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Prolonged length of stay in hospitalized internal medicine patients

European Journal of Internal Medicine, 2015
Targeting patients with prolonged hospitalizations may represent an effective strategy for reducing average hospital length of stay (LOS).We sought to characterize predictors of prolonged hospitalization among internal medicine patients in an effort to guide future improvement efforts.We conducted a retrospective cohort study using administrative data ...
Barba, Raquel, Marco, Javier, Canora, Jesús, Plaza, Susana, Nistal Juncos, Sara, Hinojosa, Juan, Mendez Bailon, Manuel, Zapatero, Antonio   +7 more
openaire   +3 more sources

The impact of complications on prolonged length of hospital stay after resection in colorectal cancer: A retrospective study of Taiwanese patients

Journal of International Medical Research, 2017
Objectives To assess the impact of minor, major and individual complications on prolonged length of hospital stay in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) after surgery using multivariate models.
Herng-Chia Chiu, Hui-Min Hsieh, Hui-Li Wang   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Prolonged hospital stay for whooping cough: The need for prevention

Public Health, 1982
Three hundred and thirty-two children with whooping cough were admitted to a children's hospital during 1977–80. Sixty-five (20%) stayed for over 14 days, and 14 (4%) required intensive care. Infants under 6 months old were most likely to be severely ill and to stay longer.
P, Harker, E, Hall
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Low-phase angle in body composition measurements correlates with prolonged hospital stay in head and neck cancer patients

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, 2019
Background: Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is a method for estimating body composition. Clinically the most important parameter is the phase angle (PA), which decreases with progressing malnutrition and is highly predictive for impaired survival ...
M. Lundberg, Amy Dickinson, P. Nikander, H. Orell, A. Mäkitie   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Preconditioning program reduces the incidence of prolonged hospital stay after lung cancer surgery: Results from the Move For Surgery randomized clinical trial.

British Journal of Surgery, 2023
Y. Patel, K. Sullivan, I. Churchill, Marla K Beauchamp, J. Wald, L. Mbuagbaw, C. Fahim, W. Hanna   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Medical Disorders Associated With Psychiatric Comorbidity and Prolonged Hospital Stay

Psychiatric Services, 1989
Our study shows that increased length of stay is associated with the presence of psychiatric comorbidity in inpatients who have certain medical illnesses such as neoplasms; circulatory, digestive, renal, and respiratory disorders; and operative procedures.
G, Fulop, J J, Strain, M C, Fahs, J S, Hammer, J S, Lyons   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Weak-Supervision for Prolonged Hospital Length of Stay Prediction

2022 IEEE International Conference on E-health Networking, Application & Services (HealthCom), 2022
Ariana J. Mann, Nicholas Bambos
openaire   +1 more source

Risk Factors Associated with Prolonged Hospital Stay and Readmission in Patients After Primary Bariatric Surgery

Obesity Surgery, 2020
L. Nijland, S. D. de Castro, R. V. van Veen   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Reasons for prolonged hospital stay

Journal of Chronic Diseases, 1957
Leonard S. Rosenfeld, Franz Goldmann, Leo A. Kaprio   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

The Association between Prolonged Antibiotic Use in Culture Negative Infants and Length of Hospital Stay and Total Hospital Costs

American Journal of Perinatology, 2021
W. Sourour, V. Sánchez, M. Sourour, Jordan Burdine, E. Lien, D. Nguyen, Sunil K. Jain   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source