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NewsPediatric ICUs have more infections than adult ICUs
Pediatric intensive care units have 20 percent higher infection rates than adult ICUs, according to a new investigation from Consumer Reports. The Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center looked at Read more...
Patients spending less end-of-life time in hospitals
Medicare patients with severe chronic illnesses spent fewer days in the hospital while receiving more hospice care in 2007 than they did in 2003. However, those who were hospitalized were likely to Read more...
Steroids may cut pneumonia risk in trauma patients
Patients who were admitted to an intensive care unit with multiple traumas and received low doses of hydrocortisone for seven days had a 15 percent lower risk of developing hospital-acquired Read more...
MRSA levels dropping in ICUs
According to a government study that appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association involving nearly 600 hospitals nationwide, MRSA is on the decline in hospital intensive care units. Read more...
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