• We demonstrate this increased risk of blood clots by comparing rates of venous and arterial clotting events in 4400 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in a large multisite clinical network in the United States examined from April through June of 2020, to patients hospitalized for non-COVID illness and influenza during the same time period and in 2019. (plos.org)
  • In 1952, NOVS changed the name of this publication to the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, which continues through the current day (2020). (wikipedia.org)
  • Through Swedish nationwide multiregister linkages, we selected all adult patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA, n=53 455 in March 2020), other IJDs (here: spondyloarthropathies, psoriatic arthritis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis, n=57 112), their antirheumatic drug use, and individually matched population referents. (scilifelab.se)
  • We compared annual all-cause mortality March-September 2015 through 2020 within and across cohorts, and assessed absolute and relative risks for hospitalisation, admission to intensive care and death due to COVID-19 March-September 2020, using Cox regression. (scilifelab.se)
  • During March-September 2020, the absolute all-cause mortality in RA and in other IJDs was higher than 2015-2019, but relative risks versus the general population (around 2 and 1.5) remained similar during 2020 compared with 2015-2019. (scilifelab.se)
  • Background:The purpose of this article is to describe our experience on distal arch and proximal descending aortic aneurysm repair, and to evaluate retrospectively the determinants of mortality and morbidity.Material/Methods: Between 1994 and 2002, 30 patients (mean age 53.4 years) underwent repair of distal arch or proximal descending aortic aneurysm approached through left thoracotomy with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. (medscimonit.com)
  • The aim of the present study was to retrospectively assess mortality and morbidity in a population of pediatric TBI treated according to the Lund concept. (lu.se)
  • 88 patients with 90 HCCs who underwent right hepatectomy were retrospectively included. (hindawi.com)
  • We retrospectively assessed factors associated with mortality and morbidity among ELBW infants. (hkmj.org)
  • We aimed to compare retrospectively the outcomes in patients treated with plastic stent or surgical bypass as a palliative option for these patients. (scirp.org)
  • Methods and Materials: The trial included 1187 patients with T1-2 N0 breast cancer randomized to postoperative tangential whole breast RT or no further treatment. (lu.se)
  • METHODS: The records for 51 patients with AB bacteremia and 51 patients without AB infection were collected and matched in a retrospective case-control study between 2013 and 2015 in a single-center ED. Risk factors were analyzed by Chi-square and multivariate logistic regression statistical models. (hku.hk)
  • Methods: Patients who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma from 1991-2012 are prospectively followed. (iomcworld.com)
  • Education of physicians to include rabies in their differential diagnoses for encephalitis patients, enhancement of donor screening, including questionnaires for next to kin regarding the donor's possible exposures to rabid animals, as well as development and implementation of a rapid laboratory diagnostic using modern molecular methods for detection of encephalitis causing pathogens, are a few ways in which the risk for transplant transmission of rabies could be mitigated. (cdc.gov)
  • Methods Ninety-eight patients scheduled for HIPEC + CS completed the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale before surgery. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Several case-finding tools for identifying undiagnosed disease have been developed 6 , 7 , but the only available methods to identify cases of misdiagnosed disease is manual evaluation of patients, health records or through autopsies. (nature.com)
  • Furthermore, to the best of our knowledge, no methods to identify overdiagnosis at the single patient level have been developed. (nature.com)
  • Patients and Methods: We have examined data for patients (n = 86) who received endoscopic stenting (n = 64) or surgical bypass (n = 22), from January 2013 to November 2016, as a palliative treatment for obstructive jaundice from inoperable cancer head pancreas. (scirp.org)
  • The observed increase in stroke mortality may partly be secondary to cardiac side effects, complications to anticoagulant treatment, or to chance, rather than a direct side effect of tangential whole breast irradiation. (lu.se)
