Objective: To predict hospital stay by using various clinical parameters at admission.Patients and Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted over a period of one year (Jan – Dec 2010) in a tertiary level teaching hospital in North India. Out of 344 neonates admitted, 41 left against medical advice and were excluded. At time of admission, initial vital signs were noted along wi...

BACKGROUND Accessibility to tertiary intensive care resources differs among hospitals within a rural region. Determining whether accessibility is associated with outcome is important for understanding the role of regionalization when providing critical care to a rural population. METHODS In a prospective design, we identified and recorded the mortality ratio, percentage of unanticipated death...

OBJECTIVE Rhabdomyolysis is a clinical and biochemical syndrome caused by skeletal muscle injury. Our aim was to contribute to the existing data on rhabdomyolysis in our country by evaluating the etiologic, demographic, and clinical features of rhabdomyolysis patients who applied to a tertiary hospital emergency department. METHODS We retrospectively evaluated the data of patients who applied...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to examine the outcomes of critically ill patients who were transferred from other hospitals to a tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia as a quality improvement project. METHODS This was a retrospective study of adult patients admitted to the medical-surgical intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary care hospital. Patients were divided according to the...

OBJECTIVES To determine if medication review by a clinical pharmacist of older patients in the ED impacted on admission to hospital and other outcomes. METHODS A stratified, randomised controlled study comparing the intervention to current practice. A tertiary referral ED in New South Wales, Australia. Older people (>70 years) living at home who initially reported taking greater than five med...

BACKGROUND To compare the quantitative antibiotic use between hospitals or hospital units and to explore differences, adjustment for severity of illness of hospitalized patients is essential. The case mix index (CMI) is an economic surrogate marker (i.e. the total cost weights of all inpatients per a defined time period divided by the number of admissions) to describe the average patients' morb...