• Birth at 40 weeks gestation is associated with the lowest 1-year morbidity and mortality. (univ-reunion.fr)
  • This study was aimed at determining morbidity and mortality patterns in hospitals in Karbala city, Iraq during the mass gathering for Ashura in 2010. (who.int)
  • Morbidity and mortality data were obtained from hospital registry books and the coroner's office. (who.int)
  • Knowing an institutions and population microbiologic profile allows for proper antibi- otic treatment, which substantially impact patients' outcomes such as healthcare related costs, morbidity, and mortality. (who.int)
  • Efforts to reduce the burden of disease caused by health care-associated infections have focused on specific infections that cause significant morbidity and mortality, such as central line-associated bloodstream infections and surgical site infections . (ahrq.gov)
  • Observed mortality and standardised mortality ratio (SMR) based on Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation III, 10th iteration (APACHE III-j) scores. (nih.gov)
  • Main outcome measures In-hospital standardised mortality ratio, 30 days post-admission standardised mortality ratio, and 30 days post-discharge standardised mortality ratio. (bmj.com)
  • Results Compared with the in-hospital standardised mortality ratio, 33% of the hospitals were categorised differently with the 30 days post-admission standardised mortality ratio and 22% were categorised differently with the 30 days post-discharge standardised mortality ratio. (bmj.com)
  • A common but naive response is to argue that risk adjustment to produce a standardised mortality ratio (SMR) solves this problem. (bmj.com)
  • To determine if any difference in mortality exists between weekend and weekday admissions on the public medical wards at a Kenyan referral hospital , we performed a retrospective observational study of inpatients over a 3-month study period. (bvsalud.org)
  • Compared to usual care, we found that MRs reduced the risk of hospital admissions within 12 months by 42% (HR = 0.58, 95% CI 0.37-0.92, p=0.021), but found no difference in mortality (HR = 1.12, 95% CI 0.78-1.61, p=0.551) between the groups. (wustl.edu)
  • In healthcare, the weekend effect is the finding of a difference in mortality rate for patients admitted to hospital for treatment at the weekend compared to those admitted on a weekday. (wikipedia.org)
  • There was no difference in mortality among patients admitted during working-hours and off-hours Mortality was significantly higher in older and more severe cases, regardless of time of admission. (scirp.org)
  • Knowledge of the course of development over the years in death rates and predictors of mortality is important for officials responsible for organizing care to be able to ensure that staff is knowledgeable in the areas of care needed. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Age, gender (HR 1.52), place admitted from (HR 1.27), ADL functioning (HR 1.33-1.80), health stability (HR 1.61-16.12) and ability to engage in social activities (HR 1.51-1.65) were significant predictors of mortality. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Knowledge about predictors of mortality of nursing home residents is sparse, in particular regarding whether the survival time has been shortening in recent decades due to more restrictive admission criteria. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Additionally, knowledge about predictors of mortality is needed to provide appropriate care and ensure that the staff are knowledgeable in the areas of care that are most needed. (biomedcentral.com)
  • For instance, predictors of mortality at admission in relation to predictors of mortality among residents living in a nursing home for more than one year seemingly differ [ 2 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • There is no consensus on how to assess for predictors of mortality and therefore comparison may be difficult. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Elevated plasma vitamin B12 concentrations were identified as predictors of mortality in patients with oncologic, hepatic and renal diseases, and in elderly and critically ill medical patients. (mdpi.com)
  • 3, 4 In a previous study conducted in a cohort of 346 patients with moderate to severe COPD followed up for 1 year in Barcelona, Spain, subjects with COPD who reported physical activity equivalent to walking at least 1 hour/day had a lower risk of admission for a COPD exacerbation than those who reported physical activity equivalent to walking only 20 minutes/day or less. (bmj.com)
  • In contrast to these reports, a recently published clinical study conducted in a retrospective cohort suggested that the blood lactate concentration at PICU admission predicts mortality independent of the pediatric index of mortality (PIM) [ 14 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The follow-up time for survival of each cohort was 36 months from admission. (biomedcentral.com)
  • AIM: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of MRs' on hospital admissions and mortality after six and 12 months in a frail population of 369 patients in primary care in a cohort from a randomized controlled study. (wustl.edu)
