Diagnostics Agreement at Discharge from Hospital with Thoracic Pain in a Hospital Emergency Service

[Conciliation discrepancies at hospital discharge].

OBJECTIVE To evaluate and describe the non-justified discrepancies found on reconciling chronic medication prescribed to patients when discharged from hospital. Secondly, the impact of the reconciliation process is evaluated by assessing the seriousness of the discrepancies. DESIGN Cality study. SETTING Short Stay Medical Unit in Elda General Hospital, Alicante, Spain. PARTICIPANTS All pa...

Violence Against Pre-hospital Emergency Medical Service Personnel in Guilan Province, Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study

Prognosis assessment in stroke patients at discharge from hospital.

BACKGROUND accurate prognostic assessments of need of help, health and dwelling situation in stroke patients are important for patient management, rehabilitation, discharge planning, and for providing reliable information to patients and their relatives. OBJECTIVE to analyse factors affecting the accuracy of discharge prognosis assessments. DESIGN prospective study of stroke patients discha...

Dispensing medications at the hospital upon discharge from an emergency department.

Although most health care services can and should be provided by their medical home, children will be referred or require visits to the emergency department (ED) for emergent clinical conditions or injuries. Continuation of medical care after discharge from an ED is dependent on parents or caregivers' understanding of and compliance with follow-up instructions and on adherence to medication rec...

NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF PRETERM INFANTS AT DISCHARGE: A STUDY AT TEHRAN VALIE-E-ASR HOSPITAL

 ABSTRACT Background: Nutrients meeting recommended dietary intakes take time to establish and once established are rarely maintained throughout hospital stay in preterm infants. Methods: Our purpose is to define the nutritional status and growth parameters of hospitalized patients at discharge in our hospital. Data were obtained concerning all 50 infants born weighing <1800 g and <34 weeks of ...