Unplanned start of dialysis is still a common and important problem for dialysis units in Europe and across the world: 30%-50% of patients can commence therapy in that way. Such patients are known to experience increased morbidity and mortality, to make greater demands on health care resources, and to be less likely to receive their dialysis modality choice. We therefore aimed to meet the speci...

BACKGROUND With effective contraceptives available, unplanned pregnancies are preventable and educational interventions have been cited as a promising platform to increase contraceptive use through improving knowledge. However, results from trials of educational interventions have been disappointing. In order to effectively target future interventions, this study aimed to identify risk factors ...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective study. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to identify the rates and reasons, and the risk factors for unplanned reoperation of lumbar spinal surgery during the primary admission in terms of a multicenter and a large patient population study. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Unplanned reoperation is suggested to be a useful quality indicator for spinal surgery. Ho...

BACKGROUND Reducing readmissions is an international priority in healthcare. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common, serious and also a global concern. This analysis evaluates AKI as a candidate risk factor for unplanned readmissions and determines the reasons for readmissions. METHODS GLOMMS-II is a large population cohort from one health authority in Scotland, combining hospital episode data a...

Cemented rock fill (CRF) is commonly used in cut-and-fill stoping operations underground mining. This allows for the maximum recovery of ore. Backfilling can improve stope stability workings and then ground whole mine site. However, backfilling step scenarios vary from site to paper presents investigation five different their impacts on stopes at four mining levels. A comprehensive comparison d...

BACKGROUND The clinical and angiographic demographics of patients requiring unplanned coronary stent deployment and the optimal adjunct pharmacotherapy in this population are not well described. This report details the EPILOG trial experience with unplanned coronary stent deployment and the effect of abciximab platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa blockade to improve clinical outcomes during 6 months ...

BACKGROUND Risk factors for medical errors remain poorly understood. We performed a case-control study of retained foreign bodies in surgical patients in order to identify risk factors for this type of error. METHODS We reviewed the medical records associated with all claims or incident reports of a retained surgical sponge or instrument filed between 1985 and 2001 with a large malpractice in...

conclusions according to the findings of the current study, both open-loop and closed-loop neuromuscular control mechanisms altered in patients with cai. methods it was a case-control study. twenty-two subjects with unilateral cai and 22 healthy subjects stood on a force plate and initiated gait with maximal velocity under 2 conditions: i) planned (initiated gait after hearing the “all set” sig...