current study determined the overall incidence, common causes as well as main predictors of this final diagnosis among neonates admitted to a rural district hospital in iran. this study was conducted on 699 neonates who were candidate for admission to the nicu. study population was categorized in the case group, including patients exposed to final diagnosis of neonatal seizures and the control ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the importance of sensitisation and exposure to allergens and viral infection in precipitating acute asthma in adults resulting in admission to hospital. DESIGN Case-control study. SETTING Large district general hospital. PARTICIPANTS 60 patients aged 17-50 admitted to hospital over a year with acute asthma, matched with two controls: patients with stable asthma r...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether providing elderly alternate level of care (ALC) patients with interdisciplinary care on a transitional care unit (TCU) achieves better clinical outcomes and lowers costs compared with providing them with standard hospital care. DESIGN Before-and-after structured retrospective chart audit. SETTING St Joseph's Hospital in Comox, BC. PARTICIPANTS One hundred th...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the research paper was to assess selected laboratory results in children with fever without seizures and febrile seizure. MATERIALS AND METHODS The paper presents an analysis of a group of 306 children aged 6 months - 5 years who were admitted with diagnosed fever without seizures and febrile seizures in Specialized Health Care Centre for Mother and Child in Poznan betwee...

this study aimed to determine the relationship between suturing and electro-cautery methods of post-tonsillectomy homeostasis in imam khomeini hospital- kermanshah. an analytical study was performed on admitted patient's profiles from 2002-2004. data collection sheet was applied to extract all variables. descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. during that period 915 ...

INTRODUCTION Anaemia and the associated need for packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusions are common in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Among many causes, blood losses from repeated diagnostic tests are contributory. METHODS This is a before and after study in a medical ICU of a university hospital. We used a closed blood conservation device (Venous Arterial blood Managem...

Objective The study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of our previously published Youth Care Plan (YCP) as a tool for the psychosocial assessment of adolescents and young adults admitted to hospital. Design A comparative study of a quasi-convenient sample of two pre-defined groups Setting Young people aged 12‐24 years admitted to a university teaching hospital in Sydney, New South Wa...

In an era of escalating resistance and a lack of new antimicrobial discovery, stewardship programs must utilize knowledge of pharmacodynamics to achieve maximal exposure in the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. We evaluated the clinical and economic outcomes associated with extended-infusion cefepime in the treatment of P. aeruginosa infections. This single-center study compared i...

Eighty patients, all of whom were suffering from a frank clinical attack of ulcerative colitis, were admitted to the trial. The attack was treated with a standard course of corticosteroids and the patients were immediately placed on treatment with either azathioprine in a dose of 2.5 mg/kg body weight or dummy tablets. The trial tablets were continued for one year while the patients were mainta...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS To validate the lactate clearance (LC) at 6 h for mortality prediction in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)-admitted patients and its comparison with a pediatric index of mortality 2 (PIM 2) score. DESIGN A prospective, observational study in a tertiary care center. MATERIALS AND METHODS Children <13 years of age, admitted to PICU were included in the study. Lactate l...