Mental capacity, insight, and severity of illness in psychiatric in-patients: A prospective study [PDF]
Indian Journal of PsychiatryBackground: Capacity is a dynamic, task-specific, time-specific clinical construct that may be impaired either temporarily or permanently due to the medical or psychiatric illness, necessitating varying degrees of support from caregivers.
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Severity of illness and risk of mortality in Mayo Clinic’s virtual hybrid advanced care at home program: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2023 Background In July 2020, Mayo Clinic launched Advanced Care at Home (ACH), a high-acuity virtual hybrid hospital-at-home model (HaH) of care at Mayo Clinic Florida and Northwest Wisconsin, an urban destination medical center and a rural community ...
Margaret R. Paulson +8 more
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Passive smoking, as measured by hair nicotine, and severity of acute lower respiratory illnesses among children [PDF]
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2002 The aim of this study was to describe the association between passive smoking and the severity of acute lower respiratory illnesses (ALRI) among 351 children aged 3-27 months admitted to hospital. A total of 297 children provided hair samples, which were
WK Al-Delaimy, J Crane, A Woodward
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Evaluation of Severity of Illness Scores in the Pediatric ECMO Population [PDF]
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021 Though commonly used for adjustment of risk, severity of illness and mortality risk prediction scores, based on the first 24 h of intensive care unit (ICU) admission, have not been validated in the pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO ...
Venessa L. Pinto +5 more
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The acute-to-chronic glycemic ratio correlates with the severity of illness at admission in patients with diabetes experiencing acute ischemic stroke [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 Acute hyperglycemia is a powerful indicator of the severity of acute ischemic stroke (AIS); however, the relationship between these two factors is not very clear in patients with diabetes.
Chao Liu +5 more
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THE ACCEPTANCE OF CHANGES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE PANCREATITIS AFTER THE REVISED ATLANTA CLASSIFICATION [PDF]
Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2021 BACKGROUND: New recommendations for the management of patients with acute pancreatitis were set after the Atlanta Classification was revised in 2012. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present systematic review is to assess whether these recommendations have ...
José Roberto ALVES +3 more
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Evaluation of Nail Psoriasis: Delving into Some Useful Scores
Nepal Journal of Dermatology, Venereology & Leprology, 2023 Introduction: Several scoring systems have been established for nail psoriasis severity assessment. However, there is a lack of consensus on these tools.
Sudha Agrawal, Shikha Khare
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Biomedicines, 2022 Background: In idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), 6-minute walking distance (6MWD) is an independent factor for mortality. Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (IPPFE) is a rare disease with physical features such as emaciation, but the ...
Naofumi Sato +8 more
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Disease Prevalence, Parent’s Educational Needs, and Disease Management according to Severity of Respiratory Infections in Early Childhood [PDF]
Child Health Nursing Research, 2015 Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate disease prevalence, parent’s educational needs, and disease management according to severity of respiratory infections in early childhood.
Hye-Yul Han +3 more
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Factors associated with disease severity and length of stay in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Tabriz, Iran: A retrospective cohort study [PDF]
Journal of Research in Clinical Medicine, 2022 Introduction: The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread globally. Early and dynamic detection of prognostic factors is essential to improve the ability to treat COVID-19.
Elnaz Asghari +3 more
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