OBJECTIVES To describe the incidence, causes, and impact of pleural effusion and pneumothorax in hospitalized patients with HIV infection. DESIGN Prospective, observational. SETTING A university-affiliated medical center. METHODS During a 3-year period, 599 HIV-infected patients with a total of 1,225 consecutive hospital admissions were followed. A total of 1,097 hospital admissions were ...

OBJECTIVE To measure the re-admission rate and the number of preventable re-admissions in a secondary-level South African hospital, and to identify factors predictive of re-admission. METHOD The admission register for the medical wards at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital (CMH) was used to identify re-admitted patients, whose folders were then reviewed. A comparison group of patients who were not re-...

AIM. To study social, demographic, clinical, and forensic profiles of frequently re-hospitalized (revolving-door) psychiatric patients. METHODS. The study included all patients (n=183) who were admitted to our hospital 3 or more times during a 2-year period from 1999 through 2000. We compared these patients to 2 control groups of patients who were admitted to our hospital in the same period. Fo...

An admissions committee is choosing between two students for its final medical school slot. Mark, compared to Derek, comes from a more prestigious university and has a slightly higher grade point average (GPA), better medical college admission test (MCAT) scores, and more recommendations from scholars known for their research publications. Derek’s recommendation letters, however, mention that h...

articles written over the last few years have drawn attention to the disappearance of young physician scientists (1–5). There are nearly 25% fewer physician scientists on medical school faculties today than two decades ago (6) and now we know some of the reasons. The heavy accumulation of debt through many years of research training is one explanation (7). So is the difficulty of providing a us...

BACKGROUND Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has improved survival for persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. However, effective therapy requires high levels of adherence over extended periods of time. Previous studies suggest that patients receiving long-term medication are at risk for unintended medication discrepancies at the time of hospital admission. ...

How to make the selection of medical students effective, fair, and open has been contentious for many years. A levels are a major component of selection for entry of school-leavers into UK universities and medical schools, but intellectual aptitude tests for the selection of medical students are burgeoning—they include the Oxford medicine admissions test and the Australian graduate medical scho...

OBJECTIVE To examine effectiveness of an intervention promoting vitamin D supplementation in hospitalized breastfed infants. METHODS Our urban tertiary care hospital instituted a 2-part intervention: brief education for providers on vitamin D guidelines and insertion of an opt-in order for vitamin D supplements into electronic admission order sets. Data downloads on admissions of patients age...

BACKGROUND Cancer patients are frequently admitted to hospital due to acute conditions or refractory symptoms. This occurs through the emergency departments and requires medical oncologists to take an active role. The use of acute-care hospital increases in the last months of life. PATIENTS AND METHODS We aimed to describe the admissions to a medical oncology inpatient service within a 16-mon...

OBJECTIVE To compare the impact of arthritis, smoking, and residual hypertension on the annual rate of hospital admissions in adults ages 45-74, because arthritis imposes a heavy health burden on individuals and higher medical costs on the nation. METHODS A simulation model was used to estimate annual hospital admissions attributable to each risk factor for all adults ages 45-74, and for over...