INTRODUCTION Identification of third-generation, cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (3GC-RE) carriers by rectal screening at admission seems to be an important step in the prevention of transmission and outbreaks; however, little is known about its effectiveness. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of 'targeted screening' at patient admission to intensive care units (ICUs) ...

Urinary tract infections are complications found mostly in older adults undergoing hip surgery. However, little is known about the impact of urinary on health at after post-hip fracture surgery, particularly Thailand. This prospective study investigated prevalence and their length stay, functional ability, re-admission, surgical site infections, in-hospital mortality. The participants were 120 ...

Results Out of the 7930 ACS patients, 172 (2.2%) had recurrent myocardial infarction (Re-MI) during their hospital stay. Patients with Re-MI were more likely to be older (mean age 59.12±13.5 vs. 56.8±12.4, P=0.016), had significantly higher rate of prior history of angina (48% vs. 38.2%, P=0.006), and hyperlipidemia (45.2% vs. 37.3%, P=0.027) than patients without Re-MI. On admission patients w...

BACKGROUND Reductions in N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) concentrations after treatment have been associated with improved survival in people with congestive heart failure (CHF), but have not been reported in cats with CHF. OBJECTIVES To evaluate changes in NT-proBNP concentrations in cats with CHF after treatment and determine whether serial NT-proBNP measurements provi...

Background and purpose - Body mass index (BMI) outside the normal range possibly affects the perioperative morbidity and mortality following total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in traditional care programs. We determined perioperative morbidity and mortality in such patients who were operated with the fast-track methodology and compared the levels with those in patien...

asthma is one of the most common diseases in childhood, which has been increased during last decade because of epidemiological pattern changes with climate and industrialization of the communities. there are some controversies on the relationship between air pollution and asthma. tehran, as the capital of iran, is one of the densest populations and is one of the most polluted cities in the worl...

conclusions: since, there are few relevant studies in our country, recent studies on infectious diseases could be used for national planning and medical requirements’ preparation, it seems that periodical assessments of these diseases are mandatory. results: during the study, 4676 children, aged 1 month to 14 years were admitted and 29% (1357) of them were diagnosed with infectious disorders, 1...

OBJECTIVE To compare clinical outcomes after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) for acute cholecystitis performed at various time-points after hospital admission. BACKGROUND Symptomatic gallstones represent an important public health problem with LC the treatment of choice. LC is increasingly offered for acute cholecystitis, however, the optimal time-point for LC in this setting remains a matt...

OBJECTIVE We hypothesized that admission screening for extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) reduces the incidence of hospital-acquired ESBL-E clinical isolates. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING 12 hospitals (6 screening and 6 non-screening) in Toronto, Canada. PATIENTS All adult inpatients with an ESBL-E positive culture collected from 2005-2009. ...