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Disparities in Mortality, Readmissions, Across US Hospitals
A new study shows racial and socioeconomic disparities in outcome for MI, heart failure, and pneumonia, but findings suggest they stem not from level of care but larger...
46 seconds ago - Medscape
Pelzman's Picks: Chronic Pain and Suicide
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20 minutes ago - MedPageToday
Brigham and Women's Hospital Researchers Share Findings at ASTROs Annual Meeting
Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital presented new findings at ASTROs 59th Annual Meeting: The Healing Art and Science of Radiation Oncology 2017, organized by the...
2 hours ago - BWH
Leesburg Regional opens new emergency department
Leesburg Regional Medical Center opened today its new emergency department, featuring 24 new patient beds, new equipment and a larger lobby. The $27-million-expansion increases...
2 hours ago - Orlando Sentinel - 5 articles
Duodenoscopes likely cause of first nosocomial mcr-1 transmission in US
Duodenoscopes were the likely cause of the first nosocomial transmission of the mobile colistin resistance gene mcr-1 in the United States, researchers reported in Clinical...
3 hours ago - Healio
Man who lost ALL his limbs from infection caused by a dog lick speaks out
Speaking in a video put out by his doctors at Froedtert Hospital, Greg Manteufel, 48, describes watching the bacteria take over his body, and telling doctors he would try...
4 hours ago - Daily Mail
Howard H. Steel, MD, pediatric and orthopedic pioneer, dies at 97
Howard H. Steel, MD , founder of the pediatric spinal cord injury unit at the Shriners Hospitals for Children in Philadelphia, died at the age of 97 on Sept. 5, 2018. “was an...
5 hours ago - Healio
Woman, 20, has life-changing spinal surgery for cerebral palsy
Jade Owen, from Bridgend in Wales, used the money from the huge donation to travel to St Louis Children's Hospital in Missouri for an operation on nerves in her spine to reduce...
5 hours ago - Daily Mail
Nicotine replacement therapy safe for smokers hospitalized with CHD
The short-term use of nicotine replacement therapy among smokers hospitalized for CHD did not affect rates of mortality, length of stay or 1-month readmission, suggesting it is...
6 hours ago - Healio - 2 articles
Adjustment for more patient factors reduces hospital variation in readmission rates
When adjusting for additional clinical and social variables, hospital variation in readmission rates are reduced, according to findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine. “In...
7 hours ago - Healio - 2 articles
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Use of muscle relaxants in general anesthesia during certain major operations may increase the risk of respiratory complications after surgery.