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Prognostic Value of Initial Diagnostic Imaging Findings for Patient Outcomes in Adult Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Published 2023-02-01“…Comprehensive searches of the Medline and Embase databases were carried out. Two independent readers extracted the following demographic, clinical and imaging information using a predetermined data abstraction form. …”
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Predictors and long-term prognostic significance of angiographically visible distal embolization during primary percutaneous coronary intervention
Published 2013-09-01“…Age (for each 10- year increase, Odds Ratio (OR) 1.34, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) 1.16-1.52, p<0.001), treatment of right coronary artery (OR 2.52, 95% CI 1.30-4.87, p=0.034), repeated balloon dilatation (OR 1.84, 95% CI 1.16- 2.94, p=0.009), cut-off occlusion pattern (OR 2.17, 95% CI 1.38-3.42, p=0.001), lesion length >15 mm (OR 1.67, 95% CI 1.09-2.58, p=0.019), and reference vessel diameter >3.5 mm (OR 5.08, 95% CI 3.32-7.65, p<0.001) were independent predictors of AVDE. …”
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Drug-related problems and determinants among elective surgical patients: A prospective observational study
Published 2022-09-01“…The presence of complication (adjusted odds ratio = 2.90, 95% confidence interval (1.302, 3.460)), American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status ⩾ 2 (adjusted odds ratio = 6.01, 95% confidence interval (1.0011, 9.500)), and postoperative antibiotics (adjusted odds ratio = 6.027, 95% confidence interval (1.594, 22.792)) were independent predictors of drug-related problems. …”
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Identification of factors associated with hospitalization in an outpatient population with mental health conditions: a case–control study
Published 2024-04-01“…Uni- and bivariate analyses were performed, followed by a multivariable logistic regression.ResultsVisit to a psychiatric emergency within a year (adjusted odds ratio (aOR): 13.02, 95% confidence interval (CI): 7.32–23.97), drug treatment discontinuation within a year (aOR: 6.43, 95% CI: 3.52–12.03), history of mental healthcare without consent (aOR: 5.48, 95% CI: 3.10–10.06), medical follow-up discontinuation within a year (aOR: 3.17, 95% CI: 1.70–5.95), history of attempted suicide (aOR: 2.50, 95% CI: 1.48–4.30) and unskilled job (aOR: 0.26, 95% CI: 0.10–0.65) are the independent variables found associated with hospitalization for followed up outpatients.ConclusionsPublic health policies and tools at the local and national levels should be adapted to target the identified individual determinants in order to prevent outpatients from being hospitalized.…”
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Characteristics and outcomes of severe COVID-19 in hospitalized patients with cardiovascular diseases in the Amazonian region of Brazil: a retrospective cohort
Published 2022-11-01“…Carriers of CVD had a lower survival rate (< 0.0001). The order of the predictors of death differed among the non-carriers, as well as the high odds ratio in the predictors of CVD, only cough was an independent predictor. …”
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Premature stroke and cardiovascular risk in primary Sjögren's syndrome
Published 2022-12-01“…Multivariate analysis confirmed hypertension [odds ratio (OR) 3.7, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.87–7.18, p < 0.001], hypercholesterinemia (OR 3.1, 95% CI 1.63–5.72, p < 0.001), male gender (OR 0.4, 95% CI 0.17–0.78, p = 0.009), Raynaud's phenomenon (OR 2.5, 95% CI 1.28–4.82, p = 0.007), and CNS involvement (OR 2.7, 95% CI 1.00–7.15, p = 0.048) as independent CVD predictors.ConclusionRaynaud's phenomen as well as vasculitis and high ESSDAI have shown a significant association to CVD. …”
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Abstract 270: Evaluating the Knowledge of Stroke Management among Nigerian Medical Doctors
Published 2023-11-01“…Compared to Private Hospitals, working in Government Hospitals had 1.98 times the odds of poor knowledge (P = 0.011) and medical doctors in Primary Healthcare Practice had 2.29 times the odds of poor knowledge than those in Tertiary Hospitals (P = 0.045). …”
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Prevalence and risk factors associated with wheezing in the first year of life
Published 2014-03-01“…Measures of association were based on odds ratio (OR) with a confidence interval of 95% (95% CI), using bivariate analysis, followed by multivariate analysis (adjusted OR [aOR]). …”
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Maximising response to postal questionnaires – A systematic review of randomised trials in health research
Published 2006“…Response rate was defined as the percentage of questionnaires returned after all follow-up efforts. Study quality was assessed by two independent reviewers. …”
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Relationship between dietary patterns with body mass index, waist circumference and blood pressure among secondary school children in Mashhad, Iran
Published 2015“…Healthy dietary pattern was characterized by higher intake of fish and other sea foods, fruits, and fruit juice, green, white and yellow vegetables, whole grains, dried and processed fruits. …”
