36 research outputs found
Impact of Inpatient Care in Emergency Department on Outcomes: A Quasi-Experimental Cohort Study
BACKGROUND: Hospitals around the world are faced with the issue of boarders in emergency department (ED), patients marked for admission but with no available inpatient bed. Boarder status is known to be associated with delayed inpatient care and suboptimal outcomes. A new care delivery system was developed in our institution where boarders received full inpatient care from a designated medical team, acute medical team (AMT), while still residing at ED. The current study examines the impact of this AMT intervention on patient outcomes.
METHODS: We conducted a retrospective quasi-experimental cohort study to analyze outcomes between the AMT intervention and conventional care in a 1250-bed acute care tertiary academic hospital in Singapore. Study participants included patients who received care from the AMT, a matched cohort of patients admitted directly to inpatient wards (non-AMT) and a sample of patients prior to the intervention (pre-AMT group). Primary outcomes were length of hospital stay (LOS), early discharges (within 24 h) and bed placement. Secondary outcomes included unplanned readmissions within 3 months, and patient’s bill size. χ2- and Mann-Whitney U tests were used to test for differences between the cohorts on dichotomous and continuous variables respectively.
RESULTS: The sample comprised of 2279 patients (1092 in AMT, 1027 in non-AMT, and 160 in pre-AMT groups). Higher rates of early discharge (without significant differences in the readmission rates) and shorter LOS were noted for the AMT patients. They were also more likely to be admitted into a ward allocated to their discipline and had lower bill size compared to non AMT patients.
CONCLUSIONS: The AMT intervention improved patient outcomes and resource utilization. This model was noted to be sustainable and provides a potential solution for hospitals’ ED boarders who face a gap in inpatient care during their crucial first few hours of admissions while waiting for an inpatient bed
Le blocage peropératoire “3 en 1” du nerf fémoral par une dose unique de ropivacaïne à 0,25 % ou à 0,5 % ou de bupivacaïne à 0,25 % produit une analgésie de 48 h comparable après la mise en place d’une prothèse totale de genou
NMR parameters in alkali, alkaline earth and rare earth fluorides from first principle calculations
19F isotropic chemical shifts for alkali, alkaline earth and rare earth of
column 3 basic fluorides are measured and the corresponding isotropic chemical
shieldings are calculated using the GIPAW method. When using PBE exchange
correlation functional for the treatment of the cationic localized empty
orbitals of Ca2+, Sc3+ (3d) and La3+ (4f), a correction is needed to accurately
calculate 19F chemical shieldings. We show that the correlation between
experimental isotropic chemical shifts and calculated isotropic chemical
shieldings established for the studied compounds allows to predict 19F NMR
spectra of crystalline compounds with a relatively good accuracy. In addition,
we experimentally determine the quadrupolar parameters of 25Mg in MgF2 and
calculate the electric field gradient of 25Mg in MgF2 and 139La in LaF3 using
both PAW and LAPW methods. The orientation of the EFG components in the
crystallographic frame, provided by DFT calculations, is analysed in term of
electron densities. It is shown that consideration of the quadrupolar charge
deformation is essential for the analysis of slightly distorted environments or
highly irregular polyhedra.Comment: 18 pages, 8 figures, 4 tables and ES
Functional Restoration Following Resection of Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumour of the Median Nerve: A Case Report
10.1142/S2424835520720121The journal of hand surgery Asian-Pacific volume253373-37
Norwegian Open Fracture Management System: Outcomes after 10 Years Working in Low-Resource Settings in Cambodian Hospitals
Introduction: The treatment of open lower limb fractures represents a major challenge for
any trauma surgeon, and this even more so in resource-limited areas. The aim of the study is
to describe the intervention, report the treatment plan, and observe the effectiveness of the
Norwegian Open Fracture Management System in saving lower limbs in rural settings.
Materials and Methods: A retrospective and prospective interventional study was carried
out in the period 2011 through 2017 in six rural hospitals in Cambodia. The fractures were
managed with locally produced external fixators and orthosis developed in 2007. Based on
skills and living locations, two local surgeons and one paramedic without reconstructive surgery experience were selected to reach the top of the reconstructive ladder and perform limb
salvage surgeries. This study evaluated 56 fractures using the Ganga Hospital Open Injury
Score (GHOIS) for Gustilo-Anderson Type IIIA and Type IIIB open fracture classification
groups.
Results: The primary success rate in open tibia fractures was 64.3% (95% CI, 50.3 - 76.3).
The average treatment time to complete healing for all of the patients was 39.6 weeks (95%
CI, 34.8 - 44.4). A percentage of 23.2% (95% CI, 13.4 - 36.7) experienced a deep infection.
Fifteen of the patients had to undergo soft tissue reconstruction and 22 flaps were performed. Due to non-union, a total of 15 bone grafts were performed. All of the 56 patients
in the study gained limb salvage and went back to work.
Conclusion: The given fracture management program proves that low-resource countries
are able to produce essential surgical tools at high quality and low price. Treatment with
external fixation and functional bracing, combined with high-level training of local surgeons, demonstrates that a skilled surgical team can perform advanced limb salvage surgery
in low-resource settings
NECROSIS OF THE INDEX, MIDDLE AND RING FINGER PULPS AFTER TRANSFER OF A HETERODIGITAL NEUROVASCULAR ISLAND FLAP
Structural Adaptations of the Primate Flexor Carpi Ulnaris After Tendon Transfer
10.1016/j.jhsa.2018.10.023JOURNAL OF HAND SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME44
Pandemic preparedness: Nationally-led simulation to test hospital systems
Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore458332-33
Delivering Values-based Education through Experiential Learning in a Residency Outdoor Orientation Camp: A Mixed-Method Study in Singapore
Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) 201
Preclinical Evaluation of a Novel TALEN Targeting CCR5 Confirms Efficacy and Safety in Conferring Resistance to HIV-1 Infection
Therapies to treat patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) aim at preventing viral replication but fail to eliminate the virus. Although transplantation of allogeneic CCR5Δ32 homozygous stem cell grafts provided a cure for a few patients, this approach is not considered a general therapeutic strategy because of potential side effects. Conversely, gene editing to disrupt the C-C chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5) locus, which encodes the major HIV coreceptor, has shown to confer resistance to CCR5-tropic HIV strains. Here, an engineered transcription activator-like effector nuclease (TALEN) that enables efficient CCR5 editing in hematopoietic cells is presented. After transferring TALEN-encoding mRNA into primary CD4+ T cells, up to 89% of CCR5 alleles are disrupted. Genotyping confirms the genetic stability of the CCR5-edited cells, and genome-wide off-target analyses established the absence of relevant mutagenic events. When challenging the edited T cells with CCR5-tropic HIV, protection in a dose-dependent manner is observed. Functional assessments reveal no significant differences between edited and control cells in terms of proliferation and their ability to secrete cytokines upon exogenous stimuli. In conclusion, a highly active and specific TALEN to disrupt CCR5 is successfully engineered, paving the way for its clinical application in hematopoietic stem cell grafts