Abstract Background It is overly known that time delays in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) strongly influence its outcomes. Patient delay (PD) repeatedly pointed out as the longer one this context, well it less modifiable by organizational measures. Therefore, crucial to understand reasons for PD our population, define proper strategies improve and, ultimately, AMI-outcomes. Methods In six-mo...

Abstract Introduction Patients diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and prescribed positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy for treatment may have differences in experience based on insurance provider, sex, age, or comorbidity status. This retrospective, real-world analysis investigated the factors that impact patient’s OSA journey from initial test to starting PAP therapy. Methods De-ide...

a b s t r a c t mortality and morbidity from trauma continues to be a serious, ubiquitous public health problem. our short communication reports on the benefits of a dedicated lower limb trauma coordinator (lltc) to the trauma service of a busy inner-london plastics unit. this is based on a retrospective case-note based audit; performed 19 months prior to the introduction of the lltc and for 16...