Using the Hospital Frailty Risk Score to predict length of stay across all adult ages.

Background: Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) has recently been used to predict adverse health outcomes including length of stay (LOS) in hospital. LOS is an important indicator for patient quality of care, the measurement of hospital performance, efficiency and costs. Tools to predict LOS may enable earlier interventions in those identified at higher risk of a long stay.

Healthcare staff perceptions of an electronic hand hygiene monitoring system within a large university system.

Objective: The acceptability of an electronic HH monitoring system (EHHMS) was evaluated among hospital staff members.

Design: An electronic HH monitoring system was implemented in June 2020 at a large, academic medical center. An interdisciplinary team developed a cross-sectional survey to gather staff perceptions of the EHHMS.

A Robust and Sensitive New Peak Detection and Identification Method for Mass Spectrometry-Based Differential Analysis in Biologics Characterization.

New peak detection (NPD) is a significant component of the multiattribute method (MAM) for MS use to facilitate the detection of quality attributes exhibiting abnormal ratio changes, vanishing attributes, or newly emerging attributes. However, challenges remain to get a balanced sensitivity and minimize false positives in NPD. In this study, we have developed a robust NPD and identification method to enhance sensitivity 10-fold (0.

Management of Spontaneous Epidural Hematoma in the Setting of Vaso-occlusive Crisis Among Pediatric Patients With Sickle Cell Disease: A Case Series and Scoping Literature Review.

Spontaneous epidural hematoma (EDH) is a rare sickle cell disease (SCD) complication. We report 3 pediatric cases with SCD and spontaneous EDH and 1 with subgaleal hematomas in the setting of vaso-occlusive crises and elaborate on their presentation and management. Through a scoping review, we identified 71 additional cases reported from 1970 to 2024 and highlighted notable features.