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Showing 1 to 20 of 143 for “"inpatients"”.
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Cognitive impairment in medical inpatients
… impairment was prevalent in 73% of medical inpatients, the majority of which were undetected by healthcare professionals. Cognitive impairment was independently associated with a three-fold risk of one-year mortality. II. A group of 99 patients received an intervention that focused on …
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Adverse drug reactions in hospital inpatients
Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a significant public health problem. This thesis examined the incidence and nature of adverse drug reactions following admission to hospital. An initial pilot study was conducted to develop methodology, which was then utilised in a study of 3695 patients. …
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Adolescents' perspectives on their treatment as inpatients
Adolescent inpatient psychiatric care is an accepted intervention for acute adolescent behavioural and emotional problems, yet little is known about patient experiences of this care. This study explores former patients’ views of the therapeutic factors involved in the treatment they received at …
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The Lived Experience Of Inpatients On Contact Precautions
<p>This phenomenological study explores the lived experience of patients on contact precautions. While current literature reports mixed compliance rates among healthcare-workers, increased workload for staff, less time spent at the bedside, higher rates of adverse events, and higher rates of …
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Predicting surgical inpatients' discharges at Massachusetts General Hospital
… network) that identifies, in real time, surgical inpatients discharges that will occur in the next 24 hours. As part of this research, we present a new modeling methodology, formalizing concepts of 'Milestones to Post-Operative Recovery' and 'Barriers to Discharge', which systematically track …
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Predicting department of medicine inpatients' discharges at US hospitals
… surgical patients' discharges to medicine inpatients' discharge prediction. By partitioning the training and validation set by the date on 12/31/2017, the current performance for the full model on January 2018 medicine inpatients has a prediction power of - 0.74 (Area Under Curve of a …
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Factors that Impact Readmission for Medicare and Medicaid HMO Inpatients
Background: Hospital readmission is an outcome associated with failure of treatment because readmitted patients are still sick despite recent inpatient treatment. The specific 30-day period is critical because the U.S. Government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services uses a 30-day period for …
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Effectiveness of the Cogmitive Improvement Program for Alcohol Dependence Inpatients
본 연구는 Marlatt & Gordon (1985)의 인지행동 모델과 12단계 촉진치료를 적용하여 입원한 알코올 의존자를 위한 ‘인지향상 프로그램’을 개발하고 그 효과성을 파악하고자 시도하였다. 본 연구방법은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 인지행동 모델과 12단계 촉진치료의 구성요소의 고찰을 통해 ‘인지향상 프로그램’을 개발하였다. 둘째, 개발된 ‘인지향상 프로그램’의 효과를 검증하기 위해 대조군과 비교하는 비동등성 대조군 전후 설계 유사실험 연구를 실시하였다. 자료수집 기간은 2011년 5월부터 2012년 2월까지 총 10개월이었다. …
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Analysis of pneumonia-related factors for inpatients in Stroke Unit
Ⅰ.서론 1 A. 연구의 필요성 1 B. 연구의 목적 3 C. 용어정의 3 Ⅱ. 문헌고찰 5 A. 뇌졸중 후 합병증 5 B. 뇌졸중 후 폐렴 발생 관련 요인 7 Ⅲ. 연구방법 9 A. 연구설계 9 B. 연구대상 9 C. 연구도구 10 D. 자료수집 방법 12 E. 자료분석 방법 12 F. 연구의 제한점 13 G. 연구의 윤리적 측면 13 Ⅳ. 연구결과 14 A. 대상자의 일반적 특성 및 질병관련 특성 14 B. 뇌졸중 후 폐렴 발생율 16 C. 폐렴 발생 유무에 따른 일반적 특성 및 질병관련 특성 차이 17 D. 뇌졸중 후 폐렴 …
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Methamphetamine use and HIV risk among severely mentally ill inpatients
… risk behaviours in a sample of mentally ill inpatients in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Utility of the MMPI-A in predicting suicidal behavior in adolescent inpatients
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Pediatric Psychiatry Inpatients' Perspectives of Aggression Management: Discernment in the Doorway
… psychiatry unit?”. Four pediatric psychiatry inpatients responded to the invitation to be research participants and shared their hospitalization experiences that occurred within the past year when they were 10 years old. Their interviews lead to the interpretation of the importance of nursing …
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Early detection of delirium in older medical inpatients: prodrome, predictors and motor subtyping
… prevention and management. Methods Medical inpatients of ≥70 years were screened for prevalent delirium using the Revised Delirium Rating Scale (DRS--‐R98). Those without prevalent delirium were assessed daily for delirium development, prodromal features and motor subtype. Survival analysis …
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A Nurse-Driven Protocol To Increase Metabolic Screening And Interventions For Inpatients On Antipsychotic Medications
<p>Patients on antipsychotic medications are at higher risk of developing metabolic syndrome; nevertheless, metabolic screening for patients on antipsychotics is suboptimal. This project implemented a nurse-driven protocol on inpatient psychiatric units to increase metabolic screening compliance …
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Prevalence and outcome of delirium amongst acute general medical inpatients in Cape Town, South Africa
… condition in acute medical and surgical inpatients. It is associated with increased risk of mortality and morbidity. Data are largely limited to developed countries in geriatric cohorts. Here we describe prevalence, risk factors and outcomes of delirium amongst general medical patients …
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