conclusions the frequency of nis in this hospital was lower in comparison with other worldwide studies. however, low incidence of health care-associated infections in our study may be due to under diagnosis and underreporting of such infections by health care staff. results the incidence of nis was low (i.e. < 2%). among 16936 admitted patients in this hospital, 174 patients (79 males and 95 fe...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To measure delay in admission to a large hospital and to study the role of social class and other potential determinants of delay. DESIGN Interview of a 10% sample of newly diagnosed patients admitted to medical or surgical wards, and all those admitted for external hernia or colon cancer between June 1989 and May 1990. SETTING The largest hospital in an Italian region of fi...

BACKGROUND We identified factors associated with delayed first consultation for breast symptoms (patient delay), delayed diagnosis after first consultation (doctor delay), and advanced pathologic stage at presentation among 180 women with breast cancer in Thailand. METHODS In this cross-sectional study 180 patients with invasive breast cancer were interviewed about potential risk factors and ...

Delay in discharge of the patient reduces bed availability any healthcare organization. In spite advancement medical systems and hospital management, delay discharges still exist. Hence, there was a need to evaluate factors contributing an exclusive paediatric hospital. A study from private general ward undertaken at tertiary care Mumbai, between September-October 2021. total 60 discharges, 30 ...

BACKGROUND Sepsis is a life-threatening condition where the risk of death has been reported to be even higher than that associated with the major complications of atherosclerosis, i.e. myocardial infarction and stroke. In all three conditions, early treatment could limit organ dysfunction and thereby improve the prognosis. AIM To describe what has been published in the literature a/ with rega...

PURPOSE We set out to determine clinical and EEG features of seizures presenting with falls, epileptic drop attacks and atonia in the video EEG monitoring unit. METHODS We searched the video EEG monitoring reports over a 5-year-period for the terms "drop", "fall" and "atonic". RESULTS Seizures presenting as epileptic drop attacks, falls or atonia were found in 23/1112 (2%) admissions. About...

Abstract Introduction We investigated patients with acute urinary tract obstruction in a DGH to ascertain which factors predispose CKD and mortality. Method Over five months there were 37 nephrostomy/stent cases, 18 female, 3 mortalities. Median age was 55.5 (18-93). Retrospective data used multiple regression analysis. Input variables included the intervention indication, admission Creatinine,...

The findings in the initial study found that delay health services at hospital was caused by lack of discipline nurses carrying out their duties during working hours hospital. This has an impact on service delays, and can reduce patient satisfaction. research objective to determine effect nurse performance Bahteramas General Hospital. type used is quantitative using a cross-sectional design. po...

Nursing hospitals have a high probability of casualties during fire disaster because they many patients with impaired mobility. In this study, and egress simulations were conducted to evaluate the safety typical nursing hospital. The available safe time (ASET) prototype hospital was calculated using Fire Dynamics Simulator, required (RSET) estimated by Pathfinder, reflecting characteristics occ...