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Mortality and morbidity related to hepatitis C virus infection in hospitalized adults-A propensity score matched analysis.

The World Health Organization (WHO) aims to reduce HCV mortality, but estimates are difficult to obtain. We aimed to identify electronic health records of individuals with HCV infection, and assess mortality and morbidity. We applied electronic phenotyping strategies on routinely collected data from patients hospitalized at a tertiary referral hospital in Switzerland between 2009 and 2017. Individuals with HCV infection were identified using International Classification of Disease (ICD)-10 codes, prescribed medications and laboratory results (antibody, PCR, antigen or genotype test). Controls

Protocols Of Treatment Of Meningitis In Medical Department: Are There Any?

BACKGROUND: Meningitis, whether viral or bacterial is associated with high mortality rate and risk of severe lifelong disability. Early anti … Hospital Abbottabad from March 2018-March 2019 in which data was retrospectively collected from the hospital records of all patients with suspected meningitis admitted in Medical Ward. SPSS version 20.0 was used for data analysis. RESULTS: Out of 41 patients in the study 19 (51.74%) were male. Viral encephalitis accounted for 23 (56.1%) tuberculous meningitis for …

Factors associated with high hospital resource use in a population-based study of children with orofacial clefts.

BACKGROUND: Little is known about population-based maternal, child, and system characteristics associated with high hospital resource use for children with orofacial clefts (OFC) in the US. METHODS: This was a statewide, population-based, retrospective observational study of children with OFC born between 1998 and 2006, identified by the Florida Birth Defects Registry whose records were linked with longitudinal hospital discharge records. We stratified the descriptive results by cleft type [cleft lip with cleft palate, cleft lip, and cleft palate] and by isolated versus nonisolated OFC (accom

A retrospective review of stillbirths at the national hospital in Timor-Leste.

BACKGROUND: Timor-Leste has high maternal and infant mortality rates. Estimates of stillbirths are unreliable and limited by poor collection of vital health statistics. Lack of accurate data impedes the development of interventions to address local determinants of stillbirth. AIMS: This study aimed to identify the rate, timing and causes of stillbirths at National Hospital Guido Valadares in Dili, Timor-Leste, between November 2009 and December 2010, during which data were available. METHODS: Hospital birth registry and maternal records were retrospectively reviewed to identify stillbirths d

Discharge diagnosis and comorbidity profile in hospitalized older patients with dementia.

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate the principal discharge diagnosis and related comorbidity in hospitalized older patients affected by dementia. METHODS: Data from 51,838 consecutive computerized discharge records of the St. Anna University Hospital (Ferrara, Italy) were analyzed. Records included only subjects aged ≥60 years. Number of admissions, length of stay in hospital, primary and secondary discharge diagnosis (by ICD-9-CM code), number of procedures, and possible death were evaluated. RESULTS: Demented patients represented 8.6% of the sample (4466 individuals) and

Outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation for patients on vasopressors or inotropes: a pilot study.

HYPOTHESIS: Outcomes of critically ill patients who receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) are poor, and the subgroup on vasopressors or inotropes before cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) rarely survives. SETTING: The setting of the study was a critical care unit of a 350-bed community teaching hospital. STUDY DESIGN: This was a retrospective, cohort study. METHODS: A retrospective review was performed of medical records of all patients, identified through medical billing and hospital committee records, who received CPR for CPA in a critical care unit. RESULTS: Of 83 patients, with an aver

Mortality after discharge from a public tertiary cardiovascular referral hospital.

It is critically important for stakeholders with distinct foci of attention on healthcare to understand patient evolution in the presence of an established diagnosis or with a suspected diagnosis of various diseases, specially considering death as an outcome. To study the long-term mortality of patients at a cardiovascular referral hospital. Deterministic binding (selection of pairs of registers from the hospital electronic health records and the mortality records of São Paulo state) from 2002 to 2017 was performed. Studied variables were: age, sex, hospital treatment unit where the first visi

Prevalence of Vitamin B12 Deficiency in West Syndrome: A Retrospective Chart Review.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to describe the vitamin B12 status among children treated for West syndrome and to review the clinical response to vitamin B12 supplementation among those found deficient. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Hospital records of children with West syndrome with a minimum follow-up of 6 months where serum vitamin B12 was estimated during the course of treatment were identified. Records were studied for etiology, and their response to clinical treatment was noted. RESULTS: The two main etiology were cryptogenic in 12 (46.2%), and perinatal asphyxia in 10 (38.5%…

Children hospitalized due to maltreatment in the ICU of a Public Health Service.

OBJECTIVE: to characterize children hospitalized due to violence in a pediatric ICU in 2011; to relate violence and the mechanisms of trauma with death; to know the contextualization of violence, from the records in the medical records. METHOD: retrospective cohort, performed in a first aid hospital, Porto Alegre city, in the records of 22 children hospitalized in the ICU due to violence. Quantitative analysis was performed by absolute and relative frequency rates, chi-square and relative risk. RESULTS: 54.5% were boys, 81.8% were white and 50% were up to three years old. Physical violence 5

[Well Educated Unemployed--On Education, Employment and Comorbidities in Adults with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders in Germany].

