In order to provide guidance data for clinically rational use of an antibiotics consuption, prescribing and prevalence of multidrug resistant (MDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii were monitored on the surgical (S) and medical (M) wards of the University Hospital Center "Dr. Dragisa Misovic-Dedinje" (Belgrade, Serbia), in the study period from 2012 to 2...

BACKGROUND Women generally wait longer than men prior to seeking treatment for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). They are more likely to present with atypical symptoms, and are less likely to be admitted to coronary or intensive care units (CCU or ICU) compared to similarly-aged males. Women are more likely to die during hospital admission. Sex differences in the associations of delayed arriva...

OBJECTIVES In this paper we present a method for processing and presentation of data recorded through structured observation of clinicians' information and communication activities. The activities are encoded as sequences of distinctive speech acts, and resulting profiles of communicative behaviour are visualized in radar graphs. Example profiles resulting from the analysis of three clinicians'...

BACKGROUND The quality of care of patients dying in the hospital is often judged as insufficient. This article describes the protocol of a study to assess the quality of care of the dying patient and the contribution of an intervention targeted on staff nurses of inpatient wards of a large university hospital in the Netherlands. METHODS/DESIGN We designed a controlled before and after study. ...

OBJECTIVE To identify characteristics of patients who abscond from general hospital wards, and to determine patient outcomes. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING In-patient wards of a public general hospital, Hong Kong. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Incident reports of 116 absconding episodes over a 20-month period from 1 November 1998 to 30 June 2000 were reviewed. Clinical characteristics, time ...

BACKGROUND There are few studies of the epidemiology and clinical outcomes of patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) in a general hospital ward. OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical outcomes of IHCA cases that occurred in the general ward of a university hospital and that were witnessed and/or monitored. METHODS We prospectively gathered data on all IHCAs in the general ward of As...