  • Age >70 years, bypass time >140 min, distal ischemia time >55 min, and excessive blood or plasma transfusions were determinants of postoperative complications.Conclusions: Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest with left thoracotomy is a valid procedure with acceptable mortality rates in the management of aneurysms of distal arch and proximal descending aorta. (medscimonit.com)
  • Complications, including encephalitis and orchitis, were reported in 5% of patients. (medscape.com)
  • Moreover, post-operative major complications and 30-days mortality showed no significant differences among patient groups. (scirp.org)
  • As of September 12th, 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of over 4.5 million people, and caused significant morbidity worldwide [ 1 ]. (plos.org)
  • A hospital in New York City reported a rate of 1.7% of imaging-confirmed VTE among 921 COVID-19 patients admitted during the city's first wave of the pandemic, as well as 11 patients with ischemic stroke and 2 with limb ischemia [ 17 ]. (plos.org)
  • Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on morbidity and mortality in patients with inflammatory joint diseases and in the general population: a nationwide Swedish cohort study. (scilifelab.se)
  • Conclusions Previous studies have shown that significant para prosthetic AR is associated with worse outcome and higher mortality rates. (bmj.com)
  • Significant morbidity does not occur with epulis fissuratum. (medscape.com)
  • Los Angeles-based general practitioner Joel Weisman and immunologist Michael S. Gottlieb of the UCLA Medical Center had encountered a series of gay male patients with symptoms that appeared to be immune system disorders including significant loss of weight and swollen lymph nodes, accompanied by fever and rashes, in addition to two patients with chronic diarrhea, depressed white blood cell counts and fungal infections. (wikipedia.org)
  • SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXEL) today announced that its global phase 3 CELESTIAL trial met its primary endpoint of overall survival (OS), with cabozantinib providing a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in median OS compared to placebo in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). (businesswire.com)
  • When transmission occurs, significant morbidity and mortality may result. (cdc.gov)
  • Results Twenty-eight percent of patients had CES-D scores indicative of clinically significant depressive symptoms. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Conclusion Patients with clinically significant levels of preoperative depressive symptoms are at risk for poor clinical outcomes after HIPEC + CS, including greater risk of 30-day morbidity and readmission. (elsevierpure.com)
  • We have used a national patient registry, which contains hospital diagnoses for 6.9 million patients across the entire Danish population for 21 years and identified statistically significant disease trajectories for COPD patients. (nature.com)
  • Extremely low birth weight infants in Hong Kong showed significant mortality and morbidity: there was no survival prior to 23.6 weeks' gestation or below 550 g birth weight in this series. (hkmj.org)
  • 3 Conversely, low levels of patient engagement in direct patient care is associated with significant, serious or life- threatening adverse events. (ahrq.gov)
  • The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) is a weekly epidemiological digest for the United States published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (wikipedia.org)
  • Each year, NIOSH collaborates with the staff of the CDC Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report (MMWR) to publish the most recent NIOSH analyses of occupational illness and injuries, and investigations of occupational hazards. (cdc.gov)
  • Interdisciplinary morbidity and mortality conferences were an effective way to identify system failures contributing to medical errors, in this report from a children's hospital in Switzerland. (ahrq.gov)
  • Decision to perform endoscopic stenting or surgery was taken based on our interdisciplinary discussion on the best options for patient health status considering cancer staging. (scirp.org)
  • This clinic provides interdisciplinary care of patients with thyroid and parathyroid disorders, and features integrated patient care provided by our Otolaryngology faculty in conjunction with the Endocrine and Pathology services. (unm.edu)
  • CONCLUSION: AB infections lead to high morbidity and mortality. (hku.hk)
