The total medical costs (hospital, physician, drug) for the initial hospitalization were $11 857 for enoxaparin and $12620 for heparin, a cost advantage for the enoxaparin arm of $763P=.1818).
Our data on resource use suggest that, at least for the initial hospitalization, patients treated with APC stayed in hospital for shorter periods of time and therefore were less likely to require hospital resources.
Previous studies have shown that parental stress occurs during the initial hospitalization.
Unadjusted comparisons were performed between infants with (n = 414) and without (n = 6085) clinical seizures during the initial hospitalization.
Respiratory complications are frequent in patients with acute cervical spinal injury (CSI); however, the importance of respiratory complications experienced during the initial hospitalization following injury is unknown.
To examine the functional outcomes of children who underwent a tracheostomy in the initial hospitalization after birth and to determine their correlates.
Costs were assessed for the initial hospitalization and the cumulative costs of the initial hospitalization and additional revascularization procedures for up to 3 years.
The authors determined mortality rates for the initial hospitalization and 12 months after admission.
A total of 12,715 patients underwent heart catheterization during the initial hospitalization, and 6,238 patients underwent PCI.
During the initial hospitalization, 37 patients met the composite endpoint (3.7%): 6 deaths (0.7%), 17 AMIs (1.7%), 18 revascularizations (1.8%).
OBJECT: The aim of this multicenter, prospective study was to determine the spectrum, incidence, and severity of complications during the initial hospitalization of patients with spinal cord injury.
