conclusions post-operative pain in rectal acetaminophen group was less than that in intravenous acetaminophen group, and rectal acetaminophen group demanded their first additional analgesic medication later. results data analysis indicated a significant relationship between reduction of postoperative pain and the use of intravenous or rectal acetaminophen (p = 0.0001); in group receiving iv ace...

background: syncope is a common clinical problem which can be remarkably debilitating and associated with high health care costs. syncope is a clinical syndrome with many potential causes. the aim of the study was to determine the etiologies of patients with syncope in the emergency department (ed) of a referral and general university hospital.  methods: one hundred sixty-five consecutive patie...

FALLS AND HOSPITALIZED CANCER PATIENTSby REBECCA ALLAN-GIBBS, MSN, RN, CNS-BC, AOCNSMay 2014Advisor: Dr. Patricia Jarosz, PhD, RNMajor: NursingDegree: Doctor of PhilosophyProblem: Many hospital fall prevention studies have shown that having a diagnosis of cancerplaces patients at higher risk for falls/falls with injury when compared to other hospitalizedgroup...

Objective: To assess the occurrence and severity of thrombocytopenia in hospitalized Malaria patients. Design and Setting: Prospective hospital based case series from August 2003 to December 2004 conducted in the medical unit of tertiary care center. Patients and Methods: All hospitalized patients with acute febrile illness without localizing signs were considered for the study. Peripheral smea...

Vol.2, No.2, August 2012 Hyperglycaemia is a common, serious and costly health care problem in hospitalized patients. There is substantial observational evidence linking hyperglycaemia in critically ill patients (with and without diabetes) to higher rates of hospital complications, longer hospital stay, higher health care resource utilization, and greater hospital mortality (1,2). Although seve...

INTRODUCTION In this study, we aimed to investigate and compare the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of psychiatric inpatients hospitalized involuntarily and voluntarily. To our knowledge, there is no study analyzing involuntary psychiatric hospitalization in our country. METHOD In this retrospective study, we included a total of 504 patients who were involuntarily or voluntarily...

Hyperglycemia occurs frequently in hospitalized patients and many studies have shown that hyperglycemia is associated with poor outcomes. Until recently was considered that hyperglycemia does not significantly influence the patients outcome. This changed with the publication of Van den Berghe study, which demonstrated significant reduction in mortality with intensive glycemic management. Recent...

OBJECTIVE To review the current literature and to discuss medical errors in hospitalized patients emphasizing its incidence, predisposing factors and prevention mechanism. Special attention is given to medication errors and adverse drug events in newborn infants and pediatric patients. SOURCES Bibliographic review of the current literature through electronic search in Medline data-base, with ...

The apparent body clearance of chloramphenicol was investigated in 21 hospitalized adult patients on 27 occasions. Apparent body clearance was found to be significantly lower (1.99 +/- 1.49 ml/min per kg) in patients with total serum bilirubin concentrations of >1.5 mg/100 ml than in patients with serum bilirubin concentrations of </=1.5 mg/100 ml (3.57 +/- 1.72 ml/min per kg; P < 0.001). Serum...