Disease relevance of Hospitals, Rural

• Prospective surveillance in 51 rural hospitals in Idaho and Utah examined the epidemiologic features of clinical cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) [1].
• CONCLUSIONS: We concluded that continuous epidural infusion of morphine and diluted lidocaine is an effective, simple and safe technique for postoperative pain control in obstetric and gynecologic operation and it can be administered routinely even in a rural hospital [2].
• Aflatoxin analyses were undertaken on sera and urines of 41 children admitted to a rural hospital in Kenya with kwashiorkor, marasmus, marasmic kwashiorkor or normal nutrition (Wellcome Classification) [3].

High impact information on Hospitals, Rural

• RESULTS: A significantly higher proportion of ideal candidates for the use of aspirin during hospital stay and at discharge, heparin, and IV nitroglycerin received these medications in urban hospitals, and a lower proportion of similar patients received these medications in rural hospitals compared with the patients in semirural hospitals (P<.001) [4].
• CONCLUSIONS: tPA can be administered safely with good outcome at community and rural hospitals [5].
• Fifteen papers reported evaluations of oncology outreach programmes, tele-oncology programmes and rural hospital initiatives [6].
• Rural hospitals' experience with the National Practitioner Data Bank [7].
• Hospital distribution was (number of patients with positive ethanol test results): urban trauma center, 8 of 52; urban children's trauma center, 0 of 91; suburban hospital, 4 of 111; rural hospital, 3 of 41 [8].

Biological context of Hospitals, Rural

• METHODS: Seven rural hospitals in the southern part of Germany in Swabia were connected to the stroke unit of Günzburg with the use of a videoconference link (Telemedicine in Stroke in Swabia [TESS] Project) [9].

Associations of Hospitals, Rural with chemical compounds

• Twenty-three consenting patients received ketamine (2 mg.kg-1 intravenously in adults or 8 mg.kg-1 intramuscularly in children supplemented with 0.5 mg.kg-1 intravenously when clinically indicated) as the sole anaesthetic agent in a small, rural hospital in central Kenya (altitude 6000 ft; PIO2 127 mmHg) [10].
• Observations on a new enzyme immunoassay (Joshua Sickle Screen) for sickle cell screening in a rural hospital [11].
• CASE REPORTS: Case 1: A 12-month-old male presented to the emergency department of a rural hospital following ingestion of an unknown amount of benzonatate [12].
• The case-fatality 'rate' in one rural hospital in Tanzania, the Ndala Mission Hospital (NMH), appears to have increased dramatically over recent years, perhaps as the result of increasing resistance to ampicillin and chloramphenicol [13].
• An assessment of the Harding and Somogyi-Nelson procedures for plasma glucose estimation, for use in the rural hospitals [14].

Gene context of Hospitals, Rural

• After control for multiple factors, younger patients, more severely ill patients (OR 2.02, 95% CI 1.36 to 3.01), and patients treated in rural hospitals (OR 1.80, 95% CI 0.99 to 3.26) were more likely to receive IV tPA, whereas black patients were less likely (OR 0.54, 95% CI 0.31 to 0.95) [15].
• The effect of PPS on rural hospitals is of widespread interest [16].
• Poison center data accuracy: a comparison of rural hospital chart data with the TESS database. Toxic Exposure Surveillance System [17].
• A review of the most recent 2-month ER-OPD experience showed that in a small rural hospital, a majority (62%) of the patients had an illness or injury of a minor, nonserious degree which could be handled primarily by a Physician's Assistant [18].
• The WAMI Rural Hospital Project. Part 6: Overview and conclusions [19].

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