Women and children are the most susceptible to adverse asthma outcomes due to climate change, according to one study. The effects of extreme weather events have been linked to increased asthma ...
Among 1,009 patients who underwent surgery in Massachusetts hospitals in 2018, 38% experienced an adverse event — of which 26% were potentially preventable, according to a study published Nov. 13 in ...
Event attribution seeks to tease out the influence of human-caused climate change on specific weather and climate events. This study will update and expand on the 2016 National Academies report, ...
Adverse events during hospitalization are a major cause of patient harm, as documented in the 1991 Harvard Medical Practice Study. Patient safety has changed substantially in the decades since that ...
Increased levels of the inflammatory biomarker high-sensitivity C-reactive protein predict cardiovascular events. Since statins lower levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein as well as ...
Impact of COVID-19 on incidence and trends of adverse events among hospitalised patients in Calgary, Canada: a retrospective chart review study The incidence of unplanned reoperation and the related ...