OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the mental health of patients admitted in Internal medicine, Surgery and Gynecology wards of Imam Khomeini Hospital of Tehran in 2009. METHOD The symptom checklist-90-R (SCL-90-R) questionnaire was administered for 93 patients in internal, surgical and gynecological wards of Imam Khomeini hospital in 2009. RESULTS In this study, the mean age was...

OBJECTIVE To compare night visit rates in different electoral wards of one general practice with the Jarman and Townsend deprivation scores and unemployment rates. DESIGN Analysis of computerised workload data. SETTING General practice in centre of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. OUTCOME MEASURE Visits made in 588 nights to the 11,998 patients on the practice list. RESULTS Night visit rates...

OBJECTIVES To study the effect of an intervention on prevention of respiratory arrest and cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) and to characterize ward CPAs by preceding signs and symptoms and initial cardiac rhythm. DESIGN A before-and-after interventional trial (12 months preintervention and 12 months postintervention). SETTING A tertiary care, academic children's hospital. PARTICIPANTS Admitte...

OBJECTIVE To identify the prevalence rate of mental disorders among Ontario children who are permanent wards and also the key practice and descriptive variables associated with their diagnostic status. METHOD I reviewed case files from a stratified random sample of 429 Ontario children who were permanent wards with no access to biological parents on December 31, 2003. Data abstracted from fil...

QUALITY PROBLEM OR ISSUE It is estimated that only 17% of patients survive an in-hospital cardiac arrest. Medical evidence indicates that many patients show signs of deterioration during the 24 h period prior to their cardiac arrest. INITIAL ASSESSMENT At Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust (SRFT) 135 patients (outside critical care areas) suffered a cardiac arrest between March 2007 and April...