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Gait Speed at Discharge and Risk for Readmission or Death: A Prospective Study of an Emergency Ward Population

Open Access Emergency Medicine, 2020
Daniel Hertzberg,1,2 Yauheni Luksha,3,* Ismail Kus,3,* Parto Eslampia,3 John W Pickering,4 Martin J Holzmann1,3 1Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden; 2Department of Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, Karolinska
Hertzberg D, Luksha Y, Kus I, Eslampia P, Pickering JW, Holzmann MJ   +5 more
doaj  

Cheek tooth extraction in geriatric versus non‐geriatric horses

Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Age‐related dental changes are major contributors to dental disorders in older horses, and cheek tooth extractions are often required to maintain masticatory function and oral comfort. However, limited information is available on clinical and treatment characteristics in this older patient population.
Elias Mair, Omid Nekouei, Patricia Trummer‐Schug, Rhea Haralambus, Nora Mareike Biermann   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient Information and Surgery Decisions: A Discrete Choice Experiment

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Surgical treatments are offered more widely than ever before, increasingly to older and high‐risk patients. However, it is unclear whether patients making surgical decisions are fully informed about the risks of surgery and the available non‐surgical treatments.
Francesca Cornaglia, Alessandro Iaria, Eugenio Felipe Merlano, John R. Prowle   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predictors of and hospital-level variation in intensive care unit readmissions in Japan: a nationwide inpatient database study

Journal of Intensive Care
Background Intensive care unit (ICU) readmission is a widely recognized marker of patient outcomes and organizational performance. Early ICU readmission—commonly defined as a return to the ICU within 48 h or 2 full calendar days—has been posited as a ...
Hiroyuki Ohbe, Yusuke Sasabuchi, Yuya Kimura, Hiroki Matsui, Kiyohide Fushimi, Hideo Yasunaga, Daisuke Kudo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patient Readmission Rates For All Insurance Types After Implementation Of The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program. [PDF]

Health Aff (Millwood), 2019
Ferro EG, Secemsky EA, Wadhera RK, Choi E, Strom JB, Wasfy JH, Wang Y, Shen C, Yeh RW.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Case‐Mix Adjustment of Multidimensional Patient‐Reported Outcomes to Assess Hospital Performance

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Multidimensional patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) are increasingly used to compare the performance of health care providers. Meaningful comparisons require the data to be adjusted for differences in case‐mix. The common approach in the literature is to aggregate PROM data into univariate summary scores prior to case‐mix adjustment. In
Nils Gutacker, Yuanyuan Gu
wiley   +1 more source

What Can Providers' Motivations Tell Us About Healthcare Quality?

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agency theory suggests that variation in providers' quality of care may be explained by their heterogeneous motivations. We provide novel empirical evidence on the links between different sources of provider motivation and quality of care by combining a unique 4‐year survey dataset on Danish general practitioners' motivations with quality ...
Lucy Margaret Poole, Line Bjørnskov Pedersen, Anne Sophie Oxholm   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Congestion, decongestion, renal function and diuretics in (ESC) heart failure

ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 730-732, April 2025.
Jan Biegus, Piort Gajewski, Piotr Ponikowski   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Associations Between Preexisting Depression and Anxiety and Postoperative Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries Undergoing Head and Neck Cancer Surgery

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Depression and anxiety are common in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC), but their impacts on postoperative outcomes after major HNC surgery are not well defined. We evaluated whether preexisting, clinically diagnosed depression or anxiety independently predicted short‐term postoperative outcomes among adults undergoing HNC ...
Xiaodan Hu, Daniel Gilmore, Ericka L. Erickson, Catherine T. Haring, Kyle VanKoevering, Nolan B. Seim, Stephen Y. Kang, James W. Rocco, Ann Scheck McAlearney, Lauren E. Miller   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Swallowing‐Related Quality of Life After Carotid Body Tumor Resection: A Longitudinal Trajectory Analysis

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To identify longitudinal swallowing‐related QoL trajectories after carotid body tumor (CBT) resection and explore associated characteristics. Methods A prospective study assessed swallowing‐related QoL using the MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory at nine timepoints from preoperation to 12 months postdischarge.
Pan Chen, Qiao‐Dan Lu, He‐Jing Liang, Ming‐Hua Guo, Jia‐Pin Chen, Chun‐Xu Yang, Guang‐Chao Gu, Lei Wang, Yue‐Hong Zheng   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source