Background: Incomplete muscle relaxant reversal or re-curarization may be associated with postoperative respiratory complications. In this retrospective study we compared the incidence of postoperative residual curarization and respiratory complications in association with the type of muscle relaxant reversal agent, sugammadex or neostigmine, in patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrecto...

In-patient hospital mental health services represent a fraction of the spectrum of services in place for those who seek treatment for a mental illness. It is often when the conditions of the illness become most severe that inpatient hospital services are sought. Hospitalization is an important means of stabilizing deteriorating psychiatric conditions, of re-establishing discontinued regimens of...

BACKGROUND Pertussis is the only vaccine-preventable disease that has re-emerged in Israel. The reported crude incidence of the disease increased 16-fold since 1998. OBJECTIVES To describe the epidemiology of pertussis and explain the substantial increase in reported pertussis incidence in Israel in recent years. METHODS Crude and specific pertussis incidence by age, patient immunization st...

The prevalence of childhood asthma has increased during the past 20 yrs in eastern Finland. The use of regular medication for asthma has, consequently, also risen at the same time. The aim of the present study was to assess how these factors have influenced hospitalization for asthma in children. Data concerning the annual number of children aged <16 yrs treated for asthma, their number of hosp...

Substance misuse is usually associated with poorer psychiatric medication adherence among psychiatric patients. Identifying predictors of medication adherence among patients with dual psychiatric and substance misuse problems is important because poor adherence is associated with relapse and re-hospitalization. The subjects were patients newly admitted to a psychiatric outpatient program who we...

BACKGROUND Treatment of lymphoceles complicating vascular procedures is controversial. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the practicability, effectiveness and safety of conservative management on an outpatient basis. METHODS Medical records were reviewed for 23 postoperative lymphoceles (in 18 patients) seen at our institution between 1986 and 1999. Diagnosis was made by physical exam...

PURPOSE Obesity is often associated with better clinical outcomes in heart failure (HF). This so-called obesity paradox remains controversial. The aim of present study was to investigate the prognostic value of obesity in patients hospitalized for systolic HF. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a pooled analysis of data from two multicenter, observational HF studies. Patients hospitalized for...

introduction: asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease. genetic and environmental factors have been important role in the induction of asthma. it&apos;s estimated that asthma affect 2.7 to 35.4% of child (in average 13.4%) in iran. the aims of this study to assess the costs of asthma patients admitted in boali hospital in sari in the north of iran. patients and methods: this descriptive ...

objectives: the aim of this study was to describe and explain older adults&apos; perspectives on the experience of their hospitalization. methods & materials: this qualitative research adopted a content analysis approach. twenty seven participants (65-81 years) selected through a purposel sampling from three university hospitals in tehran went through open in depth interviews. all the interviwe...