A study on the magnitude and the effectiveness of the observation ward of hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia

Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-43

  Ahmad, Rashidi ^a   Nik Rahman, Nik Hisamuddin ^a   Mohd Noh, Abu Yazid ^a   Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Ariff ^a   Mohamad, Nasir ^a   Baharudin, Kamarul Aryffin ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adult patients; Length of admission and discharge; Medical sciences; Observation ward

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; OBSERVATION UNIT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOMITING;

EID: 77953171536     PISSN: 1394195X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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