Jeong S, Inoue Y, Kondo K, Matsumoto D, Shiraishi N. Formula for predicting FIM for stroke patients at discharge from an acute ward or convalescent rehabilitation ward. Jpn J Compr Rehabil Sci 2014; 5: 19-25. Objective: To develop formulas for predicting Functional Independence Measure (FIM) at the time of discharge from an acute or convalescent hospital ward using multicenter data. Methods: Da...

OBJECTIVES Drug and alcohol treatment programs often have long delays between assessment and treatment admission. The study examined the impact of days to treatment admission on the probability of completing four sessions of care within an addiction treatment program implementing improvements in their admission process. METHODS Mixed-effects logistic regression was used to test the effect of ...

diabetes mellitus is one of the common diseases leading to dialysis. in a cohort study, diabetic dialysis patients were compared with non-diabetic dialysis patients for one year about age, sex, cause and times of admission and rate of mortality. the study was done on 101 patients. at the end of the study, 88 patients remained. results were interprected by t-test and chi-square statistical analy...

INTRODUCTION Hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections remain one of the leading causes of preventable patient mortality in the US. Eradication of MRSA through decolonization could prevent both MRSA infections and transmission; however, there is currently no consensus within the infectious disease community on the proper role of decolonization in the preven...

BACKGROUND Cystatin C (Cys-C) is a marker of renal damage. Higher serum levels of Cys-C were observed in cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to test the null hypothesis that Cys-C levels in newly diagnosed acute myocardial infarction (AMI) may remain high in the survival and the impact of the cardiometabolic risk factors is small. METHODS Forty patients with AMI are enrolled in this stud...

OBJECTIVE Homocysteine and sepsis are both associated with inflammation and endothelial activation. Therefore this study was aimed to evaluate if the plasma homocystein level is related with the septic patient clinical severity. METHODS Severe sepsis or septic shock patients, with less than 48 hours from organ dysfunction start, were admitted to this prospective observational study. Homocyste...