BACKGROUND The Worthing physiological scoring system (PSS) was first validated in 2005 as a tool to predict hospital mortality on admission and was subsequently introduced into clinical practice at Worthing Hospital, UK. Five years on, this study was conducted to determine the effects on mortality and length of stay (LOS) after the introduction of electronic alerting software using the PSS. In ...

BACKGROUND This study tested the homeostatic model of subjective quality of life in a group of 47 short stay patients as they progressed through the stages of hospitalization for surgery. METHOD Participants completed a questionnaire measuring subjective quality of life, positive and negative affect, self-esteem, optimism and cognitive flexibility, the day prior to admission (T1), two days po...

BACKGROUND Length of stay is the main determinant of the cost of hospitalization, which is why strategies must be implemented to reduce conventional hospital stays while maintaining quality levels. Short Stay Units (SSU) were created with the aim of reducing hospital stays in a certain group of patients and pathologies. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the literature on the evidence of decr...

Background In May 2012, the Central Denmark Region implemented a reform in stroke care, which included concentration of acute stroke treatment from 5 to 2 specialized hospitals, short stay, and a shift from inpatient rehabilitation to community-based rehabilitation, and establishment of 5 stroke teams. The plan was announced three months before implementation. Patients were promised a more inte...

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficiency of a short stay observation ward attached to the accident and emergency (A&E) department of a main teaching hospital. METHODS The study was done on 107 patients admitted to the A&E observation ward and 107 similar patients admitted to general wards after closure of the observation ward. Patients of 13 years and over who required short term admission to hospi...

ln this paper. The 'patients.?The present series included 17 Bengalees and 8 non-Bengalees of whom two ^ere Anglo-Indians. The youngest patient was H years and the oldest 61 years old, 18 (72 per cent) being between 11 and 30 years. This shows 'he maximum prevalence during adolescence and in young adults. There were 15 males and females indicating that both sexes were almost dually affected; fe...

Kristin J. Konnyu is a Research Coordinator at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Edmund Kwok is a resident physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at The Ottawa Hospital. Becky Skidmore is an independent research and Information consultant. David Moher is a Senior Scientist in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute an...

BACKGROUND In today's short stay hospital settings the contact time for patients is reduced. However, it seems to be more important for the patients that the healthcare professionals are easy to get in contact with during the whole course of treatment, and to have the opportunity to exchange information, as a basis for obtaining individualized information and support. Therefore, the aim was to ...

OBJECTIVE To study the potential of a short stay ward attached to an accident and emergency (A&E) department to improve care and reduce admissions to hospital by enabling elderly patients to be monitored closely for up to 24 h before being formally admitted to hospital or discharged home. Patients admitted to the short stay ward were those who appeared to need only a brief period of assessment ...

The goals for ambulatory surgery are rapid recovery with minimal side effects, adequate postoperative pain control, rapid patient discharge and overall cost containment. The addition of regional anaesthetic techniques has been shown to decrease nausea, postoperative pain scores and the need for post-anaesthesia care unit monitoring. The use of regional anaesthesia is increasing as studies confi...