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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 240 avhandlingar innehållade orden hospital admission.
11. Hospital-acquired pneumonia in intensive care patients
Sammanfattning : The present thesis describes the incidence and risk factors for pneumonia and especially ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) among Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients. Bacteria in samples from the lower respiratory tract of patients receiving mechanical ventilation are reported, including the duration of treatment prior to the first occurrence of different pathogens. LÄS MER
12. Discrete-Event Simulation for Hospital Resource Planning : Possibilities and Requirements
Sammanfattning : The delivery of health care services has been under pressure due to limited funding and increasing demand. This has highlighted the need to increase not only the effectiveness but also the efficiency of health care delivery. LÄS MER
13. Inter-hospital transports of critically ill children
Sammanfattning : There is an increasing need for inter-hospital transports of seriously ill children as a result of centralization of intensive care for children to dedicated pediatric intensive care units (PICU). This thesis has explored the short-and long-term outcomes of critically ill children after transport by a specialized pediatric transport team to a PICU. LÄS MER
14. Circulatory Failure and Outcome in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Sammanfattning : Circulatory failure is considered one of the entities of the post cardiac arrest syndrome contributing to poor outcome. It is reported at 15-70% of all patients successfully resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). LÄS MER
15. When time matters : Patients’ and spouses’ experiences of suspected acute myocardial infarction in the pre-hospital phase
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to describe patients’ and spouses’ experiences of suspected acute myocardial infarction in the pre-hospital phase. A descriptive survey study was conducted to identify various factors influencing patient delay in 381 patients with suspected myocardial infarction hospitalised at a Coronary Care Unit (I) and ambulance utilisation among 110 myocardial infarction patients (II). LÄS MER