Hospital Units
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Impact of a comanaged Geriatric Fracture Center on short-term hip fracture outcomes.

10 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Hip fractures are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality for older adults. Patients sustaining hip fractures usually have comorbid conditions that may benefit from comanagement by geriatricians and orthopedic surgeons. ... Read more...

Meeting the needs of young people and adults with childhood-onset conditions: Gillette Lifetime Specialty Healthcare.

29 Sep 2009 This paper describes how Gillette Specialty Healthcare developed a program to meet the specialty-care outpatient and in-patient needs of children with cerebral palsy (CP) and other serious congenital disabilities as they made the transition to early ... Read more...

Glycaemic control in hospitalised diabetic patients at the University Hospital Basel in 2002 and in 2005.

17 Sep 2009 INTRODUCTION: Hyperglycaemia has been shown to be detrimental in severely ill patients. Prospective randomized controlled trials in ICU patients demonstrated the benefit of near-normoglycaemia in reducing morbidity and mortality. Recommendations of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hospital Units'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Participation of unit nurses: front-line implementation on TCAB pilot units. 30 Oct 2009
• A pod design for nursing assignments: eliminating unnecessary steps and increasing patient satisfaction by reconfiguring care assignments. 30 Oct 2009
• Impact of a comanaged Geriatric Fracture Center on short-term hip fracture outcomes. 10 Oct 2009
• Meeting the needs of young people and adults with childhood-onset conditions: Gillette Lifetime Specialty Healthcare. 29 Sep 2009
• Glycaemic control in hospitalised diabetic patients at the University Hospital Basel in 2002 and in 2005. 17 Sep 2009
• [Stressor among nurses in a psychiatric department--comparison between acute and recuperation wards] 30 Aug 2009
• Mobile phone use on a young person's unit. 30 Aug 2009
• Geriatric ward hospitalization reduced incidence delirium among older medical inpatients. 30 Aug 2009
• Asymptomatic carriage of Clostridium difficile among HCWs: Do we disregard the doctor? 30 Aug 2009
• An evaluation of compliance with an antibiotic policy in surgical wards at a general teaching hospital in northern ireland. 30 Aug 2009
• Ensuring quieter hospital environments. 30 Aug 2009
• Hospital rates of thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke: the influence of organizational culture. 25 Aug 2009
• Age disparities in stroke quality of care and delivery of health services. 18 Aug 2009
• The implementation of an end-of-life integrated care pathway in a Chinese population. 30 Jul 2009
• Negotiating complexities: An ethnographic study of intellectual disability and mental health nursing in New Zealand. 30 Jul 2009
• Diagnosing dying in the acute hospital setting. 30 Jul 2009
• Diagnosing dying in the acute hospital setting. 30 Jul 2009
• A cluster of cases of nosocomial legionnaires disease linked to a contaminated hospital decorative water fountain. 30 Jul 2009
• Do all age groups benefit from organized inpatient stroke care? 28 Jul 2009
• Influence of internal and outdoor factors on filamentous fungal flora in hematology wards. 21 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Hospital Units'

Definition: Those areas of the hospital organization not considered departments which provide specialized patient care. They include various hospital special care wards.

Descriptor UI: D006757

Alternative terms: Hospital Units; Hospital Unit; Unit, Hospital; Units, Hospital;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.278.388;

Online Note: use HOSPITAL UNITS to search WARDS, HOSPITAL 1974-78

History Note: 74; WARDS, HOSPITAL was see under HOSPITAL UNITS 1974-78

Technical Notes: special care wards go here or specific unit; consider also PATIENTS' ROOMS & see X refs there