Patients received antibiotics in about two-thirds of hospitalizations in a two-year period beginning January 2016, a new study shows, leading researchers to conclude that U.S. inpatient antibiotic use "remains high."
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Strokes are more severe and deadly among COVID-19 patients than among people without the disease, a new study shows.
The COVID-19 pandemic could increase the risk of diagnostic errors due to staffing shortages, chaotic work environments and high levels of clinician stress and fatigue, two healthcare quality experts wrote in an article published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
About 22 percent of COVID-19 patients admitted to two New York City hospitals were critically ill, and nearly all had at least one chronic illness, a new study shows.
There is a strong correlation between severe vitamin D deficiency and severe complications among COVID-19 patients, including death, a new study shows.
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Delirium, a mental state marked by intense confusion and emotional disruption, may be common in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, according to a study published in The Lancet Psychiatry.
Here are 28 clinical findings on the new coronavirus, as reported by Becker's Hospital Review in the last five weeks.
More than a third of COVID-19 patients developed acute kidney injury in New York hospitals, a new study shows.
New research suggests surgical experience with related procedures could help when setting volume standards for relatively rare operations, and adjusting credentials based on volume could ensure better patient outcomes, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open.
About 56 percent of COVID-19 patients around the globe are male, and 34 percent are black, according to data from a new global registry.