Length of Stay after Vaginal Birth: Sociodemographic and Readiness-for-Discharge Factors [PDF]
, 2004 Background: The impact of reductions in postpartum length of stay have been widely reported, but factors influencing length of hospital stay after vaginal birth have received less attention.
American Academy of Pediatrics/American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists +26 more
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Influence of Inpatient Dietary Restriction on Recovery from and Reoccurrence of Acute, Uncomplicated Diverticulitis [PDF]
, 2019 Rationale: Recent literature suggests that a liberalised diet (i.e. no dietary restrictions) is safe for the inpatient management of acute, uncomplicated diverticulitis; however, physicians internationally continue to prescribe restricted diets (i.e ...
Canavan, Russell +9 more
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Impact of Asthma Management Protocol in reducing Length of Stay in Low Income Countries
Saudi Journal of Emergency MedicineIntroduction: Asthma is recognized as one of the most common pediatric diseases. Different methods are adopted to reduce to Length of Stay of Asthmatics patients in Emergency Department.
Razi Ur Rahman
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Open Access Emergency Medicine, 2020 Abdulwahid Awol Ahmed,1 Shemsedin Amme Ibro,1 Gemechis Melkamu,2 Sheka Shemsi Seid,1 Temamen Tesfaye1 1School of Nursing and Midwifery, Jimma University, Jimma, Oromia Region, Ethiopia; 2School of Medicine, Jimma University, Jimma, Oromia Region ...
Ahmed AA +4 more
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Length of Stay for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Hospitals seek to maximize efficiency in stabilizing and discharging post-operative patients. The post-operative length of stay (LOS) for laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgeries in the short stay unit of a community hospital in the Portland ...
Cartwright, Kathryn +2 more
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Prognostic Factors for Prolonged In-Hospital Stay in Patients with Heart Failure
Medicina, 2023 Background and Objectives: Heart failure (HF) is a threatening health condition that is associated with an increasing prevalence and high expenses because of frequent patient hospitalizations.
Eglė Ignatavičiūtė +2 more
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The Effect of Complications on Length of Stay
Annals of Surgery, 1994 The authors determined the effect of complications on length of stay (LOS) in surgical patients.From 1987 to 1990, in the Professional General Surgical Unit of Royal Victoria Hospital, a retrospective survey was conducted on 5128 consecutively admitted patients with 396 different diagnosis; 228 different operations were examined.Patient LOS during a 3 ...
P, McAleese, W, Odling-Smee
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Youth Incarceration, Health, and Length of Stay [PDF]
, 2017 For youth from marginalized communities, the pathway into the juvenile justice system occurs against a backdrop of disproportionately high levels of stress, complex trauma, and adverse childhood experiences.
González, Thalia
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A cost analysis of a broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy in the empirical treatment of health care-associated infections in cirrhotic patients [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment of infections in cirrhosis are crucial. As new guidelines in this context, particularly for health care-associated (HCA) infections, would be needed, we performed a trial documenting whether an ...
Ceccarelli, Giancarlo +5 more
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The determinants of length of stay in the Azores : a count model approach [PDF]
, 2010 This paper employs count data models to estimate the determinants of length of stay, as count data models naturally lend themselves to overcome the censoring and truncation data issues associated with the non-negative, integer nature of length of stay ...
Menezes, António Gomes de +2 more
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