Objective The aim of the present study was to provide a summary of a systematic review of literature reporting benefits and limitations of implementing National Emergency Access Target (NEAT), a target stipulating that a certain proportion of patients presenting to hospital emergency departments are admitted or discharged within 4h of presentation. Methods A systematic review of published liter...

OBJECTIVE To examine factors that affect the development of retinopathy after short-term inpatient management of diabetes. PATIENTS AND METHODS The subjects were 143 patients with type 2 diabetes who were admitted for inpatient management of diabetes, and did not have retinopathy of the right eye at admission, and had an HbA1c level of > or =8.0%. We studied the characteristics of patients wh...

OBJECTIVE We explored the relationship between the National Emergency Access Target (NEAT) compliance rate, defined as the proportion of patients admitted or discharged from emergency departments (EDs) within 4 hours of presentation, and the risk-adjusted in-hospital mortality of patients admitted to hospital acutely from EDs. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Retrospective observational study...

objectives the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of normobaric hyperoxia on clinical neurological outcomes of patients with severe traumatic brain injuries. we used the glasgow outcome scale (gos), barthel index, and modified rankin scale (mrs) to measure the outcomes of patients with tbi. patients and methods sixty-eight consecutive patients with severe tbi (mean glasgow coma s...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the relations between host characteristics (age and side of body affected) and program variables (lengths of stay in acute care and rehabilitation, levels of functional ability at admission and discharge, and rates of community discharge). METHODS A sample of 7,905 patients was drawn from medical rehabilitation facilities enrolle...

Background: Undernutrition/nutritional risk were evaluated longitudinally in 531 hospitalized elderly by four validated methods to appraise the most feasible for routine use. Design: Within 48hrs of admission&24hrs before discharge: the following data were collected: clinical data, nutritional status (BMI, %weight loss) & risk (MNA, MUST), energy requirements (Owen et al), diet. Results: Signif...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to identify factors associated with the functional outcomes of patients with cerebral embolism due to nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. METHODS We retrospectively investigated the short-term functional outcomes of 134 patients diagnosed with cardiogenic cerebral embolism due to nonvalvular atrial fibrillation during the period of May 2006 to August 2008. Functional s...

T1 (HDL<33 mg/dL) Baseline characteristics and cardiovascular risk factors Age, years 62.1 (13) Men 86.4 Smokers 54.4 Ex-smokers 20.1 Hypertension 59.2 Dyslipidemia 31.4 Diabetes mellitus 36.1 PHIHD 20.1 Laboratory values on admission Cholesterol, mg/dL 169.6 (37.2) LDL, mg/dL 112.5 (30.9) HDL, mg/dL 28.2 (3.7) Triglycerides, mg/dL 153.3 (87.3) Glucose, mg/dL 132.8 (55.3) Features of the acute ...