Inflammation-Based Scores as a Common Tool for Prognostic Assessment in Heart Failure or Cancer
Background: Inflammation-based scores are widely tested in cancer and have been evaluated in cardiovascular diseases including heart failure.Objectives: We investigated the impact of established inflammation-based scores on disease severity and survival ...
Henrike Arfsten +15 more
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Use of propensity score and prognostic score in pharmacoepidemiology
Les études observationnelles en pharmacoépidémiologie sont souvent mises en place pour évaluer un médicament mis sur le marché récemment ou concurrencé par de nombreuses alternatives thérapeutiques. Cette situation conduit à devoir évaluer l'effet d'un médicament dans une cohorte comprenant peu de sujets traités, c'est à dire une population où l ...
Hajage, David
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Determination of Pericardial Adipose Tissue Increases the Prognostic Accuracy of Coronary Artery Calcification for Future Cardiovascular Events [PDF]
Objectives: Pericardial adipose tissue (PAT) is associated with coronary artery plaque accumulation and the incidence of coronary heart disease. We evaluated the possible incremental prognostic value of PAT for future cardiovascular events.
Ziegler, Franz von +11 more
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Small bowel obstruction: a prognostic score index for surgery – a review
Bowel obstruction is an important cause of morbidity and mortality, accounting for nearly 30,000 deaths and more than $3 billion per year in direct medical costs. Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is caused mainly by postoperative adhesions.
Irene Fiume, Danilo Coco, Silvana Leanza
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BackgroundSeveral serum cytokines have been proposed as biomarkers for predicting the outcomes of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) receiving tyrosine kinase inhibitors. However, their role in atezolizumab plus bevacizumab (AB) treatment needs
Hee Sun Cho +22 more
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The relationship between the insulin-like growth factor-1 axis, weight loss, an inflammation-based score and survival in patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer [PDF]
<b>Background & aims:</b> The involvement of a systemic inflammatory response, as evidenced by the Glasgow Prognostic Score (GPS), is associated with weight loss and poor outcome in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
Meek, C.L. +3 more
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Introducing MCC-PS: a novel prognostic score for Merkel cell carcinoma
IntroductionMerkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an aggressive skin cancer with a poor prognosis, which only improved with the introduction of immunotherapies. An MCC prediction model with high diagnostic accuracy is lacking.
Nessr Abu Rached +10 more
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Predicting outcome after traumatic brain injury: development and international validation of prognostic scores based on admission characteristics. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability. A reliable prediction of outcome on admission is of great clinical relevance.
Maas, Andrew I R +65 more
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Background: Congenital gastrointestinal anomalies (CGIAs) are the third most common congenital malformation globally, with a mortality rate reaching 39.8% in developing countries.
Filla Reviyani Suryaningrat +7 more
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Risk of Seven-Day Worsening and Death: A New Clinically Derived COVID-19 Score
This monocentric, retrospective, two-stage observational study aimed to recognize the risk factors for a poor outcome in patients hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection, and to develop and validate a risk score that identifies subjects at risk of ...
Alessia Cruciata +8 more
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