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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Zachary A. Spigel, Alyssa B. Kalustian, Jessica Zink, Ziyad M. Binsalamah, Christopher A. Caldarone
Summary: There is a significant relationship between socioeconomic position (SEP) and length of stay (LOS) in patients undergoing congenital heart surgery. Considering LOS as a quality indicator may adversely affect hospitals providing care for patients with lower parental SEP.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
(2022)
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Chemistry, Medicinal
Bandar Alosaimi, Huda M. Alshanbari, Muath Alturaiqy, Halah Z. AlRawi, Saad Alamri, Asma Albujaidy, Aljawharah Bin Sabaan, Ahmed A. Alrashed, Ahmad Alamer, Fayez Alghofaili, Khaled Al-Duraymih, Abdulaziz J. Alshalani, Wael Alturaiki
Summary: This retrospective observational study found that hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and favipiravir (FPV) treatments have comparable effectiveness in terms of length of stay (LOS) for moderate to severe COVID-19 patients. The study highlights the importance of analyzing LOS as a relevant endpoint to prevent the costs of lengthy hospitalization and disease progression. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of using appropriate statistical testing when dealing with paired data and non-parametric data such as LOS.
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Oncology
Juergen Wallner, Michael Schwaiger, Sarah-Jayne Edmondson, Irene Mischak, Jan Egger, Matthias Feichtinger, Wolfgang Zemann, Mauro Pau
Summary: This study identified at-risk patients after major oral and maxillofacial cancer surgery who tend to need a significantly longer ICU-LOS, based on pre-operative parameters including renal dysfunction, peripheral vascular disease, and heart failure stage categories. Confounding factors that contributed to prolonged ICU-LOS in combination with other variables were also identified, such as older age, prolonged operative time, COPD, and intra-operative blood transfusion.
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Immunology
Jianxiang Zhang, Lei Li, Xiaobo Hu, Guangying Cui, Ranran Sun, Donghua Zhang, Juan Li, Yonghong Li, Shen Shen, Ping He, Zujiang Yu, Zhigang Ren
Summary: The aim of this study was to explore the clinical characteristics of Omicron patients with COVID-19, identify prognostic factors, and develop a predictive model for their length of stay (LOS). The study found that receiving immunotherapy or heparin increased LOS by 36% or 16.1% respectively, while developing rhinorrhea increased LOS by 10.4% and having a familial cluster increased LOS by 12.3%. Additionally, an increase of one unit in APTT led to a 0.38% increase in LOS.
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Emanuele Rinninella, Raffaele Borriello, Marco D'Angelo, Tiziano Galasso, Marco Cintoni, Pauline Raoul, Michele Impagnatiello, Brigida Eleonora Annicchiarico, Antonio Gasbarrini, Maria Cristina Mele
Summary: Hospital malnutrition affects a significant portion of patients, and early assessment using the CONUT score can help predict hospital outcomes. This study aimed to determine the predictive role of the CONUT score in an Italian hospital, finding that CONUT was a reliable predictor of length of stay and in-hospital mortality.
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Neurosciences
Yan He, Yinying Hu
Summary: Recent neuroimaging research has found that interpreters and non-interpreters elicit different brain activation patterns during simultaneous language translation. This study used fNIRS technology to observe the brain activity of participants from both groups during translation tasks, and found differences in functional connectivity between the two groups.
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Ophthalmology
Zafar S. Gill, Anne Strong Caldwell, Jennifer L. Patnaik, A. Itzam Marin, Lucy I. Mudie, Nathan Grove, Cristos Ifantides, Monica K. Ertel, Michael A. Puente, Leonard K. Seibold
Summary: Differences in cataract surgery outcomes between English proficient (EP) and limited English proficiency (LEP) patients were observed. LEP patients were more likely to have mature cataracts, undergo complex surgeries, and use higher cumulative dissipated energy. Preoperative visual acuity was worse in LEP patients but showed greater improvement after surgery. There were no significant differences in operative time, intraoperative or postoperative complications.
JOURNAL OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY
(2023)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Isabelle Chou, Kanglong Liu, Nan Zhao
Summary: The directionality of interpreting has a significant impact on the performance of trainee interpreters, with L2-L1 interpreting showing advantages in interpreting quality but not content. L1-L2 interpreting is more cognitively demanding for trainee interpreters.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Milagros D. Silva, Ronald D. Adelman, Vishwas Singh, Renuka Gupta, Jerad Moxley, Rosanna M. Sobota, Stephanie Tsai, Brittany T. Abel, Carrington M. Reid
Summary: This study found that in-person medical interpreters were rated as more helpful than telephone interpreters during end of life and goals of care conversations. Attending physicians and those who received training in medical interpreter use showed greater awareness of the roles of medical interpreters and supported best communication practices.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
(2022)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Andrew H. Hughes, David Jr Jr Horrocks, Curtis Leung, Melissa B. Richardson, Ann M. Sheehy, Charles F. S. Locke
Summary: The study found that outlier cases of length of stay are utilizing a growing share of hospital resources and beds, with both the mean outlier LOS and inpatient LOS excluding outliers increasing over the study period. Excluding these outliers from data reporting, based on the assumption of their rarity, may need to be reconsidered in order to implement targeted interventions that can effectively reduce length of stay, improve patient care, and maintain hospital capacity.
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
(2021)
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Infectious Diseases
James Stimson, Koen B. Pouwels, Russell Hope, Ben S. Cooper, Anne M. Presanis, Julie V. Robotham
Summary: This study investigated the excess length of stay (LoS) in English hospitals due to hospital-onset SARS-CoV-2 infections, and found that the comparatively high LoS observed for hospital-onset COVID-19 patients is mostly explained by the timing of their infections relative to admission, rather than patient characteristics.
BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2022)
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Computer Science, Information Systems
Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Dipanjali Kundu, Sayma Alam Suha, Umme Raihan Siddiqi, Samrat Kumar Dey
Summary: This study proposes a federated machine learning-based model for predicting patients' length of stay (LOS) in hospitals. The model combines locally trained models from decentralized and heterogeneous hospital clients while maintaining data privacy. The findings show that the aggregated model with federated learning has more reliable predictive performance, and integrating more clients' parameters improves the model's performance.
JOURNAL OF KING SAUD UNIVERSITY-COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Larissa Vainqueur, Nadine Simo-Tabue, Roxane Villeneuve, Dorice Dagonia, Bernard Bhakkan-Mambir, Ludwig Mounsamy, Vaynome Delacroix, Maturin Tabue-Teguo
Summary: The study aimed to investigate the relationship between frailty index and length of hospital stay, and death in a non-COVID population of patients aged 75 years old and above. The results showed a significant association between frailty index and mortality, but it was not significant in predicting length of stay.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2022)
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Psychiatry
Pawel Gosek, Justyna Kotowska, Elzbieta Rowinska-Garbien, Dariusz Bartczak, Janusz Heitzman
Summary: Patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders represent the largest group of forensic inpatients worldwide. Factors such as mental disorders among family members, alcohol or substance dependence, severity of criminal behavior, and treatment resistance affect the length of stay in forensic hospitals.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2021)
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Teresa Angela Trunfio, Anna Borrelli, Giovanni Improta
Summary: This study develops a forecasting model to predict the length of hospital stay (LOS) following endarterectomy surgery. The model is based on clinical and organizational data of patients and utilizes regression and machine learning algorithms. The results show that the type of endarterectomy performed has the greatest influence on LOS, followed by diabetes and kidney disorders. The model demonstrates effectiveness in predicting LOS values, which can be used to improve surgery planning.
BIOENGINEERING-BASEL
(2022)