  • We conducted a hospital-based, retrospective cohort grouped into critical, high, and medium priority study o n the bacteriologic profile, antibiotics re- groups [2]. (who.int)
  • In the model on 60-day mortality in ARDS and COVID-19 significant interactions with cohort were found for acute disease severity, age and chronic renal failure. (nature.com)
  • In this cohort study we aimed to investigate the relative importance of comorbidities, age and sex for the odds of death within 60 days of ICU admission (60-day mortality) in COVID-19, sepsis and ARDS. (nature.com)
  • A control group of 10,996 individuals (median age 38 years) with a positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for COVID-19 was also included in the study to determine whether the mortality was higher in the cancer cohort. (news-medical.net)
  • In-hospital mortality in derivation cohort was 7.73%, and 6.28% in validation cohort. (hindawi.com)
  • METHODS: This is a retrospective observational cohort of 785 admissions with 82 cases of CNSI admitted to the ICU of an important Brazilian referral center for infectious diseases (INI) between January 2012 and January 2019. (cdc.gov)
  • We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study on a cohort of patients seen in consultation at the Gastroenterology Unit of the District Hospital of Bamako's commune IV. (bvsalud.org)
  • A biomarker-based biological age in UK Biobank: composition and prediction of mortality and hospital admissions. (ox.ac.uk)
  • We deployed a cosine-similarity-based patient similarity metric (PSM) to an intensive care unit (ICU) database to identify patients that are most similar to each patient and subsequently to custom-build 30-day mortality prediction models. (plos.org)
  • For the section dealing with clinical prediction rules, we identified original research articles describing the derivation or validation of a clinical prediction rule for all-cause mortality after hospital admission by searching for articles in any language in MEDLINE and Embase (from inception to July 2011) using the following search terms: "prognostic tool," "prognostic model," "prognostic index," "mortality" and "hospitalization. (cmaj.ca)
  • Güder G, Bauersachs J, Frantz S, Weismann D, Allolio B, Ertl G, Angermann CE, Störk S. Complementary and incremental mortality risk prediction by cortisol and aldosterone in chronic heart failure. (druglib.com)
  • In this study, we applied a generic prediction model to nationwide discharge data from hospitals with various characteristics. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We generated and validated a case-mix in-hospital mortality prediction model using 50/50 split sample validation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In this study, we applied a generic case-mix-based risk adjustment model for in-hospital mortality prediction to hospitals with varying characteristics, and evaluated its performance for benchmarking risk-adjusted hospital mortality using a nationwide database of discharge cases. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Conclusions Applying different mortality timeframes resulted in differences in standardised mortality ratios and differences in judgment regarding the performance of individual hospitals. (bmj.com)
  • CONCLUSIONS: In children with traumatic injuries treated at combat support hospitals, coagulopathy and shock on admission are common and independently associated with a high incidence of inhospital mortality. (wustl.edu)
  • Methods We used a large observational data set from 13 Kenyan county hospitals from November 2015 through November 2018 where patients were linked to admitting clinicians. (bmj.com)
  • Given the current five dayworking pattern in the UK, we hypothesise a significant variation in the outcomesof patients admitted with ACS during the standard working hours compared without of hours and weekends.Methods: Anonymous data of adult patients aged ≥18 with all types of ACS admittedto 7 hospitals between 2000 and 2013 was obtained and processed usingthe ACALM (Algorithm for Co-morbidity, Associations, Length of stay and Mortality)study protocol. (aston.ac.uk)
  • The current knowledge base has weaknesses both in terms of the low number of studies, the methods used to identify predictors, and whether there have been changes in mortality over time. (biomedcentral.com)
  • METHODS: A retrospective review of the Joint Theater Trauma Registry from U.S. combat support hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2002 to 2009 was performed. (wustl.edu)
  • Methods Linkage of eight Scotland-wide databases, covering dispensed prescriptions, hospital admissions, maternity records, death certificates, annual pupil census, examinations, school absences/exclusions and unemployment, provided data on 683 716 children attending Scottish schools between 2009 and 2013. (ersjournals.com)
  • The relationship of weekend admission and mortality on the public medical wards at a Kenyan referral hospital. (bvsalud.org)
