Discharge

Completeness of Written Discharge Guidance for English- and Spanish-Speaking Patient Families

OBJECTIVES: Written discharge guidance for hospitalized pediatric patients should include language-appropriate key elements to ensure positive discharge outcomes. Our objective in this study was to determine the completeness of written...

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An Improvement Effort to Optimize Electronically Generated Hospital Discharge Instructions

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of hospital discharge instructions (HDIs) is to facilitate safe patient transitions home, but electronic health records can generate lengthy documents filled with irrelevant information. When our institution...

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Factors Associated With Pickup of Pediatric Discharge Prescriptions

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Lack of medication pickup is associated with worse clinical outcomes for select patients. Identification of risk factors for not picking up discharge medications or approaches to this...

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Preparing for Discharge From the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

BACKGROUND: Discharge readiness is a key determinant of outcomes for families in the NICU. Since 2003, using a broad set of outcome and process measures, we have conducted an ongoing...

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Expedited discharge, outpatient, same-day, fast-track, or ambulatory appendectomy in uncomplicated acute appendicitis: are they all the same?

I read with great interest the study entitled “Expedited discharge in uncomplicated acute appendicitis: decreasing the length of stay while maintaining quality” by Rochon et al., and I would like to...

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Non-invasive home lung impedance monitoring in early post-acute heart failure discharge: Three case reports.

Related Articles Non-invasive home lung impedance monitoring in early post-acute heart failure discharge: Three case reports. World J Clin Cases. 2019 Apr 26;7(8):951-960 Authors: Lycholip E, Palevičiūtė E, Aamodt IT,...

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Smartphones and Text Messaging are Associated With Higher Parent Quality of Life Scores and Enrollment in Early Intervention After NICU Discharge

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The Use of Oxygen at Discharge: Is It Safe? Is It Effective?

The Use of Oxygen at Discharge: Is It Safe? Is It Effective? Source link

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Spatiotemporal Coupling of Vessel Cavitation and Discharge of Stored Xylem Water in a Tree Sapling

Water discharge from stem internal storage compartments is thought to minimize the risk of vessel cavitation. Based on this concept, one would expect that water storage compartments involved in the...

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Evaluating the Effect of Monitoring through Telephone (Tele-Monitoring) on Self-Care Behaviors and Readmission of Patients with Heart Failure after Discharge.

[ad_1] Related Articles Evaluating the Effect of Monitoring through Telephone (Tele-Monitoring) on Self-Care Behaviors and Readmission of Patients with Heart Failure after Discharge. Appl Clin Inform. 2019 Mar;10(2):261-268 Authors: Negarandeh...

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Pediatric Readmissions Within 3 Days of Discharge: Preventability, Contributing Factors, and Necessity

OBJECTIVES: Among pediatric 30-day readmissions, 20% to 30% are preventable, and ~25% are within 3 days of discharge. We investigated the preventability, contributing factors, and necessity of 3-day pediatric readmissions....

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Trends in stroke outcomes at hospital discharge in first-ever stroke patients: Observations from the Malaysia National Stroke Registry (2009–2017)

Stroke outcomes could be a quality indicator across the continuum of care and inform stroke management policymaking. However, this topic has rarely to date been studied directly. Source link

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To Discharge or Not to Discharge on Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy: That Is the Question

To Discharge or Not to Discharge on Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy: That Is the Question Source link

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Early discharge, home treatment with rivaroxaban promising in low-risk pulmonary embolism

[ad_1] NEW ORLEANS — Certain patients with acute low-risk pulmonary embolism fared well with early discharge and home treatment with rivaroxaban, according to new data from the HoT-PE study.“In the...

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The Possibility of Early Discharge for Newborns Being Monitored for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Based on Modified Finnegan Score Distributions

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Medical News Today: How to treat eye discharge in newborns

[ad_1] Eye discharge or excessive eye watering in newborns often indicates a blocked tear duct. The blockage is usually harmless and tends to resolve on its own. However, if there...

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Multimodal Analgesia Model for Post–C-Section Halves Opioids Prescribed at Discharge

[ad_1] A multimodal analgesic approach to post–cesarean delivery pain management decreased the number of opioid tablets prescribed at discharge by 52%, according to a retrospective chart review presented at PAINWeek...

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Medical News Today: Pain, bleeding, and discharge in the second trimester

[ad_1] Pain, bleeding, and unusual discharge can occur during the second trimester. This does not always signal a problem, but people should see a doctor if they are uncertain. In...

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Discharge against medical advice after hospitalisation for acute myocardial infarction

[ad_1] Background Discharge against medical advice (AMA) occurs infrequently but is associated with poor outcomes. There are limited descriptions of discharges AMA in national cohorts of patients with acute myocardial...

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Readmission after seizure discharge in a nationally representative sample

[ad_1] Objective To determine the 30-day readmission rate after seizure-related discharge in a nationally representative sample, as well as patient, clinical, and hospital characteristics associated with readmission. Methods Retrospective cohort...

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