Relationships between the results of anorectal investigations and symptom severity in patients with faecal incontinence
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DOI: 10.1007/s00384-019-03331-0
Abstract: Anorectal dysfunction is the focus of diagnostic investigations for faecal incontinence. However, severity of incontinence and anorectal investigation results can be discordant. The aim of this study was to define the relationships between anorectal investigation… read more here.
Keywords: faecal incontinence; wexner score; incontinence; severity patients ... See more keywords
Cytokine profile and disease severity in patients with COVID-19
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2020.155323
Abstract: Cytokine dysregulation is the proposed mechanism for Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).The aim of this study was to evaluate the serum levels of interferon (IFN)-γ, interleukin (IL)-5, IL-8, Il-9, IL-17, TGF-β and IFN-γ in patients infected… read more here.
Keywords: group; disease; tgf; severity patients ... See more keywords
Non-vitamin K-dependent oral anticoagulants have a positive impact on ischaemic stroke severity in patients with atrial fibrillation
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DOI: 10.1093/europace/eux087
Abstract: Abstract Aims Several studies showed reduced stroke severity in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) if the international normalized ratio (INR) was ≥ 2 at stroke onset. There are no respective data for non-vitamin K-dependent oral anticoagulants… read more here.
Keywords: stroke severity; admission; severity patients; stroke ... See more keywords
Serum thrombospondin 2 is a novel predictor for the severity in the patients with NAFLD
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DOI: 10.1111/liv.14776
Abstract: Thrombospondins are a family of multidomain and secretory glycoproteins. Among them, thrombospondin 2 (TSP2) encoded by TSP2 gene has been reported to be involved in various functions such as collagen/fibrin formation, maintenance of normal blood… read more here.
Keywords: predictor severity; tsp2; novel predictor; thrombospondin novel ... See more keywords
Is red blood cell distribution width a marker of severity in patients discharged from the ICU?
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DOI: 10.1186/s40560-019-0364-6
Abstract: We have read the study about the association between high red blood cell distribution width and higher ward mortality after intensive care unit discharge. The study increases the evidence that RDW may be a marker… read more here.
Keywords: red blood; marker severity; cell distribution; distribution width ... See more keywords
Contracts for primary and secondary care physicians and equity-efficiency trade-offs.
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DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3982983
Abstract: We analyse how payment systems for general practitioners (GPs) and hospital specialists affect inequalities in healthcare treatments, referrals, and patient health. We present a model of contracting with two providers, a GP and a hospital… read more here.
Keywords: secondary care; severity patients; severity; contracts primary ... See more keywords
Markers of Disease Severity in Patients with Spanish Influenza in the Japanese Armed Forces, 1919–1920
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DOI: 10.3201/eid2304.152097
Abstract: We examined preserved medical charts of 470 Spanish influenza patients (8 with fatal cases) hospitalized at former army hospitals in Japan during 1919–1920. The following factors were associated with longer periods of hospitalization: adventitious discontinuous… read more here.
Keywords: patients spanish; severity patients; markers disease; 1919 1920 ... See more keywords
Reduced Severity in Patients With HIV-Associated Disseminated Histoplasmosis With Deep Lymphadenopathies: A Trench War Remains Within the Lymph Nodes?
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DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.598701
Abstract: Background Disseminated histoplasmosis is a major killer of patients with advanced HIV. It is proteiform and often hard to diagnose in the absence of diagnostic tests. We aimed to describe disseminated histoplasmosis with lymphadenopathies in… read more here.
Keywords: deep lymphadenopathies; reduced severity; severity patients; disseminated histoplasmosis ... See more keywords
Severity of illness and organ dysfunction scoring systems in pediatric critical care: The impacts on clinician's practices and the future
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DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.1054452
Abstract: Severity and organ dysfunction (OD) scores are increasingly used in pediatric intensive care units (PICU). Therefore, this review aims to provide 1/ an updated state-of-the-art of severity scoring systems and OD scores in pediatric critical… read more here.
Keywords: number deaths; picu admission; severity patients; severity ... See more keywords