OBJECTIVE To analyze short-term leaves among the healthcare staff of a university hospital. METHODS Study population included 965 nursing professionals active on 1 January 2000. Leaves up to 30 days in one year were analyzed. Sickness leaves (one-year aggregate), service demand, and diagnoses were described. Relative risk was estimated through multivariate analysis, using negative binomial di...

Many methods have been described for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), but the heterogeneous expression of methicillin resistance affects the reliability of these methods. The aim of the present study was to evaluate some methods for detecting methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolates in a university hospital located in the Northeast of Brazil. ...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to assess the practices of pharmacists in Hospital Care. Method - we interviewed 20 pharmacists from the Pharmacy Division by applying a structured instrument, in September 2005. This instrument addressed aspects related to the main activities at the Hospital Pharmacy, which were assessed according to indicators organized into five areas: sector management, hospital p...

a Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China b China Institute for Educational Finance Research, Peking University, Beijing, China c School of Economics and Management, Northwest University, Xi'an, China d Center for Experimental Economics in Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, C...

The purpose of this study was to obtain baseline information on smoking among nurses. An attempt was made to contact, in person, all 301 nurses working for the university hospital in Sivas, Turkey, and when contacted they were asked to complete an anonymous questionnaire. Each unit of the hospital was visited three times, and 239 (79%) nurses were reached who all completed the questionnaire. Of...

OBJECTIVE To assess the perception of women who gave birth in a hospital on health system responsiveness and their satisfaction. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTING Four district, one regional and one university hospitals in the Songkhla province, Southern Thailand. PARTICIPANTS All women who delivered in the participating hospitals from November 2007 to December 2008. METHODS All w...

The purpose of the present study was to determine their current levels of burnout and to identify the factors associated with burnout syndrome among assistant physicians who are undergoing further training in medical specialties. The present descriptive study was conducted on assistant physicians at a Turkish university hospital. The participants were subject to a 26-item questionnaire and the ...

INTRODUCTION The current student generation have their own expectations toward professional life and pay particular attention to their work-life balance. Less interest in work-intensive specialties leads to a shortage of skilled candidates especially in surgery. In order to motivate students into a surgical residency, new priorities become important. A deeper understanding of the underlying arg...

In singleton pregnancies after IVF a high rate of preterm deliveries and an increased rate of small-for-gestational age (SGA) children in comparison to the general parturient population have been reported. However, due to differences between IVF mothers and their peers who conceived naturally, careful selection of the control group is necessary to assess whether IVF pregnancies really carry inc...

This work was partially supported by NSF grant ACI-9982274, by LLNL/DOE grant #B347714, and by Army High Performance Computing Research Center contract number DAAH04-95-C-0008. The content of this work does not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the government and no official endorsement should be inferred. Access to computing facilities was provided by AHPCRC and the Minnesota Super...