conclusions with improving some factors and qol of patients on hd, we can promote sq in these patients that it might lead to reduction in length of hospital stay. results the mean age of patients was 54.4 ± 17.1 years and 39.7% of patients were > 60 years old. the majority of our patients had poor sq (60.6%). patients with diabetes mellitus were significantly more likely to have poor quality of...

From May 1990 to December 1992.34 intestinal transplantations with or without extra-enteric organs were performed at our center. Of these. I adult patient died intraoperatively, 4 children died during initial hospitalization. and I child died 38 days after discharge. The remaining 28 patients. receiving S8 grafts (n:: 10). S8 and liver (S81L. n :: 14). or multivisceral grafts (MY. n :: 4). were...

We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination in Uzbekistan from the healthcare system and societal perspectives. Disease burden was estimated using national statistics on hospitalizations and deaths, and international estimates of under-five mortality. Without vaccination, the risk for rotavirus hospitalization by age 5 is 10 per 1000 children. Rotavirus hospitalizations cost US...

A 4-year retrospective population-based survey was conducted in two cities in Akita Prefecture, Japan, to estimate the incidence rate and the cumulative risk of hospitalization potentially associated with rotavirus diarrhea. At monthly occasions of the 3-year-old checkup, we asked each parent if his or her child had ever been hospitalized because of rotavirus diarrhea. Based on 3-year follow-up...

OBJECTIVE When deciding how much hospital resources should be allocated to comprehensive primary care clinics for children with multisystem disorders, it is important to consider all of the non-primary care revenue streams associated with these children as well as the effects of a comprehensive primary care program on access and quality. The objectives of this study were, first, to determine co...

The purposes of this qualitative study were to understand the meaning of the interactions experienced by the family during a child's hospitalization, identify the family's demands and construct a theoretical model representing this experience. Symbolic Interactionism was adopted as a theoretical and Grounded Theory as a methodological reference framework. Data were collected by means of observa...

BACKGROUND Trauma management includes the care provided both in hospital and by emergency medical systems in the community. In many cases it is the parents who decide where to take an injured child for care, depending on the circumstances and severity of the injury, the personal characteristics of the injured or the carer and the availability and accessibility of services. OBJECTIVES To exami...

AUGUST 29: LANDFALL: We were ready for any disaster. As Hurricane Katrina headed straight for the Mississippi Gulf Coast, our hospital braced for what we knew would be a real disaster. The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMC) had just revamped the disaster plan, adding an often overlooked child mental health piece that was primarily written by our social worker in the child developmen...

Objective: to evaluate the association of primary health care and other potential factors in relation to hospitalization due to pneumonia, among children aged under five years. Method: epidemiological study with a case-control, hospital-based design, which included 345 cases and 345 controls, matched according to gender, age and hospital. Data were collected using a pre-coded questionnaire an...

ABSTRACT The results of the 2015 World Health Organization (WHO) survey, almost 87% children experienced hospitalization. Basic Research survey found that average data who were hospitalized in hospitals throughout Indonesia was 2.8% total number 82,666 people. aim study to determine effect play therapy on children's anxiety during hospitalization period. method: this using a literature review b...