Infection Control Today - Morbidity And Mortality

Surgeons Find That Drug-Resistant Infections Not Always Linked to Higher Death Rates

The rates of antibiotic-resistant infections in the intensive care unit (ICU) have increased over the last decade. But new research from the University of Virginia suggests that surgical ICU death rates may, in fact, be declining and that drug-resistant infections are not ...More

October 25, 2011

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

Analysis Finds Mortality From All Causes Higher Among Hepatitis C-Infected

Although liver-related mortality among those infected with hepatitis C is well-documented, little is known about deaths in these patients that are not related to liver problems. A new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases sought to determine mortality from all ...More

June 10, 2011

Posted in News

Many Countries Hit by Health Threats From Infectious and Chronic Diseases

An increasing number of countries are facing a double burden of disease as the prevalence of risk factors for chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart diseases and cancers increase and many countries still struggle to reduce maternal and child deaths caused by infectious ...More

May 17, 2011

Posted in News

Vitamin D Deficiency in Pneumonia Patients Associated with Increased Mortality

A new study published in the journal Respirology reveals that adult patients admitted to the hospital with pneumonia are more likely to die if they have Vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D is known to be involved in the innate immune response to infection. The team of ...More

May 10, 2011

Posted in News

In 1918 Flu Pandemic, Mortality in Urban and Isolated Rural Areas Varied

In urban communities, less than 1 in 100 inhabitants died from Spanish flu in 1918, but in isolated communities up to 9 out of 10 died. An important explanation for the differences is due to different exposure to influenza in the decades before the Spanish flu came. Those ...More

April 27, 2011

Posted in News

Patient Mortality Risk Increases With Nurse Staffing Shortfalls, Study Says

Nurses are the frontline caregivers to hospital patients, coordinating and providing direct care and delivering it safely and reliably. The goal for any hospital is to ensure that each of its patient-care units has an adequate number of nurses during every shift. Ideally, ...More

March 17, 2011

Posted in News

High-Cost Hospitals Do Not Appear to Have Better Survival Rates For Sepsis Patients

Increased hospital spending at high-cost hospitals does not appear to be associated with better short-term survival rates for patients with sepsis, according to a report in the February 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. "Sepsis affects approximately 750,000 ...More

February 28, 2011

Posted in News

Nurses' Long Work Hours, Scheduling Can Increase Patient Mortality

A new study has found that patient deaths from pneumonia and acute myocardial infarction were significantly more likely in hospitals where nurses reported schedules with long work hours. The finding was just one of several revelations from a study of nurses' work schedules, ...More

January 17, 2011

Posted in News

Resistance Does Not Greatly Impact Mortality in ICU Patients with HAIs

Antibiotic resistance is a complication of treating patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) who have contracted healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs), but according to Marie-Laurence Lambert, MD, of the of the Scientific Institute of Public Health in Brussels, and ...More

December 6, 2010

Posted in News

Study Shows hVISA Linked to High Mortality

A MRSA infection with a reduced susceptibility to the potent antibiotic drug vancomycin is linked to high mortality, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study. Researchers found that patients who contracted a MRSA infection with heteroresistance, called hVISA, stayed in the ...More

September 13, 2010

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