  • Conclusion Timing interval from initial referral to surgery does not appear to adversely affect morbidity or mortality in patients with metastatic ovarian cancer. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusion: Biliary bypass surgery for unresectable pancreatic cancer may improve patient survival, although prolongs hospital stay. (scirp.org)
  • We present 20-year follow-up on survival, cause of death, morbidity, and later malignancies. (lu.se)
  • Purpose The current study examined prospective relationships between preoperative depressive symptoms and short-term (30-day morbidity and readmission) and long-term (overall survival) outcomes after hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy with cytoreductive surgery (HIPEC + CS). (elsevierpure.com)
  • At the time of analysis (median follow-up of 49 months), 71.6% of patients were deceased, with median survival time of 11 months for those who died. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Survival analysis showed that this group died significantly earlier than COPD patients following a trajectory. (nature.com)
  • In all, 10% of these patients were diagnosed with lung cancer, and it seems likely that they are underdiagnosed for lung cancer as their laboratory test values and survival pattern are similar to such patients. (nature.com)
  • However, surgical bypass treated patients showed longer initial hospital stay (9 vs. 6 days, p = 0.014), higher cost ($1600 vs. $1088) and longer survival (192 vs. 101 days, p = 0.003) compared to endoscopy-stenting treated patients. (scirp.org)
  • This study aimed to evaluate our experience in Morocco on treating patients, by surgical biliary bypass or endoscopic stenting, presented by obstructive jaundice from advanced cancer head pancreas and to compare the patient's outcome in terms of post procedure mortality, morbidity, assess cost effectiveness, re-hos- pitalization and overall survival in these patients. (scirp.org)
  • The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, commonly referred to as the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), is the global standard classification for mortality and morbidity statistics. (who.int)
  • Extensive preparation was devoted to a review of the suitability of the structure of ICD, which was by definition a statistical classification of diseases and other health problems, to serve a wide variety of needs for mortality statistics, morbidity statistics, reimbursement, measuring quality of care, patients' safety, monitoring primary care and clinical recording. (who.int)
  • Such a standing report section is the "Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables", which reports deaths by disease and state, and city for city, for 122 large cities. (wikipedia.org)
  • We can certainly decrease the frequency of transplant-associated diseases transmission and the associated morbidity and mortality through preventive approaches and rapidly implemented therapeutic ones. (cdc.gov)
  • To estimate absolute and relative risks for all-cause mortality and for severe COVID-19 in inflammatory joint diseases (IJDs) and with antirheumatic therapies. (scilifelab.se)
  • As a not-for-profit research and development (R&D) organization, DNDi focuses these comments on how the framework can leverage on innovation of and equitable access to the health tools necessary to alleviate suffering and reduce morbidity and mortality from neglected diseases and other emerging infectious diseases, leaving no one behind. (who.int)
  • 5 Self-management education and support interventions have also improved outcomes and function among patients with single and multiple chronic diseases. (ahrq.gov)
  • You must act now to limit the continuing spread of serious infectious diseases among health care workers, who each year sustain approximately 590,000 needlestick injuries in their care of patients nationwide. (citizen.org)
  • In multivariable analyses, Pediatric Sepsis Biomarker Risk Model was not independently associated with increased odds of the composite outcome of mortality or deterioration of persistent, serious deterioration health-related quality of life greater than 25% below baseline. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Mortality rates from 3-33 % and varying morbidity have been reported, most commonly using the Extended Glasgow Outcome Scale (eGOS). (lu.se)
  • criteria included study populations composed entirely of PCP patients and mutation or treatment outcome results for Failure of sulfa or sulfone (sulfa) prophylaxis against all patients, regardless of exposure status. (cdc.gov)
