Objectives: A modified Blalock-Taussig (mBT) shunt procedure is a common palliative surgery used to treat infants and children with cyanotic congenital heart disease (CCHD). This study aimed report the outcomes of undergoing mBT procedures in Oman. In addition, risk factors associated early mortality, inter-stage mortality reintervention were assessed. Methods: retrospective cohort was conducte...

BACKGROUND Cross-sectional studies of hospital-level administrative data have shown an association between lower levels of staffing of registered nurses (RNs) and increased patient mortality. However, such studies have been criticized because they have not shown a direct link between the level of staffing and individual patient experiences and have not included sufficient statistical controls. ...

Early hospital mortality prediction is critical as intensivists strive to make efficient medical decisions about the severely ill patients staying in intensive care units. As a result, various methods have been developed to address this problem based on clinical records. However, some of the laboratory test results are time-consuming and need to be processed. In this paper, we propose a novel m...

OBJECTIVES To present a case-mix adjustment model that can be used to calculate Massachusetts hospital standardised mortality ratios and can be further adapted for other state-wide data-sets. DESIGN We used binary logistic regression models to predict the probability of death and to calculate the hospital standardised mortality ratios. Independent variables were patient sociodemographic chara...

According to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), acute cerebrovascular disease or stroke is the third leading cause of death in the Western world, the first major cause of physical disability in adults, and the second cause of dementia in this population.1 Fifteen million persons worldwide experience stroke per year and another 5 million have permanent disability as a consequence of ...

According to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), acute cerebrovascular disease or stroke is the third leading cause of death in the Western world, the first major cause of physical disability in adults, and the second cause of dementia in this population.1 Fifteen million persons worldwide experience stroke per year and another 5 million have permanent disability as a consequence of ...

BACKGROUND Death of a woman during pregnancy and child birth is an extremely tragic event. It is a waste of a precious life that leaves great feeling of grief and pain for the family and hospital staff and has devastating influence on the community overall. Maternal morbidity and mortality can be prevented by awareness of reproductive health in a community, availability, and utilisation of orga...

All 757 patients with acute myocardial infarction admitted to the three public hospitals in Auckland during one year were studied. About 7% died from cardiac arrhythmia four days or more after the onset of infarction. These patients had severe infarcts with circulatory failure on or shortly after admission to hospital. Late death from arrhythmia in patients recovering from circulatory failure m...