a 4-month-old male infant was referred to our center with clinical signs and symptoms of severe dehydration without fever, diarrhea, vomiting, or respiratory symptoms. the patient had a history of two similar episodes at 1.5 and 2 months of age without any known underlying cause. in each attack the patient was hospitalized and improved with management of dehydration and electrolyte imbalance. t...

Results The proportion of urgent involuntary hospitalizations (Article 23) decreased in that period from 9.5 to 7.5% of the total number of admissions in mental hospitals, and from 8.5 to 6.5% in psychiatric wards of general hospitals. The ratio of involuntary admissions for psychiatric observation (Article 24) increased from 0.85 to 1.6% in mental hospitals, and in psychiatric wards from 0.8 t...

OBJECTIVE To determine the subsequent pattern of emergency admissions in older people with a history of frequent emergency admissions. DESIGN Analysis of routine admissions data from NHS hospitals using hospital episode statistics (HES) in England. SUBJECTS Individual patients aged > or = 65, > or = 75, and > or = 85 who had at least two emergency admissions in 1997-8. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUR...

Objective: To determine if the use of fetal fibronectin (fFN) testing has affected hospital admissions for preterm labor. Methods: ICD-9 and CPT codes from all admissions to Brigham & Women’s Hospital between January 1, 1995 and December 31, 2010 were evaluated. Data recorded included total deliveries, admissions for preterm labor (PTL) without delivery, length of stay (days) for PTL admissions...

OBJECTIVE To compare the impact of arthritis, smoking, and residual hypertension on the annual rate of hospital admissions in adults ages 45-74, because arthritis imposes a heavy health burden on individuals and higher medical costs on the nation. METHODS A simulation model was used to estimate annual hospital admissions attributable to each risk factor for all adults ages 45-74, and for over...

OBJECTIVE To explore the relationship between weather phenomena and pollution levels and daily hospital admissions (as an approximation to morbidity patterns) in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), China, in 1998-2009. METHODS Generalized additive models and lag models were constructed with data from official sources on hospital admissions and on mean daily temperature, mean daily ...

OBJECTIVES To measure the impact of the improvement in hospital survival rates on patients' subsequent utilization of unplanned (emergency) admissions. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING Unplanned admissions occurring in all acute hospitals of the National Health Service in England between 2000 and 2009, including 286,027 hip fractures, 375,880 AMI, 387,761 strokes, and 9,966,246 any cause admissions...

OBJECTIVE To investigate trends and geographic variation in diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) hospitalization rates among children in Ontario from 1991 to 1999. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) data were used to identify 15,872 diabetes-related hospital admissions in children younger than 19 years in Ontario from 1991 to 1999. Of these, 5,008 admissions w...

BACKGROUND Life events play an important role in the onset and course of bipolar disorder. We will test the influence of life events on first and recurrent admissions in bipolar disorder and their interaction to test the kindling hypothesis. METHODS We collected information about life events and admissions across the life span in 51 bipolar patients. We constructed four models to explore the ...