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Outcomes16
  • Outcomes of interest were hospitalization and institutionalization. (scirp.org)
  • We are in the process of designing a randomized study to test whether we can improve cancer-patient outcomes by reducing the number of medications in the older population of patients. (jefferson.edu)
  • These findings indicate that CONUT score during hospitalization may be a useful daily marker for predicting poor outcomes in aSAH patients. (nature.com)
  • These researchers also showed in a prospective observational study of 229 SAH patients that a negative nitrogen balance during the first 14 post-bleed days is a risk factor for infectious complications and is associated with poor outcomes (mRS ≥ 4) at 3 months 11 . (nature.com)
  • However, it is unclear whether the CONUT score during hospitalization influences the functional outcomes of aSAH patients. (nature.com)
  • Here, we retrospectively analyzed the relationship between clinical outcomes and the CONUT score in aSAH patients during hospitalization. (nature.com)
  • A growing public health concern in senior patients, many of whom have multiple chronic conditions, polypharmacy paves the way for medication non-adherence, drug reactions, adverse events, and poor health outcomes, as well as increased use of healthcare services and rising costs. (businesswire.com)
  • The study examined data from a registry of adult bronchiectasis patients' self-reported outcomes collected by RespirTech, a Philips company. (rtmagazine.com)
  • Hospitalization may not always bring positive outcomes and many times this is the case in the elder population. (ukessays.com)
  • Methods and Results - We examined prescription patterns and outcomes (all-cause mortality and/or HF readmission) in patients discharged from 103 Canadian hospitals between April 1999 and March 2001 after a first hospitalization for HF. (ices.on.ca)
  • To evaluate the dose-response relationship between continuous 25(OH)D and risk for COVID-19-related hospitalization and mortality after adjusting for covariates associated with both vitamin D deficiency and COVID-19 outcomes. (nih.gov)
  • Co-primary study outcomes were COVID-19-related inpatient hospitalization requiring airborne, droplet, contact, or other isolation and mortality ascertained within 60 days of an index positive SARS-CoV-2 test. (nih.gov)
  • Although the analysis shows that hospitalization costs and outcomes improved over time, it also underscores both the immense burden of the pandemic on health care resources in America and the continuing need for better treatments. (eurekalert.org)
  • We know that steroids like dexamethasone for select patients can play a role in improving their outcomes,' Singer said. (scrippsnews.com)
  • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating the risk of severe hypocalcemia with serious outcomes, including hospitalization and death, in patients with advanced kidney disease on dialysis treated with the osteoporosis medicine Prolia (denosumab). (medlineplus.gov)
  • Preliminary results from a separate internal FDA study further investigating hypocalcemia in dialysis patients treated with Prolia show a substantial risk with serious outcomes, including hospitalization and death. (medlineplus.gov)
Mortality and Hospitalization2
Inpatient hospitalization1
  • Inpatient hospitalization rates for 2000--2007 were calculated using U.S. Census Bureau 2000--based postcensal civilian population estimates. (cdc.gov)
201911
  • Population-based rates of laboratory-confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated hospitalizations are lacking in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • Teamwork is associated with reduced hospital staff burnout at military treatment facilities: findings from the 2019 Department of Defense Patient Safety Culture Survey. (ahrq.gov)
  • Assessing patients 2019 experiences with medical injury reconciliation processes: item generation for a novel survey questionnaire. (ahrq.gov)
  • Beginning April 1, 2020, three peers and two addiction counselors attempted telephonic outreach to patients who received a CATCH consultation during hospitalization from program launch (October 7, 2019) through March 31, 2020 ( n = 329). (springer.com)
  • The study team will use FeelBetter's technology to analyze the medication prescription and clinical data of senior patients with multiple chronic conditions who were treated at Brigham and Women's Hospital with three or more actively prescribed medications from July 2016 through December 2019. (businesswire.com)
  • It is well-established that in the United States (U.S), Latinx populations have been more heavily impacted by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic than the general population, including with higher rates of infection, 1 rates of hospitalization, and death rates. (jabfm.org)
  • Across all subgroups, Black adults had the highest hospitalization rate in 2019, and there was a significant increase in the differences in hospitalizations between Blacks and Whites from 1999 to 2019. (medrxiv.org)
  • Conclusions and Relevance Among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged 65 years or older, hospitalization rates for hypertensive emergencies increased substantially and significantly from 1999 to 2019. (medrxiv.org)
  • Question How have hospitalization rate for hypertensive emergencies among US adults aged 65 years and older changed between 1999 and 2019 and are there any differences across demographic and geographical subgroups? (medrxiv.org)
  • Findings In this serial cross-sectional study that included 397,238 individual Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries, there was a marked increase in hospitalization rates for hypertensive emergencies from 1999 to 2019, and this increase was most pronounced among Black adults across age, sex, race, and dual-eligible strata. (medrxiv.org)
  • In a recent study published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open , researchers found an association between male hypogonadism and hospitalization risk for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). (news-medical.net)
Outcome7
  • During a median participation time of 18.4 months (n = 185) for the escitalopram group and 18.7 months (n = 187) for the placebo group, the primary outcome of death or hospitalization occurred in 116 (63 percent) patients and 119 (64 percent) patients, respectively. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In this study, we examined the association of clinical outcome with the Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score during hospitalization in aSAH patients. (nature.com)
  • The 30-day and 6-month mortality rate is 39% and 49%, respectively, and only 23% of patients have a favorable outcome, as evaluated using a modified Rankin scale (mRS) score of 0-2 2 . (nature.com)
  • 4 at admission independently predicted patients' functional outcome status at 3 months after aSAH 7 . (nature.com)
