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Showing 1 to 20 of 607 for “"Department of Medicine"”.
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Predicting department of medicine inpatients' discharges at US hospitals
… management perspective. In addition, the Department of Medicine (DOM) has a very complex patient population, both clinically and non-clinically. Various team structure and uneven distributed bed resources introduce additional challenge on patient discharges. The project aims to develop a …
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Patient flow optimization in the Department of Medicine at MGH
In 2015, there were approximately 17,000 General Medicine admissions in the Department of Medicine (DOM) at MGH. General Medicine patients regularly experience significant non-clinical delays caused by bed and care team unavailability, with approximately 25% of patients waiting ten hours or more …
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Assessing Knowledge of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea among 4th Year and 6th Year Medical Students, Internal Medicine Registrars and Medical Consultants at the University of Cape Town
… morbidity. There is no data on the prevalence of OSA in South Africa. We set out to assess knowledge of OSA among students, registrars and consultants in the department of medicine of a large South African university. Methods: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study. We distributed an …
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Renal function during profound hypothermia in the dog
During the academic year 1960-1961, the Department of Experimental Surgery, of the University of Cape Town, engaged in a series of experiments concerning the production of profound hypothermia in dogs. Hypothermia was induced by blood-stream cooling, via a heat exchanger incorporated in an …
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The role of pituitary growth hormone in the regulation of albumin synthesis and catabolism
Some three years ago I availed myself of an opportunity of pursuing a research project in the Department of Medicine at this Medical School. At that time, a long established interest in the study of plasma albumin metabolism was given fresh impetus by the development of techniques which overcame …
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The role of pituitary growth hormone in the regulation of albumin synthesis and catabolism
Some three years ago I availed myself of an opportunity of pursuing a research project in the Department of Medicine at this Medical School. At that time, a long established interest in the study of plasma albumin metabolism was given fresh impetus by the development of techniques which overcame …
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Η ΝΟΣΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΛΕΓΕΩΝΑΡΙΩΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ
THIS IS A STUDY OF 136 CONSECUTIVE PNEUMONIAS ADMITTED FROM 1981 TO 1983 TO THEUNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, HATZIKOSTA GENERAL HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA. THESE PNEUMONIAS WERE STUDIED PROSPECTIVELY IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY IF LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA IS A CAUSE OF PNEUMONIA IN GREECE, SINCE THERE HAS …
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Outcomes of patients admitted with acute coronary syndrome to a district level hospital in a lower to middle income country
… syndrome (ACS) has become a leading cause of death in low-and middle-income countries. There is a lack of data regarding the outcomes of ACS in Africa. This study aims to assess the outcomes of ACS patients admitted to a resource-limited district hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. …
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Isoform-Specific Variant and Expression Analysis of Epigenetic Genes in Neurodevelopment and Disease
Isoform-Specific Genetic Analysis of Epigenetic Machinery Genes in Neurodevelopment and Disease Úlfur Benedikt Fjölnisson¹, Katrín Möller¹, Hans Tómas Björnsson¹,²,³ ¹ Department of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland ² Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA ³ University Hospital, …
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Protein and cell therapy for lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) deficiency
… disturbances. Here, I describe the purification of recombinant LCAT and assess two approaches to treat LCAT deficiency. Human LCAT cDNA was cloned into a selectable expression vector and used to generate a stably–transfected Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells secreting human LCAT tagged with 6 …
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Predicting medicine inpatient discharges at Massachusetts General Hospital
At Massachusetts General Hospital, inpatients often experience significant non-clinical delays in patient care, and frequently wait in the Emergency Department or in inpatient-floor hallways before receiving bed assignments. Such delays result in overcrowding in the Emergency Department, heightened …
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The prognosis of tuberculosis in adults infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1)
Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to assess whether active tuberculosis (TB) accelerates the course of HIV-1 infection by measuring progression to AIDS and mortality in HIV-infected patients. Secondary objectives were to evaluate whether TB should be considered an AIDS-defining …
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Quantifying the impact of care team discontinuities on medically unnecessary delays in inpatient flow
This thesis quantifies the impact of clinical care team discontinuities on inpatient length-of-stay (LOS) and admission wait time within Massachusetts General Hospital's Department of Medicine (DOM). The DOM is the hospital's largest clinical department by inpatient volume and supports a highly …
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Organised care of acute stroke at Groote Schuur Hospital : a controlled trial
… annually. These patients about occupy 10% of acute medical beds. Recent investigations have demonstrated that stroke services are poorly organised Although "Organised stroke care" has been shown to improve outcomes, this has not been demonstrated locally. This study was undertaken to …
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Tuberculous pleural effusions : a prospective study of rapid diagnostic tests (adenosine deaminase, antigen capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and the polymerase chain reaction) and evaluation of a radiometric mycobacterial culture system
… was undertaken to assess the diagnostic value of various rapid diagnostic tests for tuberculosis in pleural fluid, and to assess the sensitivity and speed of a radiometric mycobacterial culture system (BACTEC, Johnson Laboratories). Patients presenting to the Department of Medicine at Groote …
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Inpatient referrals to consultation-liaison psychiatry at a tertiary hospital in South Africa
… for the psychiatric assessment and management of patients in a hospital setting, serving as an interface between psychiatry and other medical disciplines. This study aimed to provide an analysis of the Consultation-liaison psychiatry service at Groote Schuur Hospital. It was hypothesised that …
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Genomics and host response of S. Typhi infections
… response to S. Typhi infections Mailis Maes, Department of Medicine, St. Edmunds College, University of Cambridge Around 20 million people are diagnosed annually with typhoid fever, caused by the Gram-negative bacterial pathogen Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi). Typhoid is endemic …
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The burden of tuberculosis in patients with stage 5 chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis therapy at Livingstone hospital, Port Elizabeth
… Tuberculosis (TB) now ranks as the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent worldwide. Patients on dialysis are particularly vulnerable to TB infection due to immune dysfunction. Despite this, there is a paucity of incidence data on TB in dialysis patients in high burden settings such …
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The incidence of tuberculosis in the inflammatory bowel disease registry in Cape Town, South Africa
Background/Objectives: The risk of tuberculosis (TB) in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients using immunosuppressive therapy (IST) is higher than the background population in developed countries. Corresponding data in areas of high endemicity like South Africa (SA) is limited. Our objectives …
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Characterization of and risk factors for HIV-1 resistance mutations following first line antiretroviral failure in the southern African private sector
… when they fail first-line ART. The effect of different drug regimens and other patient related factors on drug resistant mutations selected at first line failure are not well characterised in Southern Africa with its predominantly subtype C epidemic. Objectives: To characterize HIV …
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