  • Introduction/Background The aim of the study is to evaluate the association between interval from initial referral to surgery and outcome of cytoreduction, surgical complexity, perioperative morbidity and mortality in patients with metastatic ovarian cancer. (bmj.com)
  • The goal is to develop action items among a multidisciplinary team to improve the outcome of patient care. (etsu.edu)
  • Moreover, a debate on outcome results in these patients who receive plastic biliary endoprothesis versus surgical bypass as palliation of obstructive jaundice. (scirp.org)
  • Hypertension predisposes patients to congestive heart failure, following the development of which hypotension becomes an independent predictor of mortality. (umn.edu)
  • They included the Current Procedural Terminology code corresponding to the patient's primary procedure (American Medical Association), American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status, and age (for mortality) or hospitalization (inpatient vs. outpatient, for morbidity). (asahq.org)
  • Retrospective Study of Outcomes and Hospitalization Rates of Patients in Italy with a Confirmed Diagnosis o. (medscimonit.com)
  • Re-hospitalization was required for 5 stented patients (averaged $448). (scirp.org)
  • To determine the rates of alcohol-related morbidity and mortality in a cohort of intoxicated ED patients 5 years after presentation and to compare them with those of non-intoxicated ED patients. (nih.gov)
  • The aims of this study were to analyse complication and mortality rates after neoadjuvant chemotherapy using a modified regimen of folinic acid, 5-fluorouracil and oxaliplatin (mFOLFOX6) for locally advanced gastric cancer (AGC), compared with rates in patients who underwent surgery without neoadjuvant chemotherapy. (nih.gov)
  • This includes in hospital morbidity rates and a comparison of 30 day, 1 year and 2 year mortality rates with those of the UK TAVI registry. (bmj.com)
  • Local auditing of TAVI is important to ensure acceptable morbidity and mortality rates when compared with national ranges and to provide our patients with contemporary information to make an informed decision. (bmj.com)
  • while the second shows mortality rates in the 45-74 age group for three causes of death. (gov.scot)
  • Patients with venous or arterial thrombosis had high rates of admission to the ICU, re-admission to the hospital, and death. (plos.org)
  • The physician universe, sample size, and response rates by physician specialty are shown in table I. Of the participating physicians, 237 saw no patients during their assigned reporting period because of vacations, illness, or other reasons for being temporarily not in practice. (cdc.gov)
  • Extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants exhibit high rates of mortality and morbidity. (hkmj.org)
  • 1000 g) have high rates of mortality and morbidity. (hkmj.org)
  • Rates of morbidity and mortality as high as 40% and 13% respectively have been reported in this critical subset of patients ( 4 7 ). (aerzteblatt.de)
  • Data were collected from patients with AGC enrolled in a phase II trial of four cycles of neoadjuvant mFOLFOX6 followed by surgery, between January 2005 and June 2008 at two of three institutions, and compared with those from a cohort of patients with AGC who underwent surgery alone at one of the institutions in 2006. (nih.gov)
  • Among 51 patients who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy, there were no deaths and a morbidity rate of 24 per cent after surgery. (nih.gov)
  • Introduction: The Surgical APGAR was published in 2007 as a simple method for predicting postoperative morbidity and mortality for patients undergoing General Surgery operations. (iomcworld.com)
  • Blood storage duration and morbidity and mortality in children undergoing cardiac surgery. (patientbloodmanagement.org)
  • Methodology Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data for patients with stage IIIC/IV ovarian, fallopian and primary peritoneal cancer that underwent primary cytoreductive surgery over a 10-year period at a gynaecological oncology centre in the United Kingdom. (bmj.com)
  • Results A total of 157 patients underwent primary cytoreductive surgery. (bmj.com)
  • While early cholecystectomy (surgical removal of the gallbladder independent of the means of access) has been unequivocally established as the gold standard for the management of young and fit for surgery patients with AC ( 1 3 ), the optimal management of critically ill and elderly patients with acute cholecystitis remains a topic of discussion. (aerzteblatt.de)