  • The primary outcome was a composite of adverse GI events (hospitalization or emergency department visit with intestinal ischemia/thrombosis, GI ulceration/perforation, or resection/ostomy) within 30 days of initial sodium polystyrene sulfonate prescription. (nih.gov)
  • Main Outcome and Measures Trends in hospitalization for hypertensive emergencies, overall and by specific subgroups. (medrxiv.org)
  • The primary outcome of the study was COVID-19 hospitalization. (news-medical.net)
Hospital45
  • In a study appearing in the June 28 issue of JAMA , Christiane E. Angermann, M.D., of University Hospital Wurzburg, Germany, and colleagues examined whether 24 months of treatment with the antidepressant escitalopram would improve mortality, illness, and mood in patients with chronic heart failure and depression. (sciencedaily.com)
  • This was a retrospective observational study of 150 (18.75%) patients with prolonged hospitalization in a tertiary hospital in Dubai from 1 April to 1 July 2020. (who.int)
  • The common reasons for prolonged hospitalization were mandatory isolation 28% (n = 62), hospital-acquired infections 17% (n = 37), acute respiratory distress syndrome 15% (n = 32), myopathy/neuropathy 14% (n = 31), pulmonary fibrosis requiring oxygen supplementation 14% (n = 31), and completion of COVID-19 treatment 12% (n = 25). (who.int)
  • To make optimal use of available hospital resources, reasons that directly or indirectly contributed to the prolonged hospitalization of patients should be considered and addressed during future pandemics or disease outbreaks. (who.int)
  • Although many patients were released early, particularly later during the pandemic when the number of recommended days of isolation was reduced, a sizable percentage of patients needed to stay in hospital for an extended period (2). (who.int)
  • reported increased odds of prolonged hospital stay among women, and among patients with fever and chronic kidney or liver disease, increased creatinine levels, or bilateral pulmonary infiltration (11). (who.int)
  • What are the average length of stay and average hospital charges associated with multiple patient safety events? (rand.org)
  • Despite the low prevalence, MPSEs affect large numbers of hospital patients in America. (rand.org)
  • It finds that 4 out of every 1,000 hospital admissions were people with multiple sclerosis (MS) being either their principal or secondary reason for hospitalization. (everydayhealth.com)
  • More of the MS patients admitted to the hospital were covered by Medicare than the non-MS patients (50 versus 42 percent), meaning we consume a higher percentage of federal Medicare dollars when we do go into hospital. (everydayhealth.com)
  • In order to assess the incidence and analyze reasons which cause prolongation of hospital stay in patients engrafted after peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT), we performed this retrospective analysis. (nature.com)
  • A total of 710 patients were admitted to our hospital with SAH during the study period. (nature.com)
  • During the initial COVID-19 surge, one public hospital in NYC updated their post-discharge outreach approach for patients with substance use disorder, as part of the CATCH (Consult for Addiction Treatment and Care in Hospitals) program. (springer.com)
  • Under the CATCH model, medically trained addiction providers, social workers, addiction counselors, and peers with lived experience in addiction engage with hospitalized patients who have diagnosed or suspected substance use disorder (SUD), including but not limited to opioid use disorder (OUD), and are admitted to the hospital for medical reasons. (springer.com)
  • This is supported in part by post-discharge outreach where a peer or addiction counselor calls a patient within a week of hospital discharge to confirm their referral or receipt of MAT. (springer.com)
  • 6 As government officials instituted mandatory stay-at-home orders and hospitals struggled to quickly implement distancing practices, NYC public hospital patients with SUD faced disrupted access to SUS. (springer.com)
  • There is an opportunity to identify which patients are at risk of adverse events related to medication regimens and to develop solutions which help clinical teams take action in advance," said Lisa Rotenstein, MD, Medical Director of Population Health at Brigham and Women's Hospital and principal investigator of the study. (businesswire.com)
  • Researchers at the hospital will also evaluate how the FeelBetter solution can be used to identify patients who have the highest risk of deterioration, hospitalization and incurring financial costs from gaps in care, as well as how the technology can be leveraged to enable identification of potentially adverse medication prescriptions and combinations. (businesswire.com)
  • Additionally, insights from the Leumit Health Services pilot show that FeelBetter's technology can help improve financial management of hospital systems by identifying the senior patients who are at risk prior to hospitalization. (businesswire.com)
  • The study with Brigham and Women's Hospital will enable us to further validate our solution's ability to personalize medication regimens and improve patient journeys, while supporting efforts to transition to value-based care. (businesswire.com)
  • The study, " Real-life experience with high-frequency chest wall oscillation vest therapy in adults with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis " [2], found that initiating airway clearance with noninvasive HFCWO therapy is associated with keeping patients out of the hospital, reducing their need for medications, and improving quality of life. (rtmagazine.com)
  • This functional role is vital in the frail, elderly patient as the nurse has the ability to slow the process of deconditioning and make the hospital experience less frightening, hence reducing risks associated with hospitalization. (ukessays.com)
  • this is because such complications usually arise from other sources which have no relation to the condition the patient presented with on admission to hospital. (ukessays.com)
  • A data base was created by analysis of the hospital documents of 34 patients hospitalized due to organophosphate intoxication. (aaem.pl)
  • anjay A, Siddheshwar V, Sheshrao S. The Clinico-Demographic Study of Morbidity and Mortality in Patients with Organophosphate Compound Poisoning at Tertiary Care Hospital in Rural India. (aaem.pl)
  • Differently, from the caregivers' perspective, the sadness, suffering and difficulty are addressed in the hospital experience, either through hospitalization itself, through the treatment offered to the patient, or even, through the change in their routine. (bvsalud.org)
  • With nearly 2500 COVID-19 patients admitted and then discharged from Lee Health since the beginning of the pandemic, hospital officials are hoping that the downward trend continues. (abc-7.com)