  • After adjusting for age, insurance status , co-morbid illness, HIV status, employment , referral status and gender , still no association existed between weekend admission and mortality . (bvsalud.org)
  • This study was conducted to assess what independent influence, if any, weekend admission might have on mortality in our hospital. (nih.gov)
  • Introduction - Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) is the most common cardiovasculardiagnosis requiring hospital admission worldwide and in the UK. (aston.ac.uk)
  • Although obesity is a well-established cardiovascular risk factor, some controversy has arisen with regard to its effect on hospital mortality in patients admitted for acute coronary syndrome. (hindawi.com)
  • Clinical and anthropometric variables were analyzed in patients consecutively admitted for acute coronary syndrome to a university hospital between 2009 and 2010, and the correlation of those variables with hospital mortality was examined. (hindawi.com)
  • There is something of a paradox in the relationship between body mass index and hospital mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome in that the mortality rate decreases as body mass index increases. (hindawi.com)
  • A study was undertaken to examine the association between regular physical activity and both hospital admissions for COPD and all-cause and specific mortality in COPD subjects. (bmj.com)
  • We also present preliminary dence of rotavirus disease was observed to be similar in estimates of country-specific mortality rates from rotavirus both industrialized and developing countries, suggesting disease as targets for further study and refinement through that adequate control may not be achieved by improve- local definition of problems. (cdc.gov)
  • Counts and rates of deaths and hospital admissions associated with temperature for England and Wales from 2001 to 2020. (ons.gov.uk)
  • The mortality rates for patients admitted on weekends and weekdays did not differ with 156 (22.4%) of the 695 patients admitted on weekdays dying compared to 55 (21.1%) of the 261 patients admitted on weekends. (bvsalud.org)
  • Among adult patients on the medical wards, patients admitted on weekends had similar mortality rates to those admitted on weekdays. (bvsalud.org)
  • Furthermore, associations between in-hospital standardised mortality rates, length of stay, and early post-discharge mortality rates were found. (bmj.com)
  • Further studies are needed to confirm these findings and work towards ways to improve mechanisms, structures and processes to improve patient outcomes regardless of admission rates," says Dr. Markos Kashiouris, lead researcher. (interhospi.com)
  • In a prospective study involving more than 4000 patients, the rates of index-visit hospital admissions, 30-day emergency department visits, and overall hospital admissions were similar among patients who initially used virtual care and those who visited the emergency department. (medscape.com)
  • The rates of index visit hospital admissions (9.4% vs 8.7%), 30-day emergency department visits (17% vs 17.5%), and hospital admission (12.9% vs 11%) were similar between these groups. (medscape.com)
  • Mortality rates, especially overall hospital mortality rates, have therefore become the natural focus for measurement of clinical quality. (bmj.com)
  • So what is the problem with measuring clinical performance by comparing hospital mortality rates and what alternatives can we offer? (bmj.com)
  • A significant difference was found between the mortality rates of hospitalized patients and outpatients. (news-medical.net)
  • The researchers found that there were differences in trends in 30-day mortality rates over time between CAHs and non-CAHs for the 3 conditions examined. (medindia.net)
  • However, between 2002 and 2010, mortality rates increased at CAHs at a rate of 0.1 percent per year, whereas at non-CAHs they decreased 0.2 percent per year, for a difference in change in mortality of 0.3 percent per year. (medindia.net)
  • Thus, by 2010, CAHs had higher overall mortality rates (13.3 percent vs. 11.4 percent). (medindia.net)
  • The researchers note that although CAHs had higher mortality rates by 2010 for each of the conditions examined, the absolute difference was only 1.8 percent. (medindia.net)
  • of the Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif., writes that "to rigorously test potential interventions about how to improve the mortality rates at CAHs, cluster randomized controlled trials are needed. (medindia.net)
  • They compared the hospital admission and mortality rates of ethnic minority groups against those of the White Scottish population. (ed.ac.uk)
  • For analytic purposes, we re-categorized the 18 MDCs into 10 MDCs based on mortality rates. (biomedcentral.com)
  • There was no significant difference in Intensive Care Unit admissions, 30 and 90-day mortality, or stoma rates at 12 months. (lu.se)
  • CONCLUSION: Laparoscopic lavage used in the management of Hinchey grade III diverticulitis leads to more reinterventions within 30 days postoperatively, but does not increase the 30 or 90-day mortality rates compared with sigmoid resection. (lu.se)
