INTRODUCTION While the readmission rate from community hospitals is known, the factors affecting it are not. Our aim was to determine the factors predicting unplanned readmissions from community hospitals (CHs) to acute hospitals (AHs). MATERIALS AND METHODS This was an observational prospective cohort study, involving 842 patients requiring post-acute rehabilitation in 2 CHs admitted from 3 ...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of pregnancy experience and its association with contraceptive knowledge among single adults in a low socio-economic suburban community in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2012 among the Kerinchi suburban community. Of the total 3,716 individuals surveyed, young single adults between 18 and 35 y...

BACKGROUND Unplanned postoperative reintubation increases the risk of mortality, but associated factors are unclear. OBJECTIVE To elucidate factors associated with increased mortality risk in patients with unplanned postoperative reintubation. DESIGN Retrospective study. Patients older than 40 years who underwent unplanned reintubation from 2005 to 2010 were identified using the American Co...

unplanned urban development imposes significant pressure on land resources and land use structures and brings about many negative socio-economic and environmental consequences. therefore, comprehensive studies should be applied to support urban land use management in the world and especially in developing countries. in iran, like many other developing countries, urban development is fast and of...

The periodic or non-periodic test and maintenance activities in nuclear power plants (NPPs) are essential for stable power production and the sustainment of the plant safety. However, due to NPP system complexity and human limitation in cognition and action, these activities may also have the potential to induce unwanted and unanticipated reactor trip events and may render critical systems unav...

BACKGROUND Although drug-eluting stents and intensive secondary prevention have contributed to improved outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), repeat revascularization remains relatively common in contemporary practice. We used data from the multicenter Evaluation of Drug-Eluting Stents and Ischemic Events registry to evaluate the relative frequency and timing of staged revasc...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the quality of care during a hospital stay is associated with unplanned readmission within 14 days. DESIGN Case-control study. SETTING 12 Veterans Affairs hospitals. PATIENTS Men discharged after a hospitalization for diabetes (n = 593), chronic obstructive lung disease (n = 1172), or heart failure (n = 748). The ratio of controls (men without an unplanned r...