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Learning from hospital mortality [PDF]

Clinical Medicine, 2016
Understanding and learning from hospital deaths is an important component of good clinical practice but current approaches and measures are complex, controversial and difficult to understand. Patients who die are not a homogeneous group but fall into three distinct categories; most learning will be achieved by recognising this and investigating ...
Kevin, Stewart, Mohsin I, Choudry, Rhona, Buckingham   +2 more
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Reappraisal of sepsis-3 and CLIF-SOFA as predictors of mortality in patients with cirrhosis and infection presenting to the emergency department: A multicenter study [PDF]

Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2022
Background/Aims Sepsis-3 criteria and quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) have been advocated to be used in defining sepsis in the general population.
Ji Hyun Kim, Baek Gyu Jun, Minjong Lee, Hye Ah Lee, Tae Suk Kim, Jeong Won Heo, Da Hye Moon, Seong Hee Kang, Ki Tae Suk, Moon Young Kim, Young Don Kim, Gab Jin Cheon, Soon Koo Baik, Dong Joon Kim, Dae Hee Choi   +14 more
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The Use of Protective Ventilation in Post-COVID Respiratory Failure

Український журнал серцево-судинної хірургії, 2021
Implementation of the principles of protective ventilation in the intensive care of respiratory failure in patients after COVID-19 can improve the results of treatment of patients with cardiosurgical abnormalities, namely the implementation of surgical ...
Hanna B. Koltunova, Vitalii V. Voitiuk, Kostiantyn P. Chyzh   +2 more
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Lower Mortality in Magnet Hospitals [PDF]

JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration, 2013
Although there is evidence that hospitals recognized for nursing excellence--Magnet hospitals--are successful in attracting and retaining nurses, it is uncertain whether Magnet recognition is associated with better patient outcomes than non-Magnets, and if so why.To determine whether Magnet hospitals have lower risk-adjusted mortality and failure-to ...
Matthew, McHugh, Lesly A, Kelly, Herbert L, Smith, Evan S, Wu, Jill M, Vanak, Linda H, Aiken   +5 more
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Reduced level of arousal and increased mortality in adult acute medical admissions: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2017
Background Reduced level of arousal is commonly observed in medical admissions and may predict in-hospital mortality. Delirium and reduced level of arousal are closely related.
A Calle, A Liberati, A Nicolini, AE Jones, Alasdair M. J. MacLullich, American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, Amy Todd, BJ Naughton, BO Onadeko, C Barfod, C Chih-Hsun, CF Otieno, CN Sessler, David J. Stott, DJ Meagher, DK Kiely, E Francia, E Kaya, E. Wesley Ely, European Delirium Association and American Delirium Society, F Delahaye, G Bellelli, G Bellelli, G Teasdale, HA Conte, J Witlox, Jennifer K. Burton, JH Han, K Neufeld, K Oedorf, K Rockwood, MA Aslaner, ME Mikkelsen, MR Navinan, O Kruse, P Dutta, PK Myint, Review Manager (RevMan) [Computer program], RW Duckitt, S Rathour, S Zweig, Samantha Blackley, SK Inouye, Susan D. Shenkin, SY Kim, TA Jackson, TM Merz, VC Burch, W Hasegawa, Y Sakamoto, Y Yamauchi, Z Tieges, Zoë Tieges   +52 more
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Hospital volume and hospital mortality for esophagectomy [PDF]

Cancer, 2001
Hospital mortality after esophagectomy has decreased from 29% to 7.5% over the last decades because of improved surgical techniques and better perioperative care. Suggestions have been made that a further decrease in hospital mortality may be achieved by centralization of esophagectomies in high volume centers.The effect of hospital volume on hospital ...
van Lanschot, J. J., Hulscher, J. B., Buskens, C. J., Tilanus, H. W., ten Kate, F. J., Obertop, H.   +5 more
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Limitations in the recording of maternal mortality in Germany: An analysis of statistical challenges [PDF]

Journal of Health Monitoring
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) defines maternal mortality as the death of a woman during pregnancy or up to 42 days after delivery. The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) serves as an indicator of the quality of health care.
Safiya Fatima Zaloum, Julia Callaghan, Amira Goepfrich, Joachim Dudenhausen, Lars Paulson, Lars Hellmeyer, Klaus Vetter, Martina Ziegert, Thorsten Braun, Josefine Theresia Koenigbauer   +9 more
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Trends in road transport collision deaths in the Irish paediatric population: a retrospective review of mortality data, 1991–2015

BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2019
Objective To establish the incidence of road transport collision (RTC) fatalities in the Irish paediatric population, examining trends in fatality rates over a period of 25 years, during which several national road safety interventions were implemented ...
Cliona McGarvey, Karina Hamilton, Jean Donnelly, Alf J Nicholson   +3 more
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Increased mortality in hematological malignancy patients with acute respiratory failure from undetermined etiology : a Groupe de Recherche en Réanimation Respiratoire en Onco-Hématologique (Grrr-OH) study [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is the most frequent complication in patients with hematological malignancies and is associated with high morbidity and mortality.
Azoulay, Elie, Benoit, Dominique, Bruneel, Fabrice, Contejean, Adrien, Darmon, Michael, Hamidfar, Rebecca, Jourdain, Mercé, Kouatchet, Achille, Lemiale, Virginie, Mayaux, Julien, Meert, Anne-Pascale, Mokart, Djamel, Nyunga, Martine, Perez, Pierre, Pène, Frédéric, Rabbat, Antoine, Renault, Anne, Resche-Rigon, Matthieu, Schlemmer, Benoît, Vincent, François   +19 more
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Prognostic Accuracy of the qSOFA Score for In-Hospital Mortality in Elderly Patients with Obstructive Acute Pyelonephritis: A Multi-Institutional Study

Diagnostics, 2021
Prognostic accuracy of the quick sequential organ failure assessment (qSOFA) score for mortality may be limited in elderly patients. Using our multi-institutional database, we classified obstructive acute pyelonephritis (OAPN) patients into young and ...
Yudai Ishikawa, Hiroshi Fukushima, Hajime Tanaka, Soichiro Yoshida, Minato Yokoyama, Yoh Matsuoka, Yasuyuki Sakai, Yukihiro Otsuka, Ryoji Takazawa, Masataka Yano, Tetsuro Tsukamoto, Tetsuo Okuno, Akira Noro, Katsushi Nagahama, Shigeyoshi Kamata, Yasuhisa Fujii   +15 more
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