Their risk of hospitalization for heart attack or stroke was lowered by 15 events per 1,000 person - years, and an estimated 726 events were prevented.
Though there is a mild
risk of hospitalization in our pet population and mild gastrointestinal upset, the majority of pets tolerate therapy well.
Furthermore, there was a dose - dependent increase in risk of death and increased
risk of hospitalization because of myocardial infarction and HF.
Low health literacy creates difficulties in communicating with clinicians, poses barriers in managing chronic illness, lessens the likelihood of receiving preventive care, heightens the possibility of experiencing serious medication errors, increased
risk of hospitalization, and results in poorer quality of life.»
«Indeed, even a low level of PA such as walking a minimum of 2 hours per week has been associated with decreased
risk of hospitalization for exacerbated COPD.»
However, regular exercise has been associated with reduced
risk of hospitalization for exacerbated COPD and mortality among patients with COPD,» said Dr. Cristóbal Esteban.
«Daily walk of just 3 km can reduce
risk of hospitalization for respiratory problems.»
Statistical analysis revealed that the relative
risk of hospitalization for respiratory illness was 12.7 percent lower for the high - dose group.
A large, randomized clinical trial tested whether a flu vaccine with four times the antigen of a standard vaccine could reduce
the risk of hospitalization among those especially vulnerable seniors.
As depression and anxiety can affect quality of life and can increase
the risk of hospitalization, the ability of people to be adherent to their medication regimens is important.
Dr Kristensen continued: «We found an increased
risk of hospitalization for heart failure in IBD patients of all ages, not just older patients.
He added: «When IBD patients had flares
their risk of hospitalization for heart failure was 2.5 times greater, and it was 2.7 times greater during persistent activity.
Dr Kristensen said: «We found that patients with new - onset IBD had a 37 % increased
risk of hospitalization for heart failure during a mean follow - up of 6.4 years compared to the healthy population.
«Our data show that
the risk of hospitalization for asthma related to extreme weather varies across demographic subgroups in Maryland.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
the risk of hospitalization is one in five during the flu season, the same as in this study.
The results showed a higher
risk of hospitalization or death in the winter period of the year (October to April) compared to the summer period (May to September).
During this long process, critics suggested that many individuals may become unstable and may run
the risk of hospitalization.
The risk of hospitalization for babies who were not breastfed was 50 times greater than that of breastfed infants.
Paragraph 2: Change to read: The shorter the duration of breastfeeding the greater the risk of respiratory and gastrointestinal infections and the greater
the risk of hospitalization for lower respiratory disease.
Studies show that evacuating very old people from nursing homes poses its own dangers: increasing
the risk of hospitalization and death.
Efficiency, ie, the avoidance of wasted resources, included emergency department (ED) use and hospitalizations because their costs per unit of service are high and inappropriate use of resources contributes to many of these visits.20 Continued receipt of care at the same practice after age 20 months also was included since continuity of care reduces
the risk of hospitalizations and ED use21 and increases consumer satisfaction.22
Previous studies have shown that substance misuse in adolescence is associated with increased
risks of hospitalizations for mental and physical disorders, convictions for crimes, poverty, and premature death from age 21 to 50.
Not exact matches
There was no association between pregnant mothers who received the influenza or tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccines and the
risk of infant death or
hospitalization, researchers found.
Infant feeding patterns and
risks of death and
hospitalization in the first half
of infancy: multicentre cohort study
Excluding type 2 diabetes (because
of insufficient data), we conducted a cost analysis for all pediatric diseases for which the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported
risk ratios that favored breastfeeding: necrotizing enterocolitis, otitis media, gastroenteritis,
hospitalization for lower respiratory tract infections, atopic dermatitis, sudden infant death syndrome, childhood asthma, childhood leukemia, type 1 diabetes mellitus, and childhood obesity.
Research also clearly shows that exposure to smoke can cause ear infections and related hearing problems, increased incidence
of hospitalization related to bronchitis or pneumonia, and increased
risk for SIDS.
Breast fed babies are at less
of a
risk for illness and or
hospitalization as motherâ $ ™ s milk contains specific proteins that target babyâ $ ™ s immune system and will promote the development
of the brain.