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects more than 14 million US adults 1 and is a leading cause of 30-day hospital readmissions in the United States. (annfammed.org)
  • figures for infant and child mortality, however, have remained virtually unchanged in recent years, despite the global commitment to achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (see Annex). (who.int)
  • Adjusted associations between physical activity and hospital admissions for COPD and mortality were obtained using negative binomial and Cox regression models, respectively. (bmj.com)
  • Patients were rarely admitted by fully qualified clinicians and predominantly by preregistration medical officer interns (MOI, 46%) and diploma level clinical officer interns (COI, 41%) with a median of 28 MOI (range 11-68) and 52 COI (range 5-160) offering care per study hospital. (bmj.com)
  • Rich clinical and administrative data from the first day in the ICU from 17,152 adult ICU admissions were analyzed. (plos.org)
  • Using prospective clinical surveillance to identify adverse events in hospital. (ahrq.gov)
  • S. Ala, N. Pakravan and M. Ahmadi, "Mortality Rate and Outcome among Patients Admitted to General Intensive Care Unit during "Morning-Hour" Compared with "Off-Hour"," International Journal of Clinical Medicine , Vol. 3 No. 3, 2012, pp. 171-177. (scirp.org)
  • Clinical, epidemiologic, and performance indicators: the standardized mortality rate (SMR) and the standardized resource use rate per ICU surviving patient (SRU) were collected. (cdc.gov)
  • The objective of this work was to describe the clinical aspects of internal haemorrhoidal disease in the district hospital of the commune IV of Bamako. (bvsalud.org)
  • Development of an evidence-based framework of factors contributing to patient safety incidents in hospital settings: a systematic review. (ahrq.gov)
  • Hospitals may be able to use a machine learning model to identify adult patients at high risk of in-hospital mortality upon admission, according to a February 7, 2020, study in JAMA Network Open . (ecri.org)
  • To study variation in mortality associated with time and day of admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). (nih.gov)
  • This study evaluated the predictive value of blood lactate levels at admission and determined the cut-off values for predicting in-hospital mortality in the critically ill pediatric population. (biomedcentral.com)
  • One study of 75 patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) found that blood lactate levels assessed at 24 hours after admission, but not at 6 hours, had better sensitivity or specificity as a predictor of death [ 15 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 13 14 A recent study by Yu et al (2011) showed that for certain surgical procedures approximately a quarter of postoperative deaths occurred after discharge and that 12% took place just one day after discharge from hospital. (bmj.com)
  • Over the five-year period of the study, they found a correlation between the elapsed time between two consecutive admissions and mortality. (interhospi.com)
  • This study shows that providing the same level of care during multiple admissions is difficult when patients of equal severity arrive at the same time. (interhospi.com)
  • VUC may be an appropriate alternative healthcare option for patients who have non-life-threatening medical concerns or for patients who have difficulty accessing in-person healthcare," study author Shelley McLeod, PhD, research director of the Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, told Medscape Medical News . (medscape.com)
  • The aim of this study was to investigate the time from residents' admission to Icelandic nursing homes to death and the predictive power of demographic variables, health status (health stability, pain, depression and cognitive performance) and functional profile (ADL and social engagement) for 3-year mortality in yearly cohorts from 1996-2006. (biomedcentral.com)
  • It is noteworthy that despite financial constraints, the mortality rate did not change over the study period. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We conducted a cross-sectional study on attendees at the 3 public hospitals in the city. (who.int)
  • This study highlights the effects of exposure to air pollution on mortality risks in Thailand. (nature.com)
  • In this study, we examined the association between daily air pollutants (PM 10 , O 3 and sulphur dioxide (SO 2 )) and mortality (non-accidental, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases) in 18 Thailand provinces ( Figure 1 ). (nature.com)
  • The current study assessed the bacteriologic profile, resistance pattern, and treatment outcome in Lan- cet General Hospital. (who.int)
  • The objective of the current ering new classes of antimicrobials and the increasing study was, therefore, to assess the bacteriologic pro- emergence and reemergence of resistant pathogens, file, resistance pattern, and patient's outcome in Lan- mortality from infectious disease is increasing [1]. (who.int)
