Original Article

Opioid Use Disorder and Pharmacological Treatment in Southwestern North Carolina: NC SID Database 2000–2020

Objectives: The objectives of the study were to provide a descriptive assessment of patient and hospital characteristics among individuals with an opioid use disorder (OUD) diagnosis in North Carolina and the seven western North Carolina counties and to identify rates of selected psychiatric/physical health outcomes associated with OUD and treatment…

Posted in: comorbidity 8 epidemiology 36 HCUP 3 State Inpatient Database 4

Review Article

Common Comorbidities in Patients with Remitting Seronegative and Symmetrical Synovitis with Pitting Edema (RS3PE)

Objectives: Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema (RS3PE) is considered a rare inflammatory rheumatologic disorder that is seen primarily in older adult men. Patients present with arthralgias of large joints accompanied by painful pitting edema of the hands and feet. Few studies have reported the prevalence of metabolic syndromes,…

Posted in: comorbidity 8 diabetes mellitus 34 Hypertension 39

Original Article

Trends in Premature Deaths among Women Living with HIV/AIDS and Cervical Cancer

Objectives: There is a lack of updated information on premature death and years of potential life lost (YPLL) among human immunodeficiency (HIV)–positive women with cervical cancer. We hypothesize that increased access to preventive resources such as antiretroviral therapy, preexposure prophylaxis, and human papillomavirus vaccines has reduced premature mortality and YPLL…

Posted in: cervical cancer 7 comorbidity 8 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 8 temporal trends 2

Original Article

Implications of Frailty among Men with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators

Objectives: Frailty is associated with adverse outcomes, but little is known of the impact of frailty on patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). This study sought to determine the prevalence of frailty, based on quantitative assessment, and assessed its potential impact on outcomes among community-dwelling men with ICDs. Methods: A…

Posted in: comorbidity 8 frailty 8 implantable cardioverter-defibrillator 5 mortality 38 outcome 13

Original Article

Anesthetic Errors During Procedures in the United States

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify the incidence of anesthetic errors per discharges in the United States within these errors, the incidence of death. A secondary aim was to identify any association between the mortality and patient comorbidities.Methods: A retrospective analysis of the hospitals in the United…

Posted in: comorbidity 8 complication 8 mortality 38

Original Article

Comorbidity Is a Competing Factor for Disease Recurrence Postnephrectomy

Objective: There is a relation between tumor stage and grade with the risk of cancer recurrence in patients undergoing surgical treatment for kidney cancer. The association of patient comorbidity with disease recurrence is less well characterized. The objective of this study was to explore the association between comorbidity and the…

Posted in: Charlson Comorbidity Index 3 comorbidity 8 renal cell carcinoma 6 renal mass 2

Original Article

Conversion Disorder in an Appalachian Community

Objectives: Conversion disorder (CD) is believed to be the manifestation of physical and/or neurological symptoms for primary gain without an identifiable organic cause. Although it is believed to be more common in rural areas, the literature examining this claim is sparse. To our knowledge, no study has been published evaluating…

Posted in: Appalachia 18 comorbidity 8 conversion disorder 2 prevalence 15

Original Article

The Amount of Comorbidities as a Single Parameter Has No Effect in Predicting the Outcome in Appendicitis Patients Older than 60 Years

Background: Retrospective analysis of acute appendicitis patients older than 60 and statistical evaluation of the association between the accompanying illnesses, severity of peritonitis, morbidity, and mortality rates. Introduction: Although acute appendicitis is not frequent among aged populations, accompanying comorbidities of the geriatric patients are always fear factors before an emergency…

Posted in: acute 7 appendicitis 5 comorbidity 8 Geriatrics 10
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