OBJECTIVES We sought to investigate whether pseudonormal (PN) filling was associated with death or hospital admission in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). BACKGROUND The high mortality rate associated with CHF is related to many clinical and echocardiographic variables. In particular, a short mitral deceleration time and restrictive diastolic filling predict death and/or hospital ...

troke is the third leading cause of death and the number one cause of disability in industrialized countries.1 In 2 community-based studies in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, the prevalence rate for stroke was found to be 178 per hundred thousand.2 Patients who develop stroke are usually elderly and have underlying systemic disorders such as diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease...

Purpose This study aims to understand whether psychotropic prescribing practices for people with intellectual disabilities are in keeping best practice guidelines. Design/methodology/approach service evaluation project was a retrospective analysis of routinely collected data from the care records all 36 disability discharged an assessment and treatment unit during first five years Stop Over med...

Nine children with endocardial fibroelastosis were followed from the time of admission with congestive heart failure until either death or discharge. Review of multiple clinical features showed that only the electrocardiographic pattern could be correlated with death or survival. The presence of a delayed transition zone with anterior force loss on the initial electrocardiogram ('infarct patter...

Objective: To document the number, disease pattern and outcome of patients admitted to a tertiary care neonatal unit. Design: Descriptive study. Place and duration of study: The study was conducted in the Neonatal Unit of Services Hospital Lahore from 1st January 2006 to 31st December 2006. Patients and methods: The data of all the admitted neonates was analyzed for age and weight at the time o...

BACKGROUND Anorexia nervosa (AN) often begins in adolescence, however, the understanding of the underlying pathophysiology at this developmentally important age is scarce, impeding early interventions. We used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to investigate microstructural white matter (WM) brain changes including an experimental longitudinal follow-up. METHODS We acquired whole brain diffusion...

OBJECTIVE To determine the subsequent pattern of emergency admissions in older people with a history of frequent emergency admissions. DESIGN Analysis of routine admissions data from NHS hospitals using hospital episode statistics (HES) in England. SUBJECTS Individual patients aged > or = 65, > or = 75, and > or = 85 who had at least two emergency admissions in 1997-8. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUR...

Fifty-two patients admitted to hospital with acute severe asthma took part in a prospective study investigating the rate and pattern of their subsequent recovery. Clinical assessment of the severity of the acute attack on admission (according to pulse rate, degree of pulsus paradoxus, and peak expiratory flow rate) did not reliably predict the results of arterial blood gas analysis. Subjects we...

Methods Retrospective descriptive study that included 16 ventilated patients admitted to the ICU, which underwent a lung biopsy between 2008 and 2013. Demographic data, reason for admission, comorbidities, APACHEII, SOFA, SAPS3, reason for biopsy, clinical data, laboratory results, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), radiological pattern and histology, were analyzed. Changes in treatment generated by...

introduction: today, air pollution is one of the critical problems in metropolitans and necessary preparations are needed for confronting with this crisis. the present study was based on the goal of determining the relation of air pollutant levels with the rate of emergency admission for respiratory and cardiovascular patients. methods: in the present retrospective cross- sectional study, all r...