... whether the catalytic converter policy was associated with changes in measures of infant health The data indicate that a city’s adoption of a policy is associated with a decline ininfant mortality, ... challenge in light of the possibly substantial underreporting of infant births and deaths in these data Figure and Table report the results In light of the differential pre-existing trend, the column ... find higher turning points (e.g., for SO2 the turning points range from $13,000 to $20,000), but the results are not robust to changes inthe specification Similarly, they find high and varying...
... undertaken to compare the effects of psychiatric disorder on adult mortality risk, first including and then excluding this missing category We identified 22 cases of schizophrenia inthe sample All ... containing data on all the major potential confounding variables Health inequalities are of increasing public health and policy interest That psychiatric disorders are associated with death is insufficiently ... each of the potential explanatory factors In all analyses there was a strong trend for those scoring higher on the PSE-ID to have a greater mortalityThe hazard ratio and 95% confidence intervals...
... the study, drafting the manuscript, and interpreting the results ASB assisted in acquiring the data, drafting the manuscript, and interpreting the results All authors have read and approved the ... guidelines defining COPD say that spirometry should be performed after the administration of an adequate dose of an inhaled bronchodilator in order to minimize variability.[4,21] These same guidelines, ... for the year follow-up data are shown in Table The main difference seen between the year and year models is that the latter now show an increased risk of Stage or COPD on mortalityin both the...
... Inthe ARDS Network randomized controlled trial, low tidal volume ventilation decreased mortality without influencing the incidence of barotraumas [19] In patients with sepsis-induced ARDS, there ... than the other studies [6,7] Another important finding in our study was the lack of correlation between ventilator variables and the presence of pneumothorax Our results agreed with most of the ... pneumothorax in this study, although these did not reach statistical significance In our study, themortality rate was not significantly increased in patients with pneumothorax In other studies...
... treatment were independently associated with the 30day mortality 11 The optimal treatment for infections due to MBL-PA should be further investigated 12 Competing interests This study received financial ... assessed in survivors) The variable inthe study was MBL production Other independent variables analyzed included the following: age; sex; Charlson comorbidity score [11] (assessed at the moment of HAP ... equivalent doses) or other immunosuppressive agents for >14 days; the presence of other concomitant infections (infections by other organisms at a site other than the lung, excluding coagulase-negative...
... 6.3% to 37% Studies were heterogeneous inthe way they used SOFA The major themes identified inthe evaluation studies were investigating the performance of: single SOFA scores at admission or at ... prespecified time interval, and mean SOFA was always calculated by taking the average of all total SOFA scores inthe prespecified time interval These intervals varied in length, but generally they were ... although the 18 identified studies all focused on evaluating a SOFA-based score or model in predicting mortality they widely differed inthe SOFA derivatives used, the time after admission on which the...
... occurred in hospitals, clinics and medical centres, but the proportion of death occurring in other settings was significant These data confirm previous findings of significant disparities in sepsis mortality ... to mortalityinthe United States • The rapid rise of sepsis mortality seen in previous decades has slowed • Population ageing continues to drive growth inthe burden of sepsis-associated mortality ... and/or coding of severe sepsis in Nationwide Inpatients Sample data or changes inthe attribution and coding of sepsis on death certificates In addition the practice of sampling and weighting may...
... cystatin C is diagnostic of acute kidney injury • Inthe ICU, urinary cystatin C is independently diagnostic of sepsis • Inthe ICU, urinary cystatin C predicts AKI inthe presence of sepsis • Inthe ... less than the initial creatinine on entry to the ICU and not obviously AKI (n = 45) If a preadmission creatinine was not available, then the lowest value of either the initial creatinine on entry ... baseline creatinine with MDRD misclassifies Acute Kidney Injury inthe intensive care unit Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2010 in press Uchida K, Gotoh A: Measurement of cystatin-C and creatinine in urine...
... Abbreviations AKI, acute kidney injury; ICU, intensive care unit; RRT, renal replacement therapy Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Published: 24 March ... Elseviers M, Lins RL, Van der Niepen P, Hoste E, Malbrain ML, Damas P, Devriendt J; for the SHARF investigators: Renal replacement therapy is an independent risk factor for mortalityin critically ... acute kidney injury be initiated and discontinued? Blood Purif 2008, 26:473-484 doi:10.1186/cc10071 Cite this article as: Pestaña D: Does renal replacement therapy increase mortalityinthe ICU?...
... RBC-specific data included the age of the RBC unit at the time of transfusion and the leukodepletion status The age of the blood was determined by subtracting the date of collection from the date of ... damage and influence morbidity and mortalityThe association, if present, may therefore not be linear in nature First, we tested the age of RBCs as a continuous variable Second, according to the literature ... nonoperative gastrointestinal bleeding (21, 3.2%), trauma (50, 6.6%), and operative gastrointestinal bleeding (15, 2.0%) The number of transfusions and the age of RBCs are included in Table Age of...
