Emergency Medical Identification in Patients with Chronic Medical Conditions

Shared Medical Appointments for Chronic Medical Conditions: A Systematic Review

Medical errors in US pediatric inpatients with chronic conditions.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between chronic conditions and iatrogenic medical errors in US pediatric inpatients. METHODS The 2006 Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) was analyzed. Medical errors were defined by using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes. Medical error rates per 100 hospital discharges and per 1000 inpatient d...

Rates of Pneumococcal Disease in Adults With Chronic Medical Conditions

BACKGROUND Although it is widely accepted that adults with immunocompromising conditions are at greatly increased risk of pneumococcal infection, the extent of risk among immunocompetent adults with chronic medical conditions is less certain, particularly in the current era of universal vaccination of children with pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort s...

Chronic Medical Conditions and Risk of Sepsis

BACKGROUND We sought to determine the associations between baseline chronic medical conditions and future risk of sepsis. METHODS Longitudinal cohort study using the 30,239 community-dwelling participants of the REGARDS cohort. We determined associations between baseline chronic medical conditions and incident sepsis episodes, defined as hospitalization for an infection with the presence of i...

Survival benefit of helicopter emergency medical services compared to ground emergency medical services in traumatized patients

INTRODUCTION Physician-staffed helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) are a well-established component of prehospital trauma care in Germany. Reduced rescue times and increased catchment area represent presumable specific advantages of HEMS. In contrast, the availability of HEMS is connected to a high financial burden and depends on the weather, day time and controlled visual flight rules...