Health News from Medical News Today: Study Finds No Association Between Having Organ Transplant Surgery At Nighttime And Poorer Survival After One Year

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Study Finds No Association Between Having Organ Transplant Surgery At Nighttime And Poorer Survival After One Year 31 May 2011, 9:00 pm An analysis of data on heart and lung transplant recipients indicates that patients who had transplant surgery performed at nighttime did not have a significantly different rate of survival up to one year after organ transplantation, according to a study in the June 1 issue of JAMA. "Since the Institute of Medicine published a report suggesting that medical errors result in more than 98,000 deaths annually, increasing emphasis is being placed on systems-based approaches to improve patient safety," according to background information in the article... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.