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Time-to-birth prediction models and the influence of expert opinions [PDF]

, 2019
Preterm birth is the leading cause of death among children under five years old. The pathophysiology and etiology of preterm labor are not yet fully understood.
A García-Blanco, BW Alleman, DA Silva De, E Celik, G Vandewiele, GJ Baaren Van, H Tan, H Watson, I Tekesin, J Beta, JM Schaaf, L Liu, LJ Meertens, M Allouche, M Mailath-Pokorny, M To, N Melamed, N Sananes, P Tsiartas, R Menon   +19 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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Uncertainty as a Key Influence in the Decision To Admit Patients with Transient Ischemic Attack [PDF]

, 2018
Background Patients with transient ischemic attacks (TIA) are at high risk of subsequent vascular events. Hospitalization improves quality of care, yet admission rates for TIA patients vary considerably.
Arling, Gregory W., Bravata, Dawn M., Cheng, Eric M., Damush, Teresa M., Ferguson, Jared B., Homoya, Barbara J., Miech, Edward J., Myers, Laura J., Phipps, Michael S., Sico, Jason J.   +9 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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Hospitalizations among HIV controllers and persons with medically controlled HIV in the U.S. Military HIV Natural History Study

Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2016
Introduction HIV controllers (HICs) experience relatively low‐level viraemia and CD4 preservation without antiretroviral therapy (ART), but also immune activation that may predispose to adverse clinical events such as cardiovascular disease and ...
Trevor A Crowell, Anuradha Ganesan, Stephen A Berry, Robert G Deiss, Brian K Agan, Jason F Okulicz, for the Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program (IDCRP) HIV Working Group   +6 more
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Universal screening for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus : interim results from the NHS Scotland pathfinder project [PDF]

, 2009
Following recommendations from a Health Technology Assessment (HTA), a prospective cohort study of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) screening of all admissions (N = 29 690) to six acute hospitals in three regions in Scotland indicated ...
Allardice, G., Christie, P., Gould, I.M., Masterton, R., Reilly, J.S., Scottish Government Health Directorate (Funder), Smith, A., Stewart, S., Williams, C.   +8 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.
Justin, Boyle, Marianne, Wallis, Melanie, Jessup, Julia, Crilly, James, Lind, Peter, Miller, Gerard, Fitzgerald   +6 more
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Estimated Financial Impacts of Inaccurate Obese Patient Data Recorded by the Western Australian Country Health Service

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 2021
Kim McClean, Martyn Cross, Sue Reed School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, AustraliaCorrespondence: Kim McClean Email k.mcclean@ecu.edu.auPurpose: Pressure on Australia’s healthcare system is ...
McClean K, Cross M, Reed S
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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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Appropriateness of emergency admission of cancer patients admission

Journal of Medicine and Life Science, 2012
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the appropriateness of emergency admission of cancer patients and to make a policy of emergency department for diagnosing and treating of cancer patients.This study was undertaken of all cancer patients who visited during period from Jan. 1. 2007 to Dec. 31. 2008.
Young-Joon Kang, Jung-Sik Huh
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