Strabismus is a visual disorder in which the eyes are misaligned and point in different directions. This misalignment may be constant or intermittent. The aim of this study was to assess pediatric strabismus outcomes andcomplications in a tertiary hospital. The study was conducted at University Hospital Center “Mother Theresa” in Tirana, Albania over the period 2012 -2014.This study includes 82...

The increased vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration values (MICs) for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates are associated with treatment failure and mortality of MRSA infections. In the present study, 553 non-duplicate MRSA isolates from various specimens of patients with infections at a Chinese tertiary hospital from January 2003 to December 2014, were selected ran...

Objectives To determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding evidence-based medicine (EBM) among hospital physicians in Qassim region of Saudi Arabia. Methods It is a cross-sectional study. A self-administered questionnaire survey was done among 288 physicians working in secondary and tertiary care centers. The study was conducted between June and September 2015. Results The over...

OBJECTIVES To assess the utilisation rate of a preoperative assessment clinic and its impact on length of stay and discharge destinations. DESIGN Retrospective case series with internal comparisons. SETTING A tertiary hospital in Hong Kong. PATIENTS All medical records of elective surgical admissions to a hospital in Hong Kong from April to June 2008 were retrieved. Medical records of pat...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the study is to compare the clinico-microbiological profile and treatment outcome of in-house vs referred cases of post cataract surgery endophthalmitis in a tertiary eye care facility in South India. METHODS The clinical records of 50 culture-positive cases each of in-house (group A) and referred (group B) post cataract surgery endophthalmitis were analyzed. The man...

The introduction of a chlorine atom to a carbon center in an enantioselective manner via conventional C-Cl bond formation is difficult. Here we report a new approach to this class of tertiary alkyl chlorides with high optical purities. Instead of forming a new C-Cl bond, our approach involves carbene-catalyzed desymmetrization of 2-chloro-1,3-diols as the key step to set up the chiral carbon ce...

Sex 0.91 (0.64–1.29) .59 Source of admission (community or hospital) 0.99 (0.62–1.57) .97 Duration of hospital stay at time of swab collection 1.02 (0.64–1.60) .95 Hospitalization during the previous 6 months 2.48 (1.70–3.63) !.001 Hospitalization during the previous 12 months 2.27 (1.57–3.80) !.001 Transferred from another healthcare facility 0.79 (0.50–1.24) .30 Diabetes mellitus 1.63 (1.14–2...

Background. Hospital rooms of inpatients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) can become contaminated with this major pathogen; unless adequately disinfected, rooms can serve as a reservoir where subsequent patients hospitalized in the same room can also become infected with C. difficile (CD). It was incidentally noted that a patient acquired severe CDI while in a room in our hospital tha...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the ability of a regionalized system to safely transfer patients requiring admission from a referral center to either regional or community hospitals. DESIGN Cohort study of children requiring admission. Following transfer, a questionnaire was administered to eligible caregivers. Subsequent emergency department (ED) use was assessed by comparing children who were transfe...

was conducted to assess whether a new color-coding method for measuring acetaminophen doses reduces medicationdosing errors. The study enrolled parents of children aged 3 months to 12 years who were seen for nonemergent care visits in the pediatric emergency department of a tertiary care center. One hundred one parents were assigned to either a color-coded dosing group or a conventional dosing ...