  • Linear regression analysis showed that LoS, hospital level, and previous surgery were key determinants of hospitalization costs in all immobile patients with stroke. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Subgroup analysis indicated that hospital level was highly correlated with hospitalization costs for IHS whereas pneumonia and deep vein thrombosis were key factors associated with hospitalization costs for IIS. (biomedcentral.com)
  • LoS and hospital level may greatly affect hospitalization costs. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Hospital admission for children with eating disorders approximately tripled during the COVID-19 pandemic, based on data from 85 patients. (medscape.com)
  • The Child & Adolescent Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Programs in the UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital offer practical alternatives to hospitalization and traditional outpatient services for kids and teens experiencing significant mental health concerns. (uclahealth.org)
  • Most patients were male , had no life partner, studied no more than the middle school , had no occupation and lived in the city of hospital assistance. (bvsalud.org)
  • Female patients , living in cities other than the hospital 's, with involuntary or mandatory hospitalizations and in use of a second-generation antipsychotic (SGA) and a first-generation antipsychotic (FGA) were associated to a longer length of stay . (bvsalud.org)
  • Septicemia or sepsis hospitalizations are those with a diagnosis code of 038, 995.91, or 995.92, based on the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification , in any of seven diagnoses fields of the National Hospital Discharge Survey. (cdc.gov)
  • The JAMA study, based on hospital discharge data, found that the cost of amphetamine-related hospitalizations had jumped from $436 million in 2003 to nearly $2.2 billion by 2015. (go.com)
  • Patients with hypogonadism had greater odds of hospital admission than those with eugonadism. (news-medical.net)
  • No differences were found in the median time spent in hospital, ICU, or on ventilator among patients with hypogonadism, eugonadism, and those receiving TTh. (news-medical.net)
  • Regression analyses were used to examine patient and hospital characteristics for factors associated with changes in costs and length of stay. (eurekalert.org)
  • Patients who were older, had additional medical conditions, and were put on mechanical ventilation had higher hospitalization costs, longer stays in the hospital, and increased risk of death. (eurekalert.org)
  • Meanwhile, 980 people are in hospital with the illness, including 39 intensive care unit patients. (yahoo.com)
  • Last week, there were 843 hospital patients, including 26 in ICU. (yahoo.com)
  • The FDA approval of antiviral drug remdesivir, shown to lower the number of days a COVID patient spends in the hospital, is another step, too. (scrippsnews.com)
  • From all causes there have been numerous other studies, including "A New, Evidence-based Estimate of Patient Harms Associated with Hospital Care" by John T. James, PhD that estimates 400,000 unnecessary deaths annually in hospitals alone. (wikipedia.org)
  • A duty was owed: a legal duty exists whenever a hospital or health care provider undertakes care or treatment of a patient. (wikipedia.org)
Predictors3
Pandemic4
  • Latinx populations have been more heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic than the general population of the US, including higher rates of hospitalization due to COVID-19 in eastern Massachusetts. (jabfm.org)
  • We conducted a qualitative study to better understand the experiences of Latinx and Spanish-speaking patients who had clinically significant COVID-19 in the early months of the pandemic. (jabfm.org)
  • Latinx and Spanish-speaking patients in eastern Massachusetts had specific experiences in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic that were shaped by their living conditions and culture. (jabfm.org)
  • Working with adolescents with eating disorders we saw the increased numbers of both hospitalizations and outpatient referrals during the pandemic," said Thew. (medscape.com)
Median6
  • They used the term "relapses," but noting that the median age for MS hospitalizations was 53 years, by which time many would have transitioned to a secondary-progressive stage of the disease, I wonder about that statement. (everydayhealth.com)
  • Lung cancer patients were taking a median of 11 medications, prostate cancer patients were at 10, and those with breast cancer were on a median of 6 therapies. (jefferson.edu)
  • Testosterone levels were measured after COVID-19 recovery for the remaining patients, with a median interval of six months between COVID-19 and hormone measurements. (news-medical.net)
  • For hospitalized patients overall, the median length of stay was six days, median total cost was $11,267 and median cost per day was $1,772. (eurekalert.org)
  • For ICU patients, the median length of stay was five days with a median total cost of $13,443 and a median cost per day of $2,902. (eurekalert.org)
  • From 2011 to 2014, 1,234 patients with STEMI were included with a median follow-up of 4.8 years. (lu.se)
Outpatient4
  • Researchers matched spouses of patients admitted to the ICU for more than two days with people randomly selected from the Japan Medical Data Center database of 6 million inpatient and outpatient health insurance claims between January 2005 and August 2018. (reachmd.com)
  • as did the proportion of patients discharged to partial hospitalization, residential, or inpatient psychiatric treatment rather than discharged home with outpatient therapy (56.2% vs. 75.0%, P = .04). (medscape.com)
  • Treatment is recommended while the patient is still COVID positive, usually within seven days of a positive test, and is administered in a safe, outpatient location. (ynhhs.org)
  • UCLA Child & Adolescent PHP and IOP Programs: ABC Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP), Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP), KidsConnect Partial Outpatient Program (PHP), Pediatric OCD Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). (uclahealth.org)
Avoidable2
  • Study results will include estimates of the potential annual reduction in total medical expenditure driven by FeelBetter's technology, particularly those associated with avoidable emergency department visits and hospitalizations. (businesswire.com)
  • A recent retrospective pilot with 153,000 managed care patients at Leumit Health Services, one of the largest healthcare services providers in Israel, showed that usage of the FeelBetter solution can help organizations synthesize and analyze healthcare data from multiple sources to accurately report which patients are affected most from sub-optimal polypharmacy and are likely to have an avoidable hospitalization within 30-90 days. (businesswire.com)
20221
