Sentences with phrase «long hospital stay»

Spare a thought for this grandmother who came home after a week - long hospital stay to find her house completely trashed.

Grandmother's house is completely trashed after week - long hospital stay

Usually these costs are relatively small, but if you have had a long hospital stay, they can add up.

The alien who eats a human deserves everything he gets, which will probably be, at least, analphylactic shock and a long hospital stay.

Because of the intense treatment, a long hospital stay is needed which can be quite costly.

Cahalan had no memory, at the time, of her month long hospital stay, hallucinations and violent actions.

«That's a very long hospital stay,» Friedman said.

At 1 1/2 weeks she developed severe RSV and Bronchiolitis resulting in a week long hospital stay, an oxygen tent, an EKG (her heart stopped at one point) and a very long / slow recovery.

With Zoella's February 7th arrival and our unexpected week - long hospital stay, our Valentine's Day dessert was a heart - shaped Whole Foods cheesecake shared over hospital trays with visiting friends and a snuggly soft baby that smelled like fresh laundry.

One such experience occurred in June when my mother returned home from a month long hospital stay after her most recent skirmish in her battle with cancer.

A c - section requires a longer hospital stay than a vaginal birth, and your recovery is generally slower and more uncomfortable.

This means surgery, a longer recovery, a longer hospital stay, and higher risk of complication.

There's prolonged, more intense pain postpartum, a longer hospital stay, readmission to the hospital, an upsetting or emotionally traumatic birth experience, less early contact and connection with the baby, depression and mental health problems, low self - esteem, relationship issues, difficulty functioning and doing usual daily activities postpartum, chronic pelvic pain from scar tissue, problems with and discontinuing breastfeeding - along with the associated risks to mom and baby of not breastfeeding.

Then, long hospital stays and hazards of immobility.

If the supplement is water or glucose water, the infant is at increased risk for increased bilirubin, excess weight loss, longer hospital stay, and potential water intoxication.»

Water supplements are associated with increased bilirubin levels (jaundice), excess weight loss, and longer hospital stays for newborns.

Cesarean surgery increases your short - term risk of blood clots, stroke, surgical injury, infection, pain, separation from your baby, psychological trauma, longer hospital stay, emergency hysterectomy, and death in the short term.

The posterior position at birth also is associated with a higher risk of short - term complications for the baby, such as lower five - minute Apgar scores, an greater likelihood of needing to be admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit, and a longer hospital stay.

Longer hospital stay.

Premature babies can have breathing problems, low blood sugar and other complications that often result in longer hospital stays in neonatal intensive care units.

Delirium was not only a strong and independent factor in predicting mortality, but was also associated with longer hospital stay and more frequent rehospitalisations during follow - up.

«Obesity is associated with longer hospital stays, higher overall costs and higher failure rates, necessitating costly revision surgery.»

Delirium in older surgical patients has been linked with longer hospital stays, greater postoperative complications, and higher rates of discharge to nursing homes.

However, it has disadvantages for patients such as having two major surgical procedures, significant pain and limited function between stages, long hospital stays, as well as high healthcare costs.

According to the World Health Organization, antibiotic resistant is one of the biggest threats to global health today and a significant contributor to longer hospital stays, higher medical costs and increased mortality.

People who received prescriptions for opioid painkillers in the months before elective abdominal operations had longer hospital stays, and a higher chance of needing follow - up care in a hospital or rehabilitation facility, than patients who weren't taking such medications before they had the same operations, the study finds.

Generally, the more secondary conditions people had, the longer their hospital stay and the higher their cost.

These antibiotic resistant infections are in turn linked to longer hospital stays and potentially greater risk of death.

While the overall rate of these infections in children is still low, ESBL - producing bacteria can spread rapidly and have been linked to longer hospital stays, higher health care costs, and increased mortality, the study authors noted.

In 2011, Garber and her colleagues published a study that was the first to show that adolescents on these lower - calorie diets had poor outcomes, including initial weight loss followed by poor weight gain and long hospital stays.

«Obesity associated with longer hospital stays, higher costs in total knee replacement patients.»

Autologous techniques tend to deliver better cosmetic results and higher satisfaction, but it's a time - consuming, demanding operation that requires a longer hospital stay and recovery time.

For many aged 80 or over, the combination of extensive surgery, immobility and long hospital stays, with a risk of infection, blood clots and confusion, is simply too much.

Obesity is associated with longer hospital stays and higher costs in total knee replacement (TKR) patients, independent of whether or not the patient has an obesity - related disease or condition (comorbidity), according to a new study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS).

The researchers note that 40 percent of patients at state psychiatric inpatient hospitals have a diagnosis of schizophrenia, while nearly 20 percent experience a longer hospital stay — «suggesting a high - risk population needing special attention.»

More than half of TKR patients have a body mass index (BMI) within the obesity range (greater than 30 kg / m ²), which has been linked to a higher risk for related comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis; and in some studies, to higher medical costs and longer hospital stays.

The patients with CABG and mitral - valve repair had an early hazard of longer hospital stay post-surgery, a higher incidence of postoperative supraventricular arrhythmias and higher rate of serious neurological events than those with CABG alone.

They can also lead to longer hospital stays and account for nearly a $ 30 billion cost to society.

«This condition is one of the main reasons that many bone marrow transplant patients endure long hospital stays after their diseases are cured,» said Kean, who wears a bracelet around her badge from a pediatric patient cured of leukemia one year ago, but is still in the hospital due to complications from GVHD.

The authors concluded that receipt of Medicaid and presence of comorbid illnesses are associated with a greater burden of illness, which usually dictates longer hospital stays to assure patients are well enough for discharge.

While awareness campaigns may be getting women to go to the hospital more quickly during a heart - attack, a new look at hospital data shows women have longer hospital stays and are more likely than men to die in the hospital after a heart attack.

[6] Therefore, the benefit some patients may derive by avoidance of lymphadenectomy is counterbalanced by higher morbidity, including increased risk of moderate to severe lymphedema and longer hospital stays in the event that a delayed CLND is required following observation.

Additionally, patients who underwent delayed lymphadenectomy had significantly longer hospital stays compared with those undergoing CLND.

They found no significant differences in 30 - day and 90 - day all - cause mortality, but found that bleeding during warfarin therapy resulted in longer hospital stays.

They also made healing from a stroke more difficult: Some studies found a higher risk of death or another cardiovascular event in recovering patients with sleep breathing problems, while others found higher blood pressure, slower neurologic recovery, and longer hospital stays.

It is also causing many people go deal with increased medical costs and longer hospital stays.

Malnutrition while hospitalized may contribute to a dog needing a longer hospital stay and a prolonged recovery.

This translates to more debilitation and longer hospital stays for them, and more inconvenience and higher costs for you!

The criminal justice system will not help you pay the expenses associated with long hospital stays, rehabilitation, or in extreme cases, funeral expenses.

Victims of hit - and - runs need immediate medical attention and often require long hospital stays.