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COVID-19 in a Cystic Fibrosis Patient

Oman Medical Journal, 2023
Based on experience with other viral respiratory illnesses, patients with cystic fibrosis were believed to have worse prognosis when infected with COVID-19.
Adil Al Lawati, Amal Al Balushi, Sumya Al Salimi   +2 more
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Reducing hospital admissions [PDF]

BMJ, 2008
Guidance should be evidence based and take a holistic view of patient care In March 2007, the National Health Service (NHS) Institute for Innovation and Improvement published a Directory of Ambulatory Emergency Care for Adults .1 The directory lists conditions that can be clinically managed outside hospital, with appropriate and prompt access to ...
Sarah, Purdy, Tom, Griffin
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Quality of sleep and health-related quality of life among health care professionals treating patients with coronavirus disease-19

European Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction Health care professionals exposed to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are facing high levels of stress. Objectives The aim was to evaluate the quality of sleep (QoS) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL), among health care ...
J. Stojanov, A. Stojanov
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Risk factors for hospital admission with RSV bronchiolitis in England: a population-based birth cohort study. [PDF]

, 2014
OBJECTIVE: To examine the timing and duration of RSV bronchiolitis hospital admission among term and preterm infants in England and to identify risk factors for bronchiolitis admission.
A Bottle, A Bush, Alex Bottle, Azeem Majeed, B Muller-Pebody, BJ Law, BN Manktelow, C Wren, CB Hall, CB Hall, CG Garcia, D Wang, DK Shay, GK Spurling, H Nair, H Patel, J Barben, J Murray, Joanna Murray, JS Tregoning, L Bont, LG Stensballe, M Koehoorn, Mike Sharland, ML Houben, Neena Modi, NG Papadopoulos, Oliver Schildgen, P Aylin, Paul Aylin, RL Smyth, S Beck, S Ladhani, S Saxena, SA Deshpande, Sonia Saxena   +35 more
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Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans infection in a 15-year-old boy with pulmonary empyema: a case report and review of literature

Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2023
Background Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Aa), previously known as Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, is a slow-growing Gram-negative coccobacillus, member of the HACEK group of bacteria colonizing oral flora.
Maria Alessia Mesturino, Carol Bitetti, Anna Clemente, Andrzej Krzysztofiak, Laura Lancella, Roberta Lombardi, Laura Cursi, Elena Boccuzzi, Anna Maria Musolino, Alberto Villani   +9 more
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Does admission prevalence change after reconfiguration of inpatient services? An interrupted time series analysis of the impact of reconfiguration in five centres

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Service reconfiguration of inpatient services in a hospital includes complete and partial closure of all emergency inpatient facilities. The “natural experiment” of service reconfiguration may give insight into drivers for emergency admissions
Joanne Martin, Edwin Amalraj Raja, Steve Turner   +2 more
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Hospital physicians’ experiences and reflections on their work and role in relation to older patients’ pathways - a qualitative study in two Norwegian hospitals

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Older patients are the most frequent users of initial hospital admissions and readmissions. Both hospital admission and discharge require communication and coordination between healthcare professionals within the hospital, and between ...
Ann-Chatrin Linqvist Leonardsen, Anne Werner, Hilde Lurås, Anne-Kari Johannessen   +3 more
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Trends and the course of liver cirrhosis and its complications in Germany: Nationwide population-based study (2005 to 2018)

The Lancet Regional Health. Europe, 2022
Summary: Background: Cirrhosis is known to have a high prevalence and mortality worldwide. However, in Europe, the epidemiology of cirrhosis is possibly undergoing demographic changes, and etiologies may have changed due to improvements in standard of ...
Wenyi Gu, Hannah Hortlik, Hans-Peter Erasmus, Louisa Schaaf, Yasmin Zeleke, Frank E. Uschner, Philip Ferstl, Martin Schulz, Kai-Henrik Peiffer, Alexander Queck, Tilman Sauerbruch, Maximilian Joseph Brol, Gernot Rohde, Cristina Sanchez, Richard Moreau, Vicente Arroyo, Stefan Zeuzem, Christoph Welsch, Jonel Trebicka   +18 more
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Functional changes during hospital stay in older patients admitted to an acute care ward : a multicenter observational study [PDF]

, 2014
Objectives: Changes in physical performance during hospital stay have rarely been evaluated. In this study, we examined functional changes during hospital stay by assessing both physical performance and activities of daily living.
Corsonello, Andrea, De Buyser, Stefanie, Onder, Graziano, Petrovic, Mirko, Taes, Youri, Vetrano, Davide L, Volpato, Stefano   +6 more
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Appropriateness of hospital admission and length of stay in the pediatric department of a tertiary care hospital in West Bengal

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2023
Background: Appropriateness of admissions and inpatient length of stay (LOS) are important factors controlling health-care expenditure. The current study was conducted to assess the proportion of appropriate admissions among 29-day to 12-year--old aged ...
Sampriti Samanta, Alapan Bandyopadhyay, Abhijit Mukherjee, Sharmistha Bhattacherjee   +3 more
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