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Hyperparathyroidism Presenting as Acute Pancreatitis: Case Report of Mortality [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Acute pancreatitis may be caused by a myriad of factors, hypercalcemia secondary to hyperparathyroidism, albeit is a rare cause of acute pancreatitis but not unheard of.
Gillani, M. M. (Muhammad), Raza, V. F. (Vishal)   +1 more
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The influence of the day of the week of hospital admission on the prognosis of stroke patients [PDF]

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2013
This study aimed to evaluate the weekday and weekend distribution of stroke case hospital admissions and their respective prognosis based on a sample from the Estudo de Mortalidade e Morbidade do Acidente Vascular Cerebral (EMMA), a cohort of stroke ...
Juliana B. Barros, Alessandra Carvalho Goulart, Airlane P. Alencar, Paulo A. Lotufo, Isabela M. Bensenor   +4 more
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Admission and Readmission/Death Patterns in Hospitalized and Non-hospitalized First-Ever-in-a-Lifetime Stroke Patients During the First Year: A Population-Based Incidence Study

Frontiers in Neurology, 2021
Background: Hospitalization and readmission rates after a first-ever-in-a-lifetime stroke (FELS) are considered measures of quality of care and, importantly, may give valuable information to better allocate health-related resources.
Pedro Abreu, Pedro Abreu, Rui Magalhães, Diana Baptista, Elsa Azevedo, Elsa Azevedo, Manuel Correia, Manuel Correia   +7 more
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Agreement between admission and discharge diagnoses: Analysis by the groups of international classification of diseases, 10th revision [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2016
Background/Aim. Admission diagnosis represents the diagnosis of an illness, injury or condition due to which a patient is referred to hospital to be admitted.
Mihailović Nataša, Trajković Goran, Simić-Vukomanović Ivana, Ristić Svetlana, Kocić Sanja   +4 more
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Cardiac injury on admission linked to worse outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2022
Background/Aim. The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS Cov-2) has triggered a pandemic that causes a disease with complex clinical manifestations (coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19).
Zhou Yiwu, Lv Lin, Yao Rong
doaj   +1 more source

Relation between hemoconcentration status and readmission plus mortality rate among Iranian individuals with decompensated heart failure

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2020
Background: Hemoconcentration (HC) has been suggested to be a useful biomarker for determination of optimum diuretic therapy in acute heart failure (HF), but role of this factor in rehospitalization and death was still controversial.
Ashkan Yadollahi Farsani, Mehrbod Vakhshoori, Asieh Mansouri, Maryam Heidarpour, Farnoosh Nikouei, Mohammad Garakyaraghi, Nizal Sarrafzadegan, Davood Shafie   +7 more
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Correlations of Weather and Time Variables with Visits of Trauma Patients at a Regional Trauma Center in Korea [PDF]

Journal of Trauma and Injury, 2020
Purpose Trauma incidence and hospitalizations of trauma patients are generally believed to be affected by season and weather. The objective of this study was to explore possible associations of the hospitalization rate of trauma patients with weather and
Hyuk Jin Choi, Jae Hoon Jang, Il Jae Wang, Mahnjeong Ha, Seunghan Yu, Jung Hwan Lee, Byung Chul Kim   +6 more
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Hand Trauma in Emergency Department Management in Older Adults ≥ 80 Years Old: A Twenty-Year Retrospective Analysis

Geriatrics, 2023
The prevalence of hand injuries increases with age, with elderly patients being more prone to hand lesions due to a combination of factors, such as reduced bone density and muscle strength, impaired sensation, and cognitive impairment.
Camillo Fulchignoni, Marcello Covino, Silvia Pietramala, Ivo Lopez, Gianfranco Merendi, Andrea De Matthaeis, Francesco Franceschi, Giulio Maccauro, Lorenzo Rocchi   +8 more
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Costs Associated with Malaria in Pregnancy in the Brazilian Amazon, a Low Endemic Area Where Plasmodium vivax Predominates. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Information on costs associated with malaria in pregnancy (MiP) in low transmission areas where Plasmodium vivax predominates is so far missing. This study estimates health system and patient costs of MiP in the Brazilian Amazon.
Bardají, A, Bôtto-Menezes, C, Dos Santos Campos, G, Fernandes, S, Hanson, K, Martínez-Espinosa, FE, Menéndez, C, Sicuri, E   +7 more
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A simple tool to predict admission at the time of triage [PDF]

, 2014
Aim To create and validate a simple clinical score to estimate the probability of admission at the time of triage. Methods This was a multicentre, retrospective, cross-sectional study of triage records for all unscheduled adult attendances in North ...
Cameron, Allan, Ireland, Alastair, Jamdar, Ravi, McKay, Gerard A., Rodgers, Kenneth   +4 more
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