  • The Overcoming COVID-19 network conducted a test-negative, case-control study at 20 pediatric hospitals in 17 states during July 1, 2021-January 17, 2022, to assess effectiveness of maternal completion of a 2-dose primary mRNA COVID-19 vaccination series during pregnancy against COVID-19 hospitalization in infants. (cdc.gov)
Demographics1
Methods3
  • The relaxation of restrictions that prohibited telephonic and virtual counseling/peer support meant that counselors and peers were able to innovate new methods for providing patient support. (springer.com)
  • Methods - A cohort of patients treated for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma was developed using administrative data. (ices.on.ca)
  • Methods: All stable MHD patients treated in our center from 2007 to 2011 were enrolled into this study. (researchsquare.com)
Retrospective3
  • In the largest retrospective population-based study to date, Jefferson researchers showed that hospitalization increase by as much as 114% in patients battling breast, prostate, and lung cancers, when those patients took 15 or more medications prior to chemotherapy treatment. (jefferson.edu)
  • All stable adult MHD patients in our center during the period January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2011, were included in this retrospective study. (researchsquare.com)
  • The research was duly registered in SISNEP (0119.0.133.000- 11), being an observational and epidemiological study using descriptive statistical procedure and retrospective secondary data using medical records of patients diagnosed with facial fractures treated by Oral and Maxillofacial Service. (bvsalud.org)
Risk17
  • A phase 3 trial of Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics' oral antiviral treatment molnupiravir showed it reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by around 50% in Covid patients. (cnbc.com)
  • and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics said Friday they've developed a drug that reduces the risk of hospitalization or death by around 50% for patients with mild or moderate cases of Covid. (cnbc.com)
  • Molnupiravir's efficacy was not affected by the timing of symptom onset or patients' underlying risk factors, the study showed. (cnbc.com)
  • Older patients take anywhere between 5-15 medications per year, which increases the risk that some of the drugs will counteract each other. (jefferson.edu)
  • The use of sodium polystyrene sulfonate is associated with a higher risk of hospitalization for serious adverse GI events. (nih.gov)
  • The pilot will evaluate the ability of FeelBetter's SaaS solution to predict which senior patients, with multiple chronic conditions and complex medication regimens, are at risk of deterioration and hospitalization. (businesswire.com)
  • This study is the first to suggest ICU admission of a spouse may be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease events and hospitalization in the other spouse. (reachmd.com)
  • In modeling 25(OH)D as a log-transformed continuous variable, the greatest risk for hospitalization and death was observed at lower 25(OH)D concentrations. (nih.gov)
  • According to the national risk matrix , which takes the number of hospitalizations and daily infection indicators into account, Estonia's current rate of coronavirus spread is very high. (err.ee)
  • Is male hypogonadism a risk factor for hospitalization for COVID-19? (news-medical.net)
  • Therefore, advanced age and comorbidities, the known risk factors for COVID-19-induced hospitalization, are linked to hypogonadism, raising speculations that hypogonadism is also a risk factor for COVID-19-associated hospitalization among males. (news-medical.net)
  • In the present study, researchers investigated the association of male hypogonadism with COVID-19 hospitalization risk. (news-medical.net)
  • A similar hospitalization risk was noted between males with eugonadism and those receiving TTh. (news-medical.net)
  • Males receiving TTh had a similar hospitalization risk as those with eugonadism. (news-medical.net)
  • Our review of interim results from an ongoing safety study of Prolia suggests an increased risk of hypocalcemia, or low calcium levels in the blood, in patients with advanced kidney disease. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Our review of the interim results from this ongoing safety study suggests an increased risk of hypocalcemia with Prolia in patients with advanced kidney disease. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Preliminary results from a separate internal FDA study investigating the risk of hypocalcemia suggest that patients on dialysis treated with Prolia are at substantial risk for severe and symptomatic hypocalcemia, including hospitalization and death. (medlineplus.gov)
Interquartile range1
  • The mean duration of hospitalization was 48.5 (9-272) days, with an interquartile range (IQR) of 22 days. (who.int)
Gastrointestinal Diseases2
Elderly5
  • There are various complications that are associated with hospitalization of the elderly person. (ukessays.com)
  • Hospitalization of an elderly person may have an 'irreversible decline in functional status and a change in quality and style of life' (Creditor, 1994, pg219). (ukessays.com)
  • Complications Associated with Hospitalization of Elderly People. (ukessays.com)
  • The number of hospitalizations has also gone up since there has been an increase in the number of infections among the elderly. (err.ee)
  • We abstracted hospitalization records from 1991 through 2004 from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services data set, which contains records of all Medicare recipients and includes 93% to 96% of elderly individuals residing in the United States. (aphapublications.org)
Hospitals9
  • LEE COUNTY, Fla. - The last time Lee Health had only 100 patients isolated at their hospitals was May 26. (abc-7.com)
  • Today, operational bed capacity at Lee Health hospitals is at 83 percent with only 8.5 percent of those beds being occupied by COVID-19 patients. (abc-7.com)
  • Officials at Lee Health said the amount of COVID-19 patients in their hospitals are similar to the average flu season. (abc-7.com)
  • The aim of this research was to analyze the mean time of hospitalization in patients with facial fractures who underwent surgical treatment at two hospitals of emergency and trauma in Paraiba - Brazil from January 2012 to December 2014. (bvsalud.org)
  • The number of hospitalizations is likely to climb to 550 in the coming days (525, as of Wednesday - ed), will reach 600 by the end of October and up to 700 by mid-November, which is the estimated maximum capacity of Estonian hospitals. (err.ee)
  • Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health, reported 228 patients in ICU, the same number reported Sunday, however it's important to note that not all hospitals report data on the weekends. (cbc.ca)
  • Hospitals are bracing for another surge of COVID-19 patients, but doctors do see some positive developments in the fight against the virus. (scrippsnews.com)
