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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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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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Hospital variations during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in a referral hospital in a low-to-middle-income country: a large single-center cohort study

Revista Ciencias Biomédicas, 2022
Introduction: to date, few studies reported peak variations in COVID-19 infection in low-and middle-income countries. We aimed to explore the potential reasons for epidemiological changes with time.
Carmelo Dueñas-Castell, Wilfrido Coronell, Diana Borré-Naranjo, Amilkar Almanza, Leydis Lora Lián, Rafael Navarro, Jose Rojas-Suarez   +6 more
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Antidepressants in pregnancy: applying causal epidemiological methods to understand service-use outcomes in women and long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in exposed children

Health Technology Assessment, 2023
Background Antidepressants are commonly prescribed during pregnancy, despite a lack of evidence from randomised trials on the benefits or risks.
Heuvelman Hein, Davies Neil M, Ben-Shlomo Yoav, Emond Alan, Evans Jonathan, Gunnell David, Liebling Rachel, Morris Richard, Payne Rupert, Storey Claire, Viner Maria, Rai Dheeraj   +11 more
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Performance of the combined models of Pediatric Risk of Admission scores I and II, and C-reactive protein for prediction of hospitalization in febrile children who visited the emergency department [PDF]

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal, 2019
Purpose To study the performance of the combined models of Pediatric Risk of Admission (PRISA) scores I and II and C-reactive protein (CRP) for prediction of hospitalization in febrile children who visited the emergency department.
Jin Seok Jeong, Taeyun Kim, Dong Hoon Kim, Chang Woo Kang, Soo Hoon Lee, Jin Hee Jeong, Sang Bong Lee   +6 more
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Outcomes of critically ill patients according to the perception of intensivists on the appropriateness of intensive care unit admission [PDF]

Acute and Critical Care, 2021
Background It is important for intensivists to determine which patient may benefit from intensive care unit (ICU) admission. We aimed to assess the outcomes of patients perceived as non-beneficially or beneficially admitted to the ICU and evaluate ...
Youjin Chang, Kyoung Ran Kim, Jin Won Huh, Sang-Bum Hong, Younsuck Koh, Chae-Man Lim   +5 more
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Caregiving in a tertiary health institution in North Central Nigeria: Support types and financial burden

Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2023
Background: Caregivers play an important role in informal patient management. Identification of the support types and the financial challenges faced by caregivers will provide information on strategies to ease this burden.
Oluwatosin Wuraola Akande, Mojirola Martina Fasiku, Oladimeji Akeem Bolarinwa, Tanimola Makanjuola Akande   +3 more
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Optimal nutritional status assessment parameters in gastroenterological patients on hospital admission [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2007
Background/Aim. There are no recommendations for the optimal nutritional status assessment parameters (NSAPs) in the current literature. The aim of this study was to define the optimal NSAPs for nutritional status assessing in gastroenterological ...
Roganović Branka, Perić Saša, Tarabar Dino   +2 more
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Regression forecasting of patient admission data [PDF]

2008 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008
Forecasting is an important aid in many areas of hospital management, including elective surgery scheduling, bed management, and staff resourcing. This paper describes our work in analyzing patient admission data and forecasting this data using regression techniques.
Boyle, Justin, Wallis, Marianne, Jessup, Melanie, Crilly, Julia, Lind, James, Miller, Peter, Fitzgerald, Gerard   +6 more
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Disease patterns and clinical outcomes of medical admissions at a tertiary hospital in Northern Tanzania: A retrospective observational study

Health Science Reports, 2023
Background and Aims The burden of noncommunicable diseases is increasing in developing countries and in settings with an existing communicable burden.
Abid M. Sadiq, Rosalia E. Njau, Kajiru G. Kilonzo   +2 more
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