Background There is little data surrounding the survival of patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) who are admitted to the critical care unit with exacerbation of …

Objective To measure the stigma of psychiatric illness in a general hospital setting, and to
test the connection between common ideas people have of patients with psychiatric illness (…

Purpose. To assess the effect of improved compliance with 6-hour sepsis resuscitation
bundle on mortality in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. Materials and Methods. A …

Background. The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of an ED sepsis protocol on
the time to antibiotics for emergency department (ED) patients with severe sepsis. Methods. …

Objective To study the risk factors for bacteremia caused by Escherichia coli (E. coli) or
Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) …

Objective To evaluate the risk factors and physician's compliance to American College of
Chest Physicians (ACCP) guidelines recommendations for venous thromboembolism (VTE) …

Objective To study the standard central venous catheter (CVC) practice in an adult intensive
care unit (ICU) for potential improvement. Methods This is a prospective descriptive study …

Objective To show and characterize our practice in the initial management of children and
adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCD) presenting in acute painful crises, and to identify if …

Objective To describe analgesic practices among adults presenting to the emergency
department (ED), and to determine factors affecting the timeliness and adequacy of analgesia. …

Introduction specific patients; however, its practice is not always optimal. In Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, information about the appropriateness of VTE prophylaxis is lacking. The primary …