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A short length of hospital stay is not associated with risk of readmission among hip fracture patients – a Swedish national register-based cohort study
BackgroundHospital length of stay (LoS) after a hip fracture likely mirrors health status; however, a too short hospitalization might increase the...
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Stakeholder perspectives on short-stay joint replacement programs: results from a national cross-sectional study
BackgroundThe capacity to meet anticipated growth in joint replacement demand requires safe, efficient models of care. While short-stay joint...
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Effect of emergency physician-operated emergency short-stay ward on emergency department stay length and clinical outcomes: a case-control study
BackgroundWe hypothesized that an emergency short-stay ward (ESSW) mainly operated by emergency medicine physicians may reduce the length of patient...
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Safety and Feasibility of ≤24-h Short-Stay Right Colectomies for Primary Colon Cancer
BackgroundHospital length of stay (LOS) has been used as a surgical quality metric. This study seeks to determine the safety and feasibility of right...
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Postpartum length of hospital stay among obstetric patients in Ibadan, Nigeria
BackgroundPostpartum Length of hospital stay (PLOHS) is an essential indicator of the quality of maternal and perinatal healthcare services....
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Predictive models for short-term mortality and length of hospital stay among adults with community-onset bacteraemia before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: application of early data dynamics
BackgroundThe development of scoring systems to predict the short-term mortality and the length of hospital stay (LOS) in patients with bacteraemia...
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Short Stay Management of Chest Pain
The second edition of this book provides scientific and clinical insights on the management of patients who arrive at the hospital with a...
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Length of hospital stay in involuntary admissions in Greece: a 10-year retrospective observational study
PurposeThe treatment of mental disorders has shifted from inpatient wards to community-based settings in recent years, but some patients may still...
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Hyperactive delirium during emergency department stay: analysis of risk factors and association with short-term outcomes
To investigate factors related to the development of hyperactive delirium in patients during emergency department (ED) stay and the association with...
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Short-stay compared to long-stay admissions for loop ileostomy reversals: a systematic review and meta-analysis
PurposeShort-stay admissions, with lengths of stay less than 24 h, are used for various surgeries without increasing adverse events. However, it is...
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Factors affecting hospital admission, hospital length of stay and new discharge destination post proximal humeral fracture: a retrospective audit
BackgroundOutcomes following proximal humeral fracture (PHF) may be impacted by a range of clinical, fracture and premorbid factors. The aim of this...
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Opioid-sparing anesthesia with dexmedetomidine provides stable hemodynamic and short hospital stay in non-intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a propensity score matching cohort study
ObjectivesDexmedetomidine is an alpha-2 agonist with anti-anxiety, sedative, and analgesic effects and causes a lesser degree of respiratory...
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Psychoactive substances and previous hospital admissions, triage and length of stay in rural injuries: a prospective observational study
BackgroundPatients admitted to hospital after an injury are often found to have used psychoactive substances prior to the injury. The aim of this...
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Application of machine learning models on predicting the length of hospital stay in fragility fracture patients
BackgroundThe rate of geriatric hip fracture in Hong Kong is increasing steadily and associated mortality in fragility fracture is high. Moreover,...
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The association between opening a short stay paediatric assessment unit and trends in short stay hospital admissions
BackgroundMany inpatient facilities in Scotland have opened short stay paediatric assessment units (SSPAU) which are clinical areas separate from the...
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Clinical significance of postoperative complications after pancreatic surgery in time-to-complication and length of postoperative hospital stay: a retrospective study
PurposeWe retrospectively analyzed pancreatectomy patients and examined the occurrence rate and timing of postoperative complications...
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Impact of DRG billing on length of hospital stay for patients with epilepsy—English Version
BackgroundThe introduction of DRG-based billing of inpatient hospital services in Germany in 2003 has led to a significant change in patient care. In...
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of short-stay programmes for total hip and knee replacement, focusing on safety and optimal patient selection
BackgroundShort-stay joint replacement programmes are used in many countries but there has been little scrutiny of safety outcomes in the literature....
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Laparoscopic rectal cancer resection yields comparable clinical and oncological results with shorter hospital stay compared to open access: a 5-year national cohort
PurposeAlthough widely applied, the results following laparoscopic rectal resection (LRR) compared to open rectal resection (ORR) are still debated....
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An orthogeriatric service can reduce prolonged hospital length of stay in hospital for older adults admitted with hip fractures: a monocentric study
BackgroundThe Blue Book (2005), recommended guidelines for patients care with fragility fractures. Together with introduction of a National Hip...