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Motivational Profiles and Associations With Physical Activity Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Study
Published 2023-04-01“… BackgroundIn March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, triggering many countries, including Canada, to issue stay-at-home orders to their citizens. Research indicates that these stay-at-home orders are associated with a decline in physical activity (PA), a behavior that can reduce disease risk and improve the quality of life. …”
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Diabetes mellitus and its influence on sputum smear positivity at the 2nd month of treatment among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A case control study
Published 2015-01-01“…Results: Results showed that the following factors were associated with sputum smear positivity after 2 months of intensive treatment: diabetes mellitus (p = .013, odds ratio [OR] = 2.59, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.27–5.33), underweight body mass index (p = .025, OR = 1.67, 95% CI 0.80–3.49), nonadherent to tuberculosis treatment (p = .024, OR = 2.85, 95% CI 1.21–6.74), and previous history of tuberculosis (p = .043, OR = 2.53, 95% CI 1.09–5.83). …”
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Transitional Care Programs for Patients with High Nursing Activity Scores Reduce Unplanned Readmissions to Intensive Care Units
Published 2022-10-01“…<i>Background and Objectives:</i> The main objective of a transitional care program (TCP) is to detect patients with early deterioration following intensive care unit (ICU) discharge in order to reduce unplanned ICU readmissions. …”
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Effect of Inpatient and Outpatient Pneumonia on Mobility Disability, Gait Speed, and Physical Activity in Older Adults
Published 2021-03-01“…This study was a secondary analysis of the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders (LIFE) Study. The LIFE Study included 1635 individuals over an average follow-up of 2.6 years at eight clinical sites during 2010–2013. …”
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Changes in cervical alignment of Zero-profile device versus conventional cage-plate construct after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a meta-analysis
Published 2022-11-01“…In order to clarify the specific significance of LOC, additional large clinical studies with longer follow-up period are required.…”
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Prescription medication use of United States military service members by therapeutic classification
Published 2022-09-01“…Among CNS agents, overall prevalence of dispensed non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAIDs) was 30%. The odds of any FPM was independently associated with female gender, older age, higher body mass index, former tobacco use (smoking and smokeless tobacco), lower alcohol consumption, and was highest among Army, lowest among Marine Corps personnel.Conclusion: In this sample of SMs, dispensing of prescription medication was high, especially NSAIDs, but dispensing of cardiovascular drugs was much lower compared to the general US population, likely because of the younger age and higher level of physical activity of SMs.…”
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Can Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index and Maternal Exercise Affect Birth and Neonatal Outcomes—A Cross Sectional Study
Published 2023-11-01“…To analyze factors related to birth outcomes, we used the Pearson’s Chi-squared test of independence and odds ratio (OR), with a corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI), followed by a multiple logistic regression. …”
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Late Onset Postcapillary Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients With Transposition of the Great Arteries and Mustard or Senning Baffles
Published 2017-10-01“…In multivariable analyses, systemic hypertension (odds ratio 9.4, 95% confidence interval 2.2‐39.4, P=0.002) and heart failure or New York Heart Association class III or IV symptoms (odds ratio 49.8, 95% confidence interval 8.6‐289.0, P<0.001) were independently associated with PH. …”
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Derivation and validation of a prediction model to establish nursing-sensitive quality benchmarks in medical inpatients: a secondary data analysis of a prospective cohort study
Published 2022-03-01“… BACKGROUND: Hospitals are using nursing-sensitive outcomes (NSOs) based on administrative data to measure and benchmark quality of nursing care in acute care wards. In order to facilitate comparisons between different hospitals and wards with heterogeneous patient populations, proper adjustment procedures are required. …”
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Elevated liver enzymes predict morbidity and mortality despite antiviral cure in patients with chronic hepatitis C: Data from the German Hepatitis C‐Registry
Published 2022-09-01“…Abstract While direct‐acting antivirals (DAAs) cure chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in almost all patients, some patients remain at risk of liver disease despite HCV cure. In order to identify risk factors indicating liver‐related morbidity and death after viral cure, we included 6982 patients from the national multicenter real‐world German Hepatitis C Registry with regular follow‐up visits for up to 7 years after DAA therapy. …”
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