City (QC) government announced its general hospital is set to convert its chapel as a COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) ward in response to the increasing demand for beds for severe medical cases. (kodao.org)
  • The chapel inside the QC General Hospital and Medical Center will be utilized as a 21-bed COVID-19 ICU to allow admission of more severe Covid-19 cases, the local government unit said. (kodao.org)
  • Our COVID-19 ward and ICU has already reached its full capacity. (kodao.org)
  • With this extension facility, we hope to admit more COVID-19 patients who are in need of urgent and extensive treatment," QCGHMC Director Dr. Josephine Sabando said. (kodao.org)
  • The city's 11 COVID-19 community caring facilities are currently at 95.08% occupancy rate with 1,468 patients, the local government reported. (kodao.org)
  • Meanwhile, the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP), one of the country's leading COVID-19 treatment hospitals, announced it was already near full capacity as the new strict lockdowns began last August 6. (kodao.org)
  • As of this morning, our occupancy rate for COVID-related beds or admissions is around 90 percent already and for the critical units, around 90 percent," LCP emergency room and Covid-19 Triage Task Force head Dr. Randy Castillo said in a media interview. (kodao.org)
  • Rosario Vergeire announced last Monday that 236 hospitals in the country have reached "critical levels" of at least 85% occupancy rate because of the ongoing rise in COVID-19 cases brought about by the more contagious Delta variant. (kodao.org)
  • Patient Nutrition and Probiotic Therapy in COVID-19: What Do We Know in 2021? (mdpi.com)
  • Some studies showed that malnutrition is a significant problem among patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 infection, and the outcome of patients with SARS-CoV-2 is strongly associated with their nutritional status. (mdpi.com)
  • Next week Wisconsin officials plan to open a 530-bed field hospital at the state fairgrounds to keep COVID-19 patients from flooding heath care facilities, which Democratic Gov. Tony Evers recently characterized as being "on the brink" of collapse. (covid19newscenter.com)
  • The single-day record of hospital admissions for Covid-19 is 447 on July 21. (thecitizen.com)
  • GEMA hospitalizations (June 25 report) - 3,094 test-confirmed Covid-19 patients are currently occupying hospital beds across Georgia, 41 fewer patients than the July 24 report. (thecitizen.com)
  • Taking zinc by mouth or giving zinc by IV might lower the chance of death in people admitted to the hospital for COVID-19. (medlineplus.gov)
  • But taking zinc by mouth doesn't seem to speed up recovery from COVID-19 in people who haven't been admitted to the hospital. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Sustained infection prevention and control measures, adequate staffing, adhering to bed occupancy limits, and antimicrobial stewardship are key interventions to control such outbreaks. (cdc.gov)
  • QC's two other city-run hospitals, the Rosario Maclang Bautista General Hospital and the Novaliches District Hospital, are at 100% and 125% occupancy rates as of August 12, respectively. (kodao.org)
  • Presently, we are nearing our maximum capacity when it comes to patient occupancy rate. (kodao.org)
  • Reviews of patient charts preinitiative and postinitiative demonstrated performance improvement in meeting guideline recommendations for the timing, inpatient duration, and use of VTE prophylaxis beyond discharge. (nih.gov)
  • In other categories, 3,271 general inpatient beds (22%) are available out of a capacity of 14,969 general beds. (thecitizen.com)
  • Despite the availability of safe and effective prophylaxis, appropriate use of venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis in surgical patients remains suboptimal. (nih.gov)
  • and suboptimal patient experiences the U.S. healthcare industry has embarked on what will be a several decades long journey of reform to transform a hospital-based industry into an integrated healthcare delivery system. (nursingworld.org)
  • Expansion plans at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center include constructing an 11-story bed tower that will transition the hospital to a 100% private-room facility and expand surgical capabilities while growing the emergency department and advanced cardiac care programs. (geisinger.org)
  • The purpose of this summary is to review the evidence surrounding conversations about EOL care in advanced cancer to inform providers, patients, and families about the transition to compassionate and effective EOL care. (cancer.gov)