  • 2) The famous Harvard malpractice study found that 0.25% of admissions resulted in avoidable death. (bmj.com)
  • We have corroborated this figure in a study of the quality of care in 18 English hospitals (submitted for publication). (bmj.com)
  • in a much larger Australian study of 54,625 mixed medical/surgical non-elective admissions showed a significant weekend effect (i.e. worse mortality) for acute myocardial infarction. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the same year, in an Irish study of 25,883 medical admissions (Mikulich et al. (wikipedia.org)
  • The aim of the study was to examine the usefulness of echocardiographic parameters as predictors of in-hospital outcome in patients with ACS after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). (hindawi.com)
  • In light of this controversy, the goal of this study is to determine the relationship between BMI and intrahospital mortality in patients admitted consecutively for ACS. (hindawi.com)
  • This Canadian study is the first to demonstrate a clear association between C. difficile infection and an increased risk of mortality. (ahrq.gov)
  • Ottawa Hospital Patient Safety Study: incidence and timing of adverse events in patients admitted to a Canadian teaching hospital. (ahrq.gov)
  • Karen E. Joynt, M.D., M.P.H., of the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, and colleagues conducted a study to evaluate trends in mortality for patients receiving care at CAHs and compared these trends with those for patients receiving care at non-CAHs. (medindia.net)
  • In total, CAH admissions were associated with 10.4 excess deaths per 1,000 admissions during the study period. (medindia.net)
  • However, this study included patients with heart failure who were admitted to the hospital due to other causes and it might be speculated that the single serum cortisol measurement taken may have been influenced by the acute illness or by the emotional stress associated with the admission itself. (druglib.com)
  • Aim: This study aim to evaluate the effect of time of admission on mortality of patients admitted to the ICU. (scirp.org)
  • Method: This retrospective study included 391 of patients admitted to the ICU of an academic hospital during one year. (scirp.org)
  • Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency, spectrum, in-hospital mortality rate, and factors associated with death in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) presenting with neurological diseases from a middle-income country, as well as estimate its one-year global death rate. (usp.br)
  • People's ethnic origin can significantly influence whether they are likely to need hospital treatment for asthma, a study has found. (ed.ac.uk)
  • The study also showed that people of Chinese origin were 40 per cent less likely to be admitted to hospital than White Scottish patients. (ed.ac.uk)
  • This study of over 4.5 million people has clearly shown that there are major variations in the risk of asthma admission between ethnic groups. (ed.ac.uk)
  • However, the dataset used in the previous study was derived mainly from large university-affiliated teaching hospitals, which may compromise the ability to generalize results to a broader array of hospitals. (biomedcentral.com)
  • All patients ≥ 75 years admitted to the National Burn Centre at Haukeland University Hospital in the period 2000-19 were included in the study. (tidsskriftet.no)
  • In summary, the shorter the interval between admissions, the higher the odds of death. (interhospi.com)
  • Specifically, the adjusted odds ratio (OR) of death gradually decreased by an additional average of 0.93 (95% CI 0.9‒0.97, P=.001) for each log(unit) of time separating admissions. (interhospi.com)
  • After multivariate logistic regression, early coagulopathy had an odds ratio of 2.2 (95% confidence interval 1.1-4.5) and early shock had an odds ratio of 3.0 (95% confidence interval 1.2-7.5) for mortality. (wustl.edu)
  • Patients with coagulopathy and shock had an odds ratio of 3.8 (95% confidence interval 2.0-7.4) for mortality. (wustl.edu)
  • After adjustment for relevant confounders, subjects reporting low, moderate or high physical activity had a lower risk of hospital admission for COPD during the follow up period than those who reported very low physical activity (incidence rate ratio 0.72, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.53 to 0.97). (bmj.com)
  • Objectives To assess the consequences of applying different mortality timeframes on standardised mortality ratios of individual hospitals and, secondarily, to evaluate the association between in-hospital standardised mortality ratios and early post-discharge mortality rate, length of hospital stay, and transfer rate. (bmj.com)
  • 7 8 9 10 11 12 Another limitation of mortality rate as a quality measure is the current focus on in-hospital mortality-that is, deaths that occur during hospital admission. (bmj.com)
