New York City-based Columbia University scientists have identified the bacteria linked to post-infectious hydrocephalus, the most common cause of pediatric hydrocephalus — a condition in which fluids build up in the cavities deep in the brain.
Patient Safety & Outcomes
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, a machine used to pump and oxygenates a patient's blood outside the body, allowing the heart and lungs to rest, helped a majority of critically ill COVID-19 patients avoid death, a new study shows.
U.S. hospital admissions that are not linked to COVID-19 have partially rebounded since the pandemic's start, but they remain low for patients in majority-Hispanic neighborhoods, according to a new study in Health Affairs.
The state of Colorado shut down a psychiatric hospital in Johnstown and is working to revoke the facility's license, according to ABC affiliate Denver7.
Thursday, September 17 marked the celebration of World Patient Safety Day 2020. Since its inception, World Patient Safety Day has had three primary goals: enhance the global understanding of patient safety, increase public engagement in the safety of health care,…
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COVID-19 hospitalizations in Wisconsin reached a record high this week, placing strain on some hospitals in the state, according to local news station WKOW.
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health will use a $1.4 million grant to establish a screening protocol to assess people for risk of firearm injury.
Researchers from Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine have developed a prediction model to help clinicians forecast if a coronavirus patient's conditions are likely to worsen.
Best practices for sepsis care and recovery offer physicians numerous lessons to promote quicker recoveries for patients with severe COVID-19 cases, two physicians wrote in an op-ed published in JAMA.
The type of treatment that children receive for mental health conditions — and the likelihood they receive follow-up care — varies greatly in the U.S., according to a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.