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BACKGROUND: It is debatable whether a managed care model would affect the quality of care and length of hospital stay in the treatment of hip fractures in elderly patients.
METHODS: This...
PURPOSE: In this study, we determined the long-term effects of the Independent Capacity Protocol (ICP), in which the emergency department (ED) is temporarily used to stabilize patients, followed by transfer...
OBJECTIVES: This study was performed to examine medical care utilization of psychiatric patients and to explore patients' characteristics associated with extended hospitalization.
METHODS: Data were extracted from information of Korean Health...
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of short hospital stays after laparoscopic appendectomy for uncomplicated appendicitis.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The records of 142 patients who underwent...
PURPOSE: We compared the efficacy of postoperative hemodynamic goal-directed therapy (GDT) using a pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) and bioreactance-based noninvasive cardiac output monitoring (NICOM) in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing...