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Clinical Presentation and Long-Term Outcomes of Systemic Sclerosis Portuguese Patients from a Single Centre Cohort: A EUSTAR Registration Initiative

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2018
Introduction: Systemic sclerosis is a complex disorder that requires systematic screening. Our objective is to report the European Scleroderma Trials and Research group centre affiliation and its impact in our clinical practice. Material and Methods: The
Carolina Vidal, Carina Ruano, Vera Bernardino, Pedro Lavado Carreira, Ana Lladó, Maria Céu Santos, Heidi Gruner, António Panarra, Nuno Riso, Maria Francisca Moraes-Fontes   +9 more
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25-Hydroxy Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated With Cardiovascular Sequential Organ Failure Assessment and Pediatric Risk of Mortality III Scores in Critically Ill Children

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2020
Aim: Investigate 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH)D) levels and the correlation with cardiovascular sequential organ failure assessment (CV-SOFA) and pediatric risk of mortality III (PRISM-III) scores in critically ill children.Methods: This prospective ...
Hongxing Dang, Hongxing Dang, Hongxing Dang, Jing Li, Jing Li, Jing Li, Chengjun Liu, Chengjun Liu, Chengjun Liu, Feng Xu, Feng Xu, Feng Xu   +11 more
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Mortality predictors in community-acquired pneumonia [PDF]

, 2010
To determine mortality predictors among patients admitted for community-acquired pneumonia to themedicalwards of Ladoke Akintola University ofTeaching Hospital between Jan. 2003 andDec. 2005.
Tanimowo, M.O
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M127. BODY MASS INDEX IN THE MIDDLE-AGED OFFSPRING OF PARENTS WITH SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS [PDF]

Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2020
Abstract Background The prevalence of obesity is increasing public health problem with significant costs. Elevated risk for obesity is reported in patients with severe mental illness. People with obesity have an increased risk for a number of common medical conditions, including type 2 diabetes ...
Martta Kerkelä, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Maria Protsenko, Juha Veijola, Jouko Miettunen, Peter G. Jones, Juha Auvinen, Mika Gissler   +7 more
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Q fever outbreak in the terraced vineyards of Lavaux, Switzerland

New Microbes and New Infections, EarlyView., 2014
Abstract Coxiella burnetii infection (Q fever) is a widespread zoonosis with low endemicity in Switzerland, therefore no mandatory public report was required. A cluster of initially ten human cases of acute Q fever infections characterized by prolonged fever, asthenia and mild hepatitis occurred in 2012 in the terraced vineyard of Lavaux ...
C. Bellini, I. Magouras, C. Chapuis‐Taillard, O. Clerc, E. Masserey, G. Peduto, O. Péter, S. Schaerrer, G. Schuepbach, G. Greub   +9 more
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Can joint analysis of postoperative MELD, base excess and blood lactate levels be used as an index of postoperative outcome for patients submitted to liver transplantation? [PDF]

Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, 2013
PURPOSE: The objective of the present study was to evaluate the postoperative levels of classical or pure MELD and changes in lactate or base excess (BE) levels as possible predictive factors of the type of outcome of patients submitted to orthotopic ...
Nathalia Cardoso, Tiago Silva, Daniel Cagnolati, Thiago Freitas, Enio David Mente, Anibal Basile-Filho, Orlando Castro e Silva   +6 more
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Validation of the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index for risk stratification after acute pulmonary embolism in a cohort of patients in Brazil

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2019
Objective: To validate the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI), which was developed for risk stratification after acute pulmonary embolism (PE), for use in Brazil. Methods: This was a single-center retrospective study involving patients admitted to
Leonardo de Araujo Soriano, Talita Tavares Castro, Kelvin Vilalva, Marcos de Carvalho Borges, Antonio Pazin-Filho, Carlos Henrique Miranda   +5 more
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Survival in Patients Receiving Prolonged Ventilation: Factors that Influence Outcome [PDF]

, 2011
Background Prolonged mechanical ventilation is increasingly common. It is expensive and associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Our objective is to comprehensively characterize patients admitted to a Ventilator Rehabilitation Unit (VRU) for ...
Criner, Gerard J., Gaughan, John P., Kondapaneni, Shrikant, Mamary, A. James, Martin, Ubaldo J., Vance, Gwendolyn B.   +5 more
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Prognosis predictive value of the Oxford Acute Severity of Illness Score for sepsis: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Background The Oxford Acute Severity of Illness Score (OASIS) has shown fair prognosis predictive value in critically ill patients, but its predictive value has not been assessed in septic patients.
Qingui Chen, Lishan Zhang, Shanhui Ge, Wanmei He, Mian Zeng   +4 more
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Concealed index for concealed penis in prepubertal children [PDF]

Investigative and Clinical Urology, 2021
Purpose: The concealed penis (CP) is a congenital or acquired genital anomaly that requires surgical correction. To construct an objective CP severity index, we compared the penile parameters of a CP with a normal penis (NP) and postoperative outcomes of
Kobiljon Ergashev , Jae Min Chung , Sang Don Lee   +2 more
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