## Abstract BACKGROUND: Although schizophrenic patients have higher mortality than the general nonschizophrenic population, few studies have investigated acute care hospital mortality of schizophrenic patients. METHODS: To assess acute care hospital mortality of schizophrenic patients, we analyz
Mortality of Finnish acute psychiatric hospital patients
β Scribed by Heidi Honkonen; Aino K. Mattila; Klaus Lehtinen; Teemu Elo; Riina Haataja; Matti Joukamaa
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 176 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1433-9285
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
## Abstract The charts of 121 patients who suffered from an irreversible dementing illness and were admitted to an acute psychiatric unit were retrospectively reviewed. Agitated behavior was the most common reason for admission but a variety of other behavioral and mood symptoms were also cited as
## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. Hyperglycemia is often observed in medically ill patients. Previous studies have shown that patients with hyperglycemia during induction therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia develop more infections and have shorter diseaseβfree survival. The authors hypothesized that