• Paediatric risk of mortality (PRISM) score was a good predictor of risk of iatrogenic illness. (who.int)
  • Both mortality and occurrence of iatrogenic illness were significantly associated with: higher PRISM score, use of mechanical ventilation, higher bed occupancy rate in the unit, presence of respiratory and neurological diseases, prolonged duration of stay in the intensive care unit and younger age of the child. (who.int)
  • Le score PRISM ( Paediatric risk of mortality score) était un bon indicateur prédictif de maladie iatrogène. (who.int)
  • The authors proposed fatal and new non-fatal injury indicators for "all injury" based on national mortality and hospitalizations data. (bmj.com)
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI), also known as acquired brain injury, head injury, or brain injury, causes substantial disability and mortality. (medscape.com)
  • Secondary outcomes included time to VAP, length of hospitalization, and in-hospital mortality. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Acute kidney injury and mortality in hospitalized patients. (bmj.com)
  • Predicting one-year mortality of critically ill patients with early acute kidney injury: data from the prospective multicenter FINNAKI study. (bmj.com)
  • 11 Geriatric patients experience additional complications that lead to age-related higher mortality during post-trauma hospitalization, such as delirium, pneumonia, and respiratory failure. (reliasmedia.com)
  • There was a significant reduction in the mortality of hospitalized motorcycle injured patients despite increased anatomical severity of the head injuries. (researchsquare.com)
  • Motorcycle-related injuries had the highest mortality of hospitalized trauma patients in our city, of whom more than 40% had head injuries [6]. (researchsquare.com)
  • Since the inception of modern critical care medicine in the latter half of the 20th century, the focus has been on decreasing short-term mortality during hospitalization. (aafp.org)
  • Secondary outcomes include mortality and change in MELD score at 90 days. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Mortality/ liver transplant rates exceed 10% in DILI patients with hepatocellular injury and jaundice (5, 6). (bsg.org.uk)
  • Hyperglycemia occurs frequently in the pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) population and the occurrence of elevated blood glucose values has been linked to increased mortality and worse neurological outcomes ( 3 - 6 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • 1] Chu S, Seak C, Su T, Chaou C, Tseng H, Li C. Prognostic accuracy of SIRS criteria and qSOFA score for in-hospital mortality among influenza patients in the emergency department. (signavitae.com)
  • Quick-SOFA score to predict mortality among geriatric patients with influenza in the emergency department. (signavitae.com)
  • After propensity score matching (1:1 ratio) based on the selected criteria, we assessed the association of zinc used as adjunctive therapy with the 30-day mortality. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The outcomes of the study were the length of hospitalization (LHS) and intensive care unit stay (LICU), duration of thoracostomy tube insertion (DTT), the need for mechanical ventilation (NMV), and mortality post-surgery. (ejournals.ca)
  • Patients who have suffered severe thoracic trauma should be assessed using trauma scores, which may predict various in-hospital outcomes and should be used complementarily with other trauma scoring systems to minimize the incidence of mortality and morbidity. (ejournals.ca)
  • between the ages of 15 and 44 years--the Data collection for this study was most economically productive members of performed around the clock by 5 general the population--account for almost 50% of practitioners who had undergone a special the world's injury-related mortality [ 3 ]. (who.int)
  • 2. Lehnert P, Lange T, Møller CH, Olsen PS, Carlsen J . Acute Pulmonary Embolism in a National Danish Cohort: Increasing Incidence and Decreasing Mortality. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Literature review: do rapid response systems reduce the incidence of major adverse events in the deteriorating ward patient? (ahrq.gov)
  • Public awareness of sickle cell disease and education about testing for a hemoglobin trait are critical to help reduce the incidence of the disease. (medstarhealth.org)
  • Vancomycin, a glycopeptide antibacterial agent, has tremendous potential to significantly reduce the incidence and severity of infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other Gram-positive beta-lactam-resistant bacteria over the past 50 years ( Morales-Alvarez, 2020 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • The incidence of iatrogenic complications was 22.9% among 423 cases admitted over a 1-year period. (who.int)