  • Hospitals are bracing for another surge of COVID-19 patients. (scrippsnews.com)
  • For example, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently says that 75,000 patients die annually, in hospitals alone, from infections alone - just one cause of harm in just one kind of care setting. (wikipedia.org)
Characteristics2
  • This increase may be driven both by interruptions in medical care and increased psychological distress, but data on changes in patient characteristics and hospitalization course are lacking, they said. (medscape.com)
  • Monthly trends showed overall average hospitalization costs decreased by 26 percent and average overall length of stay decreased from 13 to 10 days from April to December, adjusted for differences in the ages, COVID-19 case severity, and other characteristics of hospitalized patients over the study period. (eurekalert.org)
Complications5
  • There is a high rate of complications in patients who require intensive care and intubation. (who.int)
  • In 31 patients (25%) delayed discharge was due to complications: in 14 patients (11.4%) because of GIT problems, in 16 patients (13%) because of infectious complications and in one patient because of cardiotoxicity. (nature.com)
  • reported in a prospective study of 58 SAH patients that a negative energy balance during the first 7 days after SAH correlated with the number of infectious complications 10 . (nature.com)
  • We found that hospitalization costs were notably higher in IHS than IIS, and medicine fees accounted for the largest proportion of hospitalization costs in both patient groups, perhaps because most patients ended up with complications such as pneumonia thereby requiring more medications. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In addition, previous reports have not focused on the hospitalization costs for immobile patients with stroke, who are often chronically impaired in their movement, often resulting in other comorbidities or medical complications that increase the economic burden to a certain extent [ 13 , 14 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
Intensive care5
  • Having a spouse in a hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) may make a person more likely to have a heart attack or cardiac-related hospitalization themselves within a few weeks of the ICU admission, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal Circulation . (reachmd.com)
  • The team collected data on the hospitalization duration, intensive care unit (ICU) or ventilator requirement, and the duration of ventilation. (news-medical.net)
  • COVID-19 hospitalizations jumped from 843 to 980 in the latest reporting week, while the number of intensive care unit patients increased from 26 to 39, data shows. (yahoo.com)
  • About 26% of Indiana's intensive care unit beds are occupied by COVID patients. (ibj.com)
  • Delirium is also common after surgery and among nursing home residents and intensive care unit (ICU) patients. (msdmanuals.com)
Polypharmacy1
  • Polypharmacy, defined as patients taking 5 or more medications, is a serious problem in patients," says Ginah Nightingale , PharmD, an associate professor in the College of Pharmacy at Thomas Jefferson University, who is an emerging leader in the field of geriatric polypharmacy . (jefferson.edu)
Data10
  • This report presents age-stratified COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates for patients admitted during March 1-28, 2020, and clinical data on patients admitted during March 1-30, 2020, the first month of U.S. surveillance. (cdc.gov)
  • The comprehensive real-world data we looked at gives us a sense of what's happening today, and offers clues on how we could reduce hospitalizations in older cancer patients," says senior author Grace Lu-Yao , PhD, associate director of Population Science at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC)-Jefferson Health. (jefferson.edu)
  • By looking at hospitalization rates in the 6-months leading up to the start of chemotherapy, we were able to get a baseline, or 'before' data point for these patients, that we could compare against the rates of hospitalization after chemo," said Dr. Lu-Yao. (jefferson.edu)
  • Researchers evaluated data for any visit for cardiovascular disease, hospitalization for cardiovascular diseases, and severe cardiovascular events. (reachmd.com)
  • since then, the S-Alb target of more than 4.0 g/dl is still being used today for MHD patients, few studies have discussed whether the upper limit should be set for S-Alb in MHD patients, few data are available on the non-linear association between serum albumin (S-Alb) level and prognosis in MHD patients. (researchsquare.com)
  • The data was collected from patients ' records in loco. (bvsalud.org)
  • Health Minister Christine Elliott said hospitalization data remains unavailable for a second day in a row. (cbc.ca)
  • Data from this subset of providers are used to calculate the percentages of patient visits for respiratory illness by age group. (cdc.gov)
  • Alberta's COVID-19 death toll climbed by more than 30, while hospitalizations spiked by nearly 140, provincial data shows. (yahoo.com)
  • The state released the latest statistics for so-called breakthrough cases, hospitalizations and deaths on Thursday, reflecting data through Sept. 26. (ibj.com)
Study23
  • For this study, 372 patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (a measure of heart function) and depression were randomly assigned to receive escitalopram or matching placebo in addition to optimal heart failure therapy. (sciencedaily.com)
  • We study a policy change that raised patient cost sharing for the supplemental insurer for retired public employees in California. (harvard.edu)
  • An interim analysis of a phase 3 study found that 7.3% of patients treated with molnupiravir were hospitalized within 29 days. (cnbc.com)
  • A new study reviewed hospitalization rates and reasons for admission of patients in the United States using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample for 2001 to 2010. (everydayhealth.com)
  • Using semi-structured phone interviews and electronic health record (EHR) review, this study examined patient understanding about their inpatient care and discharge plan. (ahrq.gov)
  • This study observed chronic respiratory patients receiving HFCWO therapy, an airway clearance technique that uses a fitted vest to apply external chest wall oscillations in an attempt to combat these issues. (rtmagazine.com)
  • As an added benefit beyond the results of the study, the Philips InCourage System is uniquely supported by patient-centric services designed to optimize product use, improve patient-provider communication, and encourage therapy adherence. (rtmagazine.com)
  • This study shows positive results that HFCWO therapy delivered by the InCourage system, coupled with RespirTech's patient-centered service model, can help to reduce hospitalizations and antibiotic use for chronic respiratory patients, while also improving their overall quality of life. (rtmagazine.com)
