Length of Stay
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Erythrocytapheresis in children with sickle cell disease and acute chest syndrome.

29 Nov 2009 BACKGROUND: Red cell exchange (RCE) is part of the management of acute chest syndrome (ACS) in patients with sickle cell disease. The study describes the indications and outcome of the procedure. PROCEDURE: We retrospectively reviewed 53 episodes of ... Read more...

Electrothermal bipolar coagulation decreases the rate of red blood cell transfusions for pelvic exenterations.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: We evaluated whether electrothermal bipolar coagulation (Ligasure) for pelvic exenterations decreases operative morbidity. METHODS: All cases of pelvic exenterations, for all malignancies, performed at Moffitt Cancer Center from 1999 to ... Read more...

Short length of stay and rapid recovery to normal function after surgery for metastatic melanoma to abdominal and retroperitoneal viscera.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Metastatic melanoma to abdominal and retroperitoneal viscera carries a poor prognosis possibly resulting in reluctance to offer surgical management. There is value in defining the morbidity of such surgery. METHODS: Review of a ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Length of Stay'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Erythrocytapheresis in children with sickle cell disease and acute chest syndrome. 29 Nov 2009
• Electrothermal bipolar coagulation decreases the rate of red blood cell transfusions for pelvic exenterations. 30 Oct 2009
• Short length of stay and rapid recovery to normal function after surgery for metastatic melanoma to abdominal and retroperitoneal viscera. 30 Oct 2009
• Laparoscopic versus open gastrectomy for gastric cancer patients with COPD. 30 Oct 2009
• Treatment of recurrent varicose veins of the great saphenous vein by conventional surgery and endovenous laser ablation. 30 Oct 2009
• Laparoscopic-assisted treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm requiring suprarenal cross-clamping. 30 Oct 2009
• Physicians embrace TCAB, too. Interview by Laurie Lewis. 30 Oct 2009
• Improving communication with bedside video rounding. 30 Oct 2009
• Redesign of a university hospital preanesthesia evaluation clinic using a queuing theory approach. 30 Oct 2009
• Intraoperative ventilatory strategies for prevention of pulmonary atelectasis in obese patients undergoing laparoscopic bariatric surgery. 30 Oct 2009
• Rehabilitation in patients admitted to intensive care. 14 Oct 2009
• Hospital and societal costs of antimicrobial-resistant infections in a Chicago teaching hospital: implications for antibiotic stewardship. 13 Oct 2009
• Comparative effectiveness of minimally invasive vs open radical prostatectomy. 12 Oct 2009
• Outcomes following endovascular vs open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm: a randomized trial. 12 Oct 2009
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. 10 Oct 2009
• Critically ill patients with 2009 influenza A(H1N1) infection in Canada. 10 Oct 2009
• Impact of a comanaged Geriatric Fracture Center on short-term hip fracture outcomes. 10 Oct 2009
• Accuracy of plasma B-type natriuretic peptide to diagnose significant cardiovascular disease in children: the Better Not Pout Children! Study. 4 Oct 2009
• [Laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer in Denmark] 3 Oct 2009
• The aftermath of hip fracture: discharge placement, functional status change, and mortality. 2 Oct 2009

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Technical information about 'Length of Stay'

Definition: The period of confinement of a patient to a hospital or other health facility.

Descriptor UI: D007902

Alternative terms: Length of Stay; Stay Length; Stay Lengths;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; legislation & jurisprudence; statistics & numerical data; trends;

Tree Number: E02.760.400.480; N02.421.585.400.480;

History Note: 72(69)

Technical Notes: length of stay in hosp, clinics, etc.