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  • adjective Occurring after discharge (from a hospital etc)

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Examples

  • The postdischarge period is when symptoms are most responsive to interventions such as behavioral techniques, medication, psychotherapy, family counseling or a combination.

    A Helping Hand for Vets 2008

  • Then there was a thick sheaf of background information, Army postdischarge intelligence reports, extensive for some of the women, sketchy for others, but altogether enough for a basic conclusion.

    Running Blind Child, Lee 2000

  • Among 4783 excluded patients with AKI were those with no renal recovery at discharge (3481/8855, 39%), early postdischarge deaths (387/8855, 4%), and

    JAMA current issue Bihorac, A., Schold, J. D., Hobson, C. E. 2010

  • Among 4783 excluded patients with AKI were those with no renal recovery at discharge (3481/8855, 39%), early postdischarge deaths (387/8855, 4%), and

    JAMA current issue 2010

  • Among 4783 excluded patients with AKI were those with no renal recovery at discharge (3481/8855, 39%), early postdischarge deaths (387/8855, 4%), and

    JAMA current issue 2010

  • Among 682 consecutive patients treated for a first stroke in an Athens hospital, postdischarge statin therapy was associated with a 39\% reduction in the adjusted risk of recurrent stroke over the following 10 years, reported Sotirios Giannopoulos, MD, ScD., of the University of Ioannina in Ioannina, Greece, and colleagues.

    MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2009

  • No patients reported adverse events over six months 'postdischarge, researchers noted, although May emphasized to heartwire that safety of using cardiac CT in low-risk emergency-department chest pain requires further documentation.

    theHeart.org 2009

  • In one study of hospital performance, 17% of all hospital days were classified as medically unnecessary 'delay' days, and the most important cause was unavailability of postdischarge facilities.

    LaRouche's Latest 2009

  • After adjusting for a large number of other factors -- including age, hypertension, diabetes, atrial fibrillation, smoking, initial stroke site, and other medications -- Dr. Giannopoulos and colleagues calculated a hazard ratio for recurrent stroke associated with postdischarge statin therapy of 0.61 (95\% CI 0.35 to 0.92).

    MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2009

  • • linking the mother and baby to appropriate community resources, including prenatal and postdischarge follow-up and breastfeeding support.

    The Official Lamaze® Guide Judith Lothian RN 2010

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