Background: Length of stay is one of the most important indicators in assessing hospital performance. A shorter stay can reduce the costs per discharge and shift care from inpatient to less expensive post-acute settings. It can lead to a greater readmission rate, better resource management, and more efficient services. Objective: This study aimed to ident...

objectives: to compare the results of early versus late tracheostomy in trauma patients admitted to intensive care unit (icu). methods: this was case control study being performed at a major trauma centre in shiraz, iran including 120 trauma patients admitted to icu during a 2-year period and underwent tracheostomy during their icu stay. the patients were categorized into two groups of the earl...

conclusions this nonrandomized comparison of stent types in kidney transplantation supports the use of prophylactic double-j stents in terms of decreased ureteric complications and reduced length of hospital stay. patients and methods a retrospective analysis was performed on data of renal transplantations performed at our institution in a 12-month period. in this period, external and double-j ...

OBJECTIVE We evaluated the usefulness of a short stay or 23-hour ward in a pediatric unit of a large teaching hospital, Westmead Hospital, and an academic Children's hospital, The New Children's Hospital, to determine if they are a useful addition to the emergency service. METHODS This is a descriptive comparison of prospectively collected data on all children admitted to the short stay ward ...