  • The median survival time was 31 months, and no significant difference was detected in the mortality rate between cohorts. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The mortality rate showed that more than 50% died within 3 years, and almost a third of the residents may have needed palliative care within a year of admission. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The in-hospital mortality rate was 0.85‰, with a significant decrease (p (univ-reunion.fr)
  • 8 Assuming an overall hospital death rate of about 5% this implies that around one in 20 inpatient deaths are preventable, while 19 of 20 are unavoidable. (bmj.com)
  • Although the Omicron variant predisposes to a lower risk of mortality than that from the previous variants of concern (VOC) of SARS-CoV-2, the Case fatality rate (CFR) remains high for cancer patients compared to individuals without significant comorbidities. (news-medical.net)
  • Results The 45 900 (6.0%) children treated for asthma had an increased risk of hospitalisation, particularly within the first year of treatment (incidence rate ratio 1.98, 95% CI 1.93-2.04), and increased mortality (HR 1.77, 95% CI 1.30-2.40). (ersjournals.com)
  • I. J. Morales, S. G. Peters and B. Afessa, "Hospital Mortality Rate and Length of Stay in Patients Admitted at Night to the Intensive Care Unit," Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 31, Vol. 3, 2003, pp. 858-863. (scirp.org)
  • Y. Arabi, A. Alshimemeri and S. Taher, "Weekend and Weeknight Admissions Have the Same Outcome of Weekday Admissions to an Intensive Care Unit with Onsite Intensivist Coverage," Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 34, No. 3, 2006, pp. 605-611. (scirp.org)
  • CONCLUSION: We suggest that MRs should be recommended in the care of frail elderly patients with expected benefits on delayed hospital admissions. (wustl.edu)
  • We questioned whether children treated for asthma suffer increased absenteeism, exclusion, special educational need, unemployment, hospital admission, mortality and poorer attainment compared with peers. (ersjournals.com)
  • 1 2 3 4 However, several authors have raised concerns that differences in standardised mortality ratios may not reflect differences in quality of care delivered. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusion Over 85% of admissions to hospitals in high mortality settings that offer experiential training in Kenya are conducted by preregistration clinicians. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusion High number of resistant microorganisms was isolated, and increased mortality was documented from infections caused by carbapenem-resistant bacteria. (who.int)
  • In conclusion, age and sex play particular roles in COVID-19 mortality during intensive care but the burden of comorbidity was similar between sepsis and COVID-19 and ARDS and COVID-19. (nature.com)
  • Conclusion: Time of ICU admission does not have significant effect on patient's outcome. (scirp.org)
  • Hyperlactatemia in adult patients upon admission to a general medical intensive care unit was a predictive marker identifying patients who were at high risk for death [ 7 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Treatment with antibiotics is one of the main arma- and population tailors the initial empiric antibiotic ments of modern medicine, with the discovery of management of patients, which significantly affects antibiotics in the 1930s to 1960s drastically reducing patient's outcome, including health-related costs, mor- infectious disease mortality. (who.int)
  • In fact, a stay in hospital presents an important opportunity for engaging in discussions about goals of care, because it signals a change in the trajectory of the patient's illness, giving increased relevance to these conversations, and because potential substitute decision-makers (e.g., the most involved family members) are often present. (cmaj.ca)
  • This analysis suggests that if PM 10 concentrations were reduced to the levels of the AQGs, then a significant decrease in respiratory and cardiovascular hospital admissions and mortality would be observed. (inderscience.com)
  • O 3 air pollution is significantly associated with cardiovascular mortality, while PM 10 is significantly related to respiratory mortality. (nature.com)
  • A set of patient-related data is obtained from the hospital information system from Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases of Vojvodina, situated in Sremska Kamenica, Serbia, Europe. (hindawi.com)
  • In addition to being a crucial underlying circumstance in the primary cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs), obesity is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular illness and mortality [ 1 , 2 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • We found that all air pollutants had significant short-term impacts on non-accidental mortality. (nature.com)
  • In the model on 60-day mortality in sepsis and COVID-19 there were significant interactions with disease group for age, sex and asthma. (nature.com)
  • Although most deaths are within 48 hours of admission in many low/middle-income country (LMIC) hospitals the proportion of cases preregistration clinicians admit has rarely been quantified. (bmj.com)
