The mismatch between intensive care unit (ICU) bed availability and demand may be improved with timely patient discharges, however little is known about the nature and contributing factors of discharge delays. This study investigated the impact of a specific intervention--the ICU liaison nurse role--in reducing ICU discharge delay using a prospective block intervention study. One hundred and ei...

BACKGROUND Reducing readmissions for heart failure is an important goal for policymakers. Current national policies financially penalize hospitals with high readmission rates, which may have unintended consequences if these institutions are resource-poor, either financially or clinically. METHODS AND RESULTS We analyzed national claims data for Medicare patients with heart failure discharged ...

During 1995 the incidence of training related injuries to cadets at RMAS increased markedly. This paper quantifies the numbers placed on the Y List and removed from training, and those medically discharged. The main identified causes were drill, weight carriage, endurance training and lack of sleep. The training programme was modified including alterations in footwear, length and timing of phys...

This paper presents an overall view of major sources that may lead to the pollution of the Tigris within Mosul city. A stretch exceeding 20kms in length is selected that represents the "sick" path of the river. Many sites along the studied stretch are likely to affect the river quality in some way or another. Samples from 40 sources sites are taken for quality analyses These sources--as huge as...

The discharge for medical reasons of recruits in the first five months of 1984 was studied. The rate of discharge for medical reasons was found to be 3.3% of the total intake for the same period. Many recruits were discharged without appearing before a medical board. The number of medically discharged recruits represents 12.4% of the total discharges for all reasons. The conditions giving rise ...

The high ionization efficiency of helicon discharges has been attributed to Landau damping and mode coupling to Trivelpiece-Gould (TG) modes. Though theory predicts the importance of TG modes, they have rarely been seen. Here they were detected directly by measuring their radiofrequency current with a J-dot probe, thus supporting the contention that TG modes play a role in these enigmatic plasm...

KEY FINDINGS Data from the National Hospital Discharge Survey. In 2010, adults aged 85 and over accounted for only 2% of the U.S. population but 9% of hospital discharges. From 2000 through 2010, the rate of hospitalizations for adults aged 85 and over declined from 605 to 553 hospitalizations per 1,000 population, a 9% decrease. The rate of fractures and other injuries was higher for adults ag...

The ongoing obesity epidemic has made recruiting qualified Army applicants increasingly difficult. A cohort of 10,213 Army enlisted subjects was enrolled in the Assessment of Recruit Motivation and Strength (ARMS) study from February 2005 through September 2006. Overweight recruits obtained a waiver for enlistment (n = 990) if they passed a screening physical fitness test. Recruits were evaluat...

Statistics are presented on the utilization of non-Federal short-stay hospitals based on data abstracted in the National Hospital Discharge Suwey from a national sample of hospital records of discharged inpatients. The number of discharges, discharge rates, and average length of stay are shown for the classes and categories of first-listed diagnoses, by demographic characteristics of inpatients...

We analyze admission and discharge decisions when hospitals become capacity constrained on high-demand days, and develop a test for discrimination that, under certain circumstances, does not require controls for differences across patient groups. On high-demand days, patients are discharged earlier than expected compared to those discharged on low-demand days. High demand creates no statistical...