  • Conclusions - In this observational study, aspirin use was not associated with an increase in mortality rates or HF readmission rates, and aspirin did not attenuate the benefits of ACE inhibitors, even in patients without coronary disease, patients with renal dysfunction, or patients treated with high-dose aspirin and low-dose ACE inhibitors. (ices.on.ca)
  • The aim of the study was to present the clinical manifestation and cholinesterase level changes in intoxication with organophosphorus compounds in patients. (aaem.pl)
  • This study aimed at analyzing the Social Representations of patients with chronic diseases and their caregivers about hospitalization. (bvsalud.org)
  • The objective of this study was to assess emergency department visits and unplanned hospitalizations for these patients during and immediately after their treatment. (ices.on.ca)
  • In this study, we aimed to analyze the hospitalization costs for immobile patients with hemorrhagic stroke (IHS) or ischemic stroke (IIS) in China and to determine the factors associated with hospitalization costs. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The present study was derived from a research project of the National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China, which aimed to develop a standardized nursing intervention model (SNIM) among immobile patients with stroke. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 18 years and underwent MHD for at least 3 months, exclusion criteria were hospitalization within 3 months before the study, combined with uncured malignant tumor or active liver disease. (researchsquare.com)
  • The most sophisticated study is videourodynamics, the criterion standard in the evaluation of a patient with incontinence. (medscape.com)
  • Among 3,143 counties and county-equivalents included in the study, less than 1% of counties either had no change (n=7) or decreased (n=20) hospitalization rates since 1999. (medrxiv.org)
  • Amphetamine-related hospitalizations jumped by about 245 percent from 2008 to 2015, according to a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (go.com)
  • Most of the hospitalizations in the study are believed to be due to methamphetamine use. (go.com)
  • A new study published in Advances in Therapy provides the first comprehensive analysis of the hospitalization costs for COVID-19 patients, the factors associated with costs and length of stay, and the monthly trends of costs and length of stay from April to December 2020 in the United States. (eurekalert.org)
  • In the current study, all patients were identified through the DANAMI-3-iPOST database. (lu.se)
  • citation needed] Another study notes that about 1.14 million patient-safety incidents occurred among the 37 million hospitalizations in the Medicare population over the years 2000-2002. (wikipedia.org)
  • Furthermore, the study found that the most common result of this negligence was death of the patient. (wikipedia.org)
Clinical3
  • Spouses of ICU patients should pay attention to their own physical health, especially in terms of cardiovascular disease," said the study's senior author Hiroyuki Ohbe, M.D., M.P.H., a Ph.D. student in the department of clinical epidemiology and health economics in the School of Public Health at The University of Tokyo in Japan. (reachmd.com)
  • Additionally, from a clinical perspective there seemed to be many younger-age patients with eating disorders presenting to the inpatient units who seemed sicker," she noted. (medscape.com)
  • The preliminary diagnosis is based on clinical features, places and dates of the patient and their activities. (bvsalud.org)
Healthcare6
  • The number of people needing hospitalization overstretched healthcare systems and the resources available, particularly in the early months of 2020. (who.int)
  • Using Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality patient safety indicators (PSIs), the authors defined multiple patient safety events (MPSEs) as the occurrence of multiple PSIs during a single hospitalization. (rand.org)
  • The question is whether we can work with patients and their multiple healthcare providers to de-prescribe medicines that might no longer be essential and may interfere with their cancer care," says Dr. Nightingale. (jefferson.edu)
  • Innovative programs to reduce overdose deaths, engage patients in substance use treatment and decrease associated healthcare costs are needed. (springer.com)
  • Chronic respiratory conditions, like bronchiectasis and COPD, contribute to significant healthcare costs each year between hospitalizations and readmissions. (rtmagazine.com)
  • If you're a patient, please refer your questions to your healthcare provider. (cdc.gov)
Epidemiology1
  • Ongoing monitoring of hospitalization rates is critical to understanding the evolving epidemiology of COVID-19 in the United States and to guide planning and prioritization of health care resources. (cdc.gov)
20203
  • 9 While CATCH medical providers and social workers were largely reassigned to overburdened medical departments in late March 2020, peers and addiction counselors remained available for patient outreach. (springer.com)
  • Thirteen qualitative, semistructured, phone interviews were conducted between December 2020 and April 2021 with Latinx and Spanish-speaking patients who had experienced clinically significant COVID-19 in the metro-north Boston area. (jabfm.org)
  • Veteran patients receiving care in US Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) health care facilities with a positive severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) test and a blood 25(OH)D test between February 20, 2020, and November 8, 2020, followed for up to 60 days. (nih.gov)
Medicare2
  • The savings from increased cost sharing accrue mostly to the supplemental insurer, while the costs of increased hospitalization accrue mostly to Medicare. (harvard.edu)
  • The researchers identified a pool of 13,959 patients with prostate, lung, and breast cancer from a national database of Medicare cancer patients. (jefferson.edu)
Older adults2
  • These findings suggest that older adults have elevated rates of COVID-19-associated hospitalization and the majority of persons hospitalized with COVID-19 have underlying medical conditions. (cdc.gov)
  • Because the database includes only patients with employment health insurance, it may limit the ability to generalize the findings to other populations such as older adults or those without insurance. (reachmd.com)
Rates8
Involuntary2
  • The American Association for the Abolition of Involuntary Mental Hospitalization (AAAIMH) was an organization founded in 1970 by Thomas Szasz, George Alexander, and Erving Goffman for the purpose of abolishing involuntary psychiatric intervention, particularly involuntary commitment. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the Platform Statement of the association, one can read: Throughout the entire history of psychiatry, involuntary psychiatric interventions, and especially involuntary mental hospitalization, have been regarded as morally and professionally legitimate procedures. (wikipedia.org)
