scholarly journals Dengue Deaths: Associated Factors and Length of Hospital Stay

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Pooransingh ◽  
S. Teelucksingh ◽  
I. Dialsingh
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Length Of Hospital Stay ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Retrospective Case ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
East Indian ◽  
Indian Origin ◽  
Patients With Diabetes ◽  
Over 40 Years ◽  
Case Note Review

Background. Dengue continues to pose a public health problem globally.Objective. To review factors associated with patients who died from dengue in Trinidad.Methods. A retrospective case note review of hospitalized patients who died during 2001 to 2010.Results. A total of 23 cases were identified: 13 males, 10 females—12 East Indians, 9 Africans, and 2 unknown. More than half (n=17) were over 40 years of age with 10 being over 60 years of age; three were children. A falling platelet count was observed in 16 while 18 patients had a low normal haematocrit. There was a significant association of ethnicity, hypertension, and diabetes with length of hospital stay.Conclusions. The study sample included 10 patients over 60 years of age. Patients with diabetes and hypertension and patients of East Indian origin appeared to have a shorter hospital stay prior to death.

scholarly journals Significance of Streptococcus milleri in acute rhinosinusitis with complications

2007 ◽  
Vol 122 (8) ◽  
pp. 810-813 ◽  
Author(s):  
N M Rankhethoa ◽  
C A J Prescott
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Operative Procedure ◽  
Length Of Hospital Stay ◽  
Case Note ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Retrospective Case ◽  
Acute Rhinosinusitis ◽  
Streptococcus Milleri ◽  
Male Patients ◽  
Case Note Review

AbstractObjectives:To assess the significance of Streptococcus milleri in acute rhinosinusitis with complications.Methods:A retrospective case note review was undertaken of in-patients at both the Red Cross Children's Hopital and the Groote Schuur Hospital (for adults), Cape Town, South Africa, between 1999 and 2003, with a diagnosis of acute rhinosinusitis with complications. The following were documented: age, gender, complications, organisms cultured and their sensitivity, type and number of operations, and length of hospital stay.Results:Seventy-one case notes were reviewed, for 30 female and 41 male patients, representing 38 adults and 33 children. Streptococcus milleri was the most commonly implicated organism (52.1 per cent; 37/71). Patients from whom this organism was isolated tended to require more than one operative procedure, and had a protracted hospital stay.

Nutrition Status and Risk Factors Associated With Length of Hospital Stay for Surgical Patients

2010 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vânia Aparecida Leandro-Merhi ◽  
José Luiz Braga de Aquino ◽  
José Francisco Sales Chagas
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Length Of Hospital Stay ◽  
Surgical Patients ◽  
Nutrition Status ◽  
Factors Associated

scholarly journals Risk factors associated with disease severity and length of hospital stay in COVID-19 patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. e95-e97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaofan Liu ◽  
Hong Zhou ◽  
Yilu Zhou ◽  
Xiaojun Wu ◽  
Yang Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Disease Severity ◽  
Length Of Hospital Stay ◽  
Factors Associated

Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus: Predictors of Complications and Length of Hospital Stay

2016 ◽  
Vol 352 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mazen S. Bader ◽  
Yanqing Yi ◽  
Kassem Abouchehade ◽  
Babar Haroon ◽  
Lisa D. Bishop ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Length Of Hospital Stay ◽  
Community Acquired Pneumonia ◽  
Patients With Diabetes

scholarly journals Clinical Features and Outcomes of Patients with Elizabethkingia Meningoseptica Infection: An Emerging Pathogen

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Umair ◽  
Nosheen Nasir
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Length Of Hospital Stay ◽  
Opportunistic Pathogen ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Retrospective Case ◽  
First Case ◽  
Elizabethkingia Meningoseptica ◽  
Co Morbidity ◽  
Morbidity Index

Abstract Background:Elizabethkingia meningoseptica, formerly known as Chryseobacterium meningosepticum, is a non-motile, non-fastidious, catalase and oxidase-positive, aerobic, glucose-non-fermentative Gram-negative bacillus first defined by Elizabeth O. King in 1959. It has recently emerged as an opportunistic pathogen infecting people in the the extremes of age and the immunocompromised, especially in nosocomial settings. There has been an increased interest in this pathogen due to its rising occurrence around the world, its ubiquity in nature, and inherent capacity for antimicrobial resistance.Methods: We describe a retrospective case series at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan on patients admitted from January 2013 to December 2018 with Elizabethkingia meningoseptica infections. All patients identified to have any clinical culture specimen positive for Elizabethkingia meningoseptica were included. Data was collected on a structured proforma from the Hospital Information Management Systems (HIMS).Results:Sixteen patients with E. meningoseptica were identified. The mean Charlson’s co-morbidity index was 3.25. Nine patients had bacteremia with E. meningosepticum. Three of the isolates were extensively drug resistant with sensitivity only to minocycline. Nine out of 16 patients required intubation and mechanical ventilation. The median length of hospital stay was 13 days and four out of 16 patients died during hospital stay,Conclusion: This is the first case series from Pakistan reporting Elizabethkingia meningoseptica infections.

scholarly journals A Hospital based cross sectional study to find out factors associated with disease severity and length of hospital stay in COVID-19 patients in Tertiary Care Hospital of Ahmedabad city

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 256-259
Author(s):  
Arpit Chelabhai Prajapati ◽  
Mansi Maulik Patel ◽  
Hardika Jamanadas Khanpara ◽  
Rujul Pankajbhai Shukla ◽  
Donald Shailendra Christian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Disease Severity ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Heart Diseases ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Length Of Hospital Stay ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
High Dependency

Background: Tertiary hospital care may vary from isolation bed ward care to high dependency units (HDUs) with oxygen support to intensive care unit (ICU) where patients may be intubated for mechanical ventilation The major risk factors for severe disease are age more than 60 years and underlying diseases like diabetes, hypertension. COVID-19 patients present at varying levels of severity. Understanding how long patients hospitalized with COVID-19 remain in hospital is critical for planning. Objectives: 1. To determine risk factors associated with disease severity 2. To determine risk factors associated with length of hospital stay in COVID-19 patients 3. To study the disease outcome Material & Methods: This was retrospective record-based study of inpatients with COVID-19 at Tertiary Care Hospital of Ahmedabad City. All patients admitted at tertiary care hospital diagnosed with COVID-19 between April 2020 to June, 2020, were included in present study. Inclusion criteria were all COVID-19 patients admitted at tertiary care hospital during the duration of April 2020 to June 2020. Results: A total of 916 COVID-19 patients were included in the study. Out of 916 total admitted patients 526 (57.4%) were male. 174 (19%) patients having one or more comorbidities like diabetes, hypertension, tuberculosis, heart diseases etc. Total 769 discharged (83.9%), 115 deaths (12.6%) and 32 transferred to other COVID-19 hospital (3.5%) out of total 916 patients admitted during study period. Conclusion: Severity of disease and deaths were associated with age and comorbidities. COVID-19 patients with comorbidities have more deteriorating outcomes compared with patients without.

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