Performance Assessment of the Universal Vital Assessment Score vs Other Illness Severity Scores for Predicting Risk of In-Hospital Death Among Adult Febrile Inpatients in Northern Tanzania, 2016-2019
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DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.36398
Abstract: This prognostic study compares the performance of the Universal Vital Assessment with that of other common illness severity tests for predicting the risk of in-hospital death among febrile hospitalized patients in northern Tanzania. read more here.
Keywords: risk hospital; illness severity; assessment; universal vital ... See more keywords
Nutritional screening in a case management program for community-living older individuals at high risk of hospital admission
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DOI: 10.1007/s41999-018-0083-x
Abstract: BackgroundThe prevalence of malnutrition in older persons depends on the healthcare setting. In recent years, hospital-based case management programs (CM Programs) targeting individuals in the community with chronic multimorbidity and high use of hospital resources… read more here.
Keywords: risk; malnutrition; community; program ... See more keywords
Assessing the risk of hospital information system implementation using IVIF FMEA approach
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DOI: 10.1080/20479700.2019.1688504
Abstract: ABSTRACT At present, healthcare industry in general and hospitals in particular are in need of automated information systems to capture, document, store, manage, and transfer large amounts of information related to the health of individuals… read more here.
Keywords: information; assessing risk; implementation; risk hospital ... See more keywords
Association between BUN/creatinine ratio and the risk of in-hospital mortality in patients with trauma-related acute respiratory distress syndrome: a single-centre retrospective cohort from the MIMIC database
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069345
Abstract: Objective Recent studies have shown that blood urea nitrogen to creatinine (BUN/Cr) ratio might be an effective marker for the prognosis of patients with respiratory diseases. Herein, we aimed to assess the association between BUN/Cr… read more here.
Keywords: hospital mortality; risk hospital; hospital; trauma related ... See more keywords
Relationship Between Potentially Inappropriate Medications And The Risk Of Hospital Readmission And Death In Hospitalized Older Patients
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DOI: 10.2147/cia.s218849
Abstract: Objective This study aimed to compare the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) among hospitalized elderly patients using Beers and Chinese criteria and identify the correlation between PIMs and the risk of hospital readmission and… read more here.
Keywords: hospital readmission; readmission; risk hospital; chinese criteria ... See more keywords
Are Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Obesity at a Higher Risk of Hospital and Intensive Care Unit Admissions? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
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DOI: 10.3889/oamjms.2021.6585
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Obesity, common condition among patients with COVID-19, contributes to illness severity during hospitalization. To date, knowledge on the prevalence, risk of hospital and intensive care units (ICU) admissions and mortality is limited. Therefore, systematic… read more here.
Keywords: risk; risk hospital; patients covid; obesity ... See more keywords