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Critical care medicine in the United States 1985-2000: an analysis of bed numbers, use, and costs

OBJECTIVE: To establish a database that permits description and analysis of the evolving role, patterns of use, and costs of critical care medicine (CCM) in the United States from 1985 to 2000. DESIGN: Retrospective study combining data from federal…

Tags: 2004, Backlog, Bed Occupancy/statistics & numerical data, Comparative Study, Critical Care Medicine, Critical Care/economics/statistics & numerical data/trends/utilization, Databases, Factual, Greenstein RJ, Halpern NA, Journal Article, Non-U.S. Gov't, Pastores SM, Research Support, Retrospective Studies, United States

Driscoll Children's Hospital respiratory syncytial virus database: risk factors, treatment and hospital course in 3308 infants and young children, 1991 to 2002

BACKGROUND: Treatment of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract infection has historically been one of the most frequent reasons for admission to Driscoll Children's Hospital. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine…

Health care resource utilization in adults with congenital heart disease

The number of adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) is increasing. However, rates of health care resource utilization in this population are unknown. The objectives of this study were to describe the use of general health care resources in…

Hospitalizations for mitochondrial disease across the lifespan in the U.S

IMPORTANCE: Mitochondrial disease is being diagnosed with increasing frequency. Although children with mitochondrial disease often have severe, life-limiting illnesses, many survive into adulthood. There is, however, limited information about the…

Mechanical ventilation in Ontario, 1992-2000: incidence, survival, and hospital bed utilization of noncardiac surgery adult patients

OBJECTIVE: Mechanical ventilation is a common therapy used in caring for critically ill patients, but its epidemiology is poorly understood. We describe population-based, temporal trends in the incidence, survival, and hospital bed utilization of…

Patients with malignant hematological disorders treated on a palliative care unit: prognostic impact of clinical factors

A reliable estimation of prognosis in patients receiving palliative care is desirable in order to facilitate clinical decision finding. For patients with advanced hematological malignancies, only few data are available to estimate prognosis of the…

Quantitative estimation of rare adverse events which follow a biological progression: a new model applied to chronic NSAID use

Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) alone are unlikely to provide reliable estimates of the incidence of rare events because of their limited size. Cohort, case control, and other observational studies have large numbers but are vulnerable to various…

Representation of rare diseases in health information systems: the Orphanet approach to serve a wide range of end users

Rare disorders are scarcely represented in international classifications and therefore invisible in information systems. One of the major needs in health information systems and for research is to share and/or to integrate data coming from…

Tags: 2012, Backlog, Brandt MM, Databases, Dhombres F, Factual, Human Mutation, Humans, Information Dissemination, Journal Article, Olry A, Online Systems, Rare Diseases, Rath A, Segolene A, Terminology as Topic, Urbero B

Rotavirus gastroenteritis and seizures in young children

In this retrospective cohort study, a clinical and administrative database of children hospitalized at Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, between January 1, 2002, and December 31, 2006, was used to identify those with…

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