Inpatients
Research News and Information

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Underestimates of intussusception rates among US infants based on inpatient discharge data: implications for monitoring the safety of rotavirus vaccines.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Because a previous rotavirus vaccine was associated with intussusception, new rotavirus vaccines are monitored postlicensure for any such association. Accurate background intussusception rates are needed to determine whether the number ... Read more...

Risk factors for respiratory failure associated with respiratory syncytial virus infection in adults.

13 Oct 2009 Risk factors associated with respiratory failure during respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection have not been assessed in adults. We identified RSV by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction in 58 adults during the 2007-2008 ... Read more...

Comparison of men and women with acute coronary syndrome in six Middle Eastern countries.

13 Oct 2009 The aim of this study was to evaluate the gender differences in baseline characteristics, therapy, and outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes in 6 Middle Eastern countries. Over a 6-month period in 2007, 8,169 consecutive patients (74% ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Inpatients'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Invited commentary. 30 Oct 2009
• Perspective of the patient and family: the TCAB approach is visible to and appreciated by patients. Interview by Laurie Lewis. 30 Oct 2009
• Underestimates of intussusception rates among US infants based on inpatient discharge data: implications for monitoring the safety of rotavirus vaccines. 30 Oct 2009
• Risk factors for respiratory failure associated with respiratory syncytial virus infection in adults. 13 Oct 2009
• Comparison of men and women with acute coronary syndrome in six Middle Eastern countries. 13 Oct 2009
• Management of injecting drug users admitted to hospital. 8 Oct 2009
• Characteristics and in-hospital outcomes for nonadherent patients with heart failure: findings from Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure (GWTG-HF). 29 Sep 2009
• Glycaemic control in hospitalised diabetic patients at the University Hospital Basel in 2002 and in 2005. 17 Sep 2009
• REFINE (Reducing Falls in In-patient Elderly)--a randomised controlled trial. 8 Sep 2009
• Role of Chlamydophila pneumoniae in children hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia in Vienna, Austria. 30 Aug 2009
• User satisfaction with services in a randomised controlled trial of adolescent anorexia nervosa. 30 Aug 2009
• Steady-state pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of piperacillin/tazobactam administered by prolonged infusion in hospitalised patients. 30 Aug 2009
• Factors associated with non-use of inpatient hospital care service by elderly people in China. 30 Aug 2009
• [Musculoskeletal diseases, a hospital death?] 30 Aug 2009
• Oxcarbazepine in combination with Tiaprid in inpatient alcohol-withdrawal--a RCT. 30 Aug 2009
• Is the family physician in or out of hospital medicine? A discussion of pertinent perspectives to consider as we address inpatient curricular review. 30 Aug 2009
• Creation of inpatient capacity during a major hospital relocation: lessons for disaster planning. 30 Aug 2009
• Urinary glutathione S-transferase as an early marker for renal dysfunction in patients admitted to intensive care with sepsis. 30 Aug 2009
• Geriatric ward hospitalization reduced incidence delirium among older medical inpatients. 30 Aug 2009
• Decline in rheumatoid vasculitis prevalence among US veterans: a retrospective cross-sectional study. 30 Aug 2009

See a longer list of these articles.

Technical information about 'Inpatients'

Definition: Persons admitted to health facilities which provide board and room, for the purpose of observation, care, diagnosis or treatment.

Descriptor UI: D007297

Alternative terms: Inpatients; Inpatient;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; education; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: M01.643.470;

History Note: 91(80); was see under PATIENTS 1980-90

Technical Notes: inpatients as people or as a social, sociol, psychol, etc., group; do not confuse with HOSPITALIZATION