This cross-sectional study was carried out during the year 1990 at Shahid Bahonar hospital of Kerman. During this period 1350 patients were admitted, 53℅ of whom were below the age cases occurring between 3 to 7 pm. The highest rate of admission was in summer. The average stay at the hospital was 7.2 days and the mortality rate in these patients was 8.14℅ , twenty four of whom (22.2℅) expired a...

for most people iterance to hospital is a disturbing experience and expects that nurses be sensitive to patient's physical, emotional and social need at admission. whereas interrupt of sleep due to physical, psychological and social status damage, knowing about effective mechanisms in retention and disturbance of sleep – wake cycles help nurses to make natural criteria for their patient&ap...

BACKGROUND Increases in emergency medical admissions are placing a strain upon hospitals throughout the world. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of a new post, the "A&E physician", upon emergency medical admissions to a hospital. METHODS For six months the A&E physician workload was audited and a randomised controlled comparison undertaken. Days were randomised to "A&E physician...

AIMS To determine the proportion of children admitted with difficult to treat paroxysmal events to a tertiary epilepsy centre who did not have epilepsy. METHODS In an observational retrospective study, all case notes of 223 children admitted in 1997 were examined. The referral was made from the local paediatric department in 51% of cases, other departments in 27%, and from general or speciali...

sclerosing hemangioma of the lung is extremely rare.  herein, a case of sclerosing hemangioma of the lung in a 44-year-old woman is reported.  on admission, the patient complained of pain in the left lower neck and upper chest.  chest x-ray revealed a mass in lingular lobe of the left lung.  the patient underwent surgery and a mass was removed through left posterolateral thoracotomy.  pathologi...

a 47 years old lady presented with repeated intermittent, colicky, left upper, and periumblical abdominal pain associated with nausea and vomiting since two years prior to admission. each episode of the pain spontaneously subsided after bilious vomiting. the patient had no history of surgery, abdominal trauma or intra-abdominal infection, weight loss or previous history for small bowel obstruct...

OBJECTIVES To identify characteristics of general practices associated with emergency hospital admission rates, and determine whether levels of performance and patient reports of access are associated with admission rates. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTING Two primary care trusts (Leicester City and Leicestershire County and Rutland) in the East Midlands of England. PARTICIPANTS 145...

A typology of inmates and pretrial detainees admitted to a secure forensic psychiatric hospital was developed using the referral or adjustment problem at the correctional setting as the classifying variable. An eight-group typology was derived along with a description of each type's demographic, criminal, psychiatric, and institutional characteristics. Although the typology appears to be center...

Babies discharged from special care are three times as likely to be readmitted to hospital with common acute illnesses, and to stay longer than other babies. Apnoeic episodes occurred exclusively in those infants who had not received special care, and half of all hospital admissions required less than 48 hours hospital stay, with no specific medical treatment.