  • Studies that focus on post stroke safety and complications have identified an increased fall risk during acute hospitalization, which extend the length of the acute hospital stay. (atrainceu.com)
  • Broadly, short-term postoperative complications can be categorized into neurological, regional, and systemic events, including direct cortical and vascular injuries, surgical wound complications, and postsurgical medical complications. (biomedcentral.com)
  • One study of 700 lung transplant recipients found a 9.2% incidence of neurological complications including stroke and metabolic encephalopathy in the first 2 weeks posttransplantation. (accjournal.org)
  • Comparison of Different Thoracic Trauma Scoring Systems in Regards to Prediction of Post-Traumatic Complications and Outcome in Blunt Chest Trauma. (ejournals.ca)
  • To assess the occurrence and risk factors for complications following spinal cord injury during and after inpatient rehabilitation. (medicaljournals.se)
  • Multi-level random coefficient analyses revealed that complications were common following spinal cord injury. (medicaljournals.se)
  • Complications are common following spinal cord injury. (medicaljournals.se)
  • Spinal cord injury (SCI) is often followed by complications, which add to the detrimental effect that loss of motor, sensory and autonomic function have on a person's health, social participation and quality of life (1-4). (medicaljournals.se)
  • A high incidence of complications is associated with a lower level of health-related aspects, such as physical capacity, activities and functional outcome (1, 3, 4, 11). (medicaljournals.se)
  • Complications may interfere with the start of active rehabilitation, can form a disappointing set-back during rehabilitation, and frequently lead to re-hospitalization (7, 12, 13). (medicaljournals.se)
  • Its estimated crude incidence ranges between 14-19 per 100,000 inhabitants, the annual incidence of DILI in a prospective population-based study in Europe was 19.1 (95%CI, 15.4 - 23.3) (1). (bsg.org.uk)
  • The annual incidence of primary malignant brain tumors (PMBTs) is approximately 4-7 per 100,000 people in the USA (Ostrom et al. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Inconsistency in the definition and classification of traumatic brain injury (TBI), along with discrepancies in data collection, has made the epidemiology of TBI difficult to describe accurately. (medscape.com)
  • Epidemiology of acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit. (bmj.com)
  • The linear regression model revealed that STESS scores were significantly influenced by patients' age ( p = 0.004) and intra-hospital occurrence (IHO) of status epilepticus ( p = 0.026). (dovepress.com)
  • They find: "participants with treatment-resistant depression, psilocybin at a single dose of 25 mg, but not 10 mg, reduced depression scores significantly more than a 1-mg dose over a period of 3 weeks but was associated with adverse effects. (davidgratzer.com)
  • All measured trauma scores were significantly correlated with the measured outcomes. (ejournals.ca)
  • Compared with non-severe cases, severe patients showed higher incidence of DLCO impairment (75.6%vs42.5%, p = 0.019), higher lung total severity score (TSS) and R20, and significantly lower percentage of predicted TLC and 6MWD. (biomedcentral.com)
  • ABSTRACT The aim of this prospective follow-up study was to determine the incidence and risk factors of iatrogenic illness and the outcome among cases admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit in a teaching hospital in Libya. (who.int)
  • While it is not entirely clear whether this association is due to a direct deleterious effect of hyperglycemia or simply a marker of illness severity, there is an increasing body evidence from the adult TBI population that ascribe a putative pathological role to raised blood glucose ( 2 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • For those with mild illness, hospitalization may not be required unless there is concern for rapid deterioration. (who.int)
  • Incidences of remission became progressively lower from the first course of antidepressant treatment (36.8%) to the second course (30.6%), third course (13.7%), and fourth course (13.0%)… Patients with treatment-resistant depression have greater severity and duration of illness, disability, physical illness, incidences of hospitalization, risk of suicide, and economic costs than patients with treatment-responsive depression. (davidgratzer.com)