  • Hospital accreditation standards related to tobacco cessation performance measures require follow-up after discharge and provide additional incentive for hospitals to work with quitlines. (biomedcentral.com)
  • hospitals (identified as proprietary or as will be possible to study changes in The 2003 NHAMCS Bioterrorism located in nonmetropolitan statistical preparedness as a function of the and Mass Casualty Preparedness areas) was selected from the 2002 VHD. (cdc.gov)
  • Training there were no major funding programs for hospital incident command and smallpox, anthrax, chemical, and radiological directed toward hospitals for this exposures was ahead of training for other infectious diseases. (cdc.gov)
  • Sections on the prevention of bacterial pneumonia in mechanically ventilated and/or critically ill patients, care of respiratory-therapy devices, prevention of cross-contamination, and prevention of viral lower respiratory tract infections (e.g., respiratory syncytial virus {RSV} and influenza infections) have been expanded and updated. (cdc.gov)
  • Traditional preventive measures for nosocomial pneumonia include decreasing aspiration by the patient, preventing cross-contamination or colonization via hands of personnel, appropriate disinfection or sterilization of respiratory-therapy devices, use of available vaccines to protect against particular infections, and education of hospital staff and patients. (cdc.gov)
  • This article provides a brief overview of development of modern hospitals , and describes beliefs and assumptions of an innovative design to deliver nursing services in the acute care (non-intensive care unit) setting. (nursingworld.org)
  • A review of medical records at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics found that 33% of intensive care unit (ICU) patients met the AAC candidacy criterion, whereas 3% of non-ICU patients met the AAC candidacy criterion (Zubow & Hurtig, 2013). (asha.org)
  • The hospital also serves the communities of Midrand and Diepsloot and as a referral site for 20 clinics in the surrounding area, spanning 3 municipalities (the cities of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, and Tshwane). (cdc.gov)
  • A 2011 prospective study of QOL in a cohort of patients with advanced cancer seen in outpatient medical oncology clinics provides additional insight into the patient's perspective of what contributes to a good QOL. (cancer.gov)
  • In December 2019, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in South Africa was notified of 8 cases of culture-confirmed carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae (CRKP) bloodstream infections in a neonatal unit at a provincial tertiary hospital. (cdc.gov)
  • We visited 26 facilities (14 hospitals, 12 health centres) reporting high numbers of non-NT cases (n=20) or zero cases (n=6). (cdc.gov)
  • Fourteen cases were identified at two hospitals reporting zero cases. (cdc.gov)
  • The NHAMCS is conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Introduction hospitals for their ability to respond to Health Statistics (NCHS) with yearly mass casualties. (cdc.gov)
  • Prevention's (CDC) National Center for general and short-stay hospitals in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • In the West Bank in 2010, the total number of visits to primary health care centres run by the Ministry of Health was 2 299 052 for general medical care consultations, and there were 362 972 visits for specialized medical care consultations. (who.int)
  • However, he also explains that this analysis considers only broad averages and general trends, and does not indicate that any specific hospital consolidation will (or will not) result in higher or lower prices. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Patient Information Can Reduce the Use of Benzodiazepines in General Practice. (benzo.org.uk)
  • 294 quaterly complete general overall servicing & labor charges 295 emergency patient trolley with hyd. (tendersinmaharashtra.com)
  • Similarly, in the ICU setting, an Australian cohort study found that patients were unable to communicate verbally 17% of the time and staff reported difficulty communicating with patients 35% of the time. (asha.org)
  • 3 ] The median survival of the cohort was 10 months, so the results may not reflect the situation for patients closer to death. (cancer.gov)
  • Services Administration (HRSA) in More hospitals staged drills for biological attacks than for severe epidemics. (cdc.gov)
  • Bárcena Loayza found her husband in the Ayacucho Regional Hospital with severe internal injuries from bullet wounds. (hrw.org)