  • After using the keywords "childhood mortality," "deaths," and this association was confirmed, the recommendation for "diarrhea. (cdc.gov)
  • Design Retrospective analysis of routinely collected hospital data to compare observed deaths in 50 diagnostic categories with deaths predicted by a case mix adjustment method. (bmj.com)
  • Analyses based only on in-hospital deaths are potentially biased by differences in hospitals' discharge practices. (bmj.com)
  • Among virtual patients, hospital stays were 1 day longer, and fewer than five deaths occurred, which was not significantly different between the groups. (medscape.com)
  • in 2013, surveyed 91 acute hospital sites in England to evaluate systems of consultant cover for acute medical admissions. (wikipedia.org)
  • Although critical care in pediatric patients has changed dramatically over the last several decades, there has been no consistent marker for obtaining predictions of mortality in a general population of critically ill children. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We hypothesized that advanced age and comorbidity are signs of reduced physiological compensatory capacity causing patients to be more prone to die within 60 days from admission to critical care for any given illness. (nature.com)
  • Elective admissions, critical care patients, children under 14 and births were not included. (nih.gov)
  • Mortality among Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units During Weekday Day Shifts Compared with 'Off' Hours," Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 35, No. 1, 2007, pp. 3-11. (scirp.org)
  • K. B. Laupland, R. Shahpori, A. W. Kirkpa-trick and H. T. Stelfox, "Hospital Mortality among Adults Admitted to and Discharged from Intensive Care on Weekends and Evenings," Journal of Critical Care, Vol. 23, No. 3, 2008, pp. 317-324. (scirp.org)
  • Univariate analyses were performed on all admission variables followed by reverse stepwise multivariate logistic regression to determine independent associations. (wustl.edu)
  • Associations of each frailty measure (wave 1, wave 2, or mean of both waves) with risk of falls, hospitalisations and all-cause mortality were assessed using logistic regression. (ckbiobank.org)
  • The relative importance of risk factors for 60-day mortality was evaluated using the interaction with disease group (Sepsis, ARDS or COVID-19) in logistic regression models. (nature.com)
  • We explored guideline adherence after creating a cumulative correctness of Paediatric Admission Quality of Care (cPAQC) score on a 5-point scale (0-4) in which points represent correct, sequential progress in providing care perfectly adherent to guidelines comprising admission assessment, diagnosis and treatment. (bmj.com)
  • Do Intensivist Staffing Patterns Influence Hospital Mortalit. (lww.com)
  • Do Intensivist Staffing Patterns Influence Hospital Mortality Following ICU Admission? (lww.com)
  • Comparative observational studies examining intensivist staffing patterns and reporting hospital or ICU mortality were included. (lww.com)
  • Comparing CAHs with other small, rural hospitals, similar patterns were found. (medindia.net)
  • Patients were categorized according to time of admission: working-hours and off-hours. (scirp.org)
  • Among patients who were referred to emergency care by a virtual provider, the length of stay in the hospital was 2.4 days longer, and these patients were more likely to have another virtual visit within 72 hours, 7 days, and 30 days, compared with patients who presented first to the emergency department. (medscape.com)
  • Variation in outcome with time of admission to ICU was accounted for predominantly by elective surgical patients. (nih.gov)
  • We used an electronic, standardized dataset of discharged patients provided by 469 hospitals that participated in a Japanese patient classification system and related evaluation scheme from July 1 to October 31, 2006. (biomedcentral.com)
  • M. J. Barnett, P. J. Kaboli, C. A. Sirio and G. E. Rosenthal, "Day of the Week of Intensive Care Admission and Patient Outcomes: A Multisite Regional Evaluation," Medical Care, Vol. 40, No. 6, 2002, pp. 530-539. (scirp.org)
  • We compared global mortality and mortality within the first 48 h according to whether the patients were admitted on the weekend or on a weekday. (nih.gov)
  • Combining these findings suggests that standardised mortality ratios based on in-hospital mortality are subject to so-called "discharge bias. (bmj.com)
  • Hence, early post-discharge mortality should be included in the calculation of standardised mortality ratios. (bmj.com)
  • Furthermore, the average length of hospital stay has decreased significantly in the past few decades and may therefore have shifted mortality away from the hospital to post-discharge destinations. (bmj.com)
  • 15 Metersky et al (2012) concluded that approximately 50% of older patients who died from pneumonia within 30 days of admission did not die in hospital but after discharge. (bmj.com)
  • For example, during an acute stay in hospital, the plan may pertain to the goals of care for the current stay in addition to any care that may be required after discharge. (cmaj.ca)