  • If validated in future studies, this test could be used to stratify patients by severity in research studies and in clinical practice. (cdc.gov)
  • RÉSUMÉ La présente étude prospective de suivi visait à déterminer l'incidence et les facteurs de risque des maladies iatrogènes ainsi que leur évolution chez des patients admis en unité de soins intensifs pédiatriques d'un hôpital universitaire en Libye. (who.int)
  • The incidence of contrast-induced nephropathy and the need of dialysis in patients receiving angiography: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (bmj.com)
  • Of 1668 patients, 1103 (66.1%) were male, with a mean (SD) age of 49 (20) years and a mean (SD) Injury Severity Score of 10 (9). (qxmd.com)
  • Stroke severity, specifically a National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score ≥8, can be used to identify stroke patients who are at greatest risk of falling. (atrainceu.com)
  • Elderly patients have greater injury severity scores than younger patients with comparable mechanisms of injury. (reliasmedia.com)
  • We aimed to study the impact of these changes on the incidence, pattern, injury severity, and outcome of hospitalized motorcycle-related injured patients in Al-Ain City, United Arab Emirates. (researchsquare.com)
  • All motorcycle injured patients who were admitted to Al-Ain Hospital for more than 24 hours or died in the Emergency Department or after hospitalization were studied. (researchsquare.com)
  • Hereby we aim to study the impact of the trauma system development on the incidence, injury pattern and severity, and outcome of hospitalized motorcycle injured patients in Al-Ain City, United Arab Emirates. (researchsquare.com)
  • We studied all motorcycle-related injured patients who were admitted for more than 24 hours or who died on arrival at the Emergency Department or after hospitalization from March 2003 to March 2006 (first period, 3 years) and January 2014 to December 2017 (second period, 4 years). (researchsquare.com)
  • Worldwide incidence of surgical site infections in general surgical patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 488,594 patients. (ahrq.gov)
  • Post-ICU patients at higher risk of posttraumatic stress disorder include those who are younger, have received sedatives, have been on prolonged mechanical ventilation, and have a history of acute lung injury or traumatic brain injury. (aafp.org)
  • Patients who experienced delirium during ICU hospitalization should be assessed for anxiety. (aafp.org)
  • Blood clots, especially to the vessels of the lungs (pulmonary embolus) are also common in SCD and we are beginning to appreciate a high incidence of cognitive deficits in our patients, with some developing early dementia. (medstarhealth.org)
  • Following a large national audit in the UK of 881 consecutive patients admitted with jaundice, where a biliary obstruction was ruled out by imaging, idiosyncratic DILI was the second most common cause of liver injury (15% of cases) after alcoholic liver disease (2). (bsg.org.uk)
  • Il s'agit d'une étude rétrospective descriptive et analytique, multicentrique portant sur des patients de moins de 5ans pris en charge pour une affection neurochirurgicale de Janvier 2019 à Décembre 2021 à Libreville. (bvsalud.org)
  • Méthodes: Etude rétrospective, descriptive, monocentrique, colligeant les patients hospitalisés pour prise en charge d'une brèche ostéoméningée (BOM) et explorés par le couple TDM/IRM, du 1er janvier 2012 au 31 Décembre 2021. (bvsalud.org)
  • Compared with the non-DVT group, patients with DVT were older, had lower serum creatinine levels, lower partial pressure of arterial oxygen/fraction of inspired oxygen, higher serum procalcitonin levels, higher Padua prediction scores, and higher proportions of sedation and invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV). (biomedcentral.com)
  • The incidence of DVT in patients with direct and indirect ARDS has not been investigated. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 11 Health care professionals have been shown to underestimate the prevalence and severity of ADEs among their patients. (annfammed.org)
  • 13 In the United States, a study of 11 common adverse events in cancer treatment found that patients assigned greater severity to their symptoms than did their clinicians. (annfammed.org)
  • Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score is independently associated with increased risk of ICU readmission after lung transplant, and as such is a common measure for evaluating clinical condition of critically ill patients and their response to treatment. (accjournal.org)
