BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Substance use disorder treatments are increasingly being contextualized within a disease management framework. Within this context, there is an identified need to maintain patients in treatment for longer periods of time in order to help them learn how to manage their disease. One way to meet this need is through telephone-based interventions that engage patients, and inc...

OBJECTIVE To determine the rate of hospital re-admission for sepsis after transperineal (TP) biopsy using both local data and worldwide literature, as there is growing interest in TP biopsy as an alternative to transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS)-guided biopsy for patients undergoing repeat prostate biopsy. PATIENTS AND METHODS Pooled prospective databases on TP biopsy from multiple centres in...

Abstract Aim Traditional management of epistaxis include endoscopic examination the nasal cavity and/or cautery requiring close contact between doctor and patient. We aimed to reduce length in-patient stay for patients with whilst maintaining patient safety during COVID-19 pandemic. Method A retrospective prospective audit was performed assess their outcomes prior after new guidelines were intr...

You have accessJournal of UrologyHealth Services Research: Quality Improvement & Patient Safety I (PD28)1 Sep 2021PD28-12 USING REMOTE MONITORING COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE DEVICES TO PREDICT RE-ADMISSIONS FOR PATIENTS DISCHARGED FOLLOWING RADICAL CYSTECTOMY Pramit Khetrapal, Ronnie Stafford, Huriye Kocadag, Pádraig Ó Scanaill, Angela Chang, Adamos Hadjivasiliou, Yansong Liu, Olivia Gibbs, Ellie Pi...

AIM to study the clinical significance and potential utility of measuring serum amyloid A protein (SAA) compared with the classical acute phase protein, C-reactive protein (CRP). METHOD a 3 month prospective study on 66 women, mean age 83 years (range 69-106) and 33 men, mean age 84 years (range 69-95), admitted to the geriatric medicine unit at Hammersmith Hospital. CRP and SAA were determin...

background: despite the positive outcomes reported with cardiac rehabilitation (cr), its impacts have been reported to be different from a region or country to another, which may be due to the different contents of rehabilitation programs. objectives: to investigate the effect of cr on cardiovascular risk factors. patients and methods: this is a retrospective cohort study on the data from imam ...

BACKGROUND Patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) are often re-hospitalized, worsening both their quality of life and prognosis. Although renal dysfunction reportedly increases the risk of CHF, the association between renal dysfunction and re-hospitalization for CHF remains unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS Patients with CHF and decreased renal function were reviewed. The estimated glomerula...

OBJECTIVE To determine re-admission rate for post-tonsillectomy pain; the primary and secondary post-tonsillectomy bleeding rate; the percentage requiring control of post-tonsillectomy bleeding in children undergoing coblation tonsillectomy. STUDY DESIGN A descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Yorkhill Hospital) between 2004 and 2006. METHODOLOGY...

INTRODUCTION Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is currently the treatment of choice for symptomatic gallstone disease. In recent years, there has been a trend towards outpatient cholecystectomy. The aim of our study was to report on our experience with day surgery laparoscopic cholecystectomy and to assess its feasibility and safety. METHODS Data on all the patients who underwent day surgery lapar...

BACKGROUNDS/AIMS We report our experience with day-surgery laparoscopic cholecystectomy and assess its feasibility and safety. METHODS Data was collected on all the patients who underwent day-surgery laparoscopic cholecystectomy between February 2009 and February 2014 at Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. All patients had symptomatic cholelithiasis that was ...