Hardwicke: transition from a surgical ward to an exemplar Specialist Geriatric Ward

An objective evaluation of geriatric ward meetings.

Geriatric patients in an acute medical ward.

During a nine-month study 160 out of 482 bed-weeks in an acute medical ward were accounted for by 11 patients who no longer needed to be there. This was unsatisfactory both for the 11 patients concerned and for those patients requiring admission for whom the beds were blocked.

Surgical outcome of patients with hyperparathyroidism in a non-specialist surgical ward.

Aim of the study was to audit patients who had undergone parathyroidectomy in University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), and compare surgical outcomes with that in the literature. Data on demography, aetiology, surgical indications, pre-operative localization, surgery and complications was obtained retrospectively from medical records of patients undergoing parathyroidectomy between 1st Octobe...

Predictors of adverse outcomes on an acute geriatric rehabilitation ward.

BACKGROUND multidisciplinary rehabilitation is of proven benefit in the management of older inpatients. However, the identification of patients who will do well with rehabilitation currently lacks a strong evidence base. OBJECTIVES the aims of this study were to compare the importance of chronological age, gender, co-morbidities and frailty in the prediction of adverse outcomes for patients a...

Sleepless in the surgical ward.