Background: Inadvertent postoperative hypothermia (IPH) is known to be associated with various adverse effects. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence, predictors and outcome of core inadvertent hypothermia on admission in the post-anesthesia care unit. Methods: Observational, prospective study in a Post-Anesthesia Care Unit. The study population consisted of adult patients after n...

OBJECTIVES To examine links between clinical and other characteristics of people with Alzheimer's disease living in the community, likelihood of care home or hospital admission, and associated costs. DESIGN Observational data extracted from clinical records using natural language processing and Hospital Episode Statistics. Statistical analyses examined effects of cognition, physical health, m...

OBJECTIVES The aims of the present study were to identify predictors of admission and describe outcomes for patients who arrived via ambulance to three Australian public emergency departments (EDs), before and after the opening of 41 additional ED beds within the area. METHODS The present study was a retrospective comparative cohort study using deterministically linked health data collected b...

Practice appointment rates could have a significant impact on national health care costs and services offered by doctors. In this respect a study was designed to determine the relationship between practice appointments and possible predictors in high-risk asthmatics. An observational retrospective analysis of the predictors for the practice appointments in asthmatic patients with at least one h...

BACKGROUND Clinical and endoscopic features of cirrhotic patients with nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (NVUGIB) have been rarely reported and clinical outcomes and predictors of mortality have not been evaluated. AIMS 1) To describe the clinical features; 2) To define the clinical outcomes; and 3) To identify the predictors of in-hospital mortality of cirrhotic patients with NVUGI...

OBJECTIVE To prospectively analyze the prognostic factors for neurological complications of childhood bacterial meningitis. METHODS This prospective study enrolled 77 children from 1 month until 16 years of age, treated for bacterial meningitis during the period of January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2010. 16 relevant predictors were chosen to analyze their association with the incidence of ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) is an important cause of death and disability after subarachnoid hemorrhage. We studied the additional prognostic value of brain perfusion to 3 established predictors (age, clinical condition on admission, and amount of subarachnoid blood) for the development of DCI. METHODS We included 69 patients scanned with perfusion--computed tomogra...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The failure of ST-segment resolution (STR) after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) is associated with adverse clinical outcomes. However, the clinical predictors on admission for incomplete STR are poorly known. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Patients undergoing pPCI (n=101, 79 males and 22 females, mean age 60.0 years) were divided into complete STR group (>/=...

BACKGROUND In patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS), identification of left main and/or 3-vessel disease (LM/3VD) is crucial for deciding whether to initiate early treatment with clopidogrel, which can increase the risk of surgical bleeding. METHODS AND RESULTS On admission, the clinical factors of 501 patients with NSTE-ACS, who underwent coronary angiogr...