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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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Effect of a machine learning-based severe sepsis prediction algorithm on patient survival and hospital length of stay: a randomised clinical trial [PDF]

BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 2017
Introduction Several methods have been developed to electronically monitor patients for severe sepsis, but few provide predictive capabilities to enable early intervention; furthermore, no severe sepsis prediction systems have been previously validated ...
David Shimabukuro, C. Barton, M. Feldman, Samson J Mataraso, R. Das   +4 more
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Newborn Length of Stay and Risk of Readmission [PDF]

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 2017
AbstractBackgroundEvidence on the association between newborn length of hospital stay (LOS) and risk of readmission is conflicting. We compared methods for modelling this relationship, by gestational age, using population‐level hospital data on births in England between 2005–14.MethodsThe association between LOS and unplanned readmission within 30 days
Katie Harron, Ruth Gilbert, David Cromwell, Sam Oddie, Jan van der Meulen   +4 more
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Length of Stay After Childbirth in 92 Countries and Associated Factors in 30 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Compilation of Reported Data and a Cross-sectional Analysis from Nationally Representative Surveys [PDF]

PLoS Medicine, 2016
Background Following childbirth, women need to stay sufficiently long in health facilities to receive adequate care. Little is known about length of stay following childbirth in low- and middle-income countries or its determinants.
O. Campbell, L. Cegolon, D. Macleod, Lenka Benova   +3 more
semanticscholar   +7 more sources

A systematic review of the prediction of hospital length of stay: Towards a unified framework

PLOS Digital Health, 2022
Hospital length of stay of patients is a crucial factor for the effective planning and management of hospital resources. There is considerable interest in predicting the LoS of patients in order to improve patient care, control hospital costs and ...
Kieran Stone, R. Zwiggelaar, Phil Jones, N. Mac Parthaláin   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Interventions to Reduce Hospital Length of Stay in High-risk Populations

JAMA Network Open, 2021
Key Points Question Which hospital-led interventions are associated with reducing length of stay (LOS) for high-risk populations? Findings In this systematic review including 19 systematic reviews, 8 strategies for reducing LOS in high-risk populations ...
S. Siddique, K. Tipton, B. Leas, S. R. Greysen, N. Mull, M. Lane-Fall, Kristina McShea, A. Tsou   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Length of Stay, Conditional Length of Stay, and Prolonged Stay in Pediatric Asthma [PDF]

Health Services Research, 2003
Objective. To understand differences in length of stay for asthma patients between New York State and Pennsylvania across children's and general hospitals in order to better guide policy.Data Sources/Study Setting. All pediatric admissions for asthma in the states of Pennsylvania and New York using claims data obtained from each state for the years ...
Roger R Marsh, Eric T. Bradlow, Orit Even-Shoshan, Xuemei Zhang, Mayadah Shabbout, Paul R. Rosenbaum, Jeffrey H. Silber   +6 more
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Worsening of emergency department length of stay during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2021
Our study sought to determine whether there was a change in emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic compared to prior years.
A. Lucero, Kimberly Sokol, J. Hyun, Luhong Pan, Joel Labha, E. Donn, C. Kahwaji, G. Miller   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Accurate measurement of ventilator length of stay and ventilator days for use in assessing patient safety and ventilator associated events

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, Joshua Mullen , Ron Sanderson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source