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Patient safety in Europe: medication errors and hospital-acquired infections [PDF]
, 2008 The Report was commissioned by the European Federation of Nurses Associations (EFN) in November 2007 in order to support its policy statements on Patient Safety (June 2004).
Smith, L.N. +3 more
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Hospital acquired venous thromboembolism in children with sickle cell disease
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2023 Objectives : Sickle cell disease (SCD) is well recognized as a hypercoagulable state, however venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk factors in children remain largely unknown. In this study, we aim to describe the clinical characteristics, outcomes and recurrence of hospital acquired VTE in patients younger than 21 ...
Shreya Agarwal +7 more
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Risk Factors of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Among Hospitalized Patients With Cardiac Diseases
Cureus, 2023 Background To our knowledge, no studies have been done in Saudi Arabia to determine the risk factors of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) among hospitalized cardiac patients. This study aimed to assess these risk factors. Methods A retrospective study was done at King Abdulaziz University Hospital (KAUH), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Five hundred hospitalized
Alfares, Mona +7 more
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Hospital-acquired, laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection: increased hospital stay and direct costs. [PDF]
, 2002 OBJECTIVES: To determine increased hospital stay and direct costs attributable to hospital-acquired, laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection (BSI), and to evaluate the matching variable length of stay (LOS).
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Risk of Hospital-Acquired Complications in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease [PDF]
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2016 Background and objectives Unintended injuries or complications in hospitalized patients are common, potentially preventable, and associated with adverse consequences, including greater mortality and health care costs. Patients with CKD may be at higher risk of hospital-acquired complications (HACs).
Babak, Bohlouli +4 more
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Illness in Returned Travelers and Immigrants/Refugees: The 6-Year Experience of Two Australian Infectious Diseases Units. [PDF]
, 2008 BACKGROUND: Data comparing returned travelers and immigrants/refugees managed in a hospital setting is lacking. METHODS: We prospectively collected data on 1,106 patients with an illness likely acquired overseas who presented to two hospital-based ...
Brown, G V +4 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 CRF07_BC is one of the most prevalent HIV-1 strains in China, which contributes over one-third of the virus transmissions in the country. In general, CRF07_BC is associated with slower disease progression, while the underlying mechanisms remain unclear ...
Xiaoyan Hu +11 more
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AI-based disease risk score for community-acquired pneumonia hospitalization
iScience, 2023 Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is an acute infection involving the parenchyma of the lungs, which is acquired outside of the hospital. Population-wide real-world data and artificial intelligence (AI) were used to develop a disease risk score for CAP hospitalization among older individuals. The source population included residents in Denmark aged 65
Saeed Shakibfar +2 more
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Charles West: a 19th century perspective on acquired childhood aphasia [PDF]
, 2005 Dr Charles West was the founder (1852) of the first paediatric hospital in the English-speaking world. In a career spanning four decades, he devoted a great part of his energies to describing the nervous diseases of infants and children.
Lorch, Marjorie, Hellal, Paula
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BMC Nephrology, 2019 Background Cystinosis is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder characterized by accumulation of cystine in lysosomes throughout the body. Cystinosis is caused by mutations in the CTNS gene that encodes the lysosomal cystine carrier protein ...
Svetlana Papizh +7 more
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