Articles Tagged With: mortality
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Social Isolation, Older Adults, and Mortality Post-ICU
Social isolation among older adults admitted to the ICU was associated with worse disability burden and higher one-year mortality rates after critical illness.
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Consume Olive Oil, Live Longer
Consuming more olive oil was associated with lower cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. Substituting margarine, butter, mayonnaise, and dairy fat with olive oil also was associated with lower mortality risk.
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Abnormal Vitals Linked to Unanticipated Death After ED Discharge
Repeating vital signs before discharge is key to averting disaster.
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Is Physical Activity Associated with Mortality Risk in Parkinson’s Disease?
In individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD), physical activity (PA) at all intensities is associated with reduced all-cause mortality, with the greatest reduction seen in individuals who maintained PA before and after PD diagnosis.
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Pregnancy-Associated Mortality: The Contribution of Homicide
In this national study, there were 3.62 homicides per 100,000 live births among females who were pregnant or within one year postpartum from 2018 to 2019. This rate was slightly higher (16%) than the rate among nonpregnant and non-postpartum females of reproductive age. Homicide was found to be a leading cause of pregnancy-associated mortality.
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Importance of Exercise Testing-Associated Ventricular Ectopy
A study of asymptomatic subjects without known cardiovascular disease undergoing treadmill exercise testing and followed for a mean of 20 years showed high-grade premature ventricular contractions during exercise recovery (but not during exercise) are predictive of subsequent cardiovascular mortality.
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ED Is Focus of Reduction in Sepsis-Related Mortality
Using a sepsis alert, combined with nursing protocols and physician order set usage, can improve core measure compliance and related mortality rates.
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Fish Consumption, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, and Cardiovascular Disease
Is there enough scientific evidence to suggest associations between fish consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease (or of mortality) among people who consume fish vs. those who do not?
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Analysts Suggest U.S. COVID-19 Vaccination Program Prevented Millions of Hospitalizations, Deaths
The pandemic has taken a heavy toll, but the damage could be so much worse without vaccines.
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How an Influenza Vaccine Can Affect Cardiovascular Disease
A randomized, controlled trial of influenza vaccine vs. placebo in patients with acute myocardial infarction or at high risk for coronary artery disease inoculated during the index hospitalization showed a lower risk of the combined endpoint of death, myocardial infarction, or stent thrombosis at one year.