Introduction: Advances in care of the critically ill patient have promoted growth in the number of “chronically critically ill”-patients who survive acute medical crisis only to require weeks of intensive monitoring. This population accounts for a small fraction of admissions yet a disproportionately large fraction of healthcare resources. Despite this allocation, long-term outcomes are poorly ...

conclusions coccygectomy is a successful treatment in patients unresponsive to conservative treatments for coccydynia. results the patients were followed up for an average of 25.7 months. the results were good in 11 patients, excellent in 1, and fair in only 1 patient. the excellent and good rates amounted to 92.2%. no major complication was seen. patients and methods between october 2010 and d...

To find out the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus nosocomial infection and methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA), clinical samples from nosocomially infected patients were processed by following standard methodology in microbiology laboratory, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. Of 149 S. aureus isolates, skin infection isolates contributed a major part 72.5% making nos...

  Background: There are challenges ahead of short-term hospitalization of low-risk patients hospitalized only for monitoring of severe disease who may die soon after admission. The purpose of this study was to suggest strategies for the management of ICU stay lengths and to ensure optimal use of ICU resources.   Methods: The study was conducted retrospectively on 246 patients admitted to 9 gene...

introduction: coverage of bone grafts is very important in reconstructive surgery. in edentulous alveolar ridges this coverage is particularly important for supporting dental prostheses. here we present the case of a patient with a large deficient maxillary anterior region that was reconstructed with a bilateral palatal submucosal periosteal connective tissue flap: a soft tissue reserve for upp...