  • Laparoscopic-assisted vs open colectomy for severe acute colitis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): a retrospective study in 42 patients.and Corkey, B. The Distinguished Encoding Rules specify we must choose the shortest encoding that fully represents the length of the element. (banglaforexacademy.com)
  • The symptoms of hepatic encephalopathy may range from mild to severe and may be observed in as many as 70% of patients with cirrhosis. (medscape.com)
  • Casualty Supplement was included in the 2003 survey and provided the data for this hospitals regarding their preparedness analysis. (cdc.gov)
  • Hospitals varied widely in hospital terrorism preparedness because their plans for re-arranging schedules and space in the event of a disaster. (cdc.gov)
  • Lorazepam in the Elderly - A Retrospective Study of the Side-Effects in 20 Patients. (benzo.org.uk)
  • A 3-year retrospective study was conducted in the government hospital in Pulau Pinang from 2016 to 2018. (who.int)
  • Surveys of clinicians participating in the initiative demonstrated immediate and retained confidence and increased knowledge in identifying process-related factors leading to errors, applying CRM to patient care, and identifying VTE prophylaxis candidates and guideline-recommended prophylaxis regimens. (nih.gov)
  • Antimicrobial resistance also increases the cost of health care with lengthier stays in hospitals and a need for more intensive care. (who.int)
  • In another effort, IDx, a health care automation company, has developed deep-learning based software to be used by health providers who treat patients with diabetes to scan images for signs of diabetic retinopathy [5]. (plos.org)
  • Results --About 92 percent of hospitals had revised their emergency response medical care. (cdc.gov)
  • Proprietary and nonprofit design involving geographic primary augment intensive care, activation of hospitals addressed all hazards more sampling units and hospitals within decommissioned wards, utilization of frequently than state or local those units has been described nonclinical space for medical purposes, government hospitals. (cdc.gov)
  • This work led him to develop the Hospital Culture of Transitions in Patient Care Survey which measures caregivers attitudes, beliefs and practices related to patient movement throughout a hospital. (nursingworld.org)
  • AAC is augmentative when used to supplement existing speech, alternative when used in place of speech that is absent or not functional, or temporary as when used by patients postoperatively in intensive care (Elsahar et al. (asha.org)
  • 1 ] Anticipating the end of life (EOL) and making health care decisions about appropriate or preferred treatment or care near the EOL is intellectually challenging and emotionally distressing for patients with advanced cancer, their families and friends, oncology clinicians, and other professional caregivers. (cancer.gov)
  • Oncology clinicians are obligated to explore, with the patient and family, the potential impact of continued disease-directed treatments or care directed at the patient's symptoms and QOL. (cancer.gov)
  • This section summarizes information that will allow oncology clinicians and patients with advanced cancer to create a plan of care to improve QOL at the end of life (EOL) by making informed choices about the potential harms of continued aggressive treatment and the potential benefits of palliative or hospice care. (cancer.gov)
  • Surveys and interviews of patients with life-threatening illnesses, not restricted to cancer, can contribute to the understanding of what constitutes high-quality EOL care. (cancer.gov)
  • A variety of indicators have been proposed to measure the quality of EOL care in patients with advanced cancer. (cancer.gov)
  • 1 Advance care planning can increase the quality of life of dying patients, improve the experience of family members and decrease health care costs. (cmaj.ca)
  • Advance care planning is a process by which patients consider options for future health care decisions and identify their wishes. (cmaj.ca)
  • For example, during an acute stay in hospital, the plan may pertain to the goals of care for the current stay in addition to any care that may be required after discharge. (cmaj.ca)
  • In other settings, the plan may result in an advance care directive - a verbal or written instruction describing what kind of care a patient would want (or not want) if he or she were no longer able to speak for him or herself, and the values that guide the patient in making important health care decisions. (cmaj.ca)
  • Advance care planning may also result in the nomination of a substitute decision-maker - someone who makes decisions for the patient if the patient is incapable of doing so. (cmaj.ca)
  • 4 , 5 however, hospital-based health care providers infrequently engage patients and families in such conversations. (cmaj.ca)
