Statistics are presented on the number and rate of inpatients with surgery discharged from non-Federal short-stay hospitals and the types of surgical operations performed. The data for this report are based on information abstracted by means of the Hospital Discharge Survey from a national sample of the hospital records for discharged inpatients. Estimates of the number of patients with surgery...

The operational model and strategies designed for use in the S. Anna - Research in Advanced Neurorehabilitation Institute for the care and neurorehabilitation of subjects in the vegetative or minimally conscious states are described here. A total of 722 patients were admitted, cared for and discharged from the institute in the period 1998-2009. Application of the model approach has progressivel...

The duration of hospitalization for newborns has declined dramatically, driven by efforts to control health-care costs as well as by efforts to demedicalize childbirth. In order to determine the clinical basis for this practice, the quality of the published literature on discharge timing was analyzed. Thirteen experimental or quasi-experimental studies were retrieved through a computer search. ...

The Infertility Clinic was established in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1946, the first couple being enrolled on April 12th. From that time to June 30, 1952, 681 couples were enrolled. The records show 153 pregnancies in this group and 510 couples to have been discharged. The incidence of pregnancy in the entire group is 22.5 per cent, a figure which has changed to 27.5 per cen...

BACKGROUND: In 2005 a new compulsory residential treatment program was developed for adolescents in need for protection against themselves or their environment. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to examine the association of structural treatment characteristics of this new residential treatment program (i.e., duration of treatment, discharge status, and group composition in terms of ...

Acute fatty liver of pregnancy is an uncommon, potentially fatal disorder that usually occurs in the third trimester of pregnancy or in the early post partum. We present here a 30-year-old Nigerian primigravida with acute fatty liver of pregnancy. She was successfully managed and discharged.

BACKGROUND Patient satisfaction surveys are increasingly used by hospitals. Many questionnaires are available, but little evidence exists to guide the choice of the most suitable instrument. OBJECTIVE To compare the acceptability and patient perceptions of 4 patient satisfaction questionnaires. RESEARCH DESIGN Randomized trial of 4 satisfaction questionnaires: Picker, Patient Judgment Syste...

A prospective study of the management of menorrhagia in new patients presenting to gynaecological outpatients was undertaken at four centres in Northern Ireland and two in Great Britain. 325 patients were enrolled, the majority of whom (87%) had severe menorrhagia. Patients in all six centres were similar in relation to age, marital status, parity, use of contraception and severity of symptoms....

until a week later, when on provocation she muttered two expletives. Thereafter she was mobilized and made satisfactory progress. The tracheostomy was closed and it subsequently healed. Four weeks after stopping the diazepam it was clear that her mental faculties were unimpaired and that she retained a remarkably good sense of humour. She was discharged home three months after her admission wal...

Safety of Oral Anticoagulation in Elderly Atrial Fibrillation Patients to Prevent Strokes To the Editor: With great interest we read the article by Hylek et al who showed that among 405 hospitalized elderly patients with atrial fibrillation, only 51% were discharged on oral anticoagulation (OAC).1 Of the remaining patients, 98% had contraindications. Among patients older than 80 years, falls we...