  • A report they jointly wrote and published in the June 5, 1981, issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, described their patients as "5 young men, all active homosexuals, [who] were treated for biopsy-confirmed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia at 3 different hospitals in Los Angeles, California" of which "[t]wo of the patients died" by the time of the original report. (wikipedia.org)
  • We also present 3 year mortality data which to date has not been evaluated from the UK TAVI registry. (bmj.com)
  • Data was analysed on 144 consecutive patients undergoing TAVI between January 2008 and March 2013. (bmj.com)
  • Data from 635,265 noncardiac surgical patients participating in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program between 2005 and 2008 were analyzed. (asahq.org)
  • In addition, these were compared with dose-volume data for a cohort of patients treated with contemporary RT techniques. (lu.se)
  • To date, most of these studies have been limited by small sample sizes, and by a lack of comparative data for patients with non-COVID illness. (plos.org)
  • Catheter ablation is indicated for symptomatic, drug-resistant AF, and some data have shown that it is also associated with positive outcomes in HF patients [2-4]. (pace-cme.org)
  • Between January 1, 2012 and September 30, 2014, those facilities collected data on 10,860 OSHA-recordable slips, trips and falls, patient handling and movement injuries, and injuries due to workplace violence. (cdc.gov)
  • SEE NAMCS PATIENT DATASET NAMES FOR DSN ABSTRACT General Information This material provides documentation for users of the Micro-Data tapes of the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. (cdc.gov)
  • The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey provides data from samples of patient records selected from a national sample of office-based physicians. (cdc.gov)
  • There are two important points relative to analyzing data from this micro-data tape that should be noted: 1-Micro-data tape users should be fully aware of the importance of the 'patient weight' and how it must be used. (cdc.gov)
  • We present a data-driven, generic approach for identifying patients at risk of being mis- or overdiagnosed, here exemplified by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). (nature.com)
  • Selected were randomized controlled trials of at least 1 year's duration that provided morbidity or mortality data and that compared 1 of 6 possible first-line antihypertensive therapies either with another 1 of the 6 drug therapies (drug-drug comparison) or with no treatment, including placebo (drug-no treatment comparison). (cmaj.ca)
  • There can also be surprises though: the author's own data shows that patients with asthma were less likely to present with severe pulmonary or systemic disease when exposed to H1N1pdm09. (nature.com)
  • 0.001) to warrant a single sum- sure to sulfa agents, and whether infections in patients with mary effect estimate. (cdc.gov)
  • 0.001) were significantly higher in RA patients than in controls. (researchgate.net)
  • Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19 Infection in Multiple Sclerosis Patients: A Retrospective St. (medscimonit.com)
  • Numerous case reports and retrospective chart reviews have reported incidences of thromboses in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, ranging from 2 to 79% for venous thromboses or thromboembolism (VT/VTE) [ 5 - 25 ] and 1.4 to 3.6% for arterial thromboses and embolic events (AT/ATE) [ 5 , 17 , 18 , 20 , 26 , 27 ]. (plos.org)
  • Adding to CDC's current recommendations for administering isoniazid preventive therapy to HIV-infected persons with positive tuberculin skin tests and to HIV-infected persons who were exposed to patients with infectious TB, this report also describes in detail the use of new short-course (i.e., 2 months) multidrug regimens (e.g., a rifamycin, such as rifampin or rifabutin, combined with pyrazinamide) to prevent TB in persons with HIV infection. (cdc.gov)
  • The consultants then used this review as the basis for updating the recommendations for HIV-infected patients with TB (Part II). (cdc.gov)
  • There was an increase in stroke mortality: 3.4% in the control group versus 6.7% in the RT group (P = .018). (lu.se)
  • In industrialized countries, while the inci- ciation, assess the possibility of publication bias, examine dence of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) has results across studies for consistency, and investigate study declined substantially since highly active antiretroviral and patient characteristics for possible influence on study therapy (HAART) was introduced in 1996 (2), PCP results. (cdc.gov)
  • Critical incident monitoring in paediatric and adult critical care: from reporting to improved patient outcomes? (ahrq.gov)
