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Predictors of mortality in HIV-infected patients starting antiretroviral therapy in a rural hospital in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2008
\ud \ud Studies of antiretroviral therapy (ART) programs in Africa have shown high initial mortality. Factors contributing to this high mortality are poorly described.
Matee, Mecky I., Naman, Ezra, Bernard J Ngowi, Svein G Gundersen, Ngowi, Bernard J., Bruun, Johan Nikolai, Gundersen, Svein G., Aglen, H.E, Mecky I Matee, Sandvik, L., Aglen Henry E, Asgeir Johannessen, Johannessen, A., Henry E Aglen, Naman Ezra, Bruun Johan N, Matee, Mecky I, Ngowi, B.J, Ngowi Bernard J, Matee, M.I, Bruun, J.N, Ngowi, Bernard J, Aglen, Henry E., Leiv Sandvik, Sandvik Leiv, Sandvik, Leiv, Aglen, Henry E, Johannessen Asgeir, Matee Mecky I, Ezra Naman, Johan N Bruun, Johannessen, Asgeir, Gundersen, Svein G, Gundersen Svein G, Gundersen, S.G, Bruun, Johan N, Naman, E.   +36 more
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Preoperative Liver Function Test Abnormalities Were Associated With Short-Term and Long-Term Prognosis in Cardiac Surgery Patients Without Liver Disease

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021
Aims: To explore the value of preoperative liver function tests (LFTs) for the prognosis of cardiac surgery patients without liver disease.Methods: The Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III (MIMIC-III) database was used to extract the clinical ...
Liqun Shang, Liqun Shang, Yuanhan Ao, Yuanhan Ao, Linhua Lv, Linhua Lv, Lihua Lv, Yubi Zhang, Jian Hou, Jian Hou, Jianping Yao, Jianping Yao, Zhongkai Wu, Zhongkai Wu   +13 more
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Assessing some of the associations with perinatal mortality at Kamuzu central hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi [PDF]

, 2012
Includes bibliographical references.The study objectives were to: determine the prevalence of perinatal mortality (PNM) and causes of early neonatal deaths (ENNDs), describe socio-demographic factors of mothers with PNM and assess some of the ...
Mwenyekonde, Elled
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Non-linear relationship between albumin-corrected calcium and 30-day in-hospital mortality in ICU patients: A multicenter retrospective cohort study

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
ObjectiveAlbumin-corrected calcium is usually calculated to reflect the real serum calcium level of the whole body by physicians. However, studies on the association between albumin-corrected calcium and 30-day in-hospital mortality in Intensive Care ...
Xun Qin, Ji Cen, Haofei Hu, Haofei Hu, Xinglin Chen, Xinglin Chen, Zhe Wei, Qijun Wan, Qijun Wan, Rong Cao, Rong Cao   +10 more
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Association between diagnostic criteria for severe acute malnutrition and hospital mortality in children aged 6–59 months in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: the Lwiro cohort study

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023
BackgroundFew studies have assessed the relationship between weight-for-height (WHZ) and mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) with hospital mortality considering confounders.
Gaylord Ngaboyeka, Gaylord Ngaboyeka, Gaylord Ngaboyeka, Ghislain Bisimwa, Ghislain Bisimwa, Anouk Neven, Anouk Neven, Pacifique Mwene-Batu, Pacifique Mwene-Batu, Pacifique Mwene-Batu, Richard Kambale, Petit Passy Kingwayi, Christian Chiribagula, Oreste Battisti, Oreste Battisti, Michèle Dramaix, Philippe Donnen   +16 more
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The diagnostic accuracy of an initial point-of-care lactate at the emergency department as a predictor of in-hospital mortality among adult patients with sepsis and septic shock

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
BackgroundIn patients with sepsis, elevated lactate has been shown to be a strong predictor of in-hospital mortality. However, the optimal cutoff for rapidly stratifying patients presenting to the emergency department at risk for increased in-hospital ...
Brenda Gicheru, Jasmit Shah, Jasmit Shah, Benjamin Wachira, Geoffrey Omuse, Daniel Maina   +5 more
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Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation in Neonates: A 10-Year Overview and Predictive Model

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021
Objectives: Significant resources are devoted to neonatal prolonged mechanical ventilation (NPMV), but little is known about the outcomes in those children.
Michaël Sauthier, Michaël Sauthier, Nicolas Sauthier, Krystale Bergeron Gallant, Gregory A. Lodygensky, Gregory A. Lodygensky, Atsushi Kawaguchi, Atsushi Kawaguchi, Guillaume Emeriaud, Guillaume Emeriaud, Philippe Jouvet, Philippe Jouvet   +11 more
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Changes in child suicide rates and characteristics during the COVID-19 pandemic in England

Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
IntroductionSuicide in young people has risen in many countries over the last 10 years.AimThe aim of this study was to report any changes, and characteristics of children dying by suicide in England, before, and during the COVID pandemic.MethodsChild ...
David Odd, David Odd, Duleeka Knipe, Tom Williams, Sylvia Stoianova, Prathiba Chitsabesan, Karen Luyt   +6 more
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Association between baseline pulse pressure and hospital mortality in non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage patients: a retrospective cohort study

Frontiers in Neurology, 2023
Background and purposePrevious studies have described an association between pulse pressure (PP) level and mortality in stroke patients. Evidence of associations between PP level and the risk of mortality remains unknown in non-traumatic subarachnoid ...
Jiuling Liu, Shu Wang, Lin Ji, Xiaoqing Wang, Hang Zhao   +4 more
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Relationship between End-Tidal CO2 (ETCO2) and Lactate and their Role in Predicting Hospital Mortality in Critically Ill Trauma Patients; A Cohort Study [PDF]

Bulletin of Emergency and Trauma, 2020
Objective: To investigate the relationship between end-tidal CO2 (ETCO2) and serum lactate and their predictive role in hospital mortality of intubated multiple trauma patients.
Elham Safari, Mehdi Torabi
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