During hospitalization, patients often are sleep deprived and in pain or discomfort. They receive medications that can alter their mental and physical abilities. They become deconditioned (loss of muscle mass, reduced cardiac output, etc.). And patients may not get sufficient nutrition if, for example, they are on a ventilator or have to fast before surgery or tests. These problems can impair their recovery and make them more prone to disease and mental errors, Dr. Krumholz wrote.Seriously? It's as if thousands of years of civilization and medicine never existed...
Pretty sure Hippocrates came to this same conclusion.
But hey, excellent documentation of the obvious.
