The hospital acknowledged the outbreak in a 2017 medical journal and said that staff worked quickly to identify the source
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Insurance gaps linked to five-fold rise in hospital stays for adults with type 1 diabetes
For a million American adults, living with type 1 diabetes means a constant need for insulin medication, blood sugar testing
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Can doctors identify older patients at risk of medication harm following hospital discharge?
Medication-related harm (MRH) is common in older adults following hospital discharge. A new British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study has
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Older age, ICU, poor renal fcn up risk of opioid OD in hospital
(HealthDay)—Risk factors for opioid overdose among hospitalized patients include being age 65 years or older, being in an intensive care
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Acute coronary syndrome patients with short sleep have double odds of hospital readmission
Pilot data from a recent study suggest that patients with short sleep have over two times the odds of readmission
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Less is more when it comes to prescription opioids for hospital patients, study finds
In a pilot study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, Yale researchers significantly reduced doses of opioid painkillers given to hospital
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