Sentences with phrase «admission after a heart»

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Investigators found that hospital admissions to Tulane Medical Center for heart attacks increased three-folds in the 10 years after Katrina (post-Katrina), compared to the two years before the storm in August 2005 (pre-Katrina).

They found that patients from this group who required admission to intensive or critical care units after surgery were more likely to have a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, chronic kidney disease, or suffering blood loss of more than 1,000 milliliters during surgery or requiring vasopressors (medications that raise low blood pressure) during surgery.

«Our results indicate that the risk of cardiovascular disease, including coronary heart disease and stroke, was increased after hospital admission for sepsis or pneumonia,» said lead author Dr. Cecilia Bergh, an affiliated researcher at Örebro University.

In one study, heart attack - related hospital admissions to Tulane Medical Center rose three-fold in the decade after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans compared with the two - year period before the epic 2005 storm.

In 2012, Swedish researchers reported that hospital admissions for heart attacks increased by about 4 % in the week after the spring transition to daylight saving time compared to other weeks.