Browsing by Subject "Patient Admission"
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Absence of July Phenomenon in Acute Ischemic Stroke Care Quality and Outcomes.
(Journal of the American Heart Association, 2018-01-31)BACKGROUND:Lower care quality and an increase in adverse outcomes as a result of new medical trainees is a concept well rooted in popular belief, termed the "July phenomenon." Whether this phenomenon occurs in acute ischemic ... -
Development and initial testing of the stroke rapid-treatment readiness tool.
(J Neurosci Nurs, 2014-10)No instruments are currently available to help health systems identify target areas for reducing door-to-needle times for the administration of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator to eligible patients with ischemic ... -
Differences between chest pain observation service patients and admitted "rule-out myocardial infarction" patients.
(Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 1997-07)<h4>Objective</h4>To compare and contrast the patient characteristics of ED patients at low risk for acute cardiac ischemia who were assigned to a chest pain observation service vs those admitted to a monitored inpatient ... -
Impact of US hospital center and interhospital transfer on spinal cord injury management: An analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank.
(The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 2021-06)<h4>Background</h4>Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is a serious public health problem. Outcomes are determined by severity of immediate injury, mitigation of secondary downstream effects, and rehabilitation. This study ... -
Novel model for predicting inpatient mortality after emergency admission to hospital in Singapore: retrospective observational study.
(BMJ open, 2019-09-26)OBJECTIVES:To identify risk factors for inpatient mortality after patients' emergency admission and to create a novel model predicting inpatient mortality risk. DESIGN:This was a retrospective observational study using data ... -
Quality of Care and Outcomes for Patients With Stroke in the United States Admitted During the International Stroke Conference.
(Journal of the American Heart Association, 2018-11)Background Patients presenting to hospitals during non-weekday hours experience worse outcomes, often attributed to reduced staffing. The American Heart Association International Stroke Conference ( ISC ) is well attended ... -
Temporal trends in the utilization of vasopressors in intensive care units: an epidemiologic study.
(BMC pharmacology & toxicology, 2016-05)<h4>Background</h4>The choice of vasopressor use in the intensive care unit (ICU) depends primarily on provider preference. This study aims to describe the rate of vasopressor utilization and the trends of each vasoactive ... -
The comparison of the commonly used surrogates for baseline renal function in acute kidney injury diagnosis and staging.
(BMC nephrology, 2016-01)<h4>Background</h4>Baseline serum creatinine (SCr) level is frequently not measured in clinical practice. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of various methods of baseline SCr determination measurement on ...
