Oregon hospitals recorded nearly 1,000 infections that patients picked up while receiving care in 2024, resulting in ...

Every year, thousands of knee and hip replacement patients develop debilitating infections after surgery. Researchers at the ...

4 risk factors for pneumonia infection after heart surgery An analysis of data derived from thousands of coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients revealed prominent pre-operative risk factors ...

Staphylococci pathogens were found on more than half of cardiac patients with major postoperative infections, according to research published in the American Journal of Infection Control. Researchers ...

Pneumonia — not deep incision surgical site infections — is the most common serious infection after heart surgery, according to research presented at the American Heart Association‘s Scientific ...

Advances in antiretroviral therapies, particularly highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), have markedly improved the life expectancy of individuals living with HIV. Consequently, an increasing ...

Credit: Getty Images Preventing sepsis after surgery should include screening before the surgery, close monitoring after surgery, and teaching patients how to recognize the signs of sepsis. Our ...

Jessie J spent the night in the hospital due to an infection, less than two months after she underwent surgery following her breast cancer diagnosis. The singer shared several posts on her Instagram ...

What one North Texas mom thought was an ear infection landed her son in the hospital for brain surgery. It’s been a whirlwind week and a half for Kendra Smith and her son Christopher Bryant. Smith ...