OBJECTIVES The principal aim was to determine whether the emergency readmission rate varies between medical specialties, and to identify whether differences in emergency readmission rates between hospital trusts can be reduced by standardising for specialty. Possible factors influencing emergency readmission were also investigated, including frequency of previous admission and cause of readmiss...

patient satisfaction of emergency medical services in abadan and khorramshahr hospitals, 2009 tahery n* , feraidoonimoghadam m , cheraghian b , khazni s received: 22 april, 2010 accepted: 27 july, 2010 abstract background & aims: patient satisfaction is a concept that today has gained high importance in medical care. some experts believe that it is impossible to improve business processes and h...

1 Department of Pathology, Emergency University Hospital Bucharest, Romania 2 “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania 3 Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, Emergency University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania Corresponding author: Monica Cirstoiu Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, Emergency University Hospital, 169 Independenţei Avenue, 050098, Bucharest, Romania....

From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children’s Hospital, Loma Linda, CA (Green); the Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Roback); the Division of Emergency Medicine, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (Kennedy); and the Division of Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston and D...

Thirty-one cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) occurred after exposure in the emergency room at the National Taiwan University Hospital. The index patient was linked to an outbreak at a nearby municipal hospital. Three clusters were identified over a 3-week period. The first cluster (5 patients) and the second cluster (14 patients) occurred among patients, family members, and nurs...

CORINA LUPASCU URSULESCU1,2, MANUELA URSARU1,2*, DELIA CIOBANU1,3, DRAGOS NEGRU1,2, CRISTIAN LUPASCU1,4 1Grigore T.Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, 16 Universitatii Str., 700115, Iasi, Romania 2Sf. Spiridon Emergency Hospital, Department of Radiology, 1 Independentei Blvd.,700111, Iasi, Romania 3Sf. Spiridon Emergency Hospital, Department of Pathology, 1 Independentei Blvd.,700111...