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Delta neutrophil index as an early marker of disease severity in critically ill patients with sepsis [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2011
Abstract Background The immature granulocyte count has been reported to be a marker of infection and sepsis. The difference in leukocyte subfractions (delta neutrophil index, DNI) in ADVIA 2120 reflects the fraction of circulating immature granulocytes in the blood.
Young Ae Kang, Se Kyu Kim, Sang Kook Lee, Ji Ye Jung, Byung Hoon Park, Su Hwan Lee, Song Yee Kim, Joon Chang, Won Jai Jung, Young Sam Kim, Moo Suk Park   +10 more
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What are the determinants of quality of life in people with cervical dystonia? [PDF]

, 2002
Background: Little is known about the quality of life in patients with cervical dystonia, although pain and depression are relatively common. Objective: To test the hypothesis that an individual’s ability to cope with the disease will modify the ...
Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Camfield, Laura, Warner, Tom   +2 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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Criticality: A New Concept of Severity of Illness for Hospitalized Children.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2020
OBJECTIVES To validate the conceptual framework of "criticality," a new pediatric inpatient severity measure based on physiology, therapy, and therapeutic intensity calibrated to care intensity, operationalized as ICU care.
E. A. T. Rivera, Anita K. Patel, J. Chamberlain, T. Workman, J. Heneghan, Douglas F. Redd, H. Morizono, Dongkyu Kim, James E. Bost, M. Pollack   +9 more
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Post-traumatic stress symptoms in 223 childhood cancer survivors: incidence, severity and predictive risk factors [PDF]

, 2016
With modern therapies and supportive care, survival rates of childhood cancer have increased considerably. However, there are long-term psychological sequelae of these treatments that may not manifest until pediatric survivors are into adulthood.
Basso, Giuseppe, Bonichini, Sabrina, Pillon, Marta, Tremolada, Marta   +3 more
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Maternal anthropometric determinants as risk markers of suicidality and severity of illness in women with postnatal depression

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 2020
Context: Studies have shown nutrition to play a role in etiology of postnatal depression, but few risk markers have been developed for the same. Anthropometric determinants have not been sufficiently researched in relation to suicidality and severity of ...
A. Nayak, HB Nachane
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Deaths certified as asthma and use of medical services: A national case-control study [PDF]

, 2005
This is an open access publication. The official published version can be accessed from the link below.Background: Studies have linked asthma death to either increased or decreased use of medical services.
Anderson, H, Ayres, J, Bland, J, Butland, B, Harrison, B, on, b, Peckitt, C, Sturdy, P, Victor, C   +8 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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Incorporation of Biomarkers with the Renal Angina Index for Prediction of Severe AKI in Critically Ill Children [PDF]

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2014
Novel AKI biomarkers carry variable performance for prediction of AKI in patients with heterogeneous illness. Until utility is demonstrated in critically ill patients outside of the cardiopulmonary bypass population, AKI biomarkers are unlikely to gain widespread implementation. Operationalization of an AKI risk stratification methodology, termed renal
Yu Wang, Derek S. Wheeler, Hector R. Wong, Rajit K. Basu, Lakhmir S. Chawla, Stuart L. Goldstein, Stuart L. Goldstein   +6 more
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How are normal sleeping controls selected? A systematic review of cross-sectional insomnia studies, and a standardised method to select healthy controls for sleep research [PDF]

, 2008
There appears to be some inconsistency in how normal sleepers (controls) are selected and screened for participation in research studies for comparison with insomnia patients.
Louise Beattie, Colin A. Espie, Simon D. Kyle, Stephany M. Biello, Luyster, Edinger, Heffner, American Sleep Disorders Association, Buysse, Bastien, Ong, Bower, Ree, Barclay, Jones, Horne, Archer, Goel, Taillard, Phipps-Nelson, Carney, Vandewalle, Yoo, Ferguson, Buysse, Dahlgren, Carney, Buysse, Espie, Espie, Lund, Yiend, Espie, Harvey, Harvey, Kyle, Ellis, Ohayon, Barclay, Monk, Barclay, Monk, Wittmann, Roenneberg, Spiegel, Kyle, Lineberger, Wilson, Doghamji, Douglass, Baumann, Espie, Buysse, Meerlo, Kripke, Vgontzas, Kaplan, Van Dongen, Monk, Drake   +59 more
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