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Saturday, January 10, 2009

Predictors of the duration of exclusive breastfeeding among first-time mothers.

29 Sep 2008 Few women currently meet revised WHO recommendations to breastfeed exclusively for 6 months postpartum. In this prospective study we aimed to determine the influence of socio-demographic, psychosocial, and perinatal factors on the length of ... Read more...

Case-control study of clinical features of influenza in hospitalized patients.

29 Sep 2008 BACKGROUND: The symptoms of influenza infection in outpatients are well described. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) definition of an influenza-like illness (ILI) includes fever and cough or sore throat. Few data exist on the ... Read more...

Medication reconciliation at hospital discharge: evaluating discrepancies.

29 Sep 2008 BACKGROUND: Hospital discharge is an interface of care when patients are at a high risk of medication discrepancies as they transition from hospital to home. These discrepancies are important, as they may contribute to drug-related problems, ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Hospitals, Teaching'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Space for learning: in a figurative sense--and literally] 25 Oct 2008
• Comparison of the US and Canadian health care systems: a tale of 2 Mount Sinai's. 20 Oct 2008
• Predictors of the duration of exclusive breastfeeding among first-time mothers. 29 Sep 2008
• Case-control study of clinical features of influenza in hospitalized patients. 29 Sep 2008
• Medication reconciliation at hospital discharge: evaluating discrepancies. 29 Sep 2008
• Improvement in sentinel node biopsy results in a teaching community hospital: results of a multidisciplinary quality improvement program. 29 Sep 2008
• Testing the hospital value proposition: an empirical analysis of efficiency and quality. 29 Sep 2008
• Internal medicine training in the 21st century. 29 Sep 2008
• A model for quality improvement programs in academic departments of medicine. 29 Sep 2008
• Staff-only pediatric hospitalist care of patients with medically complex subspecialty conditions in a major teaching hospital. 29 Sep 2008
• Effectiveness of a central line bundle campaign on line-associated infections in the intensive care unit. 29 Sep 2008
• Surgical resident and attending physician attitudes toward glucose control in the surgical patient. 29 Sep 2008
• Analysis of queries sent to PubMed at the point of care: observation of search behaviour in a medical teaching hospital. 22 Sep 2008
• Workplace bullying of junior doctors: cross-sectional questionnaire survey. 20 Sep 2008
• Development and implementation of a program to assess medical patients' need for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis. 13 Sep 2008
• The viability of Australia's teaching hospitals. 13 Sep 2008
• Association of workload of on-call medical interns with on-call sleep duration, shift duration, and participation in educational activities. 8 Sep 2008
• Building physician work hour regulations from first principles and best evidence. 8 Sep 2008
• Hospital quality, efficiency, and input slack differentials. 6 Sep 2008
• Effect of educational and policy interventions on institutional utilization of wet nebulization respiratory drugs and portable inhalers. 3 Sep 2008

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Technical information about 'Hospitals, Teaching'

Definition: Hospitals engaged in educational and research programs, as well as providing medical care to the patients.

Descriptor UI: D006784

Alternative terms: Hospitals, Teaching; Hospital, Teaching; Teaching Hospital; Teaching Hospitals;

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

Tree Number: N02.278.020.300; N02.278.421.639;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: coord IM with special hosp (e.g., HOSPITALS, CHRONIC DISEASE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; etc.) or med specialty (IM or NIM) if pertinent; specify geog; consider also INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY