Infants with bronchiolitis may benefit more from albuterol
...owed a clear advantage for albuterol in successful discharges from the Emergency Department. Although many smaller studies have shown either no difference or an advantage to epinephrine, this surprising result of a small but real advantage in using albuterol may force physicians to reassess their treatment ch...Youth are receiving shorter inpatient stays for mental health treatment
...hemselves. The total number and population rate of discharges did not change, but the total number of inpatient days and the average cost per visit each fell by approximately one half. They also report that transfers to short-term, nursing, and other inpatient facilities declined. "During a decade which saw...September/October Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...d surveillance system, 562,317 acute care hospital discharges were evaluated and 13.8 percent (77,666) were associated with at least one medical injury. Patients who sustained a medical injury were more likely to be older, have a higher comorbidity index and experience a longer length of stay and greater numbe...Meals high in saturated fat impair 'good' cholesterol's ability to protect against clogged arteries
...to the researchers: "In an experimental model, NID discharges across the chest can produce cardiac stimulation at high rates. This study suggests that NIDs may have cardiac risks that require further investigation in humans." The second study, from Cleveland Clinic and Toronto General Hospital, examined how t...Mount Sinai School of Medicine receives prestigious AAMC Grant for Chronic Illness Care education
...s, inpatient admissions, emergency room visits and discharges to various venues. The inpatient and outpatient firms will be aligned in order to facilitate the communication during these hand-offs....The greater the number of bars in a neighborhood, the higher the rates of assault
...ism: Clinical & Experimental Research . "Hospital discharges are carefully tracked throughout the state of California and provide accurate assessments of causes of injury," said Paul J. Gruenewald, senior research scientist at the Prevention Research Center. "Included among these are 'assaults,' or injuries t...New ACC/AHA guidelines released for valvular heart disease
...ut 42,500. There were 95,000 first-listed hospital discharges in 2003 for valvular heart disease. An estimated 95,000 inpatient valve procedures were performed in the United States in 2003. The guidelines discuss evaluating patients with heart murmurs, preventing and treating endocarditis, managing valve dis...Epidemic of unneeded amputations
...ote: --The number of diabetes-related LEA hospital discharges increased by 240 percent between 1980 (33,000) to 2002 (82,000), according to the CDC.--The CDC says the five-year survival rate for all lower extremity amputees is less than 50 percent. For diabetic amputees, the rate is less than 40 percent.--In a ...Air pollution increases death risk in people with certain diseases
...nference on May 22nd. The study looked at hospital discharges for people with these four types of diseases living in 34 cities between 1985 and 1999. The researchers compared this information with 12-month averages of PM10, a type of particulate matter air pollution that includes particles with a diameter of 10...Method for avoiding sudden death
...s in its memory all the arrhythmias and electrical discharges undergone by the patient. About 70 defibrillators of this type are implanted every year in Gipuzkoa - with excellent results. The IAD controls the patient's heart and is automatically activated in a crisis. The defibrillator comes into action within ...Who's vCJD case definition should be revised
...o-encephalogram (EEG), had no periodic synchronous discharges (PSD). The absence of PSD on EEG is one feature that defines vCJD. However, the PSD brainwave pattern appeared 30 months after symptoms developed. There have been no previous reports of PSD on EEG in vCJD, state the authors. Professor Yamada comments...Hospital volume doesn't explain racial disparity in cardiovascular procedure deaths
... is that we used administrative data from hospital discharges and did not have access to detailed clinical information. It is therefore possible that these unmeasured aspects of clinical severity may have partially explained some portion of the relationship between race, volume and post-procedure mortality," he...Animal research suggests new treatment target for epilepsy
...s and certain brain rhythms. The abnormal rhythmic discharges that result may then spread to other parts of the brain. Other types of seizures may also spread this way, including Lennox-Gastaut seizures, a severe form of childhood epilepsy that is often resistant to treatment. "We know that the cortex communic...FDA approves new indication for Topamax as initial monotherapy for adults and children with epilepsy
...terized by seizures, which are abnormal electrical discharges in the brain that temporarily disrupt normal brain function. Seizures are classified as "generalized," originating in both sides of the brain simultaneously, or "partial-onset," starting in one area of the brain. In a double-blind clinical trial, 47...Late peak may have prevented severe flu season from becoming worse
...their kind. In the 2004-2005 flu season, daily CAP discharges peaked at an average of about 7,000 and 8,000, res...seasons had approximately 31 percent more hospital discharges than the 2002-2003 flu season. Due to an unusual shortage of flu vaccine, the later peak of the 2004...Diabetes, hypertension and obesity negatively effect joint replacement outcomes
...se, the likelihood rose to 75 percent. Non-routine discharges are those to another facility where further care is necessary, such as short-term hospitals, intermediate care facilities or home health care. For their analysis, the team consulted the Nationwide Inpatient Samples (NIS) database. The NIS, sponsored ...Study shows non-children's hospitals serve majority of US children
...as for a mental health admission. When compared to discharges in children's hospitals (defined by the National A...he care of children and youth), significantly more discharges in non-children's hospitals were for 15- to 17-year-old females, patients from low-income zip codes,...Different consultants mean different lengths of stay in hospitals
...in carried out a retrospective analysis of data on discharges from the city's St James' Hospital recorded in the hospital in-patient enquiry (HIPE) system between January 1, 2002 and October 31, 2003. HIPE is a national database of coded discharge summaries from 60 acute public hospitals in Ireland. Of the 9,2...