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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, Anupama Murthy Kaza, Nithilavalli Balasubramanian, Siddhuraj Chandrasekaran   +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, Daniel B.C. Reid, MD, MPH, Matthew Quinn, MD, Devin Walsh, MD, Jeremy Raducha, MD, Leigh Hubbard, RN, MHA, John Froehlich, MD   +6 more
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Composite Length of Stay, An Outcome Measure of Postoperative and Readmission Length of Stays in Pancreatoduodenectomy

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2020
Postoperative length of stay (PLOS) and readmission rate are pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) outcome measures, which are reported individually but may be interrelated. The purpose of this study was to evaluate how well a composite length of stay measure (CLOS) that included PLOS and readmission length of stay describes outcomes.
Gregory A. Williams, Jingxia Liu, William C. Chapman, William G. Hawkins, Ryan C. Fields, Dominic E. Sanford, Majella B. Doyle, Chet W. Hammill, Adeel S. Khan, Steven M. Strasberg   +9 more
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Different COVID-19 treatments’ impact on hospital length of stay

European Journal of Medical Research, 2023
Importance COVID-19 has adversely affected global healthcare infrastructure since 2019. Currently, there are no large-scale published reports on the efficacy of combination therapy of dexamethasone, remdesivir, and tocilizumab on COVID-19 patients ...
Satori Iwamoto, Bahaar Kaur Muhar, Hao Chen, Harrison Chu, Mason Johnstone, Ashwin Sidhu, Hillary Chu, Joseph Fischer, Gary Chu   +8 more
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An enigma of hypothyroidism and hyponatremia coexistence: a nationwide population-based retrospective study

BMC Public Health, 2023
Introduction Hypothyroidism is a rare and possible cause of hyponatremia. However, the clinical epidemiology and risk of mortality (ROM) when they coexist still remain elusive.
Chun-Hao Chu, Wu-Chien Chien, Chiung-Chen Liu, Chi-Hsiang Chung, Ying-Chuan Chen, Feng-Chih Kuo, Hung-Hsiang Fang, Cheng-Yi Cheng, Yi-Xuan Ding, Chiung-Hsi Tien, Chien-Ming Lin   +10 more
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Clinical Characteristics and In-Hospital Outcomes in Dialysis Patients with Septic Arthritis

Medicina, 2022
Background and Objectives: Septic arthritis is a medical emergency associated with high morbidity and mortality. The incidence rate of septic arthritis among dialysis patients is higher than the general population, and dialysis patients with bacteremia ...
Hsin-Tzu Yeh, Shuh-Kuan Liau, Kuang-Yu Niu, Chien-Han Hsiao, Chung-Cheng Yeh, Jian-Xun Lu, Chip-Jin Ng, Chieh-Ching Yen   +7 more
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Hubungan Skor Awal GCS Terhadap Lama Rawat Pasien P1, P2 dan P3 di IGD RSUD Dr. H. Moch. Ansari Saleh

Journal of Health (JOH)
Emergency care in a hospital started in ER and the most common problem on ER patients is consciousness decline. Consciousness could be measured with GCS score so the nurses could determine the right intervention.
Santia Andira Pradini, M. Sobirin Mohtar, Bagus Rahmat Santoso   +2 more
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Implementation of Predictive Algorithms for the Study of the Endarterectomy LOS

Bioengineering, 2022
Background: In recent years, the length of hospital stay (LOS) following endarterectomy has decreased significantly from 4 days to 1 day. LOS is influenced by several common complications and factors that can adversely affect the patient’s health and may
Teresa Angela Trunfio, Anna Borrelli, Giovanni Improta   +2 more
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The length of stay in tourism [PDF]

Annals of Tourism Research, 2010
Abstract Economic theory generally treats the duration of a vacation as a constraint on demand imposed by available time. In contrast, in this paper, it is shown that the length of stay is a determinant of destination demand rather than a demand characteristic.
Carlos Pestana Barros, Luis Pinto Machado   +1 more
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Newborn Length of Stay and Risk of Readmission. [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Evidence 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 ...
Cromwell, David, Gilbert, Ruth, Harron, Katie, Oddie, Sam, van der Meulen, Jan   +4 more
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