  • Objective To determine if standardised chart review applied to records of patients discussed at a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) morbidity and mortality conference (MMC) yields additional or different information regarding safety event occurrence and characteristics. (bmj.com)
  • Given the ongoing scientific discussion about the impact of clotting on COVID-19 disease progression, these results highlight the need to further elucidate the role of anticoagulation in COVID-19 patients, particularly outside the intensive care unit setting. (plos.org)
  • Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has been shown to improve the rate of complete (R0) resection and downstaging in patients with localized gastric cancer. (nih.gov)
  • Catheter ablation is associated with a lower mortality and morbidity rate compared to medical therapy in patients with HF and AF. (pace-cme.org)
  • To predict the regenerative rate of liver in patients with HCCs after right hepatectomy using texture analysis on preoperative CT combined with clinical features. (hindawi.com)
  • The use of texture analysis on preoperative CT combined with clinical features can be helpful in predicting the liver regeneration rate in patients with HCCs after right hepatectomy. (hindawi.com)
  • 13 ] investigated the use of CT texture analysis in liver regeneration prediction and found that texture analysis can be useful in predicting the liver regeneration rate in patients with liver transplantation. (hindawi.com)
  • To our knowledge, few studies have investigated the relationship between the results of CT texture analysis and rate of liver regeneration after right hepatectomy in patients with HCCs. (hindawi.com)
  • In the Catheter Ablation versus Standard Conventional Therapy in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Atrial Fibrillation (CASTLE-AF) trial, a multicenter, open-label, randomized, controlled trial, the effect of catheter ablation on morbidity and mortality was evaluated compared with medical therapy in HF patients with symptomatic AF. (pace-cme.org)
  • CELESTIAL is a randomized, global phase 3 trial of cabozantinib versus placebo in patients with advanced HCC who have been previously treated with sorafenib. (businesswire.com)
  • Patients were randomized 2:1 to receive 60 mg of cabozantinib once daily or placebo and were stratified based on etiology of the disease (hepatitis C, hepatitis B or other), geographic region (Asia versus other regions) and presence of extrahepatic spread and/or macrovascular invasion (yes or no). (businesswire.com)
  • The setting was an urban university hospital ED. Morbidity and mortality over a 5-year follow-up period were measured using hospital ED and admission records from all state Level I trauma centers and computerized statewide databases. (nih.gov)
  • p = 0.002) for estimating the risk of hospital mortality and was independently associated with increased odds of hospital mortality. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Major morbidities were classified using Clavien scores and the in-hospital mortality was assessed. (iomcworld.com)
  • Residents, faculty, and hospital staff attend mortality and morbidity lecture. (etsu.edu)
  • Integrate a collaborative culture of mobility as an essential component of hospital operations, quality improvement and patient safety efforts. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • Decrease mortality, morbidity and hospital length of stay. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • All patients presented with obstructive jaundice due to pancreatic head carcinoma and treated in University Hospital Hassan II, Fez, Morocco, from January 2013 to November 2016 were enrolled in this study. (scirp.org)
  • Misdiagnosis happens, when patients that are diagnosed with COPD do not present with airway obstruction below the clinical cutoff for the definition of COPD. (nature.com)
  • 18 years of age were recorded (incidence 2.0/100000) and 86 patients were admitted to the tertiary NICU. (lu.se)
  • A total of 135 cases of severe TBI <18 years of age were recorded (incidence 2.0/100000) and 86 patients were admitted to the tertiary NICU. (lu.se)
  • In most patients, a renal biopsy either is normal or reveals minor changes, such as thin glomerular basement membranes, focal glomerulonephritis, or mild mesangial hypercellularity. (medscape.com)
  • Clinical and echocardiographic manifestations of cardiac disease are frequently present in patients starting end-stage renal disease therapy. (umn.edu)
  • Provide training to medical staff on the surgical ward regarding the use of opiates in the context of patients with obstructive sleep apnoea and/or renal impairment. (hdc.org.nz)
