Bendary, Ahmed Hassanein, Mahmoud Bendary, Mohamed Smman, Ahmed Hassanin, Ahmed Elwany, Mostafa
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The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology
Knowledge of the frequency of precipitating factors for acute heart failure (AHF) is important (either new-onset heart failure [NOHF] or worsening heart failure [WHF]), as this can guide strategies for prevention and treatment. Most data come only from Western Europe and North America; nevertheless, geographic differences do exist. We set out to st...
Ebrahimoghli, Reza Abbasi-Ghahramanloo, Abbas Moradi-Asl, Eslam Adham, Davoud
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BMC public health
This study aimed to investigate overall and age group/region/sex-specific excess all-cause mortality from the inception of the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran until February 2022. Weekly all-cause mortality data were obtained for the period March 2015 until February 2022. We conducted interrupted time series analyses, using a generalized least-square reg...
Cheng, Jie Huang, Kai Mou, Juan-Li Lao, Yao-Jia Feng, Jia-Hui Hu, Fan Lin, Meng-Lu Maimaitiaishan, Tangnuer Shang, Jian Lin, Jun
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Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi
Emerging researches have regarded serum chloride as a capable predictor of mortality in liver cirrhosis. We aim to investigate the clinical role of admission chloride in cirrhotic patients with esophagogastric varices receiving transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), which is unclear. We retrospectively analyzed data of cirrhotic pati...
Martenies, Sheena E Wilson, Ander Hoskovec, Lauren Bol, Kirk A Burket, Tori L Podewils, Laura Magzamen, Sheryl
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Environmental research
In 2020, the American West faced two competing challenges: the COVID-19 pandemic and the worst wildfire season on record. Several studies have investigated the impact of wildfire smoke (WFS) on COVID-19 morbidity and mortality, but little is known about how these two public health challenges impact mortality risk for other causes. Using a time-seri...
Webster, Lynn R Brenner, Darren Israel, Robert J Stambler, Nancy Slatkin, Neal E
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Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
Preclinical and clinical studies suggest that activation of the µ-opioid receptor may reduce overall survival and increase the risk for all-cause mortality in patients with cancer and noncancer pain. Methylnaltrexone, a selective, peripherally acting µ-opioid receptor antagonist, has demonstrated efficacy for the treatment of opioid-induced constip...
AlSahow, Ali AlQallaf, Ahmed AlYousef, Anas Bahbahani, Hamad Bahbahani, Yousif AlHelal, Bassam AlRajab, Heba AlMuhaiteeb, Abdullah Shalaby, Heba Elabbadi, Mohamed
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International urology and nephrology
Hemodialysis (HD) patients are at increased risk of severe COVID-19 infection but infection rates vary. Our objectives are to describe COVID-19 positive HD patients' characteristics, infection rates, and factors associated with mortality in HD COVID-19 cases in Kuwait. Data on demographics, comorbidities, and treatments received, as well as mortali...
Wu, Chih-Wei Pham, Bach-Tung Wang, Jia-Ching Wu, Yao-Kuang Kuo, Chan-Yen Hsu, Yi-Chiung
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Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi
There is a lack of published research on the impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan. We investigated the mortality risk factors among critically ill patients with COVID-19 in Taiwan during the initial wave. Furthermore, we aim to develop a novel AI mortality prediction model using chest X-ray (CXR) alone. We retrospectively rev...
Mora-Boga, Rubén Vázquez Muíños, Olalla Pértega Díaz, Sonia Meijide-Faílde, Rosa María Rodríguez-Sotillo, Antonio Ferreiro-Velasco, María Elena Salvador-de la Barrera, Sebastián Montoto-Marqués, Antonio
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Medicina intensiva
To assess in individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) the relationship between mortality and need for ICU and early magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), analyzing spinal parenchymal alterations, disruption of vertebral ligaments (DVL) and spinal cord compression (SCC). Retrospective study. Third-level hospital, Spinal Cord Injury Unit and ...
Ashrafi, Sadra Pourahmad Kisomi, Pouya Maroufizadeh, Saman Jabbari, Mohammad Reza Nafar, Mohsen Samavat, Shiva Parvin, Mahmoud Dalili, Nooshin
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International urology and nephrology
Concomitant kidney diseases raise the mortality rate due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus as an independent factor. Although a qualitative PCR test's result is sufficient for diagnosis, Cycle threshold value may present relevant information to the physicians in providing faster treatment in patients with chronic conditions, including kidney diseases, to pre...
Culbert, Michael Hunter Nelson, Adam Obaid, Omar Castanon, Lourdes Hosseinpour, Hamidreza Anand, Tanya El-Qawaqzeh, Khaled Stewart, Collin Reina, Raul Joseph, Bellal
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Journal of pediatric surgery
Emergent trauma laparotomy is associated with mortality rates of up to 40%. There is a paucity of data on the outcomes of emergent trauma laparotomies performed in the pediatric population. The aim of our study was to describe the outcomes, including mortality and FTR, among pediatric trauma patients undergoing emergent laparotomy and identify fact...
