Showing posts with label Patient Mortality Rates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Patient Mortality Rates. Show all posts
Saturday, June 4, 2011

When are stroke patients more likely to receive clot busting drugs?

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by Todd Neale, MedPage Today Staff Writer Patients suffering an acute ischemic stroke are about 20% more likely to receive clot-busting the...
Wednesday, May 4, 2011

HIV & AIDS Information :: A third of deaths in patients with HIV are attributable to other serious illness present at time of HIV diagnosis

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A substantial proportion of the mortality in HIV-positive patients is caused by serious illnesses that were present before diagnosis with ...
Friday, April 29, 2011

Nurses Long Work Hours, Scheduling Can Increase Patient Mortality

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A new study has found that patient deaths from pneumonia and acute myocardial infarction were significantly more likely in hospitals where ...
Monday, April 4, 2011

Hospital Acquired Infections Becomes A Leading Cause In Patient Deaths | OneMedPlace

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Patients today are between a rock and a hard place because when they get sick a hospital may be the last place they want to go. Hospital Ac...

The five hospital factors that affect heart attack survival, Science Daily

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Until now, little has been known about the factors that may influence this variation in death rates. The Yale team reviewed 11 hospitals th...
Monday, March 21, 2011

When Nurse Staffing Drops, Mortality Rates Rise: Study

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When nurse staffing levels fell below target levels in a large hospital, more patients died, a new study discovered. The finding may pr...