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Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, many patients admitted to hospital for treatment have recovered and been discharged; however, in some instances, these same patients are re-admitted due to a second fever or a positive COVID-19 PCR test result ...
Xinchun Ye +9 more
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Prognostic indicators of early and late death in children admitted to district hospital in Kenya: cohort study [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: To identify clinical indicators of immediate, early, and late mortality in children at admission to a sub-Saharan district hospital and to develop prognostic scores. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study.
Osier, FH +13 more
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Procalcitonin Serum Level in the Admitted COVID-19 Patients [PDF]
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging disease that has affected the world and requires extensive studies. Studies have shown that high procalcitonin (PCT) level is associated with the severity of many diseases, such as bacterial ...
Somayeh Sheidaei +3 more
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Aims Efforts are constantly made to decrease the rates of readmission after acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). ADHF admissions to internal medicine departments (IMD) were previously associated with higher risk for readmission compared with those ...
Shiri Lea Maymon +8 more
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Objective: Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals reported declining numbers of patients admitted with ST-segment myocardial infarction (STEMI) associated with increased in-hospital morbidity and mortality.
Manuel Rattka +8 more
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Alcohol Biomarkers in Patients Admitted for Trauma [PDF]
Background: To assess the value of blood alcohol levels (BAL) and carbohydrate‐deficient transferrin (CDT) in trauma patients.Methods: A prospective study was conducted among 213 patients admitted to a university hospital after trauma. Outcomes of interest included the development of alcohol withdrawal, infections, respiratory problems, cardiac ...
Michael, Fleming +4 more
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Objective: The patients admitted to coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) intensive care units (ICUs) with the suspicion of COVID-19 in the first four months of the pandemic were evaluated both in diagnostics and according to periods of the pandemic ...
Tülay Tuncer Peker +5 more
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The interpretation of brain natriuretic peptide in critical care patients; will it ever be useful? [PDF]
The measurement of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is recommended for the diagnosis of decompensated heart failure, the prognosis of chronic heart failure is worse if BNP is increased and studies suggest that BNP is useful to guide therapy.
John Dixon +3 more
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Economic burden of antimicrobial resistance on patients in Pakistan
BackgroundAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when microbes undergo changes that render antimicrobial drugs ineffective against them, resulting in limited, more expensive treatment options, longer hospital stays, and increased mortality rates. No study
Numrah Safdar +8 more
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The Royal Free Hospital score: a calibrated prognostic model for patients with cirrhosis admitted to intensive care unit. Comparison with current models and CLIF-SOFA score [PDF]
Prognosis for patients with cirrhosis admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) is poor. ICU prognostic models are more accurate than liver-specific models.
Cholongitas, E +6 more
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