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Undernutrition at PICU Admission Is Predictor of 60-Day Mortality and PICU Length of Stay in Critically Ill Children

BACKGROUND: There are few studies that assess the role of different nutritional assessment variables at pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission in predicting clinical outcomes. OBJECTIVE: To identify nutritional variables in the first 4 days…

Early mortality in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a developing country: the role of malnutrition at diagnosis. A multicenter cohort MIGICCL study

Tags: 2017, Adolescent, Age Factors, Alvarez-Rodriguez FJ, Amador-Sanchez R, Body Weights and Measures, Bolea-Murga V, Cardenas-Cardos R, Child, Child Preschool, Children, Comorbidity, de Diego Flores-Chapa J, Developing Countries, Developing World 2018 List, Dorantes-Acosta EM, Duarte-Rodriguez DA, Espinosa-Elizondo RM, Fajardo-Gutierrez A, Female, Flores-Lujano J, Flores-Villegas LV, Gil-Hernandez AE, Gonzalez-Bonilla CR, Humans, Infant, Infant Newborn, Jimenez-Hernandez E, Leukemia, Leukemia & Lymphoma, Male, malnutrition, Malnutrition/diagnosis/epidemiology, Martin-Trejo JA, Martinez-Avalos A, Medina-Sanson A, Mejia-Arangure JM, Mexico/epidemiology, Mortality, Nunez-Enriquez JC, Nunez-Villegas NN, Paredes-Aguilera R, Penaloza-Gonzalez JG, Perez-Saldivar ML, Population Surveillance, Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/epidemiology/ mortality/therapy, Prevalence, Prognosis, Proportional Hazards Models, Rangel-Lopez A, Remission Induction, Reyes-Zepeda NC, Rivera-Luna R, Rodriguez-Zepeda MD, Socioeconomic Factors, Torres-Nava JR, Velazquez-Avina MM

Validation of the palliative performance scale in the acute tertiary care hospital setting

BACKGROUND: Physicians are often asked to prognosticate patient survival. However, prediction of survival is difficult, particularly with critically ill and dying patients within the hospitals. The Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) was designed to…

Long-term outcome and clinical spectrum of 73 pediatric patients with mitochondrial diseases

OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine the clinical spectrum, survival, and long-term functional outcome of a cohort of pediatric patients with mitochondrial diseases and to identify prognostic factors. METHODS: Medical charts were reviewed for 73…

Tags: 2007, AIM, Backlog, Cause Of Death, Chevalier I, Child, Cohort Studies, Debray FG, Decarie JC, DNA, DNA Fragmentation, Female, Follow-up Studies, HEREDITARY, Humans, IM, Infant, Journal Article, Lambert M, Leber/di [Diagnosis], Leber/ge [Genetics], Leber/mo [Mortality], Longitudinal Studies, Male, MELAS Syndrome/di [Diagnosis], MELAS Syndrome/mo [Mortality], MELAS Syndrome/th [Therapy], Mitchell GA, Mitochondrial Diseases/di [Diagnosis], Mitochondrial Diseases/ge [Genetics], Mitochondrial Diseases/mo [Mortality], Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies/di [Diagnosis], Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies/mo [Mortality], Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies/th [therapy], Mitochondrial Myopathies/di [Diagnosis], Mitochondrial Myopathies/ge [Genetics], Mitochondrial Myopathies/mo [Mortality], Mitochondrial/ge [Genetics], Newborn, Optic Atrophy, Pediatrics, Preschool, Probability, Proportional Hazards Models, Q3 Scoping Review Results, Retrospective Studies, Robinson BH, Robitaille Y, Severity Of Illness Index, Shoubridge EA, Survival Analysis, Time Factors

Decisions to forgo life-sustaining therapy in ICU patients independently predict hospital death

OBJECTIVE: More than one-half the deaths of patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) occur after a decision to forgo life-sustaining therapy (DFLST). Although DFLSTs typically occur in patients with severe comorbidities and intractable acute…

Mortality in parents after death of a child in Denmark: A nationwide follow-up study.

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the effect of parental bereavement on physical health. We investigated whether the death of a child increased mortality in parents. METHODS: We undertook a follow-up study based on national registers. From 1980 to…

Demographic transition of the Swedish cystic fibrosis community--results of modern care

Assessing the results of modern cystic fibrosis (CF)-care and estimating the future population and its demography is important to evaluate the treatment regimens and to calculate the future needs of health-care resources. This paper updates previous…

Does a palliative care clinic have a role in improving end-of-life care? Results of a pilot program

OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of a palliative care clinic (PCC), which provided some of the interdisciplinary services and expertise of an inpatient consult service to outpatients, in traditional clinic sessions. DESIGN: Chart review. SETTING: A…

Clinician predictions of intensive care unit mortality

OBJECTIVE: Predicting outcomes for critically ill patients is an important aspect of discussions with families in the intensive care unit. Our objective was to evaluate clinical intensive care unit survival predictions and their consequences for…

Mapping the journey of cancer patients through the health care system. Part 2: Methodological approaches and basic findings

This is the second in a series of articles from a line of research whose intent was to construct a complete history of interactions with the health care system. This paper provides details of the methods developed to collect and collate the scattered…

Life expectancy of children with cerebral palsy

Risk factors for mortality of young children with cerebral palsy were studied using a sample of 12,709 children aged 0.5-3.5 years with cerebral palsy who had received services from the State of California between 1980 and 1995. The most powerful…

The forgotten griever: a nationwide follow-up study of mortality subsequent to the death of a sibling

Previous findings have suggested that the loss of a family member is associated with mortality among bereaved family members. The least-studied familial relationship in the bereavement literature is that of siblings, although loss of a sibling may…

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