BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE It has been suggested that a higher procedure volume is associated with less complications after hip arthroplasty. In order to investigate the incidence of serious negative outcomes and a possible association with procedure volume, we performed a retrospective nationwide cohort study on total hip replacements in all Dutch hospitals. METHODS All total hip replacements (n...

INTRODUCTION Coerced admission to psychiatric hospitals, defined by legal status or patient's subjective experience, is common. Evidence on clinical outcomes however is limited. This study aimed to assess symptom change over a three month period following coerced admission and identify patient characteristics associated with outcomes. METHOD At study sites in 11 European countries consecutive...

Abstract Background Previous studies have shown increased re-hospitalisation rates for patients treated with transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) within the first post-procedural year. Most of these may be due to pre-existing co-morbidities, periprocedural complications, or suboptimal post-discharge plan. However, data on causes and associations TAVI procedure are limited. Purpose The...

Method A retrospective comparative study was carried out in tertiary care hospital of central India. From April 2013 to December 2014, a total of 128 eligible study subjects (45 males and 83 females) [range 7 to 66 years] presented to CVTS department of our hospital were included. Majority of were in NYHA III (52.9%) and NYHA IV (29.7%). All study subjects were considered for minimally invasive...

The procedure for removing a broken pedicle screw should ideally be technically easy and minimally invasive, as any damage to the pedicle, during removal of the broken screw, may weaken the pedicle, thus compromising on the success of re-instrumentation. We describe the case of a 32-year old man who had undergone surgery for traumatic third lumbar vertebral body fracture three years prior to cu...

OBJECTIVES To determine if medication review by a clinical pharmacist of older patients in the ED impacted on admission to hospital and other outcomes. METHODS A stratified, randomised controlled study comparing the intervention to current practice. A tertiary referral ED in New South Wales, Australia. Older people (>70 years) living at home who initially reported taking greater than five med...

AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of admission anemia on in-hospital, one-month, and one-year mortality in patients from the Middle East with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). METHODS Data were analyzed from 7922 consecutive patients admitted to hospitals throughout six Middle-Eastern countries with the final diagnosis of ACS, as part of Gulf RACE II (Registry of Acute Coronar...

AIMS To determine the prevalence and risk factors for worsening renal function (WRF) among patients hospitalized for decompensated heart failure (HF) and the association with subsequent re-hospitalization and mortality. METHODS AND RESULTS We prospectively enrolled 299 patients across eight European countries (mean age 68, 74% men). HF was defined using the European Society of Cardiology crit...

Depressive, anxiety and obsessive symptoms frequently co-occur with anorexia nervosa (AN). The relationship between these clinical manifestations and the biological changes caused by starvation is not well understood. It has been hypothesised that reduced availability of tryptophan (TRP) could reduce serotonin activity and thus trigger these comorbid symptoms. The aim of this study, during re-f...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of zinc and vitamin A supplementation in the recovery of Indigenous children hospitalised for acute diarrhoea. DESIGN A randomised controlled 2 by 2 factorial trial of supplementation with zinc and vitamin A. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Aboriginal children (aged < 11 years) hospitalised for acute diarrhoea at Alice Springs Hospital, Northern Territory, April 2001...