... the poorest among all the others inthe country Therefore conducting such a study in this area will provide information on the underlying factors contributing to the high levels of maternal mortality ... a maternal mortality study been carried out there All the studies on maternal mortalityinthe country are either confined to the main referral hospital inthe capital city or inthe North Bank ... particular case They were then collated for easy sorting and to avoiding mixing up the many papers being handled In one occasion certain information was found missing so the principal investigator...
... corroborate these findings from local independent sources? Using the guide Returning to our opening public health scenario, how well did the study assessing nation-wide mortalityinthe DRC achieve the ... usually use the 95% CI, the range that includes the true mortality rate 95% of the time The narrower the CI, the closer the lower and upper boundaries of the CI are to the point estimate, the greater ... in distinct ways: (i) To quantify the extent to which excess mortality is occurring, by comparing the observed mortality rate with the best available estimate of the baseline mortality rate in...
... stats for the United States Infant and Maternal MortalityInfantMortalityinthe United States InfantMortality and Race/Ethnicity of Mother Leading Causes of InfantMortality 10 Maternal Mortality ... MortalityInfantMortalityinthe United States Even though infantmortalityinthe United States dropped dramatically inthe past century, significant room for improvement remains q q q Theinfant ... Summary Tables Infant Mortality, 1950-2005 Infant Mortality, by Region, 2005 Infant Mortality, by Race/Ethnicity of Mother, 2005 Infant Mortality, by Hispanic Ethnicity of Mother, 2005 Leading Causes...
... longitudinal study (the main study) on a population consisting of institutionalised people aged 52–102 living inthe Province of Granada, Spain Data was collected from April 2009 to September 2010 The ... categorised into: (A) died within the first three months after examination, (B) died within the first six months after examination, (C) died within the first nine months after examination and ... being associated with the risk of death among elderly people (25) Our findings let us accept our working hypothesis and state that oral health increased mortality risk in our sample of the institutionalised...
... stats for the United States Infant and Maternal MortalityInfantMortalityinthe United States InfantMortality and Race/Ethnicity of Mother Leading Causes of InfantMortality 10 Maternal Mortality ... MortalityInfantMortalityinthe United States Even though infantmortalityinthe United States dropped dramatically inthe past century, significant room for improvement remains q q q Theinfant ... Summary Tables Infant Mortality, 1950-2005 Infant Mortality, by Region, 2005 Infant Mortality, by Race/Ethnicity of Mother, 2005 Infant Mortality, by Hispanic Ethnicity of Mother, 2005 Leading Causes...
... 8.9% inthe group where mothers and infants initiated the intrapartum and postpartum prophylaxis doses, whereas it was 14.2% inthe group where mothers, but not their infants, initiated the intrapartum ... • Routine early postpartum services for mothers and their infants • Infant feeding counselling Six-days follow-up service • Routine postpartum care for mothers and infants • Infant feeding counselling ... testing (p > 0.05) Of the 219 live births (twin births were counted once), 148 (68%, 95% CI 61-73%) mother -infant pairs ingested the medication at birth Ingesting the medication by the mother-infant...
... herd mortality rate of 43% (Figure 3) These surprising results indicate that differences in rainfall alone not explain the variation in herd mortality between the sites There are two principal ... during the 1961 drought in Kajiado District (Willis 1999; Talbot 1972), 35-40% during the 19731974 drought in Southern Kenya (Finch and Western 1977), 70-75% inthe Kitengela area during the ... four sites depending on the available flexibility in space Inthe three less fragmented sites most of the movement was within the general area Inthe Kitengela site, most of the influx of livestock...
... forests In larch, such insects may currently reduce the annual number of seeds by 50 to 80% inthe French Alps, and even by 100% in mountains of northeastern China (Roques, 1993) However, insects ... spermatophages) (Turgeon et al, 1994) In contrast, the exploitation of the cone niche appeared incomplete in Swiss stone pine No spermatophagous insect was noted, and none of the insect species was apparently ... Mixed Pinus cembra stands on the southslope of the Eastern Alps In: Proceedings — International Workshop on Subalpine Stone Pine Piussi P ern and Their Environment: the Status of Our Knowledge...
... endothelial cells or matrix proteins such as laminin [8] What is the relevance of these findings in terms of our understanding of RA? Increased angiogenesis is thought to be crucial in supplying ... myocardial infarction This is supported by the findings of Smolen and colleagues’ study, which quantified the angiogenic potential of EPC by measuring the binding of Ulex europaeus lectin and the 271 ... evidence for endothelial dysfunction in RA This was certainly seen inthe study of Herbrig and colleagues, who studied blood flow inthe forearm following infusion of acetylcholine Vasodilatation...
... alive, they are offered reinforced counselling and asked to return to the clinic Selection for Antiretroviral therapy Combination ART became available inThe Gambia in September 2004 through the ... (GFATM), however MRC HIV clinic started providing information on ART to patients inthe cohort and assessing them for ART eligibility at the planning phase for introduction of ART in June 2004 Adult ... early mortality rate following initiation of ART in resource limited settings [3-8] may indicate high pre-treatment mortality rate However, there are more reports on clinical outcomes following initiation...