BACKGROUND Knowledge about the circumstances under which injurious falls occur could provide healthcare workers with better tools to prevent falls and fall-related injuries. Therefore, we assessed whether older persons who sustain an injurious fall can be classified into specific fall types, based on a combination of fall location and activity up to the moment of the fall. In addition, we asses...

Administrative data were used to compare lengths of stay, Medicare payment, total and average daily costs, discharge destinations, rehospitalizations, and emergency room (ER) use of dually eligible and non-dually eligible Medicare inpatients admitted for a psychiatric diagnosis. Regressions controlled for State buy-in coverage as a proxy for dual eligibility, hospital type, and beneficiary soci...

Hydrologic regime is highly dependent on climate change, as hydrologic cycle components are directly influenced by climatic conditions. This paper analyzes the impacts of climate change on the hydrologic regime of the Atrak River basin in the northeast of Iran. It drains to the Caspian Sea. The data collected at 11 hydrometeorological stations were examined to detect trends in hydroclimatologic...

Methods 80 male and female ED physicians each received 20 ECGs and answered two questions for each ECG: #1 “Will this patient’s discharge diagnosis be ACS?” (yes/ no), and #2 “On a scale of 0-100, how likely is it that the patient will be discharged with an ACS diagnosis?” Data on each physician’s gender, experience, and daily practice in ECG reading were collected. Physicians’ answers were ass...

BACKGROUND Convalescent rehabilitation wards assist stroke patients in acquiring skills for activities of daily living to increase the likelihood of home discharge. However, an improvement in activities of daily living does not necessarily imply that patients are discharged home. We investigated the characteristics of patients with putaminal haemorrhage who are discharged home following convale...

Methods This is a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data on patients after successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at our ICU. Serum creatinine and cystatin C were measured at baseline, daily up to 5 days and at ICU discharge. AKI was defined by the KDIGO criteria (only based on creatinine values). MTH was applied for 24 hours targeting a temperature of 33°C using an intr...

A glacier submodel was successfully integrated into the distributed hydrological model WaSiM-ETH to simulate the discharge of a heavily glaciated drainage basin. The glacier submodel comprises a distributed temperature index model including solar radiation to simulate the melt rate of glaciated areas. Meltwater and rainfall are transformed into glacier discharge by using a linear reservoir appr...

OBJECTIVES : To investigate whether a daily exercise session, using a bedside cycle ergometer, is a safe and effective intervention in preventing or attenuating the decrease in functional exercise capacity, functional status, and quadriceps force that is associated with prolonged intensive care unit stay. A prolonged stay in the intensive care unit is associated with muscle dysfunction, which m...

Opioids are the cornerstone of pain treatment in burn patients. Undertreatment of pain has been associated with psychological sequela. However, prescription opioids have been increasingly associated with adverse drug effects. Safe opioid prescribing practices have been established in other populations. The purpose of this study was to explore postdischarge prescribing practices in a regional bu...