ObjectiveTo describe temporal trends in appropriate antithrombotic therapy use hospitalised atrial fibrillation (AF) patients and identify evidence-treatment gaps clinical practice.DesignRetrospective cohort study from January 2009–March 2016.SettingTertiary secondary teaching hospitals Perth, Western Australia.ParticipantsHospitalised adults with non-valvular AF.ResultsWe identified 11,294 ind...

BACKGROUND Acute viral bronchiolitis is one of the most common causes of hospitalisation during infancy in our region with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) historically being the major causative agent. Many infants with early-life RSV bronchiolitis have sustained bronchial hyperreactivity for many years after hospitalisation and the reasons for this are probably multifactorial. The principal a...

Background An increasing number of older patients are hospitalised. Prognostic uncertainty causes hospital doctors to be reluctant make the switch from cure care. The Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT) has not been validated for prognostication in an hospitalised population. Aim To validate SPICT as a prognostic tool risk dying within one year patients. Design Prospective mu...

Recent studies suggest that use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be associated with a higher incidence of pneumonia. However, it is unclear whether COPD subjects on ICS who develop pneumonia have worse outcomes. Therefore, our aim was to examine the association of prior outpatient ICS therapy with mortality in hospitalised COPD subjects with p...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To establish whether there are increased rates of suicide after a stroke and the degree to which any increase is related to gender, age at stroke, diagnosis, duration of hospitalisation, and time since stroke. DESIGN Cross linkage of national registers for hospitalisations and causes of death. SETTING The population of Denmark, 1979-1993. PATIENTS A study cohort was define...

BACKGROUND Iron deficiency anaemia is a common disease with a prevalence of up to 19.2% in populations at risk. However, the prevalence of iron deficiency (ID) in hospitalised patients is not well known. The aims of this retrospective, observational cohort study were to evaluate the current diagnostic procedures for, and treatment of, ID as well as to estimate the prevalence of undiagnosed ID i...

OBJECTIVE To determine the clinico-laboratory features and precipitating factors of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). DESIGN Prospective cross-sectional study. SETTING Inpatient medical and surgical wards of KNH. SUBJECTS Adult patients aged 12 years and above with known or previously unknown diabetes hospitalised with a diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis. ...

The usual outcome of pemphigus whitout treatment is death. The introduction of corticosteroids has greatly reduced the mortality of this condition, though a significant morbidity remains. The patients who are receiving high- dose steroids together with other immunosuppressive agents are at risk and may cause death through drug side effects and opportunitic infections. The descriptive study has ...

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and laboratory features prognosis scorpion stings in children.Methods: This a retrospective children with stings, who were admitted pediatric emergency department Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University (ALKU) Training Research Hospital between 1st January 2019 31st December 2020. Demographic data, admission date, time periods from sting hospi...

BACKGROUND Rates of mortality and readmission are high in patients hospitalised with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD). In this population, the prognostic value of the Medical Research Council Dyspnoea Scale (MRCD) is uncertain, and an extended MRCD (eMRCD) scale has been proposed to improve its utility. Coexistent pneumonia is common and, although the CURB-6...