Hospitals
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry Surveillance - four states, 2005-2007.

4 Nov 2009 PROBLEM/CONDITION: Each year, approximately 795,000 persons in the United States experience a new or recurrent stroke. Data from the prototype phase (2001-2004) of the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry (PCNASR) suggested that numerous ... Read more...

'When the city is a great field hospital': the influenza pandemic of 1918 and the New York city nursing response.

29 Sep 2009 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To describe and analyse the nurses' role in responding to the influenza epidemic in New York City in 1918. BACKGROUND: Today the world is facing the threat of pandemic avian influenza and there is renewed interest in lessons ... Read more...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii on computer interface surfaces of hospital wards and association with clinical isolates.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Computer keyboards and mice are potential reservoirs of nosocomial pathogens, but routine disinfection for non-water-proof computer devices is a problem. With better hand hygiene compliance of health-care workers (HCWs), the impact of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hospitals'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry Surveillance - four states, 2005-2007. 4 Nov 2009
• Payment reform for safety-net institutions--improving quality and outcomes. 3 Nov 2009
• President's page: who owns what or whom? Nov 2009
• Ratings game: lists of "top" physicians, hospitals has unclear impact on public. 19 Oct 2009
• Multihospital collaborations for surgical quality improvement. 12 Oct 2009
• 'When the city is a great field hospital': the influenza pandemic of 1918 and the New York city nursing response. 29 Sep 2009
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii on computer interface surfaces of hospital wards and association with clinical isolates. 29 Sep 2009
• Combination of IMP-4 metallo-beta-lactamase production and porin deficiency causes carbapenem resistance in a Klebsiella oxytoca clinical isolate. 29 Sep 2009
• Antimicrobial susceptibility of Gram-positive bacteria isolated from US medical centers: results of the Daptomycin Surveillance Program (2007-2008). 29 Sep 2009
• Healthcare-associated infections: Arkansas hospitals work to improve patient care and cut costs through prevention. 29 Sep 2009
• Importance of culture for detection of Clostridium difficile toxin from stool samples to report true incidence and mortality related to C. difficile in hospitals. 29 Sep 2009
• Vancomycin resistant Enterococci in a tertiary care hospital in Mumbai. 29 Sep 2009
• Hospital performance recognition with the Get With The Guidelines Program and mortality for acute myocardial infarction and heart failure. 29 Sep 2009
• Rhinovirus infections in children: a retrospective and prospective hospital-based study. 29 Sep 2009
• Variation in hospital mortality associated with inpatient surgery--an S.O.S. 29 Sep 2009
• Variation in hospital mortality associated with inpatient surgery. 29 Sep 2009
• Prevalence of malignant hyperthermia due to anesthesia in New York State, 2001-2005. 29 Sep 2009
• [Report from the 2009 scientific meeting of the Környey Society] 28 Sep 2009
• Complication rates among trauma centers. 17 Sep 2009
• Urinary diversion trends at a high volume, single American tertiary care center. 14 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Hospitals'

Definition: Institutions with an organized medical staff which provide medical care to patients.

Descriptor UI: D006761

Alternative terms: Hospitals; Hospital;

Related Mesh Headings: Economics, Hospital; Equipment and Supplies, Hospital; Hospital Administration;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; history; manpower; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.278.421;

Technical Notes: /legis = LEGISLATION, HOSPITAL or HOSPITALS (IM) + JURISPRUDENCE (IM); note specific hosp depts & specific types of hosp available; hosp admission, discharge & readmiss are available as PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE & PATIENT READMISSION (see notes under each); specify geog: Manual 36.19