The Relationship of Indwelling Urinary Catheters to Death, Length of Hospital Stay, Functional Decline, and Nursing Home Admission in Hospitalized Older Medical Patients

2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayna M. Holroyd-Leduc ◽  
Saunak Sen ◽  
Dan Bertenthal ◽  
Laura P. Sands ◽  
Robert M. Palmer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Functional Decline ◽  
Length Of Hospital Stay ◽  
Nursing Home Admission ◽  
Medical Patients ◽  
Urinary Catheters ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Screening for delirium: a means to improved outcome in hospitalized elderly patients

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominique L Musselman ◽  
Colleen N Hawthorne ◽  
Alan Stoudemire
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Cognitive Deficits ◽  
Functional Decline ◽  
Length Of Hospital Stay ◽  
Accurate Diagnosis ◽  
Hospitalized Elderly ◽  
Hospitalized Elderly Patients ◽  
Improved Outcome

In recent years, psychiatrists have improved their accuracy and efficiency in diagnosing delirium, particularly in hospitalized elderly patients. Early and accurate diagnosis is essential as unrecognized and untreated delirium is associated with longer length of hospital stay and greater expense, accelerated functional decline, an increase in nursing home placements, persistent cognitive deficits, and elevated rates of mortality.

Wound Infection Rates in Clean Surgery: A Potentially Misleading Risk Classification

1992 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 457-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmundo Machado Ferraz ◽  
Tercio Souto Bacelar ◽  
Jose Lamartine de Andrade Aguiar ◽  
Alvaro Antonio Bandeira Ferraz ◽  
Gilberto Pagnossin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Wound Infection ◽  
Prophylactic Antibiotic ◽  
Length Of Hospital Stay ◽  
Antibiotic Use ◽  
Patients Âgés ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Duration Of Surgery ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractObjectives:To evaluate the incidence of wound infection in inguinal hernioplasties, incisional hernioplasties, splenectomies, and splenectomies performed in patients with hepatosplenic schistomiasis, and to examine the relationship of surgical wound infection to antibiotic use, patient age, length of stay in the hospital prior to surgery, and the duration of the operation.Design:Retrospective surveillance study.Results:One thousand five hundred forty-two clean operations were analyzed. Comparing response (wound infection) and explanatory variables (age, length of hospital stay, duration of surgery, antibiotics, and surgery type), we found that age, use of antibiotics, and type of surgery were statistically significant, while length of hospital stay and duration of surgery were not significant.Conclusions:From these results, we can predict that the probability of wound infection in surgical patients considering these significant variables is lower for patients ages 14 to 30 years and higher for patients ages 31 to 60 years and lower for patients with prophylactic antibiotic use (up to 72 hours of use) and higher for patients with prolonged use (more than 72 hours); and lower for patients undergoing inguinal heria, followed in ascending order by nonschistosomotic patients undergoing splenectomy in schistosomotic patients.

Relationship of Volume of Lesion to Length of Hospital Stay and Outcome at One Year in Stroke Patients

2001 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 178-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.M. Maddox ◽  
R.S. MacWalter ◽  
A.D. McMahon
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Functional Outcome ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
Length Of Hospital Stay ◽  
Lesion Volume ◽  
Functional Outcome Measures ◽  
One Year ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the volume of lesion (VOL) in patients with stroke and the associated length of hospital stay (LOS), as well as longer-term functional outcome. Computerised tomography (CT) scans were used to measure the volume, region and type of lesion, volume being measured by planimetry. LOS and other patient details were obtained from the Dundee Stroke Database. The total LOS was associated with the VOL on univariate analysis (p=0.004) and after adjustment for the other variables (p-0.006) due to a larger lesion being associated with longer stay in hospital. Patient follow-up confirmed that the VOL was also highly significant when related to functional outcome measures of impairment, disability and handicap at one year, as determined by Orgogozo (p=0.03), Barthel (p<0.01) and Rankin scores (p<0.01) respectively. The VOL is related to the length of stay in hospital and outcome at one year. This is of particular interest with the increasing use of thrombolysis and development of neuroprotectant agents designed to limit VOL.

Visual and quantitative assessment of COVID-19 pneumonia on chest CT: The relationship with disease severity and clinical findings

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Furkan Kaya ◽  
Petek Şarlak Konya ◽  
Emin Demirel ◽  
Neşe Demirtürk ◽  
Semiha Orhan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Disease Severity ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Laboratory Data ◽  
Length Of Hospital Stay ◽  
Chest Ct ◽  
Laboratory Findings ◽  
Pneumonia Severity ◽  
High Attenuation ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Lungs are the primary organ of involvement of COVID-19, and the severity of pneumonia in COVID-19 patients is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Aim: We aimed to evaluate the visual and quantitative pneumonia severity on chest computed tomography (CT) in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and compare the CT findings with clinical and laboratory findings. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated adult COVID-19 patients who underwent chest CT, clinical scores, laboratory findings, and length of hospital stay. Two independent radiologists visually evaluated the pneumonia severity on chest CT (VSQS). Quantitative CT (QCT) assessment was performed using a free DICOM viewer, and the percentage of the well-aerated lung (%WAL), high-attenuation areas (%HAA) at different threshold values, and mean lung attenuation (MLA) values were calculated. The relationship between CT scores and the clinical, laboratory data, and length of hospital stay were evaluated in this cross-sectional study. The student's t-test and chi-square test were used to analyze the differences between variables. The Pearson correlation test analyzed the correlation between variables. The diagnostic performance of the variables was assessed using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was used. Results: The VSQS and QCT scores were significantly correlated with procalcitonin, d-dimer, ferritin, and C-reactive protein levels. Both VSQ and QCT scores were significantly correlated with disease severity (p<0.001). Among the QCT parameters, the %HAA-600 value showed the best correlation with the VSQS (r=730,p<0.001). VSQS and QCT scores had high sensitivity and specificity in distinguishing disease severity and predicting prolonged hospitalization. Conclusion: The VSQS and QCT scores can help manage the COVID-19 and predict the duration of hospitalization.

MRI in Acutely Ill Medical Patients in an Irish Hospital: Influence on Outcomes and Length of Hospital Stay

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 698-702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seán Cournane ◽  
Donnacha Creagh ◽  
Neil O'Hare ◽  
Niall Sheehy ◽  
Bernard Silke
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Length Of Hospital Stay ◽  
Medical Patients ◽  
Irish Hospital

The Effect of a Stroke Unit: Reductions in Mortality, Discharge Rate to Nursing Home, Length of Hospital Stay, and Cost

Stroke ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 1178-1182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrik S. Jørgensen ◽  
Hirofumi Nakayama ◽  
Hans O. Raaschou ◽  
Kim Larsen ◽  
Per Hübbe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Stroke Unit ◽  
Discharge Rate ◽  
Length Of Hospital Stay
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