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An autopsy study of maternal mortality in Mozambique: the contribution of infectious diseases. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
BACKGROUND: Maternal mortality is a major health problem concentrated in resource-poor regions. Accurate data on its causes using rigorous methods is lacking, but is essential to guide policy-makers and health professionals to reduce this intolerable ...
Llorenç Quintó   +41 more
core   +1 more source

Changes in child suicide rates and characteristics during the COVID-19 pandemic in England

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation in Neonates: A 10-Year Overview and Predictive Model

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association between baseline pulse pressure and hospital mortality in non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage patients: a retrospective cohort study

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relationship between End-Tidal CO2 (ETCO2) and Lactate and their Role in Predicting Hospital Mortality in Critically Ill Trauma Patients; A Cohort Study [PDF]

open access: yesBulletin 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
doaj   +1 more source

Bowel Perforation Secondary to Illegally Induced Abortion: a Tertiary Hospital Experience in Tanzania. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Bowel perforation though rarely reported is a serious complication of induced abortion, which is often performed illegally by persons without any medical training in developing countries.
Gilyoma Japhet M   +20 more
core   +1 more source

The impact of each action in the Surviving Sepsis Campaign measures on hospital mortality of patients with severe sepsis/septic shock [PDF]

open access: yesEinstein (São Paulo), 2008
Objective: To assess the impact of each measure in the six and 24-hour bundles of a Managed Care Program in the care of a cohort of hospitalized severe sepsis / septic shock patients.
Alexandre Gonçalves de Sousa   +7 more
doaj  

Clinical risk factors for in-hospital mortality in older adults with HIV infection: findings from a South African hospital administrative dataset

open access: yesThe Pan African Medical Journal, 2017
INTRODUCTION: the proportion of older South African adults (aged = 50 years old) with HIV infection requiring hospitalization is likely to increase in the near future.
Kumeren Govender   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

New‐onset atrial fibrillation in critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19)

open access: yesJournal of Arrhythmia, 2021
Background Mortality in critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is high, therefore, it is essential to evaluate the independent effect of new‐onset atrial fibrillation (NOAF) on mortality in patients with COVID‐19.
Bişar Ergün   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thirty-day postoperative mortality after colorectal cancer surgery in England. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
OBJECTIVES: To assess the variation in risk-adjusted 30-day postoperative mortality for patients with colorectal cancer between hospital trusts within the English NHS.
Quirke, Philip   +15 more
core   +1 more source

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