Within Latin America, longitudinal hospital surveillance studies of acute childhood respiratory diseases are very rare. This article reports the results of one such study conducted at the pediatric emergency ward of the Social Security Hospital in Panama City from March through December 1983. In all, 340 children with lower respiratory tract diseases (primary admission diagnoses of asthma, bron...

We report a case of human nasal nosocomial myiasis in a 69-year-old rural man with numerous live maggots in nostrils. The patient was admitted in Emergency Ward due to dyspnea. After 72 hours the companion of patient discovered larva. The presence of the third instar larva indicated that the infestation was not more than three days. The collected instars were cleared, fixed and morphological st...

OBJECTIVES This report presents estimates on the availability of pediatric services, expertise, and supplies for treating pediatric emergencies in U.S. hospitals. METHODS The Emergency Pediatric Services and Equipment Supplement (EPSES) was a self-administered questionnaire added to the 2002-03 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS). NHAMCS samples non-Federal, short-stay a...

Hydatid cysts are known to occur in most organs especially in the endemic areas. However, its occurrence in uterus is extremely rare and it mostly occurs as a secondary involvement. Herein we reported on a 25-year-old woman with primary involvement of the uterus and left fallopian tube. The patient presented with a colicky abdominal pattern and fever and was admitted to the Emergency Ward. Iran...

Background An overview of compulsory admission and civil commitment in Germany is presented. Legal, administrative, and methodological aspects are described. The expiry of compulsory admission or retention in a closed psychiatric ward is not strictly identical to legal commitment. In Germany, civil commitment (a form of guardianship) is regulated on a nationwide basis. Public commitment (throug...

The day afterwards (day 1), the boy returned to the emergency ward with a fever (38.5 C). Physical examination showed no signs of sepsis, a normal ear-nose-throat inspection, and the stitched wound had a normal aspect. Laboratory investigations showed a slight leucocytosis (12.600 cells μl ) with neutrophilia (85%), but a normal C-reactive protein level (6.6mg l ) and sedimentation rate (2mm h ...

OBJECTIVE To compare patients admitted from the emergency department (ED) directly to a ward (EDWard), the intensive care unit (EDICU) or stepdown (high dependency) unit (EDSDU) with patients admitted via the ED, but whose admission to an ICU (EDWardICU) or SDU (EDWardSDU) was preceded by a ward stay. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Administrative and clinical data linkage; 650-bed, tertiary...

BACKGROUND Stress has been seen as a routine and accepted part of the health care worker's role. There is a lack of research on stress in nurses in Ireland. AIMS To examine the levels of stress experienced by nurses working in an Irish teaching hospital and investigate differences in perceived stress levels by ward area and associations with work characteristics. METHODS A cross-sectional s...