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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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The impact of nighttime intensivists on medical intensive care unit infection-related indicators [PDF]
, 2015 In 2013, a before-and-after intervention study was conducted to evaluate the effect 24-hour intensivist coverage on length of stay and rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infection, central-line associated blood stream infection, and ventilator ...
Babcock, Hilary M +3 more
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BMC Emergency Medicine, 2023 Background We hypothesized that an emergency short-stay ward (ESSW) mainly operated by emergency medicine physicians may reduce the length of patient stay in emergency department without expense of clinical outcomes.
Sean Moon +6 more
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Vitamin C Can Shorten the Length of Stay in the ICU: A Meta-Analysis
Nutrients, 2019 A number of controlled trials have previously found that in some contexts, vitamin C can have beneficial effects on blood pressure, infections, bronchoconstriction, atrial fibrillation, and acute kidney injury.
H. Hemilä, E. Chalker
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Same Day Discharge after Emergency Appendicectomy: Is it Feasible? [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020 Introduction: In the UK, approximately 70,000 appendicectomies (one of the most common surgical procedures) are performed yearly. There is a wide variation in length of stay following Laparoscopic Appendicectomy (LA).
Alexander Achile Aikoye +3 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2017 Background Accurate calculation of hospital length of stay (LOS) from the English Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) is important for a wide range of audit and research purposes.
John Busby +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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Impact of Healthcare-Associated Infections on Length of Stay: A Study in 68 Hospitals in China
BioMed Research International, 2019 Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) not only bring additional medical cost to the patients but also prolong the length of stay (LOS). 2119 HAI case-patients and 2119 matched control-patients were identified in 68 hospitals in 14 primary sampling ...
Huixue Jia +18 more
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HIV AIDS Length of Stay Outliers [PDF]
, 2015 Costs with HIV/AIDS hospitalizations are one of the major financial burdens on healthcare systems worldwide. In Portugal, hospitalizations related to HIV infection are some of the most expensive and the second major diagnosis category, and also accounts ...
Dias, Sara S., Martins, Maria F.O.
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Association of physiological reserve measures with adverse outcomes following liver transplantation
JGH Open, 2022 Background and Aim The comparative utility of physiological reserve measures in predicting important clinical outcomes following liver transplantation (LT) requires further study. The aim of this work was therefore to compare the utility of physiological
James S Kimber +8 more
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