Sentences with phrase «additional patient deaths»

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The research team's findings also revealed there was a 5.7 % decreased hazard of death per additional 20 patients treated per year per facility.

Patients with suppressed immune systems have higher risks of severe, post-operative infections that are difficult to control, and can result in additional surgery, prolonged antibiotic use, and even death.

That's more than 5 times the risk of death seen in the patients who had no additional non-fatal cardiovascular event while in the study.

Also, septic patients with evidence of cytomegalovirus in plasma, a component of blood, had significantly higher 90 - day death rates than septic patients who tested negative for the virus, although it is not clear whether the cytomegalovirus contributed to the additional deaths.

His hope is that additional research would provide more definitive conclusions to help physicians choose the best medications for patients after a heart attack and, ultimately, «to reduce the too - high rate of death and disability for patients after a heart attack,» Bach said.

To determine whether scientific studies since 2002 found additional evidence on the usefulness of omega - 3 fish oil supplements, the authors focused on studies related to preventing a first heart attack in the general population, or in patients who were at high risk for heart disease, and preventing recurrent events and death in patients who had a prior heart attack, congestive heart failure, stroke, or atrial fibrillation.

Yet another study, a meta - analysis of seven clinical trials involving about 1,150 patients with bleeding ulcers, found that higher doses of proton pump inhibitors did not reduce the risk of additional bleeding, need for surgery, or death more effectively than lower doses did.

The new device «provides an additional, non-surgical option for treating upper and lower GI bleeding in certain patients, and may help reduce the risk of death from a GI bleed for many patients,» said Dr. Binita Ashar, director of the FDA's division of surgical devices.

Drug and medical device manufacturers are supposed to make products that help patients, not place them at additional risk of complication, including death.

Medical malpractice occurs when medical professional acts in a negligent manner, which results in the patient enduring additional injury, suffering, or even death.

After the patient's death, the plaintiff discovered additional evidence suggesting the defendant's actions were the cause of her loved one's quadriplegia and subsequent death.