  • 6 Accordingly, the focus of our review is to provide guidance for advance care planning as it pertains to the in-patient setting (i.e., determination of goals of care for the patient in hospital). (cmaj.ca)
  • Although health care providers in the outpatient setting (e.g., family physicians, consultant physicians) play a key role in advance care planning, hospital-based providers share this responsibility. (cmaj.ca)
  • In fact, a stay in hospital presents an important opportunity for engaging in discussions about goals of care, because it signals a change in the trajectory of the patient's illness, giving increased relevance to these conversations, and because potential substitute decision-makers (e.g., the most involved family members) are often present. (cmaj.ca)
  • Lack of information on actual costs and care quality of the LTC providers hinders the capacity for improving the quality and efficiency of care provision in the LTC sector. (who.int)
  • The project will also advance Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center's long-standing commitment as a major teaching hospital. (geisinger.org)
  • Recently, Olaf Ronneberger and colleagues applied a two-step process using deep learning to a clinically heterogeneous set of 3 dimensional optical coherence tomography (CT) scans from patients referred to a major UK eye hospital [4]. (plos.org)
  • Although patients receiving mechanically assisted ventilation do not represent a major proportion of patients who have nosocomial pneumonia, they are at highest risk for acquiring the infection. (cdc.gov)
  • Hospitals collaborated on drills most often with hospitals at the time this survey was emergency medical services, fire departments, and law enforcement agencies. (cdc.gov)
  • Despite these communication breakdowns, ICU patients used alternative modes (e.g., gestures, mouthing, personal electronic device) during only 11% of their time in the ICU (Freeman-Sanderson et al. (asha.org)
  • Bárcena Loayza, who was pregnant at the time, ran to the hospital, then to the airport, in search of her husband. (hrw.org)
  • It is nationally recognized for providing an exceptional educational experience and was named number 9 on Fortune's list of the top 25 teaching hospitals in the country last year. (geisinger.org)
  • Hoadley ultimately concludes that, while a price reduction of even 5 percent in brand-name drug prices could save $9 billion a year, the potential is unclear, partially because pharmaceutical spending is driven not only by prices, but also by physicians' prescribing decisions and patients' decisions whether to comply with their prescriptions. (nationalacademies.org)
  • The CEO of a large healthcare system recently commented that healthcare is in a once in 100 year transformation. (nursingworld.org)
  • Allgulander C, Borg S, Vikander B. A 4-6 Year Follow-Up of 50 Patients with Primary Dependence on Sedative and Hypnotic Drugs. (benzo.org.uk)
  • suction outlets 343 a & b block hospital 1 year 7. (tendersindelhi.com)
  • medical gas supply monitors valve box 170 a & b block hospital 1 year 8. (tendersindelhi.com)
  • cardiac monitors 113 a & b block hospital 1 year 10. (tendersindelhi.com)
  • ecg machines 13 a & b block hospital 1 year 11. (tendersindelhi.com)
  • defibrillators 19 a & b block hospital 1 year 12. (tendersindelhi.com)
  • anaesthesia work stations 08 a & b block hospital ot 1 year 13. (tendersindelhi.com)
  • laparoscopic towers 05 a & b block hospital ot 1 year 14. (tendersindelhi.com)
  • The Department of Community Health and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities will also publish an annual report using data from the departments central registry data base on the number of patients enrolled in treatment, the number of patients discharged from treatment, patients' state of residents, and other information determined by the departments. (ghca.info)
  • A Patient Group Dependent on Sedative-Hypnotics - Dependence Development, Medical Consultations and Choice of Drugs. (benzo.org.uk)
  • This experience suggests that QOL is related to factors such as disease progression and its complications, and to patients' goals relative to any treatment they are receiving. (cancer.gov)
  • It has a weight capacity of up to 300 lbs. (agecomfort.com)
  • The EZee Life™ CH1044 Featherlite transport chair features a high 325 pound weight capacity from a lightweight aluminum frame that weighs under 30 pounds. (agecomfort.com)
  • Treatment abroad for Gaza Strip patients. (who.int)
  • Patients with a longer duration of treatment, who had comorbid illnesses, were substance users, developed EPS, were non-adherent to medications and were on antipsychotic polypharmacy, needs critical follow-up to improve HRQoL. (bmj.com)
