Archive: 09/03/2016
Model developed to help predict risk of in-hospital death after TAVR
In a study published online by JAMA Cardiology, Fred H. Edwards, M.D., of the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, and colleagues developed a statistical model to predict risk of in-hospital death after ...
Mar 9, 2016
Incidence, risk factors for intracranial bleeding in older adults newly prescribed warfarin
John A. Dodson, M.D., M.P.H., of the New York University School of Medicine, and colleagues conducted a study that included 31,951 U.S. veterans with atrial fibrillation, 75 years or older, who were new referrals to Veterans ...
Mar 9, 2016
Source of bloodstream infection in Wisconsin unknown (Update)
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has sent additional investigators to Wisconsin to find the source of a blood infection that officials described as the largest outbreak of the bacteria now linked to at ...
Mar 9, 2016
Self-harming youngsters put at risk by 'cycle of shame'
Young people who self-harm only seek emergency hospital care as a last resort due to a deep sense of shame and unworthiness, a study at the University of Exeter has found.
Mar 9, 2016