OBJECTIVE To compare risk factors for severe disease as measured by admission to hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) and other clinical outcomes in children with pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1) versus those with seasonal influenza. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of children admitted to hospital with pH1N1 versus seasonal influenza A. SETTING Canadian tertiary referral children's hospital. PARTICI...

OBJECTIVE To review the case records of patients admitted to an accident and emergency (A&E) observation ward following deliberate self harm. METHODS The hospital notes of 568 patients admitted during one year following episodes of deliberate self harm were reviewed. The study was retrospective. RESULTS The majority of these patients had taken an overdose and were between 18 and 35 years of...

BACKGROUND The involuntary admission regulated under the Mental Health Act has become an increasingly important issue in the developed countries in recent years. Most studies about the distribution and associated factors of involuntary admission were carried out in the western countries; however, the results may vary in different areas with different legal and socio-cultural backgrounds. AIMS...

A randomised controlled trial compared the management of elderly patients with acute stroke in a stroke unit and medical units. A significantly higher proportion of patients discharged from the stroke unit (78 of the 155 admitted) were assessed as independent compared with patients discharged from medical units (49 of the 152 admitted). The intensive use of treatment that might have been implie...