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Reconsidering Against Medical Advice Discharges [PDF]

Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2014
The Author Replies—I appreciate Dr. Meyer’s correction regarding the exclusion for Against Medical Advice (AMA) discharges in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) readmission calculation. I also agree that the current CMS readmission calculations may have an impact on hospital discharge practices.
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Why do orthopaedic trauma patients leave hospital against medical advice?

Ibom Medical Journal, 2013
Background: Discharge against medical advice (DAMA) has emerged as a pervasive problem in hospitals. Since the incidence and reasons for DAMA varies from one society to another and among clinical conditions, this study was undertaken to evaluate the ...
Ngim NE, Nottidge TE, Akpan AF
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Neonatal discharge against medical advice: Experience from a rural tertiary hospital in North Western Nigeria

Sahel Medical Journal, 2017
Background: Discharge against medical advice (DAMA) is a major public health issue, especially among children owing to its adverse outcome. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence and reasons for DAMA among neonates admitted in Federal ...
Umma Idris Abdullahi
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European multicentre study on outcome of surgery for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
Some 5861 patients undergoing first‐time surgery for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism were registered in the Eurocrine® database between 2015 and 2018. The use of intraoperative parathyroid hormone measurement decreased the risk of conversion and persistent hypercalcaemia.
A. Bergenfelz, S. van Slycke, Ö. Makay, L. Brunaud   +3 more
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Causes of Discharge against Medical Advice in patients of a Number of Selected Hospitals [PDF]

پژوهش‌های سلامت‌محور, 2017
Background & Objectives: Discharge Against Medical Advice (DAMA) is one of the important concerns of health systems. This could be potentially life-threatening and cause readmission.
Rahil Ghorbani, Mahbobe Moradi Magin
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Discharge against Medical Advice and its Relation to the Length of Stay and Re-admission Rates in Emergency Department at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023
Objective: This study aimed to identify the rate of discharge of hospitalized patients against medical advice (DAMA) and its risk factors, including length of stay as well as to assess patients' outcome after signing DAMA.
Maha Bandar Abowadaan, Mohammad I. Alnamlah, Abeer O. Ghawnni   +2 more
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Evaluation of administration of discharge against medical advice: Ethico-legal considerations

Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2016
Background: Discharge against medical advice (DAMA) portends serious ethico-legal consequences for healthcare givers. Several studies have described its prevalence and pattern but hardly any to evaluate adherence to standards by medical staff while ...
Ayodeji Akinwumi Akinbodewa, Oludamilola Adebola Adejumo, Oluseyi Ademola Adejumo, Funmilola Yinka Adebayo, Gladys Oghenevo Akinbodewa, Emmanuel Oladimeji Alli, Mercy Aanuoluwapo Benson   +6 more
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Leave Against Medical Advice among Neonates Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2023
Introduction: Leave against medical advice is a condition in which a patient leaves the hospital against the treating physician's recommendation and is a sensitive issue occurring frequently in neonatal intensive care units across the developing world ...
Yograj Sharma, Om Krishna Pathak, Asmita Sharma, Suvekhsya Khanal, Niruta Baral, Sagar Shrestha, Pradeep Adhikari   +6 more
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Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas in Children and Adolescents: Expert Recommendations

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas (SPN) is a rare low‐grade malignant exocrine pancreatic tumor, mostly discovered during the second decade of life in females, with a very good prognosis, provided microscopically complete surgical excision is achieved.
Sabine Irtan, Michael Abele, Calogero Virgone, Michaela Kuhlen, Ricardo Lopez‐Almarez, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Maja Cesen, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Andrea Ferrari, Gianni Bisogno, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Louise Galmiche, Jorg Fuchs, Sarah Braungart, Bilgehan Yalcin, Ines B. Brecht, Daniel Orbach   +18 more
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Child Psychiatric Discharges against Medical Advice

Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 1986
Of 56 school age children admitted over a 1 year period to an urban inpatient psychiatric ward serving primarily lower socioeconomic class children, 12 were signed out against medical advice. These children were significantly more likely to have been seriously physically abused. They were more likely to have had previous psychiatric hospitalizations or
W H, Green, M, Padron-Gayol, K N, Whiteman, A, Mattsson, D O, Lewis   +4 more
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