We matched for hospital, previous vaginal delivery, intra-uterine death and duration of pregnancy.
Characteristics of NH (size, single rooms proportion, healthcare workers/resident) and of residents (age, gender, diabetes, ulcers, medicals devices, performance score, previous admission in acute care hospital, previous antibiotics) were similar in both groups.
In addition, assessment, treatment planning, prevention clinics, experience at the hospital, previous and future dental visits, and interventions to improve oral health were explored (interview schedule is presented in Additional file 1).
Patients without ICD therapy had a higher prevalence of non-cardiac admissions to hospital, previous admissions to a skilled nursing facility, more chronic kidney or lung disease, metastatic cancer, and other non-cardiovascular diseases.
Israeli strikes have hit Palestinian hospitals on previous occasions.
Before Hurricane Sandy's arrival, I had requested permission to report on the storm from within NYU Langone as I've reported from other hospitals in previous storms.
Educational status and utilisation of hospitals in previous illness were associated with appropriate HMM.
Patients were mainly admitted from referral hospitals and previous administration of fibrinolytic treatment was allowed.
Outbreaks caused by VRE occurred in hospitals; and previous experience showed that elderly population were at high risk.
