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Hospitals, General
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Definition of 'Hospitals, General'Large hospitals with a resident medical staff which provides continuous care to maternity, surgical and medical patients. Common names: Hospitals, General; General Hospital; General Hospitals; Hospital, General |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
29 Sep 2009 
BACKGROUND: Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a common cause of hospitalization and has a poor prognosis. Specialized multidisciplinary clinics are effective in the management of CHF. OBJECTIVES: To measure time of admission to the specialized ... Read more...
Training in pediatric anesthesia for registrars--UK National survey.
30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: The aim of this National survey was to review the training provided in pediatric anesthesia to all registrars across all deaneries in the United Kingdom. The Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCA) recognizes training in pediatric ... Read more...
Mobile phone use on a young person's unit.
30 Aug 2009 AIMS: To ascertain information about the use of mobile phones on a young person's hospital unit and to obtain the views of nursing staff and young people about the benefits of their use. METHODS: A qualitative study using a pre-piloted questionnaire ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Hospitals, General'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Factors related to time to admission to specialized multidisciplinary clinics in patients with congestive heart failure. 29 Sep 2009
- Mass General 'aims' to improve.
30 Aug 2009 - Training in pediatric anesthesia for registrars--UK National survey. 30 Aug 2009
- Mobile phone use on a young person's unit. 30 Aug 2009
- Relationship between the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection and indicators of nosocomial infection control measures: a population-based study in French hospitals. 30 Aug 2009
- Acute intentional self-poisoning with a herbicide product containing fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, ethoxysulfuron, and isoxadifen ethyl: a prospective observational study. 30 Aug 2009
- Expansion of pharmacists' responsibilities in an emergency department. 13 Aug 2009
- Clinical Centers of Excellence: Seizure disorders. Massachusetts General Hospital Epilepsy Service. 5 Aug 2009
- Nonoral feeding practices for infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. 30 Jul 2009
- Oesophageal stenting in a district general hospital. 30 Jul 2009
- Be prepared. When a virus outbreak hits, hospital leaders must ready more beds, educate patients, and keep staff in the loop. 30 Jul 2009
- Implementing standardized operating room briefings and debriefings at a large regional medical center. 30 Jul 2009
- Characterization of Klebsiella pneumoniae producing SHV-12 and DHA-1 beta-lactamases accompanied by carbapenem resistance during hospitalization in a chronic care ward in Japan. 30 Jul 2009
- Discrepancies between histology and serology for the diagnosis of coeliac disease in a district general hospital: is this an unrecognised problem in other hospitals? 30 Jul 2009
- HIV-related admissions to a district general hospital in the U.K.: a single centre study. 30 Jul 2009
- Modernising Medical Careers: impact on training in a district general hospital. 30 Jul 2009
- A tale of three hospitals: solving learning and workforce needs together. 18 Jul 2009
- Effect of a pathway bundle on length of stay. 29 Jun 2009
- [Anesthesiologist's aptitude for peri-operative detection and treatment of latex allergy] 29 Jun 2009
- Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for renal tumours: early experience in Singapore general hospital. 29 Jun 2009
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Technical information about 'Hospitals, General'
Definition: Large hospitals with a resident medical staff which provides continuous care to maternity, surgical and medical patients.
Descriptor UI: D006769
Alternative terms: Hospitals, General; General Hospital; General Hospitals; Hospital, General;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;
Tree Number: N02.278.421.389;
History Note: 68
Technical Notes: coord IM with hosp ownership term (e.g., HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; etc.) (IM or NIM) if pertinent; specify geog