The time of year when patients experience exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease is a much-overlooked feature of the disease. The higher incidence of exacerbations …

The ability to predict patient visits to emergency departments (ED) is crucial for designing
strategies aimed at avoiding overcrowding. A good working knowledge of the mathematical …

Background Time trends and seasonal patterns have been observed in nurse staffing and
nursing-sensitive patient outcomes in recent years. It is unknown whether these changes …

Background The seasonal fluctuation in mortality and hospital admissions from respiratory
diseases, with a winter peak and a summer trough, is widely recognized in extratropical …

The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the existing concern about the uncertainty
surrounding patient arrival and the overutilization of resources in emergency departments …

Background Understanding disease seasonality is important for improving clinical practice,
hospital resource utilization and community-based preventive care. However, no studies …

Aim A nested case–control study was carried out to examine relationships of a fall‐risk score
and the use of single medications and polypharmacy with falls among hospitalized patients …

Background Respiratory diseases represent a significant burden in primary care.
Determining the temporal variation of the overall burden of respiratory diseases on the …

Background Colic is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in domesticated horses
yet many questions about this condition remain to be answered. One such question is: does …

Objectives. A number of studies have looked at the role of infectious diseases in triggering
juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). Previous studies have found a moderately high frequency …