SMJ articles in the category "morbidity"

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Impact of Preoperative Echocardiograms on In-Hospital Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Surgical Hip Fracture Repair and Their Clinical Appropriateness

Objectives: Preoperative transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE) before hip fracture repairs are controversial. This study aimed to quantify the frequency of ordering TTE, the appropriateness of testing based on current guidelines, and the impact of TTE on in-hospital morbidity and mortality outcomes. Methods: This retrospective chart review of adult patients admitted with…

Posted in: length of stay 14 morbidity 5 mortality 38

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Health Disparities of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Texas, March–July 2020

Objectives: Although disparities in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prevalence are known, knowledge of the recent surge of COVID-19 in Texas and factors affecting fatality rates is limited. Understanding the health disparities associated with COVID-19 can help healthcare professionals determine the populations that are most in need of COVID-19 preventive care…

Posted in: COVID-19 55 morbidity 5 mortality 38 pandemic 8 Texas 13

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Outcomes of Clostridioides difficile in Patients with Vitamin D Deficiency: A Propensity-Matched National Inpatient Sample Analysis

Objectives: We aimed to determine in-hospital outcomes, length of hospital stay, and resource utilization in a contemporary cohort of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) and vitamin D deficiency (VDD). Methods: The National Inpatient Sample database for 2016 and 2017 was used for data analysis using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision,…

Posted in: morbidity 5 mortality 38 vitamin D 17

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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Morbidity and Outpatient Palivizumab Dosing in South Carolina, 2004–2009

Objective: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been identified as an important cause of lower respiratory tract disease in infants. In patients at high risk, prevention is attempted through immunoprophylaxis with palivizumab. In 2008, as a result of revisions to the American Academy of Pediatrics’ guidelines, South Carolina Medicaid reduced the…

Posted in: morbidity 5 palivizumab 2 respiratory syncytial virus 2 South Carolina 4

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Relation Between Prefracture Characteristics and Perioperative Complications in the Elderly Adult Patient with Hip Fracture

Background: The exact relation among patient prefracture characteristics such as age, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class, fracture type, and prefracture mobility status with perioperative complications in elderly adult patients with hip fracture is still unclear. The aim of the study was to assess the relations among patient prefracture characteristics…

Posted in: elderly adults 3 hip fracture 5 morbidity 5 mortality 38
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