Outcomes and costs of home hospitalisation compared to traditional hospitalisation for infectious diseases in Israel: a cohort study.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate and compare health outcomes and costs between home hospitalisation and traditional hospitalisation for three common diagnoses-cellulitis, urinary tract infection (UTI) and pneumonia.

Design: A retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Primary care, nationwide.

Deploying whole blood to the battlefield-The Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps initial experience during the 2023 war.

Background: Military and prehospital medical organizations invest significant resources to advance the treatment of trauma patients aiming to reduce preventable deaths. Focus is on hemorrhage control and volume resuscitation with blood products, with adoption of Remote Damage Control Resuscitation (RDCR) guidelines. The Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps (IDF-MC) has been using tranexamic acid and freeze-dried plasma (FDP) as part of its RDCR protocol for more than a decade.

The provision of hospital at home care: Results of a national survey of UK hospitals.

Background: Hospital at home (HaH) replicates elements of hospital-based care in the community, to facilitate the safe management of a broad spectrum of acute illness in the patient's usual environment. The extent to which this model of care has been adopted in the United Kingdom is unknown.

Methods: The Society for Acute Medicine Benchmarking Audit is a day of care survey undertaken annually within the United Kingdom.

WhatsApp Tele-Medicine - usage patterns and physicians views on the platform.

Background: Telemedicine has become an integral part of health care delivery in recent years. One of the leading applications for this use is WhatsApp - a free smartphone application that allows instant messaging with pictures and videos. This study analyzed the emerging role of WhatsApp on reducing the need for referrals to medical specialists and to compare the views of physicians regarding WhatsApp consultations.

Management of sexually transmissible infections in the era of multiplexed molecular diagnostics: a primary care survey.

Unlabelled: Background Data regarding sexually transmissible infections (STI) often originate from STI clinics, screening programs or laboratory-based studies, thus are biased for specific risk groups or lack clinical details. This real-life observational study presents sample data of most young adult Israeli population by exploiting the centralised diagnostic and documentation platforms resulting from a mandatory military service at the age of 18 years for both genders.

Methods: All STI diagnoses of Israeli Defence Forces soldiers during a 6-month period were reviewed.

The association between self-perceived proficiency of personal protective equipment and objective performance: An observational study during a bioterrorism simulation drill.

Background: The recent Ebola virus disease outbreak emphasized the potential misuse of personal protective equipment (PPE) by health care workers (HCWs) during such an event. We aimed to compare self-perceived proficiency of PPE use and objective performance, and identify predictors of low compliance and PPE misuse.

Methods: An observational study combined with subjective questionnaires were carried out during a bioterror simulation drill.

Implications drawn from a military bioterror exercise in Israel.

Orange Flame is an Israeli preparedness build-up project, conducted by the Ministry of Health, that is aimed at improving national readiness and preparedness for unusual biological events. The project is intended for both medical and nonmedical organizations, and, since 2011, the exercise has also included operational units outside the medical corps. This has provided valuable insights into the consequences of bioterror or naturally occurring outbreaks for operative functionality and for the unique medical, logistical, and administrative efforts required from the armed forces in such an event.

Diagnostic and prognostic value of very high serum lactate dehydrogenase in admitted medical patients.

Background: Serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) is elevated in various diseases.

Objectives: To analyze serum LDH as a distinguishing clinical biomarker and as a predictor of in-hospital outcome in admitted medical patients.

Methods: We analyzed a cohort of all 158 patients with very high isolated LDH (LDH > or = 800 IU/ml without concomitant elevations of alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase) admitted to our internal medicine department during a 3 year period.

Positive histological inflammatory margins are associated with increased risk for intra-abdominal septic complications in patients undergoing ileocolic resection for Crohn's disease.

Background: Rates of postoperative complications are particularly high among patients with Crohn's disease.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess whether positive inflammatory histological margins, among other factors, pose a risk for intra-abdominal septic complications in patients with Crohn's disease undergoing ileocolic resection.

Design: A retrospective study of patient records, during 2000-2010, was conducted.

Ethnic differences in the monthly variation of preeclampsia among Bedouin and Jewish parturients in the Negev.

Objective: To assess seasonal patterns and monthly variations in the incidence of preeclampsia in the Jewish and Bedouin population in Israel, assuming that ethnicity and environmental factors may have a role in the causal mechanism.

Methods: A retrospective population-based study comparing all singleton pregnancies of patients with and without preeclampsia was performed. The study included all deliveries between and including 1988 and 2007.