Studies including participants with mean age ≥ 80 years showed no difference in LTCH admission (RR 0.94, 0.75 to 1.17, I2 = 3%), while the subgroup with mean age < 80 years (Fig. 7) showed a decrease in LTCH admissions (RR 0.82, 0.68 to 0.99, I2 = 2%). ...
The data entered for each cultured isolate included patient ID, sex, date of birth, age, age category, date of admission, prior antibiotic therapy, antibiotic treatment, institution, location, department, location type, specimen number, specimen date, specimen type, report date, reason for sample...
1 Transition-of- care pharmacist Nurses, case managers, social workers, and outpatient pharmacy technicians assisted, when needed X V Pharmacist service on On admission: review of patient information (e.g. insurance admission and coverage, medication adherence, history and physical at discharge ...
Randomization is stratified by site and medical versus surgical admission, and uses random block sizes. Patients randomized to either arm receive standard routine pharmaceutical clinical care as it exists in each site. Additionally, in the intervention arm an individualized SENATOR-generated medication ...
Patients were given a pre-determined meal plan upon admission to the hospital detailing the rotational schedule of the food options. Lunch meals would consist of a soup of the day, a warm meal, followed by open-faced sandwiches with three filling options (such as liver pâté, cold cuts of...
Written informed consent was obtained from the family or a legal representative for each patient after hospital admission; for those patients regaining mental capacity, confirmation of the written consent was also requested. 2.2. Patients The inclusion criteria of the PRINCESS trial were: (a) ...
Admission source—Whether the patient was referred from another facility or admitted directly; Clinical Parameters. Clinical parameters capture the medical status of patients, which directly affects the hospital LoS: Diagnosis—Primary and secondary diagnoses influence treatment complexity and duration; Comor...
Exposure was defined as the time spent in the ED from the arrival to the admission to inpatient bed. This time exposure was defined as a EDLOS cut-off chosen in selected studies. The outcome was IHM whatever the cause and the delay of death in the in-hospital bed was. We considered ...
pneumoniae and patients’ gender (χ2(1) = 5.94, p = 0.015), intensive care unit admission (χ2(1) = 7.649, p = 0.002), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (χ2(1) = 4.851, p = 0.028). The study highlighted the existence of carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae, particularly ...
The assessment of the participants’ dietary intake in terms of energy, macronutrients, micronutrients and eating habits was conducted using a 24 h recall method, by a dietitian. The 24 h recall was carried out on the day of admission to the study. Essentially, the volunteers were asked to ...