Sökning: "length of stay"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 148 avhandlingar innehållade orden length of stay.

1. 21. Stroke : patient characteristics, efficacy of a stroke unit and evaluation of hemodilution therapy

   Författare :Tage Strand; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Acute cerebrovascular disease; blood viscosity; cerebral infarction; hemodilution therapy; stroke unit;

   Sammanfattning : Stroke is a major health problem in all developed countries. These studies, performed in a stroke unit at a medical department, were designed to characterize essential clinical features of the different cerebrovascular disorders on admission to hospital, to evaluate the efficacy of admitting unselected stroke patients to a stroke unit and, to evaluate hemodilution as a therapeutical regime in patients with cerebral infarction. LÄS MER

3. 22. Närståendes besök hos patienter som vårdas på intensivvårdsavdelning

   Författare :Thomas Eriksson; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; intensive care; ICU patient; patient visitors; visiting ICU; mortality ICU; length of stay ICU; hermeneutics; research observation; methodology; caring science; Vårdvetenskap; Integrated Caring Science; Integrerad vårdutveckling;

   Sammanfattning : Aim: The overall objective of the present thesis was to describe and assess the importance and impact of visits by the patients’ families in an ICU, from patient and family perspectives, and to develop, from a hermeneutic perspective, a research method to study the interplay between patient and family during the visit. Method: The comprehensive methodology of the thesis was hermeneutic. LÄS MER

4. 23. Närståendes besök hos patienter som vårdas på intensivvårdsavdelning : Family visits to patients treated in an intensive care unit

   Författare :Thomas Eriksson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; intensive care; ICU patient; patient visitors; visiting ICU; mortality ICU; length of stay ICU; hermeneutics; research observation; methodology; caring science;

   Sammanfattning : Aim: The overall objective of the present thesis was to describe and assess the importance and impact of visits by the patients’ families in an ICU, from patient and family perspectives, and to develop, from a hermeneutic perspective, a research method to study the interplay between patient and family during the visit. Method: The comprehensive methodology of the thesis was hermeneutic. LÄS MER

5. 24. In the Wake of the General Hospital : Focus and Scale in Healthcare Operations

   Författare :Anna Svarts; Mats Engwall; Luca Urciuoli; Mandar Dabhilkar; Pär Åhlström; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Economics and Management;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis tackles the changing landscape of healthcare delivery, with an increasingly fragmented set of healthcare providers and where speciality hospitals increasingly replace or complement traditional general hospitals. There is a need for guidance to policymakers and healthcare providers, on how different set-ups of healthcare delivery facilities, in terms of the scale and the focus of each facility, impacts performance. LÄS MER

7. 25. Surgical treatment strategies of chronic subdural hematoma

   Författare :Andreas Bartley; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; chronic subdural hematoma; irrigation; recurrence; temperature; drainage time; drainage duration; surgery;

   Sammanfattning : Background: A subdural collection of old blood is called a chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH). A cSDH of sufficient volume becomes symptomatic and neurosurgical evacuation is then necessary. The recurrence rate (5-21%) after surgery is high and evidence-based guidelines regarding the optimal treatment to diminish recurrence is lacking. LÄS MER