Abstract Introduction Missed injury (MI) in trauma-patients is a widely reported phenomenon, with rates varying from 1.9-39%. Methods exist to reduce the incidence of MI’s such as tertiary-trauma-survey (TTS). Robust primary and secondary surveys should indeed identify all injuries facilitate management. However, for trauma patients, there remains an unwanted prevalence MI. We hypothesized addi...

Methods In 2006-2007, 631 patients aged 18-30 were admitted for alcohol intoxication at the ED of a tertiary Swiss hospital. In 2014, they were re-contacted and interviewed to complete: demographics, alcohol use disorders identification test-consumption (AUDIT-C), Mini International Neuropsychiatric interview (MINI) for AUD, SF12 mental and physical component summary scores (MCS, PCS), Patient ...

INTRODUCTION Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute, acquired, monophasic peripheral neuropathy which has become the most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis. This is an epidemiological report on the seasonal and monthly distribution of GBS and certain patient characteristics in Shiraz, Iran. METHODS We extracted data from Namazi hospital records retrospectively in a 10 year period (Ja...

HYPOTHESIS Necrotizing soft tissue infections are associated with a high mortality rate. We hypothesize that specific predictors of limb loss and mortality in patients with necrotizing soft tissue infection can be identified on hospital admission. DESIGN A retrospective cohort study. SETTING A tertiary care center. PATIENTS Patients with a diagnosis of necrotizing soft tissue infection du...

With new national targets for patient flow in public hospitals designed to increase efficiencies in patient care and resource use, better knowledge of events affecting length of stay will support improved bed management and scheduling of procedures. This paper presents a case study involving the integration of material from each of three databases in operation at one tertiary hospital and demon...

Methods We conducted a retrospective observational study of patients who were diagnosed multiple organ failure within 24 hours from admission in a general ICU of a tertiary care hospital in Japan. The study duration was from January 2009 to December 2012. The primary outcome was 28-day all cause mortality. The intervention was received ulinastatin for three days and more. Patients were also str...

Introduction : Nosocomial infection (NI) is defined as an infection developing in hospitalized patients, neither present nor in incubation at the time of their admission. It is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. NI is among the most difficult problems confronting clinicians who deal with severally ill patients. By prolonging the hospital stay of patients, NI adds significantly t...