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HOSPITAL STAY [18 records]

Record 1 2025-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine
  • Surgery
CONT

Enhanced recovery after surgery(ERAS) is an evidence-based and multidisciplinary perioperative care pathway and a surgical quality improvement initiative, which has been shown to promote patient mobilization, reduce complication rates after surgery, decrease hospital length of stay and reduce costs, if carefully implemented.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale
  • Chirurgie
DEF

Stratégie de prise en charge d'un patient avant, pendant et après une intervention chirurgicale, qui vise son rétablissement précoce et la réduction des complications postopératoires en s'appuyant sur la participation active du patient et la coordination entre les différents intervenants.

OBS

La récupération améliorée après chirurgie s'accompagne habituellement d'une réduction de la durée d'hospitalisation.

OBS

récupération améliorée après chirurgie; RAAC; récupération postopératoire améliorée : désignations et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 18 août 2023.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Mental Disorders
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

In general, psychiatric treatments have improved significantly over the past several decades, beginning with the advent of modern psychiatric medications. In the past, psychiatric patients were often hospitalized for six months or more, with a significant number of cases involving hospitalization for many years. Today, most psychiatric patients are managed as outpatients. If hospitalization is required, the average hospital stay is around two to three weeks, with only a small number of cases involving long-term in-patient care.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Psychologie clinique

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Medical Staff
CONT

Better planning for hospital discharge--Two newly created positions... are improving the rate of patient transfer... and reducing the length of stay for patients... A Discharge Planning Nurse and Residential Care Officer are working closely with some wards... and patients and their families... to ensure patients are safely discharged to their home or a residential care facility sooner.... discharge planning [commences] as soon as patients are admitted... to identify the future needs of patients. This can include social work, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, dietetics, speech pathology or transport needs. These positions create central roles for discharge planning, which improves communication between hospitals, staff and residential care facilities... Patients and their families are now more involved in the discharge process and are able to discuss any issues that need to be considered before a patient returns home or to a residential care facility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Personnel médical
OBS

L'infirmier ou infirmière en planification des congés coordonne la planification des congés en tenant compte des besoins des patients afin d'assurer une transition adéquate ainsi que la continuité et le suivi des soins.

Spanish

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Record 4 2021-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidemiology
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Health Institutions
CONT

Nosocomial infections–known also as hospital-acquired infections, hospital-associated infections, and hospital infections–are infections that are not present in the patient at the time of admission to hospital but develop during the course of the stay in hospital.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épidémiologie
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Établissements de santé
CONT

On appelle infection nosocomiale ou infection hospitalière toute maladie contractée à l'hôpital, due à des micro-organismes cliniquement et/ou microbiologiquement reconnaissables qui affectent soit le malade, du fait de son admission à l'hôpital ou des soins qu'il a reçus en tant que patient hospitalisé ou en traitement ambulatoire, soit le personnel hospitalier du fait de son activité, que les symptômes de la maladie apparaissent ou non pendant que l'intéressé se trouve à l'hôpital.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Epidemiología
  • Enfermedades humanas varias
  • Establecimientos de salud
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Record 5 2020-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Business and Administrative Documents
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
CONT

The hospitalization file alone can be used to identify the most serious diseases, those severe enough to require at least one hospital stay.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière

Spanish

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Record 6 2015-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
  • Bowels
CONT

An inadvertent enterotomy quadruples the number of postoperative complications and significantly increases operating time and length of hospital stay, study results show.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
  • Intestins
DEF

Ouverture chirurgicale d'une anse intestinale.

Spanish

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Record 7 2014-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental health and hygiene
CONT

[The] hospital provides a crisis intervention service... through a 24/7 phone line through a partner organization and then an on-call back up in the county for more serious calls.... Average length of stay depends on the nature of the crisis situation-some become long-term clients of our case management service, others are referred to the most appropriate organization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hygiène et santé mentales
CONT

Le ministère de la Santé et des services sociaux du Québec s'est fixé l'objectif d'offrir des services d'intervention de crise 24 heures par jour, 7 jours par semaine, à l'ensemble de la population [...] La liaison entre les différents centres de crise et les établissements du réseau est un aspect très important de la prestation de ces services. […] Chaque centre de crise est évidemment particulièrement lié aux CSSS (Centres de santé et de services sociaux), aux hôpitaux et aux autres services spécialisés en santé mentale de son territoire.

Spanish

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Record 8 2013-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
CONT

Self-harm. You have likely had the experience of trying to injure yourself in some way (parasuicide) or attempted suicide. You may feel it is difficult or impossible to stop this behaviour; you may even feel that it helps relieve the tension you experience.

CONT

A groups of 20 psychiatric inpatients who committed parasuicide during their hospital stay were compared with 58 randomly selected control inpatients and with 34 patients who were admitted following a parasuicide... [Source : PASCAL database].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
CONT

[...] Cette étude examine l'incidence du parasuicide en rapport avec l'alcool dans un centre hospitalier général de Pietermaritzburgh, [Afrique du Sud]. Plus de 40 % des femmes mariées commettant un parasuicide citaient l'abus d'alcool de leurs maris et leur comportement violent associé comme facteur de leur acte d'auto-destruction [...] [Source : base de données PASCAL].

