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Malnutrition screening tool and malnutrition universal screening tool as a predictors of prolonged hospital stay and hospital mortality: A cohort study.

Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 2023
BACKGROUND & AIMS Different nutrition screening tools have been proposed to screen inpatients, although, there is still no consensus regarding the reference method for identifying patients at nutritional risk.
Tainara Aloy dos Santos, V. Luft, G. Souza, Zilda de Albuquerque Santos, Ana Maria Keller Jochims, Jussara Carnevale de Almeida   +5 more
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Validation of the cumulative deficit theory in bariatric surgery: new bariatric frailty score is associated with non-home discharge, prolonged hospital stay and mortality in the era of fast-track bariatric surgery.

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 2022
BACKGROUND Frailty is a wasting disorder that can coexist with obesity, thus, the term "obese frailty syndrome". Frailty can be measured using the cumulative deficit model demonstrated in the Canadian Study of Health and Aging-Frailty Index (CSHA-FI ...
Raul Sebastian, O. Ghanem, Jorge Cornejo, Andrew Sparks, Christina Li, G. Adrales, Hien Nguyen, M. Schweitzer   +7 more
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Orofacial infection and influencing factors on prolonged hospital stay: A four year retrospective study of 207 cases

, 2021
Objective This study aim to analyse the prevalence, clinical pattern and management of orofacial Infection in Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim (HSAH), Kedah, Malaysia.
C. C. Yew, M. Ng, X. Ling, M. Tew
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Indicators of prolonged hospital stay in hyperemesis gravidarum

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2006
Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) occurs in 0.3% to 2% of all pregnancies and was found to be the second most common indication for admission in pregnant women who later gave birth to a live infant. The present study aimed to determine the ability of the main laboratory indicators of hyperemesis gravidarum severity to predict hospital stay at first ...
P C, Tan, R, Jacob, K F, Quek, S Z, Omar
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The risks of postoperative complications and prolonged hospital stay in children receiving bronchoscopy.

Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2020
BACKGROUND Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is a common problem among children that needs to be recognized and managed quickly. Our study aimed at comparing risk factors associated with adverse events in children receiving either flexible or rigid ...
Peng Li, Genqin Jiang, Qi Li
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Reduced Handgrip Strength in Hospital Admission Predicts Prolonged Hospital Stay and Death, but is not Accurate to Identify Malnutrition: A Longitudinal Study, Reduced handgrip strength in hospitalized patients.

JPEN - Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 2020
BACKGROUND Malnourished patients present impairment of functionality due to loss of strength associated with loss of muscle mass. However, the validity of handgrip strength (HGS) in identifying malnutrition and its association with clinical outcomes in ...
V. S. Chites, P. Teixeira, J. Lima, Carolina Oliveira Dos Santos, C. F. Burgel, T. G. Pereira, F. M. Silva   +6 more
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Prolonged Hospital Stay After Parathyroidectomy for Secondary Hyperparathyroidism

World Journal of Surgery, 2008
AbstractBackgroundProtracted hypocalcemia is the most common complication after parathyroidectomy for secondary hyperparathyroidism. Several parameters have been identified to predict the degree of postoperative hypocalcemia. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there were any factors associated with prolonged hospitalization in these ...
Shih-Ping, Cheng, Chien-Liang, Liu, Han-Hsiang, Chen, Jie-Jen, Lee, Tsang-Pai, Liu, Tsen-Long, Yang   +5 more
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Reasons for prolonged hospital stays following heart surgery

British Journal of Nursing, 1999
Improvements in cardiac surgery techniques and after care have resulted in a reduction in postoperative stay. Ten years ago the average length of stay following surgery was 13–15 days (Sanchez et al, 1994). Today it is more likely to be 4–7 days (Bernat, 1997).
C, Naughton, A, Prowroznyk, R, Feneck
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Factors predicting prolonged hospital stay for infants with bronchiolitis

Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2011
AbstractBACKGROUND:Prior prediction models for length of stay (LOS) in bronchiolitis have focused more on birth‐ and disease‐related risk factors than on early hospital course factors, particularly common clinical markers including respiratory status and caloric intake.OBJECTIVES:1) Study the associations of various clinical markers and LOS; and 2 ...
Michael C, Weisgerber, Patricia S, Lye, Shun-Hwa, Li, Deborah, Bakalarski, Rainer, Gedeit, Pippa, Simpson, Marc H, Gorelick   +6 more
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A Prospective Study of Delirium and Prolonged Hospital Stay

Archives of General Psychiatry, 1988
Using explicit criteria, delirium was diagnosed in 15% of a cohort of 133 hospitalized patients. Following each patient's discharge or death, the length of stay was compared with the diagnosis related group-predicted length of hospitalization. An analysis of stay variations disclosed that delirious patients exceeded their predicted stay by an average ...
R I, Thomas, D J, Cameron, M C, Fahs
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