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Hospital standardized mortality ratios [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2008
We do not agree with Kaveh Shojania and Alan Forster's assessment of the value of reporting hospital standardized mortality ratios.[1][1] Our view is that the public reporting of hospital standardized mortality ratios in Canada provides a useful and much needed focus on the quality of health care.
Greg, Webster, Eugene, Wen
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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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THE MORTALITY OF LYING-IN HOSPITALS. [PDF]

The Lancet, 1878
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Mortality after the Hospitalization of a Spouse [PDF]

New England Journal of Medicine, 2006
The illness of a spouse can affect the health of a caregiving partner. We examined the association between the hospitalization of a spouse and a partner's risk of death among elderly people.We studied 518,240 couples who were enrolled in Medicare in 1993.
Nicholas A, Christakis, Paul D, Allison
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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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Mortality in an ICU of a tertiary hospital [PDF]

Intensive Care Medicine Experimental, 2015
Evaluation of mortality showed that in many ICU mortality in critically ill patients may range from 6.4% to 40% despite best care provided [1, 2]. This variability is considerable and persistent even after adjustment based on the characteristics of the patient on admission [3–8].
Neto Real, AM, Araújo, A, Coelho, I, Lopes, N, Lima Pereiro, T, Abu-Hazim, M, Pessoa, L, Catorze, N   +7 more
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Effect of case management on neonatal mortality due to sepsis and pneumonia. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Each year almost one million newborns die from infections, mostly in low-income countries. Timely case management would save many lives but the relative mortality effect of varying strategies is unknown.
Bhutta Zulfiqar A, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Zaidi, Anita K. M., Ganatra, Hammad A, Ganatra Hammad A, Lawn, Joy E, Lawn, Joy E., Lawn Joy E, Joy E Lawn, Cousens Simon, Syed, Sana, Robert Black, Simon Cousens, Zaidi Anita K M, Lee, Anne CC, Black, Robert, Lee Anne CC, Ganatra, Hammad A., Cousens, Simon, Sana Syed, Zaidi, Anita KM, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Hammad A Ganatra, Black Robert, Anita K M Zaidi, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A., Anne CC Lee, Lee, Anne C. C., Syed Sana   +28 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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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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Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality in Stroke Patients [PDF]

PLOS Global Public Health, 2022
Abstract Background: In-hospital mortality is a good indicator to assess the efficacy of stroke care. Identifying the predictors of in-hospital mortality is important to advance the stroke outcome and plan the future strategies of stroke management.
Vindya Shalini Ranasinghe, Manoji Pathirage, Indika Bandara Gawarammana   +2 more
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