Additionally, we calculated the number
of infants who would need to be breastfed exclusively for 4 or more months to prevent one LRTD
hospitalization using the summary
risk difference (0.039).56 The number needed to treat was 26.
This meta - analysis finds that formula feeding is associated with a 3.6-fold increase in an infant's
risk of respiratory
hospitalization when compared with a minimum
of 4 months
of exclusive breastfeeding.
When this happens, babies face
risk of infections and even
hospitalizations, and the stress can lead to serious mental health challenges for caregivers.
To be eligible for these services, the individual must meet certain criteria, including having a diagnosis
of a serious mental illness, and be at
risk or have a history
of engaging in high -
risk behaviors which have resulted in multiple
hospitalizations or incarcerations.
Infants born very preterm often require lifesaving treatments and longer
hospitalizations at birth and are at increased
risk for additional
hospitalizations in the first year
of life — and that is in the developed world.
However, spironolactone did reduce the major burden faced by these patients - the
risk of repeated
hospitalizations for heart failure.
Older adults are at high
risk for serious complications from flu and account for a majority
of flu - related deaths and
hospitalizations.
In a related editorial, Michael G. Ison, MD, MS, Medical Director
of the Transplant & Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases Service for Northwestern Medicine and associate professor
of Infectious Diseases and Organ Transplantation at the Northwestern University Feinberg School
of Medicine, noted additional benefits associated with antiviral therapy for influenza, including reductions in lower respiratory infections,
hospitalizations, antibiotic use, and stroke
risk.
Infants younger than 6 months are at greatest
risk of disease,
hospitalization, and death and account for more than 90 percent
of all pertussis - associated deaths in the United States.
«Once additional key clinical and genetic factors are identified, infants who are determined to have a low
risk of requiring medication can be sent home without prolonged monitoring, and those who are predicted to have a difficult clinical course can be started on more aggressive treatment earlier, which will lead to shorter
hospitalizations and improved outcomes.»
The results
of their study suggest that
hospitalization may be a more
of a major
risk factor for long - term cognitive decline in older adults than previously recognized.
«We saw a clear distinction: non-elective admissions drive the association between
hospitalization and long - term changes in cognitive function in later life, while elective admissions do not necessarily carry the same
risk of negative cognitive outcomes,» James said.
«We'd like to see more emergency medicine physicians having that bedside conversation to ensure the chest pain patient knows the
risks and benefits
of hospitalization compared to outpatient evaluation.
«Telephone surveillance and the use
of big data allowed us to find red flags identifying patients at
risk of high - cost medical interventions, such as emergency department use and / or
hospitalization.
Researchers observed a 23 % increase in
risk of asthma
hospitalizations when there was an extreme heat event during summer months.
Similarly, extreme precipitation events during summer months increased the
risk of asthma
hospitalizations by 11 %.
Based on over a decade
of asthma
hospitalization data (115,923 cases from 2000 - 2012), researchers observed higher
risk of asthma
hospitalization after extreme heat or extreme precipitation events.
«Once patients develop acute kidney injury, their length
of hospitalization increases, they command many more resources and, most saddening, their
risk of mortality increases significantly.
«We found that, in obese patients with asthma, the
risk of emergency department visits and
hospitalizations for asthma exacerbations decreased by half in the two years after bariatric surgery,» says Kohei Hasegawa, MD, MPH, MGH Department
of Emergency Medicine, the lead author
of the study.
The findings add to a growing list
of health consequences associated with hearing loss, including increased
risk of dementia, falls,
hospitalizations, and diminished physical and mental health overall.
«The high concentration
of suicide
risk in the 5 percent
of highest -
risk hospitalizations is striking,» said lead author Ronald Kessler, McNeil Family Professor
of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School.
«The fact that nearly half
of all highest -
risk hospitalizations were followed by at least one adverse outcome — either suicide, unintentional injury death, suicide attempt or rehospitalization — argues strongly for developing expanded post-hospital preventive intervention services for these highest -
risk soldiers.»
At least one
of these adverse outcomes occurred in the year after discharge in 46.3 percent
of the highest -
risk hospitalizations.