Aims 1. To evaluate current adherence with the Royal College of Psychiatrists guidance “Standards for Inpatient Mental Health Services”: Were blood tests carried out within 24-hours admission? 2. We standardised test parameters that are required following admission to our PICU ward and measured if all relevant tests* were completed during admission. 3. Re-audit after implementation a policy.*(F...

BACKGROUND Globally, the rate of emergency hospital admissions is increasing. However, little evidence exists to inform the development of interventions to reduce unplanned Emergency Department (ED) attendances and hospital admissions. The objective of this evidence synthesis was to review the evidence for interventions, conducted during the patient's journey through the ED or acute care settin...

ABSTRACT To fully utilize the resources with soft real-time video-ondemand servers, statistical admission control is widely used. There have been several models to capture the nature of bit rate variability of the video data. However, when the video server employs caching, the resulting workload exhibits different characteristics. In this paper, we present a probabilistic model to analyze the v...

BACKGROUND Arterial stiffness is used as an index of arteriosclerosis. The goal of this study was to clarify whether increased arterial stiffness, evaluated by measuring the brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV), is a risk factor for the prognosis of heart failure (HF) patients. METHODS AND RESULTS After examination of the baPWV, as well as the levels of neurohumoral factors, the 72 enro...

The aim of the present study was to analyse the risk of rehospitalisation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and associated risk factors. This prospective study included 416 patients from a university hospital in each of the five Nordic countries. Data included demographic information, spirometry, comorbidity and 12 month follow-up for 406 patients. The hospital anxiety and ...

AIMS Ticagrelor reduces ischaemic events and mortality in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) vs. clopidogrel. We wished to study clinical outcomes in a large real-world population post-ACS. METHODS AND RESULTS We performed a prospective cohort study in 45 073 ACS patients enrolled into Swedish Web system for Enhancement and Development of Evidence-based care in Heart Disease Evaluated According to...