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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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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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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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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman +8 more
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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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Outcomes and costs of blunt trauma in England and Wales [PDF]
, 2008 Background Trauma represents an important public health concern in the United Kingdom, yet the acute costs of blunt trauma injury have not been documented and analysed in detail. Knowledge of the overall costs of trauma care, and the drivers of these
Christensen, MC +4 more
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Inpatient Food Insecurity and Pediatric Hematology Oncology Hospitalization Outcomes
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Children with cancer and blood disorders are at risk for food insecurity (FI). We aimed to describe the association of inpatient food insecurity (IFI) and hospitalization outcomes among patients admitted to the pediatric hematology oncology service. Of 325 caregivers screened for IFI, 60 (18.6%) screened positive.
Joanna M. Robles +4 more
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Predicting Healthcare Utilization by Patients Admitted for COPD Exacerbation [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016 Background: Healthcare utilization, especially length of hospital stay and ICU admission, for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) determine overall outcomes in terms of morbidity, mortality and cost burden. Predicting
Karthikeyan Ramaraju +3 more
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Modifying the RAPT Score to Reflect Discharge Destination in Current Practice
Arthroplasty Today, 2021 Background: The Risk Assessment Prediction Tool (RAPT) is a validated 6-question survey designed to predict primary total joint arthroplasty (TJA) patients’ discharge disposition.
Eric Cohen, MD +6 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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