A post-clinic questionnaire survey following patient discharge with primary mastalgia, in a District General Hospital setting

2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (11) ◽  
pp. 1107-1108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Boulton ◽  
K. Chin
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Patient Discharge ◽  
District General Hospital

scholarly journals The workload of stroke thrombolysis: A prospective study in a district general hospital setting

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-12
Author(s):  
Seán J Slaght ◽  
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Nic U Weir ◽  
Joanna K Lovett ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Study ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
District General Hospital ◽  
Service Planning ◽  
Stroke Severity ◽  
Southampton General Hospital ◽  
Stroke Thrombolysis ◽  
Few Data ◽  
A Prospective Study

Many hospitals are still setting up acute stroke thrombolysis services, often delayed by fears over workload. However, there are few data on how many patients require urgent assessment before one is treated. We prospectively studied all referrals to the 24-hour stroke thrombolysis service, February 2009 – January 2010, in Southampton General Hospital. 128 patients were referred to the thrombolysis team and 20 received thrombolysis. The most common reasons for treatment exclusion were: stroke severity (37%), time from onset (26%) or CT findings (15%). Approximately six patients required urgent assessment by the thrombolysis team for every one treated. These data are crucial to inform service planning.

Troponin T: role in altering patient management and enabling earlier discharge from a district general hospital

2001 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avril Owen ◽  
Waqas Khan ◽  
Keith D Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Stay ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Patient Management ◽  
Troponin T ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Length Of Hospital Stay ◽  
Patient Discharge ◽  
District General Hospital ◽  
Early Discharge ◽  
Control Group

The use of troponin T to facilitate early patient discharge was investigated in a prospective study in a district general hospital. Troponin T was measured in 91 patients admitted over a period of 6 months with chest pain but without evidence of myocardial infarction. The main outcome measure was length of hospital stay. A negative troponin T was found in 70 patients. Fifty of these were discharged within 24h of the troponin result being available and they had a significantly shorter hospital stay than a case-control group and a historical control group from the previous 6 months. Troponin T measurement has a role in altering patient management by enabling early discharge, resulting in significant cost savings and increasing bed availability.

Serological prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 amongst GUM clinic attenders in a district general hospital setting

2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 379-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
P D Woolley ◽  
S Chandiok ◽  
J Pumphrey ◽  
S Sharratt ◽  
L Shanley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
District General Hospital ◽  
Clinical Problem ◽  
Asymptomatic Infection ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Simplex Virus

Our objective was to determine the seroprevalence of herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 2 infection amongst genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic attenders at a district general hospital using a commercially available enzyme immunoassay (EIA). In a prospective study, heterosexual patients attending the Department of GUM at Trafford General Hospital attending with a new clinical problem and having a blood sample taken for routine syphilis serology had the same sample tested for HSV type 2 antibodies. The prevalence of HSV type 2 seropositivity amongst participants was 9.9% (24/242) for men and 18.7% (46/246) for women. With respect to undiagnosed, asymptomatic infection the seroprevalence was 8.6% and 17% respectively. For those attenders locally resident the seroprevalence was 10.1% and 17.5% respectively, and undiagnosed, asymptomatic infection 8.5% and 17.1% respectively. Although seroprevalence figures in this study are lower than the only previous report in the UK, these results, nevertheless, show that seropositivity is not confined to large urban centres. Patients attending GUM clinics are likely to have high rates of undiagnosed HSV type 2 infection.

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