  • Using an interactive voice response system to improve patient safety following hospital discharge. (ahrq.gov)
  • Can you prevent adverse drug events after hospital discharge? (ahrq.gov)
  • A. Uusaro, A. Kari and E. Ruokonen, "The Effects of ICU Admission and Discharge Times on Mortality in Finland," Intensive Care Medicine, Vol. 29, No. 12, 2003, pp. 2144-2148. (scirp.org)
  • These data come from hospital records but recording a cause of injury in hospital admission or discharge records is not required in all states. (cdc.gov)
  • Descriptive data on mortality and hospital admissions at six and 12 months were collected. (wustl.edu)
  • Table 1 summarises mortality, air pollution, temperature and relative humidity data in the 18 Thailand provinces. (nature.com)
  • Editorial: Are Mortality Differences Detected by Administrative Data Reliable and Actionable? (medindia.net)
  • The team securely linked anonymised national census data from 2001 with hospital and mortality records. (ed.ac.uk)
  • We used standardized data of 1,878,767 discharged patients provided by 469 hospitals from July 1 to October 31, 2006. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The Tracking Network uses data from the U.S. Census Bureau , hospital and emergency department databases, and death certificate data to get state and local data about CO poisonings. (cdc.gov)
  • This limits the ability to compare mortality data across locations. (cdc.gov)
  • Comparisons were made to data retrospectively collected from the 303,500 intensive care admissions from the Brazilian state health care system included in the Epimed Monitor database. (cdc.gov)
  • Paediatric hospital care in many LMICs can be of poor quality with limited adherence to guidelines and this may contribute to poor outcomes. (bmj.com)
  • Early recognition of children who are at high risk for mortality allows for timely changes in therapy and improves the overall outcomes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Research has demonstrated disparities in the outcomes of patients admitted to hospital on weekends in high- income countries. (bvsalud.org)
  • New research suggests that near-simultaneous ICU admissions are frequent and may also have an adverse effect on patient outcomes. (interhospi.com)
  • We aimed to describe the treatment and outcomes for burn patients over the age of 75 admitted to the National Burn Centre at Haukeland University Hospital. (tidsskriftet.no)
  • Patients admitted to ICUs in Australia after hours and on weekends have a higher observed and risk-adjusted mortality than patients admitted at other times. (nih.gov)
  • Some reports have shown that the risk of death is higher for patients admitted on weekends than for patients who go into the hospital on weekdays. (nih.gov)
  • The risk of mortality within the first 48 h is higher for patients admitted on weekends than for patients admitted on a weekday. (nih.gov)
  • Outdoor air pollution and COPD-related emergency department visits, hospital admissions, and mortality: a meta-analysis. (cdc.gov)
  • A high blood lactate level at admission is independently associated with and predictive of in-hospital mortality in the general population of critically ill children. (biomedcentral.com)
  • OBJECTIVE: In adults, early traumatic coagulopathy and shock are both common and independently associated with mortality. (wustl.edu)
  • Our objective was to determine whether coagulopathy and shock on admission are independently associated with mortality in children with traumatic injuries. (wustl.edu)
  • Age 65 years, presence of septic shock, and presence of carbapenem-resistant bacteria were independently associated with in- creased in-hospital mortality. (who.int)
  • Researchers have shown that people of Pakistani origin have a 50 per cent increased risk of being admitted to hospital for asthma compared with White Scottish patients. (ed.ac.uk)
  • Low, moderate and high levels of regular physical activity were associated with an adjusted lower risk of all-cause mortality (hazard ratio (HR) 0.76, 95% CI 0.65 to 0.90) and respiratory mortality (HR 0.70, 95% CI 0.48 to 1.02). (bmj.com)
  • 2 Reducing admissions to hospital due to COPD exacerbations is a prime aim in the management of the disease 3, 4 because of its high economic and social costs. (bmj.com)
  • Background We explored who actually provides most admission care in hospitals offering supervised experiential training to graduating clinicians in a high mortality setting where practices deviate from guideline recommendations. (bmj.com)
  • FL and mortality remains high. (cdc.gov)
  • For example, hospitals that transfer high risk patients to other more specialised hospitals may have lower than expected mortality, because some of their patients die elsewhere. (bmj.com)
  • These hospitals are at high risk of falling behind with respect to quality improvement, owing to their limited resources and vulnerable patient populations. (medindia.net)
  • In the past few decades, quality of care in hospitals has been subject to growing attention from physicians and regulators. (bmj.com)