Results4
  • Results showed that when representing hospitalization, patients with chronic diseases, regardless of their age group, emphasize the importance of care by health professionals and their caregivers in the hospitalization process. (bvsalud.org)
  • New Haven, CT (September 1, 2021) - While not a new treatment, monoclonal antibody therapy is being administered more regularly and effectively to patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 with excellent results. (ynhhs.org)
  • Results: S-Alb was independent protective factor for mortality, all-cause hospitalization, hospitalization for cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease and hospitalization for infection. (researchsquare.com)
  • In patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), ischemic postconditioning (iPOST) have shown ambiguous results in minimizing reperfusion injury. (lu.se)
Higher2
  • The researchers found that lung cancer patients taking between 5-9 medications had a 42% higher rate of hospitalization, those taking 10-14 medications had a 75% increase, and those taking over 15 medications prior to chemotherapy had a 114% higher rate compared to patients taking fewer than five medicines. (jefferson.edu)
  • Patients receiving CCRT had a statistically higher likelihood of treatment period events. (ices.on.ca)
Chronic4
  • Investigators have examined whether 24 months of treatment with the antidepressant escitalopram would improve mortality, illness, and mood in patients with chronic heart failure and depression. (sciencedaily.com)
  • These findings do not support the use of escitalopram in patients with chronic systolic heart failure and depression," the authors write. (sciencedaily.com)
  • from them, 30 were hospitalized chronic patients and 35 were their caregivers. (bvsalud.org)
  • The treatment is offered to patients over age 65, or those who are obese, have chronic conditions like diabetes, heart failure or kidney disease. (ynhhs.org)
Patient's4
  • Older patients see multiple specialists, and those specialists rarely coordinate with each other to ensure that the medications are absolutely essential, or weighed against a patient's priorities. (jefferson.edu)
  • The plaintiff is/ was the patient, or a legally designated party acting on behalf of the patient, or - in the case of a wrongful death suit - the executor or administrator of a deceased patient's estate. (wikipedia.org)
  • Thus, when a patient claims injury as the result of a medical professional's care, a malpractice case will most often be based upon one of three theories: Failure to diagnose: a medical professional is alleged to have failed to diagnose an existing medical condition, or to have provided an incorrect diagnoses for the patient's medical condition. (wikipedia.org)
  • Failure to warn: a medical professional is alleged to have treated the patient without first warning the patient of known risks and obtaining the patient's informed consent to that course of treatment. (wikipedia.org)
Severe6
  • Clinicians should be more aware of the rise in patients presenting with eating disorders at younger ages to their clinics and provide early interventions to prevent severe illness and medical instability," said Thew. (medscape.com)
  • More research is needed on early interventions and recognition of eating disorders for preteens and teens to prevent severe illness, as is research on how the younger patient with an eating disorder may present differently to the primary care doctor or emergency department, she said. (medscape.com)
  • Facial trauma, especially facial fractures, sets biopsychosocial severe effects for victim´s, may cause temporary or permanent incapacitation, even patient death. (bvsalud.org)
  • The focus is on mild and moderate cases, but includes the potential expansion to treat severe and critical patients. (who.int)
  • In addition, adverse event reports submitted to FDA showed severe and symptomatic hypocalcemia, including hospitalization and death, is occurring in patients with advanced kidney disease treated with Prolia. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The severe version of the disease, that requires hospitalization, is unusual and it is shows low lethality. (bvsalud.org)
Infection3
Deaths4
  • No deaths were reported in patients who were given molnupiravir within the 29-day period, while eight deaths were reported in placebo-treated patients. (cnbc.com)
  • Older patients also make up the majority of cancer patients, and the majority of cancer deaths. (jefferson.edu)
  • The surge in hospitalizations and deaths due to amphetamines "is just totally off the radar," said Jane Maxwell, an addiction researcher. (go.com)
  • Both doctors warn, though, with new COVID cases and hospitalizations climbing, an uptick in deaths is what comes next. (scrippsnews.com)
Hospitalized Covid patients3
  • Despite another week of record high case counts, hospitalized Covid patients, and patients needing ICU treatment, Governor Phil Scott and his Covid team will not make any substantive policy changes to stop the spread of the virus. (mountaintimes.info)
  • As of Dec. 7, 74% of hospitalized Covid patients were unvaccinated. (mountaintimes.info)
  • We spoke with two doctors treating hospitalized COVID patients. (scrippsnews.com)
Psychiatric2
  • Trivedi said many psychiatric patients are also meth users. (go.com)
  • The association provided legal help to psychiatric patients and published a journal, The Abolitionist. (wikipedia.org)
Cohort1
  • Continuous blood 25(OH)D concentrations are independently associated with COVID-19-related hospitalization and mortality in an inverse dose-response relationship in this large racially and ethnically diverse cohort of VA patients. (nih.gov)
Partial1
Death2
  • The social and economic losses of patients with aSAH in the event of death or inability to return to society are therefore substantial 3 . (nature.com)
  • Medical malpractice is professional negligence by act or omission by a health care provider in which the treatment provided falls below the accepted standard of practice in the medical community and causes injury or death to the patient, with most cases involving medical error. (wikipedia.org)
Significantly associated2
Conclusions1
  • Conclusions - Patients undergoing treatment for head and neck cancer have significant unplanned hospitalizations and visits to the emergency department in the treatment period. (ices.on.ca)
Days3
  • The average length of stay for MS patients was 5.8, compared with 4.5 days for non-MS patients. (everydayhealth.com)
  • Discharge was delayed in 33 patients (27%) and the mean prolongation was 3 days (1-11). (nature.com)
