abstract background: postpartum period is the critically important part of obstetric care but most neglected period for majority of pakistani women. only life threatening complications compel them to seek for tertiary hospital care. we describe the nature of these obstetric morbidities in order to help policymakers in improving prevailing situation. objective: to find out the frequency and caus...

We report the data on the hometowns of malaria patients admitted to King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, between 1997 and 2001. A total of 162 patients was identified. Of these, 62 lived in Bangkok; all presented with a history of travelling to endemic areas in rural Thailand. Among the other 100 patients who did not live in Bangkok, 15, 6, 10, 12, 21 and 19 were from the northern, so...

BACKGROUND Studies of length of stay (LOS) in hospital usually focus on physician-independent factors. In this study, the authors identified physician-dependent factors and tested an intervention aimed at them to determine its effect on LOS. METHODS A prospective comparison of LOS on 2 general medical wards in a tertiary care teaching hospital before and after the intervention. The pre-interv...

background digestive and liver diseases (ld) are among the most common causes of mortality and morbidity in iran and throughout the world. we have aimed to report the etiology and outcome of gastrointestinal and ld that needed admission in a typical tertiary referral hospital in tehran during the last decade. methods shariati hospital gastroenterology and liver disease department (gi & ld) was ...

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...

OBJECTIVES To assess the utilisation rate of a preoperative assessment clinic and its impact on length of stay and discharge destinations. DESIGN Retrospective case series with internal comparisons. SETTING A tertiary hospital in Hong Kong. PATIENTS All medical records of elective surgical admissions to a hospital in Hong Kong from April to June 2008 were retrieved. Medical records of pat...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether Clostridium difficile is present in the food of hospitalized patients and to estimate the risk of subsequent colonization associated with C. difficile in food. METHODS This was a prospective cohort study of inpatients at a university-affiliated tertiary care center, May 9, 2011-July 12, 2012. Enrolled patients submitted a portion of food from each meal. Patient st...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 introduction: patients’ decision-making and legal capacity are major factors of informed consent considered as a basis of medical ethics. this study aimed to determine the undergoing surgery inpatients capacity to sign the consent form and admission clerks’ performance in taking the form in teaching hospitals in kashan. me...

conclusions although relative risk per 10 µg/m3 is low and sometimes mortality and morbidity attributable to pollutant seems slight because of sensitive and large population exposed to air pollutants, burden of disease associated with air pollution will be great. therefore, authorities should apply necessary actions and efforts based on comprehensive scientific researches in order to control ai...

BACKGROUND Studies have found higher survival rates after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and admission to tertiary heart centers. The aim was to examine the level-of-care at tertiary centers compared with nontertiary hospitals and the association with outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. METHODS AND RESULTS Consecutive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients (n=1078) without ST-segme...