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Hospitals’ Cardiac Arrest Incidence and Survival Rates Go Hand in HandMeasuring hospitals’ cardiac arrest survival rates appropriate first step in efforts to reduce cardiac arrest deaths. |
Embargo expired: 5/20/2013 4:00 PM EDT
Released: 5/16/2013 2:00 PM EDT
University of Michigan Health System |
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Commonly Used Catheters Double Risk of Blood Clots in ICU and Cancer Patients
U-M study finds peripherally inserted central catheters – an often preferred route for delivery of IV medications — increase risk of blood clots in sickest patients |
Embargo expired: 5/19/2013 7:00 PM EDT
Released: 5/13/2013 9:05 AM EDT
University of Michigan Health System |
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Research Suggests New Role for ECMO in Treating Patients with Cardiac Arrest and Profound ShockProcedure traditionally used during heart surgery and in the ICU may show promise as a rescue strategy for select cardiac arrest patients. |
Embargo expired: 5/17/2013 8:00 AM EDT
Released: 5/15/2013 11:00 AM EDT
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania |
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New Research Identifies Infection and Sepsis-Related Mortality Hotspots Across the U.S.
First Map of Its Kind Reveals Key Areas for Additional Research and Support Services |
Embargo expired: 5/15/2013 11:00 AM EDT
Released: 5/14/2013 9:05 AM EDT
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania |
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Nearly 50 Percent Increase in ICU Admissions, New Study SaysA study released today by George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) researchers offers an in-depth look at hospitals nationwide and admissions to intensive care units (ICU). The study, published in the journal Academic Emergency Medicine, finds a sharp increase—nearly 50 percent—in ICU admissions coming from U.S. emergency departments. |
Embargo expired: 5/14/2013 6:00 PM EDT
Released: 5/14/2013 6:00 PM EDT
George Washington University |
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Passenger Car Drivers Are More Likely to Die in Crashes with SUVs, Regardless of Crash Safety Ratings
Most consumers who are shopping for a new car depend on good crash safety ratings as an indicator of how well the car will perform in a crash. But a new University at Buffalo study of crashes involving cars and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) has found those crash ratings are a lot less relevant than vehicle type. |
Released: 5/14/2013 2:00 PM EDT
University at Buffalo |
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Thousands of Acute and Critical Care Nurses Gather in Boston for Annual Conference, Hosted by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
AACN's National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition features evidence-based best practices in patient care, newest healthcare technology and more May 18-23 in Boston. |
Released: 5/13/2013 5:00 PM EDT
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) |
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Weeks After Stroke, Some Patients Develop Chronic, Debilitating PainNearly 1 in 10 stroke patients suffer chronic and debilitating pain, typically described as sharp, stabbing or burning. It is treatable with medications and magnetic or electrical stimulation of the brain. But physicians often fail to correctly diagnose the condition. |
Released: 5/8/2013 10:40 AM EDT
Loyola University Health System |
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ER Visits for Urinary Tract Infections Add Almost $4 Billion a Year in Unnecessary Health Care CostsGiving patients better access to primary health care could save nearly $4 billion a year in unnecessary emergency room visits for a single common complaint – urinary tract infections – according to a study by the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. |
Embargo expired: 5/6/2013 1:30 PM EDT
Released: 5/3/2013 9:00 AM EDT
Henry Ford Health System |
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Some Prostate Cancer Patients More Likely to Die After Weekend ER VisitsPatients with prostate cancer that has metastasized, or spread, to other parts of the body face a significantly higher risk of dying when visiting a hospital emergency department on the weekend instead of on a weekday, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. |
Embargo expired: 5/5/2013 6:30 PM EDT
Released: 5/3/2013 9:30 AM EDT
Henry Ford Health System |