  • According to a previous study, pulmonary test function, assessment of severity of functional dyspnea through modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea scale, muscle strength measurements using a digital dynamometer, Beck Depression Inventory for evaluating psychological state, short form-36 for evaluating quality of life and a 2-day supervised exercise program should be used to appraise the preoperative status of end-stage lung disease patients [ 2 ]. (accjournal.org)
  • The status epilepticus severity score (STESS) was calculated by the study authors for individual patients. (dovepress.com)
  • Several trauma scoring systems have been widely used to determine the prognosis of trauma patients, but their use for post-surgical fixation of traumatic rib fracture patients has not yet been reported. (ejournals.ca)
  • Thoracic Trauma Severity score on admission allows to determine the risk of delayed ARDS in trauma patients with pulmonary contusion. (ejournals.ca)
  • Compared with non-severe cases, severe patients had a higher incidence of DLCO impairment and encountered more TLC decrease and 6MWD decline. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Until now, no study have reported early prognosis in relation to the degree of lung injury and rehabilitation in patients with COVID-19. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of these patients, and divided them into non-severe and severe groups according to the severity of the disease. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In an interventional study by Rosen et al evaluating patients with colorectal cancer being treated with 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin, the incidence of ulcerative mucositis was approximately 50% in the placebo group. (medscape.com)
  • The primary outcome was a composite of adverse GI events (hospitalization or emergency department visit with intestinal ischemia/thrombosis, GI ulceration/perforation, or resection/ostomy) within 30 days of initial sodium polystyrene sulfonate prescription. (nih.gov)
  • The degree of elevation of liver enzymes does not accurately reflect the severity of the liver injury or predict clinical outcome. (bsg.org.uk)
  • The primary outcome was an adverse event, defined as a modified Rankin Scale score of 2-6 at months 3, 6, and 12 after discharge. (hindawi.com)
  • A strong association exists between hyperglycemia and outcome in pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI). (frontiersin.org)
  • Secondary brain injury persists for weeks and may contribute to a further loss of potentially viable cerebral tissue, ultimately worsening neurological outcome ( 1 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Centre, of injury, severity of injury and outcome. (who.int)
  • This, in turn, may contribute to hypoxia, vascular damage, and immune-mediated injury ("cytokine storm"), leading to the neurological manifestations of the COVID-19 infection. (dovepress.com)
  • Neurological consequences result from the injury itself, following interruption and decentralization of the nervous system, and may be regarded as sequelae to the injury (6). (medicaljournals.se)
  • Among the 106 survivors of riding-associated TBIs, 84 (79%) had one or more indicators of brain injury severity: 67 (63%) had loss of consciousness, 49 (46%) had posttraumatic amnesia, and 14 (13%) had persistent neurologic sequelae on discharge from the hospital (e.g., seizures or cognitive, hearing, vision, speech, and/or motor impairment). (cdc.gov)
  • Hospitalization discharge diagnoses for kidney disease: United States, 1980-2005. (bmj.com)
  • here, we compare 1-year outcomes.Weight, % median body mass index (%mBMI), Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) scores, resumption of menses, and rehospitalizations were examined at 3, 6, and 12 months post-discharge. (stanfordchildrens.org)
  • 1 ] provided exceptional information regarding the increased risk of intensive care unit (ICU) readmission after initial ICU discharge during index hospitalization following lung transplantation by illuminating associated factors. (accjournal.org)
  • Differences in diagnostic tools and admission criteria also may affect the above-defined severity classifications. (medscape.com)
  • A study by Thompson et al determined that in an out-of-hospital setting, the SMS was similar to the GCS score for predicting TBI outcomes. (medscape.com)
  • This study aimed to compare several trauma scoring systems in predicting post-surgical fixation outcomes of traumatic rib fractures. (ejournals.ca)
