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Hospitalizations in OSA patients
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with cardiovascular comorbidities and other chronic diseases, accounting for long-term morbidity, with elevated symptomatic burden and hospitalizations. We aim to study the hospitalizations' causes in OSA patients and its relation to OSA severity and PAP therapy adhesion.This is a retrospective study including 281 hospitalizations corresponding to 200 OSA patients during 2019. Mean age 65 years, 67% were males, and 43,5% (n=87) had severe OSA; 85% patients under PAP; 60,4% (n=102) good adherent patients. Overlap with obesity hypoventilation syndrome (n=7) and COPD (n=48) was noti...
Source: European Respiratory Journal - December 1, 2022 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Cancela da Fonseca Ferreira Santos, G. S., Van Zeller, M., Carrico, F., Rodrigues, D., Torres Redondo, M., Drummond, M. Tags: 04.02 - Clinical and epidemiological respiratory sleep medicine Source Type: research
Does Bariatric Surgery Change the Risk of Acute Ischemic Stroke in Patients with History of Transient Ischemic Attack? A Nationwide Analysis
Academic Hospital, United States.
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - November 22, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Roberto J. Valera, Cristina Botero-Fonnegra, Vicente J. Cogollo, Mauricio Sarmiento-Cobos, Lisandro Montorfano, Carlos Rivera, Liang Hong, Emanuele Lo Menzo, Samuel Szomstein, Raul J. Rosenthal Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Research shows impact of bariatric surgery on cardiovascular disease risk in obese teens
(Children's Hospital Colorado) Researchers at Children's Hospital Colorado determined that the long-term risk of cardiovascular events including heart attack, congestive heart failure, stroke and coronary death was reduced by almost threefold for teenagers with type 2 diabetes who underwent bariatric surgery compared to those whose diabetes was only managed medically.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 10, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Prayers, Facebook and Weight Loss
"When people talk to God, it is called prayer. When God talks to people, they call it schizophrenia." -- Dr. Jim Roach in his upcoming book, God's House Calls
"Just like a prayer. Your voice can take me there" -- Madonna
Until recently, my attitude toward prayer had been guided by President Harry S. Truman who said that "people who pray the loudest are the ones you lock your hen house from." I've always been intensely suspicious of anyone who seems too overt in their embrace of prayer, especially if the conversation deviates to matters concerning my checkbook or wallet.
Praying out loud was something I never did. Unti...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 20, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Saint Luke's will build new rehab hospital in KC
Saint Luke's Health System announced Tuesday it plans to build a freestanding inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Kansas City.
The hospital has not selected a location, but said it plans to open a more than 60,000-square-foot hospital with 60 beds.
The rehabilitation hospital will include a dedicated stroke unit, brain injury unit, specially equipped rooms for bariatric patients, pet therapy and an outdoor healing garden. It will also including a training apartment where patients and their families…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - June 17, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Brianne Pfannenstiel Source Type: research
GMC invests $1.7M in 128-slice CT scanner
Gwinnett Medical Center has invested $1.7 million in a computed tomography (CT) scanner at its Lawrenceville hospital.
The 128-slice CT scanner will be used in GMC Lawrenceville's emergency room, which is a Level II trauma center.
The CT scanner boasts lower radiation levels than conventional x-ray devices, and allows physicians to see what was previously unseen, a hospital spokeswoman noted.
The device will be used for bariatric, cancer, stroke and cardiac patients because it offers 4-D imaging,…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - January 4, 2013 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Urvaksh Karkaria Source Type: research
