Determinants of Hospital Length of Stay among Burn Patients Using Quantile Regression [PDF]
Taṣvīr-i salāmat, 2021 Background and Objectives Burns is one of the most common and potentially dangerous public health problems. Burn patients' hospitalization facilitates the provision of medical services.
Kavous Shahsavarinia +5 more
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Do the etiology of hyponatremia and serum sodium levels affect the length of hospital stay in geriatric patients with hyponatremia? [PDF]
Journal of Medical Biochemistry, 2022 Background: Hyponatremia can lead to a prolonged hospital stay and increased morbidity and mortality rates in geriatric patients. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of hyponatremia etiology and serum sodium (Na) levels on hospitalisation time in ...
Baser Salih +2 more
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Association between Admission Blood Glucose Levels and Clinical Outcomes among Diabetic Adults Admitted to a Tertiary Care Hospital in Chennai, India: A Retrospective Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023 Introduction: Admission blood glucose levels have an impact on hospitalisation and Length Of Stay (LOS). Uncontrolled blood glucose levels have been found to affect patients’ outcomes.
Dineshkumar Saravanan +1 more
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The increasing impact of length of stay “outliers” on length of stay at an urban academic hospital
BMC Health Services Research, 2021 Background As healthcare systems strive for efficiency, hospital “length of stay outliers” have the potential to significantly impact a hospital’s overall utilization.
Andrew H. Hughes +5 more
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Journal of Mechanical Ventilation, 2020 Objective: Accurate measurements of ventilator length of stay are important for quality measures and mandated by Centers of Disease Control for reporting ventilator associated events.
Kimiyo Yamasaki +2 more
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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 +3 more
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بررسی فراوانی و الگوی تداخل دارویی در بیماران بستری در بخش اورژانس؛ یک مطالعه مقطعی
طب اورژانس ایران, 2020 مقدمه: تداخل دارویی به عنوان یکی از مهمترین زیر مجموعه های اشتباهات دارویی میتواند منجر به واکنشهای ناخواسته در بیماران شود. با توجه به افزایش میزان تداخل دارویی و عوارض ناشی از آن؛ این مطالعه با هدف بررسی فراوانی و الگوی تداخل دارویی در بیماران بستری ...
مصطفی علوی مقدم +3 more
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Determinants of tourists' length of stay.
PLoS ONE, 2021 This paper aims to identify the determinants of the length of stay (LoS) of international tourists in Norway. The paper reassesses the standard assumption related to tourists' LoS; it refers to the travel industry's current trends, and it postulates a ...
Ove Oklevik +4 more
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Does the use of bedside ultrasonography reduce emergency department length of stay for patients with renal colic?: a pilot study [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2016 Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of adding bedside ultrasonography to the diagnostic algorithm for nephrolithiasis on emergency department (ED) length of stay.
Yong Hoon Park +7 more
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Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2020 Introduction: Emergency department of a hospital is responsible for providing medical and surgical care to patients arriving at the hospital in need of immediate care. Emergency department is not staffed or equipped to provide prolonged care. Duration of
Prashant Simkhada +5 more
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