When a patient is admitted to any acute care setting, their discharge planning should begin at that very moment and should include family members, friends, and any other support the patient has available. In spite of all of the education provided to the patient and their support system by the physicians and nurses in order to prepare patients for a successful discharge from the hospital, there will always be unplanned readmissions. These admissions remain a major challenge for the healthcare system
Clinical study of Gas Gangrene Patients presented in DHQ Hospital, Rawalpinidi, Pakistan Qamer un Nisa(137) , Kiran Sughra(102), Maria Muqadus(192), Sara almas(136) Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan. Abstract: Gas Gangreneis a potentially deadly form of tissue death.The Clostridium species C.perfringens , C.septicum and C.histolyticum are the principal causative agent of the trauma associated gas gangrene and their incidence increases dramatically in times
investigations done to confirm diagnosis, drug indication, concomitant drugs, duration of treatment, PPI’s given at discharge, other GI drugs(1). The appropriate indications for proton pump inhibitors are as shown in table
CINAHL Plus) c) Table 1. Targeted early rehabilitation at home after total hip and knee joint replacement: Does it work? Author/s, year, country of origin of the study KARTHIKEYAN P. IYENGAR, JAYANT B. NADKARNI, NICOLA IVANOVIC & AVINASH MAHALE 2006, United Kingdom Research Design, Data collection instrument Design: A comparative study with a historical control group. Data Collection Instuments: Pre-operative Suitability assesment of patients by rehabilitation team and recording of
Some of the ways people get mistreated is things like misdiagnosis, unnecessary surgeries, premature discharge, not ordering the correct tests or not acting upon tests presented, not following up, wrong dosage or medication, leaving things inside the body after surgery, incorrect care in hospitals resulting in bedsores, persistent pain, or pressure ulcers (medicalnewstoday.com). Any of these or more can cause someone to want compensation, however
disease that usually results from a drug reaction. This form of the disease can be deadly as well as very painful and distressing. Stevens-Johnson syndrome can affect any age group. The incidence of SJS is estimated at 1 to 6 cases per million. Although the majority of cases are idiopathic (without a known cause), the main class of known causes is medication, followed by infections and, rarely, cancers. Drugs are an important cause of SJS in about 95%. Various categories of medication have been identified
PROJECT SITE: The work for the project is carried out at cytopathology section of pathology department, B.J. Medical College and Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad. Laboratory service, B.J. Medical College and Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad is one of the largest tertiary care teaching hospital in India. Ours is the first NABL acrrediated teaching laboratories in Government set up. The laboratory provides the services of receiving, processing & reporting of approximately 42,500 samples per month i.e. Pathology
Department of Health, 1999.1 The failure to provide the proper medical treatment was done by a doctor or nurse will cause harmed in medical malpractice. Fortunately, only a few numbers of healthcare workers make mistakes in some of cases. But within that small minority of cases, certain types of errors keep repeated nowdays. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it defines negligence as “a want of attention to what ought to be done or looked after,” a failure to match up
Aim- The study aimed to analyze and ascertain profile and pattern of medication errors among admitted patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Methods- The present prospective study was carried out by the Department of Pharmacology in collaboration with the Department of Internal Medicine and Office of Medical Superintendent, MSDS Medical College, Fatehgarh, among the patients admitted to the General medicine ward during October 2013-February 2014. Hospital/medical records, Case sheet of the
HEART FAILURE Heart failure is the most common admission diagnosis in the United States in patients exceeding 65 years. The condition increases 10% with age in individuals of 80 years of age or older. It is characterized as a chronic condition in which there is inadequate supply of blood due to abnormality of heart and changes in hemodynamic, nerve, kidney and hormone system. It is associated with decreased quality and comforts of life and increased mortality and morbidity rates. Certain factors