  • The correlations of trauma scoring systems and measured outcomes were evaluated by bivariate and multivariate analysis. (ejournals.ca)
  • A chest trauma scoring system to predict outcomes. (ejournals.ca)
  • In the past, the use of roentgenograms to help diagnose skull fractures after head injury did not show much of any concurrent intracranial lesions. (medscape.com)
  • Chest wall injuries include rib fractures and flail chest, in which multiple ribs are broken so that a segment of the ribcage is detached from the rest of the chest wall and moves independently. (wikipedia.org)
  • Traumatic injuries are the result of the mechanical component of a fall, such as intracerebral hemorrhage and long bone fractures. (reliasmedia.com)
  • Also, the incidence of pagetic fractures may be reduced and elevated cardiac output and other vascular disorders may be improved by etidronate disodium therapy. (nih.gov)
  • Acquired and genetic factors predispose to hypercoagu-lablitity, endothelial injury and stasis that cause thrombosis. (nmji.in)
  • Risk factors for pulmonary embolism are conditions that impair venous return, conditions that cause endothelial injury or dysfunction, and underlying hypercoagulable states. (msdmanuals.com)
  • in addition, approximately 80,000 persons who survive TBI incur some loss of function, residual disability, and increased medical-care needs because of these injuries (3). (cdc.gov)
  • Oswestry Disability Index scores decreased by 67% and 61% with activL and controls, respectively. (medscape.com)
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a nondegenerative, noncongenital insult to the brain from an external mechanical force, possibly leading to permanent or temporary impairment of cognitive, physical, and psychosocial functions, with an associated diminished or altered state of consciousness. (medscape.com)
  • See Pediatric Concussion and Other Traumatic Brain Injuries , a Critical Images slideshow, to help identify the signs and symptoms of TBI, determine the type and severity of injury, and initiate appropriate treatment. (medscape.com)
  • 3-5 When treating a patient who has fallen, the emergency medicine physician should identify traumatic injuries, evaluate for medical pathology contributing to the fall, as well as manage the patient. (reliasmedia.com)
  • In the context of trauma, primary brain injury occurs due to cellular and extracellular matrix disruption from direct mechanical forces at the time of the traumatic incident. (frontiersin.org)
  • Children are at especially high risk for the injury because the relative flexibility of their bones prevents the chest wall from absorbing force from an impact, causing it to be transmitted instead to the lung. (wikipedia.org)
  • The use of sodium polystyrene sulfonate is associated with a higher risk of hospitalization for serious adverse GI events. (nih.gov)
  • Those determined to be at risk for falls should have a fall prevention program initiated while they are still in the acute inpatient hospitalization period (Schmid et al. (atrainceu.com)
  • The abnormal blood cells can place every major organ at risk of injury and disease. (medstarhealth.org)
  • 3) examine the relationship of PSC occurrence and severity with possible risk factors, and (4) describe how PSCs were managed clinically. (lww.com)
  • In addition, data from the 73 participants who sustained PSCs were further analyzed to characterize and describe the PSCs, to investigate potential risk factors associated with the occurrence and severity of a PSC, and for clinical management. (lww.com)
  • Individuals affected by SCD experience episodes of acute , sudden onset pain-known as pain crises-for which they commonly require hospitalization. (medstarhealth.org)
  • Idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is an unpredictable type of liver injury following exposure to medication within the recommended dose which is distinctive from liver injury caused by drug overdosage, commonly caused by paracetamol overdose (POD). (bsg.org.uk)
  • In addition, some commonly used scoring systems can also play a certain role in evaluation. (signavitae.com)
  • The severity ranges from mild to severe: small contusions may have little or no impact on health, yet pulmonary contusion is the most common type of potentially lethal chest trauma. (wikipedia.org)
  • 3. Determine clinical performance and other clinical implications of a bioclinical score predictive of severe NE. (cdc.gov)
  • Pape HC, Remmers D, Rice J, Ebisch M, Krettek C, Tscherne H. Appraisal of early evaluation of blunt chest trauma: development of a standardized scoring system for initial clinical decision making. (ejournals.ca)
  • Clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy of etidronate disodium in heterotopic ossification following total hip replacement or due to spinal cord injury. (nih.gov)
  • Peristomal skin complication severity was likely to be worse with an ileostomy and less severe as stoma duration increased. (lww.com)
  • Our findings also showed the importance of head trauma as the main anatomical site of injury. (who.int)
  • Primary brain injury then initiates a complex cascade of secondary molecular and vascular mechanisms culminating in inflammation, edema, impaired cerebral autoregulation, blood-brain barrier disruption, intracranial hypertension, reduced cerebral perfusion, and ultimately neuronal cell death. (frontiersin.org)
  • While primary brain injury is unpredictable and irreversible, the sequelae of secondary brain injury may be modified by prevention or minimization of recognized exacerbating systemic insults, such as hypotension, hypoxia, and hyperglycemia ( 2 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Secondary end points included response at week 3 (≥50% decrease from baseline in the MADRS total score), remission at week 3 (MADRS total score ≤10), and sustained response at 12 weeks (meeting response criteria at week 3 and all subsequent visits). (davidgratzer.com)
  • This paper focuses on the methods used to develop indicators for "all injury" incidence for the New Zealand Injury Prevention Strategy (NZIPS), launched in June 2003. (bmj.com)
  • According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were approximately 2.8 million TBI-related emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths in the United States in 2013. (medscape.com)
  • Medical records of persons with TBI are reviewed by state injury-prevention service personnel at all 125 hospitals in the state either one, two, or four times per year (frequency depends on the size of the hospital). (cdc.gov)
  • There have been major improvements in the trauma system and injury prevention in Al-Ain City. (researchsquare.com)
  • This is attributed to improvements in the trauma care system, including injury prevention and prehospital care. (researchsquare.com)
  • We have previously shown that the maturity of our trauma system, including prehospital and hospital care and injury prevention reduced trauma death, but we did not study its effects on motorcycle-related injuries [16]. (researchsquare.com)
  • Etidronate disodium tablets, USP are indicated for the treatment of symptomatic Paget's disease of bone and in the prevention and treatment of heterotopic ossification following total hip replacement or due to spinal cord injury. (nih.gov)
  • Higher injury severity scores are largely due to association with the comorbid medical conditions of COPD, ischemic heart disease, diabetes, cirrhosis, and coagulopathies. (reliasmedia.com)
  • The occupational identity score in the participants having associate senior title or above was higher than in without professional title (OR=1.424, 95%CI: 1.194−2.328). (bvsalud.org)
  • The longer the working years, the higher the occupational identity score among the participants. (bvsalud.org)
  • The higher the income, the higher the occupational identity score. (bvsalud.org)
  • range, 0 to 60, with higher scores indicating more severe depression). (davidgratzer.com)
  • [ 4 ] They found that the incidence of severe mucositis (WHO grades 3 and 4) was no higher than 10% (and in most cases much lower) in any of the disease groups. (medscape.com)
  • Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to examine the association of sodium polystyrene sulfonate use with a composite of GI adverse events compared with nonuse that was matched via a high-dimensional propensity score. (nih.gov)
  • The severity of deficit in cognitive functioning can be defined by the Ranchos Los Amigos Scale. (medscape.com)
  • Often, the term brain injury is used synonymously with head injury, which may not be associated with neurologic deficits. (medscape.com)
  • 95% CI, 1.38-6.12), and intestinal ischemia/thrombosis was the most common type of GI injury. (nih.gov)
  • This study conducted was made thinking about the level of incidence and registraition of kidney comitment in patient with COVID-19 and what was the cause as well, considerating that this disease affects majoritaryly the respiratory tract. (bvsalud.org)
  • However, pulmonary contusion is frequently associated with signs (objective indications) and symptoms (subjective states), including those indicative of the lung injury itself and of accompanying injuries. (wikipedia.org)
