This study evaluated the severity of illness of patients experiencing inpatient hospital complications in two hospitals in the metropolitan area of Syracuse, New York. It involved identification of inpatient complications by All Patients Refined (APR) severity of illness for pneumonia, clostridium difficile colitis, and urinary tract infection. Severity of illness was identified for each patien...

INTRODUCTION Understanding the spectrum and frequencies of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) complications and markers of illness severity in immunocompetent patients with primary EBV infection will inform management of patients with EBV-related illnesses. OBJECTIVES To determine the clinical and laboratory correlates of illness severity among infants, children and youth with infectious mononucleosis ...

background hepatitis b infection is still the main cause of chronic liver disease in iran, which is associated with significant economic and social costs. objectives this study aimed to estimate the financial burden caused by chb infection and its complications in iran. results the total annual cost for the activate population of chb patients and for those receiving treatment at various disease...

OBJECTIVE Patients' views of illness are often thought to differ from those of medical staff, although this is rarely assessed. This study examined the correspondence between mothers' and clinicians' perceptions of the same high-risk newborns, as well as with an objective measure of illness severity. We also investigated how mothers' perceptions were related to reported stress. METHODS Mother...