Jane Jeffrie Seley, DNP, MSN, MPH, BC-ADM, CDE, CDTC, Guest Editor The publication of this Diabetes Spectrum From Research to Practice section on inpatient glycemic management coincides with my 10th anniversary as an inpatient diabetes nurse practitioner at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. This decade has been a remarkable journey, marked by a slow b...

Summary. The aim of the work was to study possibility and effectiveness antibiotic therapy for appendicular infiltrate using proposed lymphotropic technology. results treatment patients with two studied groups were analyzed. In main group (47 patients), administration antibacterial drugs performed. comparison people) received standard therapy. At same time, it possible reduce period inpatient f...

Objective: This study evaluated variations in functional outcome for patients participating in a multidisciplinary acute inpatient rehabilitation program specific for brain tumors at a free standing acute inpatient rehabilitation hospital. Methods: Data was collected retrospectively for 45 patients with brain tumors admitted for inpatient rehabilitation from January 1, 2008 to May 1, 2009. Prim...

BACKGROUND Schema Therapy (ST), a psychotherapy model integrating cognitive, experiential and behavioural interventions, was initially developed and evaluated as an outpatient treatment for patients with severe and chronic disorders, among them Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Two randomized controlled trials have demonstrated the effectiveness of ST for BPD, delivered in an individual or...

BACKGROUND Physical therapists practicing in inpatient acute care settings in the United States work in a 21st century health care system that requires professional competence in clinical reasoning and decision making. For doctor of physical therapy (DPT) students, the development of confidence in the patient evaluation and the professional skills necessary for managing the inpatient environmen...

BACKGROUND This study focused on the predictors of therapy dropout in a naturalistic sample of patients with borderline pathology receiving dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) in an inpatient setting. We assumed that the change of the therapist between DBT-briefing and start of DBT-treatment as well as comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and childhood trauma history were associated wit...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In an inner-London teaching hospital, a randomized trial of "conventional" care versus early discharge to community-based therapy found no significant differences in clinical outcomes between patient groups. This report examines the economic consequences of the alternative strategies. METHODS One hundred sixty-seven patients received the early discharge package, and 164...