Background: Often, discharge of children against medical advice has a negative effect on the well-being of the patient. To determine the prevalence of discharge against medical advice (DAMA) among hospitalized children and examine the reasons given by parents/guardians for such discharges. Methods: A retrospective 2-year medical records audit of children aged one day to 15 years discharged agai...

A great deal has been written about the problems of the tuberculous war veteran. The impression has been created that he is an individual set apart from the rest of the communal family and is somewhat of a problem child. Public attention having been focused on this thought, it has been assumed that all the problems in connection with the hospitalization of the tubercubus veteran, are indigenous...

BACKGROUND Discharge against Medical Advice (DAMA) is a problem for hospitals which may result in increasing readmissions, morbidities, inabilities, deaths and health care costs. This study, aimed to investigate the rate and causes of DAMA in Iranian hospitals. METHODS A systematic review and meta-analysis study was conducted in 2014. Required data were collected through searching for key wor...

AIM The study aimed at describing the evolution over a 6-year period of patients leaving the emergency department (ED) before being seen ("left without being seen" or LWBS) or against medical advice ("left against medical advice" or LAMA) and at describing their characteristics. METHODS A retrospective database analysis of all adult patients who are admitted to the ED, between 2005 and 2010, ...

Suicide is a leading cause of death among Korean adolescents. Many suicide attempting adolescents often are discharged against medical advice in the emergency department. The aim of the present study was to determine the risk factors for discharge against medical advice (DAMA) after self-inflicted injury or attempted suicide in the emergency department. We extracted data on adolescents (10-19 y...