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Accuracy of emergency department triage using the Emergency Severity Index and independent predictors of under-triage and over-triage in Brazil: a retrospective cohort analysis

open access: yesInternational Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2018
BackgroundEmergency department (ED) triage is performed to prioritize care for patients with critical and time-sensitive illness. Triage errors create opportunity for increased morbidity and mortality.
J. Hinson   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Predictors of course and outcome in hypochondriasis after cognitive-behavioral treatment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Background. Predictors of treatment outcome were evaluated in a clinical sample suffering from hypochondriasis. Methods: The sample consisted of 96 patients with hypochondriacal disorder according to DSM-IV or high syndrome scores on the Illness Attitude
Fichter, Manfred M.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Illness perceptions and stress: mediators between disease severity and psychological well-being and quality of life among patients with Crohn’s disease

open access: yesPatient Preference and Adherence, 2016
Background Disease severity, illness perceptions, coping strategies, stress, psychological well-being, and quality of life were reported to have close relationships.
Maochen Zhang   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Identifying which septic patients have increased mortality risk using severity scores:a cohort study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background: Early aggressive therapy can reduce the mortality associated with severe sepsis but this relies on prompt recognition, which is hindered by variation among published severity criteria. Our aim was to test the performance of different severity
Davey, Peter G   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Co-Infection with Marek’s Disease Virus and Reticuloendotheliosis Virus Increases Illness Severity and Reduces Marek’s Disease Vaccine Efficacy

open access: yesViruses, 2017
Marek’s disease virus (MDV) and reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV) cause Marek’s disease (MD) and reticuloendotheliosis (RE), respectively. Co-infection with MDV and REV is common in chickens, causing serious losses to the poultry industry.
Guo-rong Sun   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Features of the structural-geometric parameters of the heart changes in men with overweight and obesity depending on the functional class of chronic heart failure

open access: yesZaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnal, 2016
Despite advances made in treatment over recent years, chronic heart failure (CHF) remains a pathological condition with poor prognosis. Epidemiological and clinical studies have shown that the main pathogenesis of CHF is the structural and geometrical ...
P. P. Bidzilya
doaj   +1 more source

Fragmentation in Mental Health Benefits and Services: A Preliminary Examination into Consumption and Outcomes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In this chapter, we examine consumption patterns and health outcomes within a health insurance system in which mental health benefits are administered under a carved-out insurance plan.
Grossman, Daniel   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The Inter-Rater Reliability of Simplified Acute Physiology Score 3 (SAPS3) among Intensive Care Unit Nurses [PDF]

open access: yesKorean Journal of Critical Care Medicine
Background: Simplified acute physiology score 3 (SAPS3) was developed in 2005 to evaluate intensive care unit (ICU) performance and to predict patient mortality or disease severity.
Jun Hyun Kim   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

All Patient Refined-Diagnosis Related Groups’ (APR-DRGs) Severity of Illness and Risk of Mortality as predictors of in-hospital mortality

open access: yesJournal of medical systems, 2022
J. Santos   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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