  • The risk for serious muscle toxicity appears to be increased in elderly patients and in patients with diabetes, renal failure, or hypothyroidism. (nih.gov)
  • Renal impairment: Fenofibrate should be avoided in patients with severe renal impairment and dose reduction is required in patients with mild to moderate renal impairment. (nih.gov)
  • Increased microalbuminuria is a sign of renal disease and may be predictive of nephropathy risk in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes. (cdc.gov)
  • Combined resection was the only risk factor for postoperative morbidity after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. (nih.gov)
  • Current risk-adjustment measures have been criticized for including baseline variables that are difficult to obtain and inadequately adjusting for high-risk patients. (asahq.org)
  • The authors sought to develop highly predictive risk-adjustment models for 30-day mortality and morbidity based only on a small number of preoperative baseline characteristics. (asahq.org)
  • For a cohort of patients (n = 157) with accessible computed tomography-based 3-dimensional treatment plans in Dicom-RT format, dose-volume descriptors for organs at risk were derived. (lu.se)
  • Risk factors for cardiac morbidity and mortality in dialysis patients. (umn.edu)
  • Dive into the research topics of 'Risk factors for cardiac morbidity and mortality in dialysis patients. (umn.edu)
  • Identification of morbidity and mortality risk factors for AB bacteremia in emergency department (ED) patients may provide ways to improve the clinical outcomes of these patients. (hku.hk)
  • Risk factors for mortality were the presence of a CVC (P=0.021) and an ED stay longer than two weeks (P=0.015). (hku.hk)
  • PCP has been reported in up to one fourth of patients studies, the risk of developing DHPS mutations is higher for (13,14). (cdc.gov)
  • Clinicians are reminded to treat suspected influenza in high-risk outpatients, those with progressive disease, and all hospitalized patients with antiviral medications as soon as possible, regardless of negative rapid influenza diagnostic test (RIDT) results and without waiting for RT-PCR testing results. (cdc.gov)
  • Clinicians should continue efforts to vaccinate patients this season for as long as influenza viruses are circulating, and promptly start antiviral treatment of severely ill and high-risk patients if influenza is suspected or confirmed. (cdc.gov)
  • Patients could be at risk from activating the oxygen flush during inspiration, adding 500-800 ml/sec to Vt. (apsf.org)
  • Further research is warranted to determine biobehavioral mechanisms and examine whether effective interventions targeting preoperative depressive symptoms can reduce postoperative risk in this patient population. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Out of the 9597 patients, we identified one subgroup comprising 2185 patients at risk of misdiagnosed COPD without the typical events of COPD patients. (nature.com)
  • The ratio of urine albumin to urine creatinine is used to predict nephropathy risk in diabetic patients. (cdc.gov)
  • Obstructive jaundice is the most common presenting symptom, which is associated with pruritus, recurrent attacks of cholangitis, and liver dysfunction that dramatically affect the life quality of patients. (scirp.org)
  • The treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) improves long-term outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF), but the most beneficial treatment option is debated [1]. (pace-cme.org)
  • Expand the focus of patient health beyond preventive and curative care to ensure patients can remain as independent as possible. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals and universal health coverage is measured with several cause-specific mortality and morbidity indicators. (who.int)
  • Results: The cumulative incidence of cardiac mortality was 12.4% in the control group and 13.0% in the RT group (P = .8). (lu.se)
  • We observed no increase in cardiac mortality in irradiated patients. (lu.se)
  • Subjects: Pesticide exposures reported to Texas poison centers during 2000-2013 where the patient was age 13 years or greater. (cdc.gov)
  • TMP-SMX acts in ani- associations in Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) mals as sulfa monotherapy against the enzyme dihy- patients between dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) muta- dropteroate synthase (DHPS) (11,12). (cdc.gov)
  • Gottlieb diagnosed these and a number of his other patients as having pneumocystis pneumonia. (wikipedia.org)
