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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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Identifying which septic patients have increased mortality risk using severity scores: a cohort study [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Early aggressive therapy can reduce the mortality associated with severe sepsis but this relies on prompt recognition, which is hindered by variation among published severity criteria. Our aim was to test the performance of different severity
Marwick, Charis A; id_orcid, Evans, Josie, Peter G Davey, Pringle, Jan E C, Pringle, Jan Ec, Guthrie, Bruce, Josie MM Evans, McLeod, Shaun R, Shaun R McLeod, Marwick, Charis, Bruce Guthrie, Charis A Marwick, Davey, Peter G, Jan EC Pringle, Evans, Josie Mm   +14 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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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).
NOAH N., Noah, Norman, Orsi, Giovanni Battista, DI STEFANO L., Di Stefano, Lidia   +4 more
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How participation in surgical mortality audit impacts surgical practice

BMC Surgery, 2017
Background Surgical mortality audit is an important tool for quality assurance and professional development but little is known about the impact of such activity on professional practice at the individual surgeon level. This paper reports the findings of
Chi-Wai Lui, Frances M. Boyle, Arkadiusz Peter Wysocki, Peter Baker, Alisha D’Souza, Sonya Faint, Therese Rey-Conde, John B. North   +7 more
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The Prognostic Value of Serum Soluble TREM-1 on Outcome in Adult Patients with Sepsis

Diagnostics, 2021
Increased soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 1 (sTREM-1) levels have been reported in patients with sepsis. We tested the hypotheses that serum sTREM-1 levels increase in the early phase of sepsis and decrease after sepsis under ...
Chia-Te Kung, Chih-Min Su, Sheng-Yuan Hsiao, Fu-Cheng Chen, Yun-Ru Lai, Chih-Cheng Huang, Cheng-Hsien Lu   +6 more
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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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Comparison of Hospital Mortality, Length of Stay, Renal Recovery, and Needs for Hemodialysis in Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) Patients due to Septic and Non-septic, and Factors Affecting Patients’ Mortality

Jurnal Penyakit Dalam Indonesia, 2022
Introduction. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a major complication in critically ill patients that affects mortality. Sepsis is a major predisposing factor for AKI and provides a poor prognosis and high mortality rate.
Mochammad Jalalul Marzuki, Nursamsu, Achmad Rifai   +2 more
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The effects of designation and volume of neonatal care on mortality and morbidity outcomes of very preterm infants in England : retrospective population-based cohort study [PDF]

, 2014
Objective: To examine the effects of designation and volume of neonatal care at the hospital of birth on mortality and morbidity outcomes in very preterm infants in a managed clinical network setting.
Draper, E S, Petrou, Stavros, Marlow, N, Marlow, Neil, Arulampalam, Wiji, Morgan, A. S., W. Arulampalam (7661012), Modi, N., S. Santhakumaran (7682309), Draper, Elizabeth S., Draper, ES, Elizabeth S. Draper (7243004), Morgan, AS, Santhakumaran, S, S. Petrou (7627187), Petrou, S, A. S. Morgan (7661015), Neonatal Data Analysis Unit and the NESCOP Group (7682312), S. I. Watson (7661009), Modi, N, N. Modi (7625024), Watson, Samuel I., Arulampalam, W, N. Marlow (7608419), Santhakumaran, S., Watson, SI, Watson, S I, Morgan, A S   +27 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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