Search Tag: heart attacks
2016 09 Aug
A new study suggests that patients who have heart attacks or flareups of CHF fare worse in hospitals that rely on intensive care units to care for such patients. The findings are published in CHEST . Findings show that these patients may be half as likely to get proven tests and treatments and are less likely to survive a month after hospital stay....Read more
2015 10 Jul
A new UCLA study reveals that between 2009-2011 sepsis accounted for roughly the same percentage of hospital readmissions in California as heart attacks and congestive heart failure (CHF) — and that it cost the healthcare system more than both of them combined. Annual cost of sepsis-related readmissions in California during the study period was estimated...Read more