  • Past projects have included developing a new asthma treatment weaning protocol, adopting evidence-based pneumonia care guidelines, and implementation of a standardized patient handoff. (etsu.edu)
  • This has all arisen because of a rapidly spreading virus causing major morbidity and mortality, primarily due to severe pneumonia and development of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). (nature.com)
  • This publication is designed to help the primary care practitioner in the day-to-day management of patients with diabetes. (cdc.gov)
  • A companion publication entitled Take Charge of Your Diabetes: A Guide for Patients is available. (cdc.gov)
  • Morbidity and mortality statistics were published in Public Health Reports until January 20, 1950, when they were transferred to a new publication of the PHS National Office of Vital Statistics called the Weekly Morbidity Report. (wikipedia.org)
  • The goal of treatment is to reduce morbidity and mortality. (cdc.gov)
  • Early antiviral treatment can reduce influenza morbidity and mortality. (cdc.gov)
  • as an adjunct to diet to reduce elevated LDL-C, Total-C, TG, and Apo B, and to increase HDL-C in patients with primary hyperlipidemia or mixed dyslipidemia when response to diet and non-pharmacological interventions alone has been inadequate. (nih.gov)
  • Fenoglide is indicated as adjunctive therapy to diet to reduce elevated LDL-C, Total-C, Triglycerides, and Apo B, and to increase HDL-C in adult patients with primary hyperlipidemia or mixed dyslipidemia. (nih.gov)
  • High-pressure gas supplies (11%) injured patients if connected directly to the patient's respiratory system, without appropriate decompression. (apsf.org)
  • However, high CPP also was associated with increased mortality and morbidity, supporting that elevated CPP might increase cerebral edema. (lu.se)
  • Vaccination history was studied in 133 people from this outbreak: 65% (87) of the patients had received 2 doses, 14% (19) had received only 1 dose, and 6% (8) received no vaccine at all. (medscape.com)
  • While much regarding the pathophysiology of this novel illness remains unknown, a growing body of evidence suggests that infection with SARS-CoV-2 precipitates a coagulopathy and that thromboses-both venous and arterial-contribute to morbidity and mortality [ 2 - 4 ]. (plos.org)
  • Patients with evidence of early lung damage are treated with 40 mg of prednisone on a daily or alternate day regimen for 6 months. (cdc.gov)
  • This decision should be made primarily on the basis of the best available evidence of effectiveness - that is, the drug's ability to prevent adverse health outcomes that are important to the patient. (cmaj.ca)
  • 31-34 An early review of patient and family engagement in health care design identified case studies which demonstrated effects on patients, changes to services available to patients, and changes in staff attitudes to patient engagement, 35 but found little evidence on quality or effectiveness of care. (ahrq.gov)
  • The objective of this technical brief is to provide a framework and map of the currently available evidence on patient and family engagement strategies that have been used to help patients, families, and caregivers manage chronic conditions. (ahrq.gov)
  • The Technical Brief will summarize the evidence on patient and family engagement, provide a conceptual or organizational framework to understand key components of the strategies and interventions of interest, highlight evidence for innovative strategies, describe barriers to implementation, and provide guidance regarding future research directions and priorities. (ahrq.gov)
  • However, solid evidence on the benefit of PC in this subgroup of patients is lacking. (aerzteblatt.de)
  • Contribution of adverse events to death of hospitalised patients. (ahrq.gov)
  • Patients were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive catheter ablation or medical therapy for AF. (pace-cme.org)
  • Conventional anesthesia machines may not have integrated, variable PEEP, inverse ratio ventilation (IRV), or PCV for patients with ARDS, or the sensitivity and responsiveness needed to ventilate neonates. (apsf.org)
  • Demographic and disease-specific factors and information about morbidity and readmission within 30 days after discharge were gathered from medical records. (elsevierpure.com)
  • the purpose of this study was to validate that the Surgical APGAR predicts major morbidity and mortality for patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. (iomcworld.com)
  • The most common presentation is a parotitis, which occurs in 30-40% of patients. (medscape.com)