299 cases of incomplete abortions were admitted to jahanshah saleh hospital, razi medical school university of tehran during the period of october 10, 1973 to november 24, 1974. all were treated with single dilatation and curettage. the patient groups were roughly half outpatient and half inpatient. the information was recorded on standard forms and computed by the international fertility resea...

From 1983 until 1987, 4177 outpatient urologic procedures were performed at Shahid Labbafi Nejad Medical Center. 34% of the cases were open surgical, while 66% were endourologic procedures. There was no surgical complication related to the outpatient aspect of the procedure. Rate of infection in open surgical cases was almost zero. The number of procedures was increased each succeeding yea...

from 1983 until 1987, 4177 outpatient urologic procedures were performed at shahid labbafi nejad medical center. 34% of the cases were open surgical, while 66% were endourologic procedures. there was no surgical complication related to the outpatient aspect of the procedure. rate of infection in open surgical cases was almost zero. the number of procedures was increased each succeeding year. al...

Interactions between the laboratory and outpatient physician are critical to ensure the appropriateness, accuracy, and utility of laboratory results. A recent Institute of Medicine report suggested that the consequences of medical errors in the outpatient setting-and the opportunities to improve-"may dwarf those in hospitals." This article focuses on the role of the physician's office in labora...

BACKGROUND Adjusting for laboratory test results may result in better confounding control when added to administrative claims data in the study of treatment effects. However, missing values can arise through several mechanisms. METHODS We studied the relationship between availability of outpatient lab test results, lab values, and patient and system characteristics in a large healthcare datab...

BACKGROUND Postoperative delirium after elective surgery is frequent and potentially serious. We sought to determine whether the use of statin medications was associated with a higher risk of postoperative delirium than other medications that do not alter microvascular autoregulation. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of 284 158 consecutive patients in Ontario aged 65 years...