A scale for assessing the severity of diseases and adverse drug reactions: Application to drug benefit and risk [PDF]
Physicians were interviewed to assess their willingness to risk adverse drug reactions among patients. These untoward reactions were ranked according to severity and weighted against the primary illness being treated. A specially designed questionnaire
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Water recreation and illness severity [PDF]
The health endpoint of prior studies of water recreation has been the occurrence of gastrointestinal (GI) illness. This dichotomous measure fails to take into account the range of symptom severity among those with GI illness, and those who develop GI symptoms but who do not satisfy the definition of GI illness. Data from two US cohort studies were used
Stephanie DeFlorio-Barker +3 more
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Colonization by S. Aureusincreases the EASI and the number of appointments by patients with atopic dermatitis: cohort with 93 patients [PDF]
BACKGROUND:Atopic dermatitis leads to epidermal barrier dysfunction and bacteria colonization. The relationship of the last factor with the severity of the disease and the frequency of exacerbation is not fully known.OBJECTIVES:Verify the severity of the
Caroline Lipnharski +4 more
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Severity of Illness Confusion [PDF]
To the Editor:I’d like to thank Drs. Tasker and Randolph (1) for a thoughtful and occasionally provocative commentary on the article published in a recent issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pollack et al (2).
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The Relationship between Severity of Premenstrual Syndrome and Psychiatric Symptoms. [PDF]
Premenstrual syndrome is a common disorder experienced by up to 50% of women during reproductive age. The prevalence of severe form of PMS (PMDD) is 3% to 8 %. Psychiatric disorders in PMS patients have resulted in significant morbidity and in some cases
Reihane Firoozi +3 more
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Assessing the Utility of Oxygen Desaturation Index as a Diagnostic Tool for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
Introduction: Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) is a common yet underdiagnosed condition with serious medical consequences if not recognised early. Despite its limitations, the Apnoea-Hypopnoea Index (AHI) remains the most studied parameter for assessing ...
Arularasu Paari Thamilan +5 more
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The relationship among the health-related quality of life, illness severity, personality and psychiatric symptoms in patients with psoriasis: an empirical investigation [PDF]
Background: Psoriasis is a complex and chronic inflammatory skin disorder. The mechanisms underlying this immune-mediated disease are not clear, but some evidence indicates that specific personality features and symptom patterns may play an important ...
Annalisa Tanzilli +7 more
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Severity of Illness Online [PDF]
The Societe Francaise d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation have provided an extremely useful online severity-of-illness calculator, for critically ill and preoperative patients. The site presents about 40 scoring systems in two groups, adult and pediatric, which are subdivided into general and specialized scores.
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Recent studies related to insight, explanatory models (EMs) of illness and their relationship to outcome of psychosis are reviewed. The traditional argument that insight predicts outcome in psychosis is not supported by recent longitudinal data, which ...
K. Jacob
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Introduction: Fournier’s gangrene (FG) is a life-threatening disease, even with early diagnosis and administration of vigorous treatment, its mortality rate is high.
Anahita Ansari Djafari +8 more
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