  • The number of unplanned hospitalizations or ED visits (per 100 patient days) were 0.69 for surgery, 0.78 for surgery followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT), 0.55 for surgery followed by radiotherapy, 0.86 for CCRT, and 0.50 for radiation. (ices.on.ca)
Interventions1
  • Anesthesiology patient handoff education interventions: a systematic review. (ahrq.gov)
Covid-1916
  • To conduct population-based surveillance for laboratory-confirmed COVID-19-associated hospitalizations in the United States, the COVID-19-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network (COVID-NET) was created using the existing infrastructure of the Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network (FluSurv-NET) ( 4 ) and the Respiratory Syncytial Virus Hospitalization Surveillance Network (RSV-NET). (cdc.gov)
  • To identify the reasons for prolonged hospitalization after recovery for COVID-19 patients in the United Arab Emirates. (who.int)
  • Only a few studies have explored the reasons for hospitalization after apparent recovery from COVID-19. (who.int)
  • Lee Health is on track to be under 100 COVID-19 patients for the first time since May. (abc-7.com)
  • The medication is delivered through infusion after a positive COVID-19 diagnosis and is indicated for patients with mild to moderate disease who are not hospitalized. (ynhhs.org)
  • After adjusting for all covariates, including race/ethnicity and poverty, there was a significant independent inverse dose-response relationship between increasing continuous 25(OH)D concentrations (from 15 to 60 ng/mL) and decreasing probability of COVID-19-related hospitalization (from 24.1 to 18.7%, p=0.009) and mortality (from 10.4 to 5.7%, p=0.001). (nih.gov)
  • Moreover, male COVID-19 patients are more likely to be hospitalized than females. (news-medical.net)
  • Patients were excluded if hormone levels were measured less than one month before COVID-19 or only at the time of acute illness. (news-medical.net)
  • TTh patients were included if they had been receiving the treatment for a minimum of six months before COVID-19 diagnosis. (news-medical.net)
  • Pre-COVID-19 testosterone measurements were performed in 525 patients. (news-medical.net)
  • Overall, 134 patients required hospitalization due to COVID-19. (news-medical.net)
  • The findings of this initial comprehensive analysis provide crucial information on and context for COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States. (eurekalert.org)
  • https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstr eams/1273270/retrieve , This module is a training application of the operational guidance for `Community Facilities to Care for COVID-19 Patients' which was developed by Participants are also encouraged to the EMT Secretariat with support from other WHO departments. (who.int)
  • In parts of Texas, COVID-19 hospitalizations have roughly quadrupled in just a few weeks. (scrippsnews.com)
  • Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 decreased from 2,129 on Tuesday to 2,055 on Wednesday, the department said. (ibj.com)
  • The numbers, which are updated weekly, showed that 39,176 Hoosiers who had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 have since tested positive for the virus, while 845 required hospitalization and 334 died. (ibj.com)
Factors2
  • The better understanding about the mean time of hospitalization of victim's facial trauma is significant because supplies necessary information for development and assessment of measures for reducing this time, factors determine and more agility in treating to these patients return to normal activities. (bvsalud.org)
  • The two next most important factors in the design are patient typology and expected bed capacity. (who.int)
Significant3
  • There was no significant improvement on a measure of depression for patients in the escitalopram group. (sciencedaily.com)
  • We conclude that in spite of rapid engraftment, non-hematological toxicities and infections remain important limitations for further reduction of the length of patient hospitalization in a significant number of patients after PBSCT. (nature.com)
  • In patients treated with thrombectomy (n = 714), there was no significant difference between iPOST (17%, 49/291) and conventional treatment (17%, 72/423) on the primary end point (unadjusted HR 1.01, 95% CI 0.70 to 1.45, p = 0.95). (lu.se)
Findings1
  • Previous findings show beneficial effects of iPOST in patients with STEMI treated without thrombectomy. (lu.se)
Prevalence1
Disease4
  • Background - The safety of aspirin in heart failure (HF) has been called into question, particularly in those patients (1) without coronary disease, (2) with renal dysfunction, or (3) treated with low-dose angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and high-dose aspirin. (ices.on.ca)
  • Although they survived the disease, hospitalization had serious impacts on the mental and physical health of participants, including the remnants of trauma from hospitalization itself. (jabfm.org)
  • Because of the frequency and seriousness of these risks, we are alerting health care professionals and patients about them and that we are continuing to evaluate this potential safety issue with Prolia use in patients with advanced kidney disease, particularly those on dialysis. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Delirium can be a common presenting symptom in older patients with a viral disease. (msdmanuals.com)
Treatment5
  • Dec. 1, 2021 A medication originally used for patients with diabetes is the first to help people with heart failure and could revolutionize treatment. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The older patients get, typically the more complex their care becomes - this is especially true when cancer treatment is combined with pre-existing conditions," says co-author Andrew Chapman , DO, co-director of the Senior Adult Oncology Center and chief of Cancer Services at the SKCC. (jefferson.edu)
  • Emergency department visits and hospitalizations in the 90-day post-treatment period was determined. (ices.on.ca)
  • Any patients who feel that this treatment is appropriate for them should contact their primary care physician for a referral. (ynhhs.org)
  • Patients should not stop Prolia treatment without first consulting your health care professional, as stopping may worsen your bone condition. (medlineplus.gov)
Rate1
  • From 2000 to 2007, the rate of hospitalization for septicemia or sepsis for persons aged 65--74 years increased 57%, from 6.5 per 1,000 to 10.2, and the rate for persons aged 75--84 years increased 52%, from 11.7 per 1,000 to 17.8. (cdc.gov)
Risks2
  • Health care professionals should consider the risks of hypocalcemia with the use of Prolia in patients on dialysis. (medlineplus.gov)
  • When Prolia is used in these patients, adequate calcium and vitamin D supplementation and frequent blood calcium monitoring, possibly more often than is already being conducted, may help decrease the likelihood or severity of these risks. (medlineplus.gov)