BACKGROUND: Based on clinical experience there is a discrepancy between the educational records and vocational performance in patients with high functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD). METHOD: In order to assess psychosocial and vocational specificities of adult ASD patients we analyzed the demographic and hospital data of consecutively diagnosed patients employing descriptive statistics. RESULTS: We were able to include 255 patients into our sample who were consecutively diagnosed between October 2009 and October 2011. The gender ratio was 162:93 in favor of male patients. The education

What happens after discharge? Return hospital visits after ambulatory surgery.

The purpose of this study was to examine the frequency of return hospital visits after ambulatory surgery discharge and to identify any predictor variables for its occurrence. A retrospective review of hospital records for all patients returning to the same hospital within 30 days after ambulatory surgery was conducted. Data on return hospital visits that resulted in rehospitalization (as an inpatient or to the ambulatory surgery unit [ASU]) or treatment as an outpatient in the emergency room were recorded. A total of 6243 patients underwent ambulatory surgery over 12 consecutive months and 18…

Does Parenteral Iron Increase the Risk of Infection in Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancer? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: Parenteral iron is increasingly used to treat iron deficiency anaemia in patients with gastrointestinal cancer, particularly in the perioperative setting. However, concerns persist that intravenous iron could increase the risk of infection. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate infectious complications and other relevant clinical outcomes after parenteral iron in gastrointestinal cancer. Methods: Embase, MEDLINE, CENTRAL and Scopus were searched from database inception to 20 February 2026, with additional records identified through citation searching. Compa

Интеллектуальные расстройства и расстройства в развитии диагностируются в Калифорнии и неблагоприятно сказываются на материнском здоровье.

СПРАВОЧНАЯ ИНФОРМАЦИЯ: Женщины, страдающие умственными расстройствами и расстройствами в области развития, относятся к категории населения, результаты деятельности по охране материнского здоровья которого по-прежнему плохо задокументированы. Мы провели оценку связей между диагностикой ИПД у матерей в Калифорнии и неблагоприятными последствиями для матерей, а также проанализировали, способствуют ли эти отношения дородовые клинические характеристики. МЕТОДЫ: Это ретроспективное исследование групп населения охватывало все роды ≥22 Неделя беременности в Калифорнии между 2007 и 2021, с использовани

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… Underestimation is likely given previous studies showing that inpatient hospital records have high specificity but low sensitivity in classifying some of our mediators, particularly for depression [ 33 ]. …

Vancomycin use in hospitalized pediatric patients.

OBJECTIVES: To assess vancomycin utilization at children's hospitals, to determine risk factors for vancomycin use and length of therapy, and to facilitate adapting recommendations to optimize vancomycin prescribing practices in pediatric patients. METHODS: Two surveys were conducted at Pediatric Prevention Network hospitals. The first (Survey I) evaluated vancomycin control programs. The second (Survey II) prospectively reviewed individual patient records. Each hospital was asked to complete questionnaires on 25 consecutive patients or all patients for whom vancomycin was prescribed during a

Managing nonreassuring fetal heart rate patterns before cesarean delivery. Compliance with ACOG recommendations.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the rate of compliance with current American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommendations for management of parturients undergoing cesarean delivery for persistent nonreassuring fetal heart rate (FHR) tracings. STUDY DESIGN: We performed a retrospective chart review (July 1995-June 1998) of all parturients who underwent cesarean delivery for nonreassuring FHR tracings. Outcome measures included maneuvers for fetal assessment (scalp stimulation or scalp blood pH) and therapeutic interventions (tocolytic agents for reducing uterine activity or amnioi

Motor vehicle trauma in northeastern Ohio. I: Incidence and outcome by age, sex, and road-use category.

Hospital emergency department visits for motor vehicle trauma occurring in a midwestern metropolitan region (Cleveland and Lorain-Elyria, Ohio Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas; 2.2 million population) were analyzed to determine the incidence and outcome by age, sex, and road-use category. A 50% incidence sample (n = 20,752) of motor vehicle trauma events to residents of this region was identified from the emergency department records of 41 participating hospitals for a one-year period, 1977. These hospitals accounted for 98% of all emergency department cases in the region. The annual mo

Newly Recognized Pediatric Cases of Typhus Group Rickettsiosis, Houston, Texas, USA.

An increase in typhus group rickettsiosis and an expanding geographic range occurred in Texas, USA, over a decade. Because this illness commonly affects children, we retrospectively examined medical records from 2008-2016 at a large Houston-area pediatric hospital and identified 36 cases. The earliest known cases were diagnosed in 2011.

Application of a practice-based approach in variable selection for a prediction model development study of hospital-induced delirium.

BACKGROUND: Prognostic models of hospital-induced delirium, that include potential predisposing and precipitating factors, may be used to identify vulnerable patients and inform the implementation of tailored preventive interventions. It is recommended that, in prediction model development studies, candidate predictors are selected on the basis of existing knowledge, including knowledge from clinical practice. The purpose of this article is to describe the process of identifying and operationalizing candidate predictors of hospital-induced delirium for application in a prediction model develop

Indigenous traumatic brain injury research: responding to recruitment challenges in the hospital environment.

BACKGROUND: Hospitals are common recruitment sites for injury and disability studies. However, the clinical and rehabilitation environment can create unique challenges for researchers to recruit participant populations. While there is growing injury and disability focused research involving Indigenous people to understand the types of services and supports required by this population to enhance their recovery experiences, there is limited knowledge of researchers' experiences implementing recruitment processes in the tertiary hospital environment. This paper reflects on the specific challenges