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Reducing length of hospital stay with colchicine

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2022
Introduction: Colchicine is an ancient agent with well-known anti-inflammatory effects and commonly used in treatment of hyperinflammatory conditions.
Özlem Karakaş, Abdulsamet Erden, Serdar Can Güven, Berkan Armağan, Enes Seyda Sahiner, Ali Can Kurtipek, Osman Inan, Emin Gemcioglu, İhsan Ateş, Ahmet Omma, Orhan Küçüksahin   +10 more
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To stay or not to stay. The assessment of appropriate hospital stay: a Dutch report [PDF]

International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2002
To adjust the adult-medical Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol (AEP) into a valid and reliable instrument for use in the Dutch health care system, to assess the appropriateness of hospital stay and to identify the causes of inappropriateness.The appropriateness of hospital stay was assessed in a cross-sectional survey on a sample of over 4500 days of ...
Lambert J G G, Panis, Frank W S M, Verheggen, Peter, Pop   +2 more
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Light and Length of Stay in Hospital [PDF]

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1988
A study was carried out to examine whether the time spent as an inpatient in hospital showed a seasonal dependence which could be attributed to differences in ambient lighting levels between summer and winter. It was found that the season of admission to hospital did not make any appreciable difference to how long patients took to recover before they ...
B L, Diffey, A, Storey
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The cost of long hospital stays [PDF]

Clinical Medicine, 2012
Inpatient investigation and treatment is expensive. In the current financial climate of the NHS, there is a drive to reduce inpatient admission times. Streamlining the inpatient process would be of benefit to patients, who generally prefer tests to be performed promptly, and are at higher risk ...
T M, Jenkins, B, Sharrack
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Hospital-acquired, laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection: increased hospital stay and direct costs. [PDF]

, 2002
OBJECTIVES: To determine increased hospital stay and direct costs attributable to hospital-acquired, laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection (BSI), and to evaluate the matching variable length of stay (LOS).
NOAH N., Noah, Norman, Orsi, Giovanni Battista, DI STEFANO L., Di Stefano, Lidia   +4 more
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Sarcopenia and length of hospital stay [PDF]

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2015
We aimed to quantify the association of sarcopenia with length of hospital stay (LOS) and to identify factors associated with sarcopenia among hospitalized patients.A total of 655 patients composed the study sample. A longitudinal study was conducted in a University Hospital.
Sousa, Ana, Guerra, Rita S, Fonseca, Isabel, Pichel, Fernando, Amaral, Teresa   +4 more
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The Sport’s Bar Grandpa: an unusual left temporo-mandibular and tongue pain

Italian Journal of Medicine, 2014
This case report describes the condition of an elderly patient admitted to hospital for a new onset headache and pain in the left temporo-mandibular joint, initially incorrectly interpreted as an angioedema, but that evolved into a tongue infarction.
Paolo Leandri, Maurizio Ongari, Gelorma Belmonte, Angelo Pasquale, Magda Mazzetti, Daniela Domenica Giannini, Amedeo Evangelisti, Mauro Righi, Altin Stafa, Luigi Simonetti, Roberto Nardi   +10 more
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Exploring if day and time of admission is associated with average length of stay among inpatients from a tertiary hospital in Singapore: an analytic study based on routine admission data. [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND: It has been postulated that patients admitted on weekends or after office hours may experience delays in clinical management and consequently have longer length of stay (LOS).
Chen Mark IC, Arul Earnest, Seow Eillyne, Eillyne Seow, Earnest Arul, Seow, Eillyne, Mark IC Chen, Earnest, Arul, Chen, Mark IC, Chen M.I.C., Seow E., Earnest A.   +11 more
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Factors Influencing the Postpartum Length of Hospital Stay in Eclamptic Women

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2007
Objective: To determine which variables are associated with postpartum length of hospital stay in eclamptic patients. Materials and Methods: The study sample comprised 98 eclamptic patients who were admitted to our perina-tology unit during the period ...
Perran Moroy, Emin Ustunyurt, Omer L. Tapisiz, Gorkem Tuncay, Hakan Aytan, Ozlem B. Ustunyurt, Nuri Danisman, Leyla Mollamahmutoglu   +7 more
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Reduction in inappropriate hospital use based on analysis of the causes

BMC Health Services Research, 2012
Background To reduce inappropriate admissions and stays with the application of an improvement cycle in patients admitted to a University Hospital.
Soria-Aledo Víctor, Carrillo-Alcaraz Andrés, Flores-Pastor Benito, Moreno-Egea Alfredo, Carrasco-Prats Milagros, Aguayo-Albasini José   +5 more
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