  • Heterotopic ossification may occur for no known reason as in myositis ossificans progressiva or may follow a wide variety of surgical, occupational, and sports trauma (e.g., hip arthroplasty, spinal cord injury, head injury, burns, and severe thigh bruises). (nih.gov)
  • Heterotopic ossification due to spinal cord injury typically develops radiographically 1 to 4 months after injury. (nih.gov)
  • 2 The prevalence of ADEs in community-dwelling older populations is underestimated, and there is a need for assessment tools that allow for early detection of ADEs that might develop into more significant adverse effects requiring medical treatment or hospitalization. (annfammed.org)
  • Physical examination and CT scan findings were evaluated for cervical spine injuries (CSI) and the incidence of missed injuries. (qxmd.com)
  • DILI usually occurs after a latency period ranges from few days to months post-exposure compared to a period from hours to days in liver injury due to overdose. (bsg.org.uk)
  • Pain levels or scores are unique to each patient and can vary in intensity and duration. (medstarhealth.org)
  • In a Canadian study, a lower score on the Berg Balance Scale (see later section on Assessing Functional Mobility and Gait) was associated with greater falls for both stroke and control groups. (atrainceu.com)
  • Among those hospitalized, the Abbreviated Injury Severity (AIS) scores ** for the head region ranged from two (moderate) (64% of cases) to five (critical) (5% of cases). (cdc.gov)
  • About a third of fall injuries occur among residents who cannot walk. (atrainceu.com)
  • Existing and previously proposed New Zealand national non-fatal injury indicators exhibited threats to validity. (bmj.com)
  • All of the candidate indicators were subjected to a systematic assessment of validity, using the International Collaborative Effort on Injury Statistics (ICE) criteria. (bmj.com)
  • The authors have proposed serious non-fatal injury indicators that they judge suffer substantially less bias than traditional non-fatal injury indicators. (bmj.com)
  • A pulmonary contusion is usually caused directly by blunt trauma but can also result from explosion injuries or a shock wave associated with penetrating trauma. (wikipedia.org)
  • A total of 212 persons with a spinal cord injury admitted to specialized rehabilitation centres. (medicaljournals.se)
  • A participant was considered to have sustained a PSC during the original study if his or her Discoloration, Erosion, and Tissue score increased above the baseline score. (lww.com)
  • The sensitivity and specificity of corresponding receiver operating characteristic curves were not inferior to those of the Padua prediction score and the Caprini score for screening for DVT in the three ARDS cohorts. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Physician's Global Assessment (PGA) score greater than or equal to 2, or C-reactive protein (CRP) greater than 10 mg/L. (aetna.com)
  • Unlike pulmonary laceration, another type of lung injury, pulmonary contusion does not involve a cut or tear of the lung tissue. (wikipedia.org)
  • Pulmonary contusion is usually accompanied by other injuries. (wikipedia.org)
  • Although associated injuries are often the cause of death, pulmonary contusion is thought to cause death directly in a quarter to half of cases. (wikipedia.org)
  • Pulmonary contusion and laceration are injuries to the lung tissue. (wikipedia.org)
  • Among 567 normal CT scans, 4 (0.7%) had central cord syndrome found on initial physical examination, and 1 (0.2%) had a symptomatic unstable ligament injury that was misread as normal on CT scan but was abnormal on magnetic resonance imaging. (qxmd.com)
  • SARS-CoV-2 infection primarily affects the pulmonary system, but accumulating evidence suggests that it also affects the pan-vasculature in the extrapulmonary systems by directly (via virus infection) or indirectly (via cytokine storm), causing endothelial dysfunction (endotheliitis, endothelialitis and endotheliopathy) and multi-organ injury. (nature.com)
  • Analyses (N=111) compared changes in %mBMI, weight suppression, and EDE-Q scores over time between atypical AN and AN.Among the participants (48 atypical AN, 63 AN), both groups gained weight but those with atypical AN had lower gains than those with AN in %mBMI (p=.02) and greater weight suppression (p=.002) over time. (stanfordchildrens.org)
  • Horseback riding and other causes of injury are specified in the narrative of the medical record or medical examiner report. (cdc.gov)
  • We examined recovery metrics in young people with atypical AN and anorexia nervosa (AN) 1 year after medical hospitalization. (stanfordchildrens.org)