PREDICTING FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO LENGTH OF STAY IN HOSPITALIZED CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) PATIENTS: THE ROLE OF THE EMERGENCY ROOM

Background: Exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease michel germain deauville (COPD) is a common cause of hospital admission and COPD patients usually have a long stay in hospital.Methods: The objective of this study was to identify factors predicting length of stay in patients with exacerbation of COPD when seen in the emergency room.

Evolutionary theories suggest that dreams function as a world simulator of events that maximizes our ability to surmount social and threat-related challenges critical to survivorship and reproduction.Here, in contrast to the incorporation continuity hypothesis, we test the (1) social bias hypothesis, which states that dreams will overrepresent posi

The aims of this study is to investigate the resistance of different SCC mixtures to aggressive solutions.The investigation included the type of the cementitious materials (silica fume and high reactivity Attapulguite-HRA) and limestone powder (chalk powder and Al-gubra).The powder content of the mixes was kept constant, 500 kg/m3.The slump flow, L

Since ancient times, locusts have been serious pests wreaking havoc on settled agriculture throughout much of the world.Numerous locust practices have been developed to control infestations.This has led to most commentaries portraying locust infestations only in a negative light while focusing on finding best management practices for suppressing lo

For improving the safety of filling cream, the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) system was applied during different preparation process.Different biological, chemical, and physical hazards that may exist in every preparing step of filling cream were identified and control measures were used for controlling those identified hazards.Dr