CONT

C'était sa première «TS». Les jeunes comme elle ne disent pas «tentative de suicide».

OBS

Terme connexe : geste suicidaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología (Generalidades)
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Record 9 2013-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physiotherapy
DEF

A form of passive mobilization, assisting in the recovery of cartilage. Used commonly following knee reconstruction.

CONT

A prospective, controlled, randomized trial of continuous passive motion and immobilization after knee arthroplasty revealed that continuous passive motion significantly improved early and late flexion of the knee, reduced the duration of stay in the hospital, and did not increase the incidence of superficial infection or problems with wound-healing.

OBS

passive motion: any movement of the body effected by a force entirely outside of the organism.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physiothérapie

Spanish

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Record 10 2007-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
DEF

A surgery which requires the patient to be admitted and stay in the hospital.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
CONT

Les éléments de mesure comprennent : les taux d'admission et de réadmission dans les hôpitaux, les visites à domicile, [...] la proportion de soins considérés comme de courte durée, le taux de chirurgie ambulatoire et de chirurgie avec hospitalisation, et le taux d'occupation des lits d'hôpitaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cirugía
DEF

Intervención quirúrgica en la que la paciente debe ingresar en el hospital.

CONT

Cirugía con hospitalización. El paciente ingresa y pasa en el hospital al menos una noche. Puede ser cirugía de corta estancia (ingresos de 24-48 horas).

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Record 11 2007-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Health Institutions
OBS

Children and Hospital Week : four wonderful days meant to celebrate the courage of all those children who must stay at the hospital. This year marks our 26th edition and, once again, the Saint-Justine UHC joins hands with all the other children's hospitals in Canada and the US, in order to bring joy to young and old children alike!

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Établissements de santé

Spanish

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Record 12 2005-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hygiene and Health
DEF

Unpaid care provided for a family member.

CONT

Unpaid family care is not considered to be part of national health expenditure. Households and families provide a lot of inputs to health care, through their uncompensated time and effort. For example, family members take time to care for the sick at home or to stay with them in hospital.

OBS

This term should not be used interchangeably with "informal care," which represents a more comprehensive concept and includes care by friends or neighbours.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hygiène et santé
CONT

Le rapport entre les soins familiaux et les soins formels est ainsi décrit : «[...] à la fois interdépendants et irréductibles les uns les autres. Ils constituent deux systèmes autonomes, ce qui les rend non substituables.» Ils obéissent à des logiques fort différentes et s'exercent selon des modèles qui leur sont propres : les soins familiaux sont adaptés, diversifiés, permanents; les soins formels sont normés, universels, définis; les uns relèvent du lien social, de l'échange, du don, de la dette symbolique; les autres relèvent du critère de l'utilité et de l'efficacité économique.

OBS

Il faut faire la distinction entre soins familiaux et soins informels. Ces derniers reflétent une réalité plus vaste où les soins sont dispensés par la famille, les amis ou les voisins.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Higiene y Salud
DEF

Cuidado no remunerado proporcionado por la familia.

OBS

Aunque en ocasiones algunos autores utilizan "cuidado familiar" como sinónimo del "cuidado informal", éste es un concepto más vasto porque comprende los cuidados que brindan la familia, amigos o vecinos.

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Record 13 2005-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
DEF

An event that resulted in an unintended, undesired client outcome including disability, death, admission to hospital or prolonged hospital stay, and which was not a result of the client's health status.

OBS

Critical clinical occurrences include near misses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
CONT

L'objectif primaire, le diamètre minimal de la lumière de l'artère coronaire, a été mesuré par angiographie, juste après l'angioplastie et après 26 ± 2 semaines de traitement. On a aussi enregistré l'incidence des resténoses et l'apparition d'un événement clinique majeur (décès, infarctus du myocarde non mortel, pontage coronarien, nouvelle angioplastie, stent).

Spanish

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Record 14 2005-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
DEF

A methodology used to group together hospital patients having similar diagnoses and lengths of stay as well as similar resource and treatment requirements.

OBS

Canadian Institute for Health Information.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques
OBS

Institut canadien d'information sur la santé.

Spanish

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Record 15 2004-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
CONT

Patients admitted to a hospital for long-term treatment are often so severely disabled that they have to stay there for the rest of their lives;...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
CONT

Les malades admis dans un hôpital pour traitement de longue durée souffrent souvent d'une invalidité si grave qu'ils doivent y séjourner pour le reste de leur vie; [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento sin cirugía
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Record 16 2003-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
DEF

A Case Mix Group-specific estimate of the cost of a stay in a Canadian hospital, based on the average length of stay and the cost per case, and calculated using New York State cost statistics

OBS

(Canadian Institute for Health Information)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
OBS

(Institut canadien d'information sur la santé)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización médica y hospitalaria
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Record 17 1987-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
  • Medical and Hospital Organization

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière

Spanish

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Record 18 1986-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidemiology
OBS

Canada Diseases Weekly Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épidémiologie
OBS

Rapport hebdomadaire des maladies au Canada.

Spanish

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