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Potentially inappropriate medications at discharge among elderly patients at a single tertiary emergency medical institution in Japan: a retrospective cross‐sectional observational...
Published 2021-01-01“…The current study aimed to examine the prescription status of elderly patients transported to tertiary emergency medical institutions to compare the proportion of elderly patients using PIMs at admission and discharge and to investigate the characteristics of PIMs at discharge and their associated factors. …”
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Controlling nutritional status score during hospitalization as a predictor of clinical outcome in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
Published 2023-08-01“…A single-center, retrospective observational study was conducted at Gifu University Hospital. Patients transported to the emergency room for aSAH and diagnosed with World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) grade III and IV aSAH between April 2004 and March 2021 were enrolled. …”
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A high cardiothoracic ratio increases the risk of severe pulmonary complications after early initiation of clazosentan in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
Published 2024-04-01“…Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of 59 patients transported to our hospital and diagnosed with aSAH between April 2022 and May 2023. …”
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Mapping of clinical management resources for snakebites and other animal envenomings in the Brazilian Amazon
Published 2022-12-01“…Our resource map lays out a comprehensive overview of antivenom access, the distribution landscape, differences in patient transportation, and barriers to access healthcare that face populations in the Brazilian Amazon.…”
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Phosphate Control in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: Issues, Solutions, and Open Questions
Published 2023-07-01“…These patients frequently develop hyperphosphatemia since phosphate anion behaves as a middle-size molecule despite its low molecular weight. Accordingly, patient transporter characteristics and peritoneal dialysis modalities and prescriptions remarkably influence serum phosphate control. …”
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Effects of weapon types, interventions, and transport times on complications in combat injuries to musculoskeletal system
Published 2019-03-01“…Regarding the transport time of patients reaching the hospital, the greatest complication rate was 30.77% in patients transported to the hospital in 2–4 h; this rate was significantly (p<0.05) greater than for those transported in other time ranges. …”
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Investigating the necessity of transferring patients, by sea or air, from four Healthcare Centers to a Secondary General Hospital in the South Aegean sea (2013 to 2016)
Published 2019-04-01“…Introduction: The islands’ primary healthcare services provide patient transportation and access to specialized healthcare services, which are not available locally. …”
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Preparation for Quarantine on the Cruise Ship Diamond Princess in Japan due to COVID-19
Published 2020-05-01“…There were many difficulties in implementing quarantine, such as creating a dividing traffic line between infectious and noninfectious passengers, finding hospitals and transportation providers willing to accept these patients, transporting individuals, language barriers, and supporting daily life. …”
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Descriptive analysis of patients' EMS use related to severity in Tokyo: a population-based observational study.
Published 2013-01-01“…METHODS: We conducted a 3-year population-based observational study of patients transported by ambulance to emergency departments (ED) in the capital of Japan, Tokyo, which has a population of about 13 million. …”
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Emergency Department Overcrowding and Ambulance Turnaround Time.
Published 2015-01-01“…After selecting groups for final analysis, multi-level regression modeling (MLM) was performed with random-effects for EDs, to evaluate associations between occupancy rate and turnaround time.Between January 2010 and December 2010, 163,659 patients transported to 28 EDs were enrolled. The median occupancy rate was 0.42 (range: 0.10-1.94; interquartile range (IQR): 0.20-0.76). …”
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The Impact of Ambulance and Patient Diversion on Crowdedness of Multiple Emergency Departments in a Region.
Published 2015-01-01“…Key parameters, including patient arrival rates, percentages of patients of different acuity levels, percentage of patients transported by ambulance, and total resources of EDs, were assigned based on real data. …”
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Differences in process management and in-hospital delays in treatment with iv thrombolysis.
Published 2013-01-01“…An onset-to-door time >120 minutes, patients with total anterior circulation stroke, recent year of admission, patient transportation with ambulance crew and emergency physician, the use of point of care tests reduced the door-to-needle time, whereas onset-to-door ≤ 60 minutes, unknown onset-to-door, patients with an NIHSS ≤ 4 or posterior circulation stroke, initial admission to a general emergency department, a distant radiology department, primary imaging modality other than plain CT and waiting for the lab results were associated with an increase in door-to-needle time. …”
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A hospital-based cost minimization study of the potential financial impact on the UK health care system of introduction of iron isomaltoside 1000
Published 2011-03-01“…Affordability is a key issue for health services.Methods: This study was a comparative analysis of the costs of administering the newly available intravenous iron formulations against standard practice (blood transfusion, intravenous iron sucrose) by considering the cost of this treatment option plus nursing costs associated with administration, equipment for administration, and patient transportation in the secondary care (hospital) setting across three dosage levels (600 mg, 1000 mg, and 1600 mg).Results and conclusion: The analysis indicates that the use of iron isomaltoside 1000 results in a net saving when compared with iron sucrose, blood, and ferric carboxymaltose. …”
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Assessing the Climatological Relationship between Heatstroke Risk and Heat Stress Indices in 47 Prefectures in Japan
Published 2021-10-01“…The results for each prefecture were determined from the age-adjusted heatstroke incidence rate (<i>TR<sub>adj</sub></i>) with heatstroke patients transported by ambulance, as well as from the daily maximum temperature (<i>TEMP<sub>max</sub></i>), maximum wet-bulb globe temperature (<i>WBGT<sub>max</sub></i>), and maximum universal thermal climate index (<i>UTCI<sub>max</sub></i>) recorded from July to September of 2010–2019. …”
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The risk of unfavorable outcomes in critically ill patients during interhospital transportation in Tyumen Region
Published 2019-11-01“…The results of 338 patients’ transportation from hospitals of the Tyumen Region for 4 months of 2018 were studied. …”
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Types of injuries that City Institute for Emergency Medicine treats
Published 2017-01-01“…Aim: Presenting types of injuries treated by EMS teams of Belgrade City Institute for Emergency Medicine based on the ICD-10, with consideration for associated conditions, and calculating the percentage of patients transported to the higher level medical facility. …”
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Equity for health delivery: Opportunity costs and benefits among Community Health Workers in Rwanda.
Published 2020-01-01“…CHW out-of-pocket expenditures (e.g. patient transportation) were estimated at 36 228 RWF per year (range: 3 600-364 800 RWF/yr). …”
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Trauma in Guilan (North of Iran): An Epidemiologic Study
Published 2009-10-01“…Forty six percent of patients transported to hospital by people or came themselves (46.42%). …”
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Factores sociales que contribuyen a la morbi-mortalidad en pacientes con Insuficiencia Renal Crónica sometidos a hemodiálisis. Un estudio necesario Social factors contributing to m...
Published 2008-04-01“…They were among the most outstanding social factors that attempt against the quality of life and the survival of the chronic dialytic patient, the late derivation of the patients with Renal Chronic Insufficiency in Nephrologic consultations, the difficulties in the creation and survival of the vascular accesses, the scarce number of male nurses for artificial kidney, the breaks of the hemodialysis machines, of the plants of water treatment and the difficulties with the patients' transportation.…”
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Comparison between two mobile pre-hospital care services for trauma patients
Published 2012-08-01“…</p> <p>Method</p> <p>Descriptive study evaluating all patients transported by both systems in Catanduva, SP, admitted to a single hospital.…”
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