  • Patients with advanced cancer, their family and friends, and oncology clinicians often are faced with treatment decisions that profoundly affect the patient's quality of life (QOL). (cancer.gov)
  • Patients who were waiting for a new treatment had worse emotional well-being. (cancer.gov)
  • Surveys was used to provide national estimates of variations in hospital emergency briefly elsewhere (2). (cdc.gov)
  • Hospital staff briefly intervene with smokers at bedside and refer them to the quitline. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Current service delivery designs, particularly the hospital medical-surgical "nursing unit," may not be adequate to meet challenges facing hospitals of the future. (nursingworld.org)
  • The purpose of this article is to describe an innovative model to deliver medical-surgical nursing in hospitals. (nursingworld.org)
  • Twenty-five hospitals in the National Capital Region, epicenter of the current outbreak, are nearing full capacity, Vergeire added. (kodao.org)
  • This revised guideline addresses common problems encountered by infection- control practitioners regarding the prevention and control of nosocomial pneumonia in U.S. hospitals. (cdc.gov)
  • Department of Defense had not allocated any funding for hospitals, although it funded emergency response agencies (3). (cdc.gov)
  • Hospital bed capacity was the factor most when federal funding was not yet well consistently associated with emergency response planning and availability of established at the hospital level. (cdc.gov)
  • Prior to that, he was at George Washington University serving as an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Health Policy, and the Project Coordinator for two emergency department quality improvement collaboratives focusing on patient flow throughout the ED and hospital. (nursingworld.org)
  • Meantime, 51% of all emergency room beds in the state are available (1,723 out of a total capacity of 3,387 ER beds). (thecitizen.com)
  • Over the past 100 years, says one researcher, Robert W. Fogel of the University of Chicago, humans in the industrialized world have undergone "a form of evolution that is unique not only to humankind, but unique among the 7,000 or so generations of humans who have ever inhabited the earth. (blogspot.com)
  • The next day an ambulance took him and two other injured people to the nearby airport, where medical staff asked military officials to fly them on a small military plane to a hospital in Lima. (hrw.org)
  • Objectives The aim of this study was to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and associated factors among patients with schizophrenia at comprehensive specialised hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia. (bmj.com)
  • Design and setting A cross-sectional study was conducted among 422 patients with schizophrenia who were followed at comprehensive specialised hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia from 1 June to 30 August 2022. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusion and recommendation In this study, the social domain was recorded as having the lowest mean score, which may indicate that patients with schizophrenia could need better psychosocial support. (bmj.com)
  • The study aimed to estimate the rate of delayed sputum conversion and explore its predicting factors at the end of the intensive phase among smear-positive PTB (PTB +ve) patients. (who.int)
  • During the study, a standardized, data collection form was used to collect data from the patient record. (who.int)
  • 3 ] In addition, other researchers have reported that family caregivers often report worse scores than do patients with advanced cancer in self-assessments of the patients' QOL. (cancer.gov)
  • As hospitals announce an overflow of coronavirus patients, calls for accountability are again mounting for the Rodrigo Duterte government's "ineffective" response to the pandemic. (kodao.org)
  • On seeing all the calls and people waiting outside, my sister, a heart patient had a few episodes of pain and all I could pray was that the tablets stashed under the tongue would work their magic. (blogspot.com)
  • Our population is aging, and older patients are living longer with chronic illness. (cmaj.ca)
  • After 48 weeks, decline in lung function from baseline, as defined by changes in predicted forced vital capacity (FVC), had occurred 50.5% of patients in the tocilizumab arm, versus 70.3% of those in the placebo arm ( P = 0.015). (medscape.com)
  • Creating a fully private room facility, which has tangible quality and patient satisfaction benefits, embodies our goal to foster a welcoming and healing environment. (geisinger.org)