Ab stract In 1996 data from labo ra to ries, gen eral prac ti tio ners and a na tional em ployer were com bined to de tect trends in in flu enza ac tiv ity in Aus tra lia. An epi demic of in flu enza A (H3N2) was re corded. Lit tle in flu enza B ac tiv ity was noted through out the win ter months, how ever the number of labo ra tory re ports of in flu enza B rose in the last quar ter of the yea...

introduction: renal length as measured on sonography is fundamental in diagnosis & follow up of renal diseases, and there’s increasing use of this kind of examination nowadays. some radiologists believe in the effect of position on renal measurements. regarding the above mentioned facts and in order to compare effect of patient position on sonographic measurement of renal length, this study was...

abstract background: critical care patients are at higher risk for untreated pain. pain has persistent and untreated effects on most of the body systems and results in development of complications, chronic pain, and increased length of stay. the aim of this study was to determine the effects of the implementation of a pain management program on the length of stay in patients with decreased leve...

length of hospital stay (los) is a key indicator for hospital management. reducing hospital stay is a priority for all health systems. we aimed to determine the length of hospital stay following coronary artery bypass surgery (cabg) based on its clinical and non-clinical factors. a cross-sectional study of 649 consecutive patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery was conducted...

background: it is necessary to consider into hospital emergency services' quantity and quality in different aspects such as time-to-provider, left-without-treatment and length-of-stay. the aimof this research was to identify the effect of these factors on patient satisfaction in training hospitals. methods: in this descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study, the sample size was calculated...

introduction : it is clear that if the discharge process takes less time and the patient leaves the hospital bed earlier, the length of hospitalization, and consequently, the waiting time for admission decreases. therefore, the method of use of treatment facilities is somewhat improved. the hospital discharge process, from when the discharge authorization is issued until the patient leaves the ...

introduction: timeliness has been considered as a key domain in quality of emergency department (ed) care and delay in care providing is influential determinants of patient’s outcomes. the present study, aimed to evaluate the determinants of prolonged ed length of stay (los). methods: in this cross-sectional study, using adopted version of the latest form for external evaluation and accreditati...

This study is a quasi-experimental using non-equivalent post-test-only control group design as the design, Middle school students were divided into two groups, experimental and group. Data collected observation sheets questionnaires. The sheet was used to collect data about application form of direct instruction-based cooperative learning model type team games tournaments with instilment local ...