Postdischarge stay of unknown/unaccompanied patients: A challenging situation
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Length of hospital stay and postdischarge mortality in patients with pulmonary embolism: a statewide perspective.
BACKGROUND The optimal length of stay (LOS) for patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) is unknown. Although reducing LOS is likely to save costs, the effects on patient safety are unclear. We sought to identify patient and hospital factors associated with LOS and assess whether LOS was associated with postdischarge mortality. METHODS We evaluated patients discharged with a primary diagnosis of...
متن کاملDeclining length of hospital stay for acute myocardial infarction and postdischarge outcomes: a community-wide perspective.
BACKGROUND The objectives of this population-based study were to describe trends of more than a decade (1986-1999) in duration of hospitalization after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), patient characteristics associated with varying lengths of stay, and the impact of declining length of stay on postdischarge mortality. METHODS The study sample consisted of 4551 patients discharged after AMI...
متن کاملA challenging entity: multiple sclerosis or collagen tissue disorders: A case series of 6 patients
Background: Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating processes are sometimes difficult to differentiate from the neurological involvement in autoimmune diseases. Distinguishing multiple sclerosis from other lesions due to autoimmune diseases is crucial to avoid unsuitable or delayed treatments. Methods: Charts of 6 patients diagnosed with mimicking multiple sclerosis between 1996 and 2014 we...
متن کاملReview on renal cell carcinoma and pregnancy: A challenging situation
Renal cell carcinoma is rarely diagnosed during pregnancy. Its management is a real challenge due to the sparse literature and lack of standard guidelines. In this situation, the diagnosis is often delayed as the clinical presentation might resemble other pregnancy-related disorders but it should be one of the diagnostic possibilities in women with recurrent or refractory urinary tract symptoms...
متن کاملTeaching and Learning French in Hong Kong: a Challenging Situation
Growing use of information technology and communication (ICT) tools in language courses with communication at their core has brought opportunities as well as challenges in the predominantly conventional face-to-face context of the classroom. When the French programme in the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages at The Chinese University of Hong Kong started to integrate an e-learning p...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0971-9903
DOI: 10.4103/0971-9903.202006