Tag: Hospitals
Same-Day Discharge Increasing for Hip, Knee Arthroplasty
Faster increase seen for total hip arthroplasty, while total knee arthroplasty has slightly higher odds of complications
3 Percent of Youth Testing Positive for COVID-19 in ED Have Severe Outcomes
Age, underlying chronic illness, and symptom duration tied to severe outcomes
U.S. COVID-19 Hospitalizations Pass Last Winter’s Peak
Surge in cases has overwhelmed hospitals nationwide, and about one-quarter face critical staffing shortages
Hospitals Are Rationing COVID-19 Pills, Infusions as Cases Rise
Doctors, health systems are in the difficult position of rationing supplies to meet the needs of those in the most dire situations
U.S. Hospitals Seeing Record Numbers of Young COVID-19 Patients
At least nine states have reported record numbers of COVID-19-related pediatric hospitalizations
Severe Illness, Viral Coinfection Common in Children With COVID-19 Hospitalization
Only one of 272 vaccine-eligible pediatric patients hospitalized with COVID-19 was fully vaccinated
Characteristics of Hospitalized Pregnant Women With Flu ID’d
Likelihood of severe outcomes increased for pregnant women with influenza A H1N1 versus influenza A H3N2
As Omicron Spreads, Child Hospitalizations Climb 30 Percent in Past Week
By Dec. 28, country had an average of 260 pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations each day
SGLT2 Inhibitor Use May Benefit Patients With HFpEF
SGLT2 inhibitor use may reduce the risk for CV death or hospitalization for heart failure in HF patients with preserved ejection fraction
mRNA-1273 Has High Vaccine Effectiveness After Five Months
Vaccine effectiveness 87.4 percent against COVID-19 infection, and 95.8 and 97.9 percent against COVID-19 hospitalization, hospital death
