Delay in reviewing test results prolongs hospital length of stay: a retrospective cohort study
Background Failure in the timely follow-up of test results has been widely documented, contributing to delayed medical care. Yet, the impact of delay in reviewing test results on hospital length of stay (LOS) has not been studied.
Mei-Sing Ong +2 more
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Objective: To describe the length of stay of the patients in short-stay observation unit (SOU) of a medical school hospital. Material and Methods: We undertook a retrospective data review of patients admitted to the SOU from 1 August 2007 to 31 July 2008.
Kanthika Kraisawat +1 more
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Does the influenza vaccine prevent sequelae such as myocarditis from developing?
Vaccination continues to be a valuable and simple procedure to guard patients from an illness that may prevent them from completing their normal everyday tasks, missing days of work, and even lead to unnecessary sequelae. The following case describes one
Ryan Whitney +3 more
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Volume de fluído intravenoso e alta hospitalar precoce em colecistectomia aberta
OBJETIVO: Investigar se a adoção de um protocolo de restrição hídrica intravenosa em colecistectomia aberta diminui a permanência hospitalar. MÉTODO: Estudo prospectivo envolvendo pacientes submetidas a colecistectomia aberta após a adoção de um ...
José Eduardo de Aguilar-Nascimento +5 more
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Background With the rapid growth of elderly patients visiting the Emergency Department (ED), it is expected that there will be even more hospitalisations following ED visits in the future.
C. P. Launay +5 more
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Comparison of hospitalists and nonhospitalists in inpatient length of stay adjusting for patient and physician characteristics [PDF]
William Rifkin +3 more
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Inpatient Length of Stay in Femur Fracture Patients in Emergency Hospital, Mansoura University [PDF]
Mohammed Ramadan Foudah +81 more
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Is Length of Stay a Quality Indicator in Chronic Ventilated Neonate? [PDF]
Ashley Deville, Shabih Manzar
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Impact of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea on acute care length of stay, hospital costs, and readmission: A multicenter retrospective study of inpatients, 2009-2011 [PDF]
Glenn Magee +5 more
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Variation in length of hospital stay after lung cancer surgery in the Netherlands† [PDF]
Erik M. von Meyenfeldt +3 more
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