Morbidity – Newsemia

Prospective evaluation of preoperative cognitive impairment and postoperative morbidity in geriatric patients undergoing emergency general surgery

NewsemiaApril 8, 2020

by NewsemiaApril 8, 202008

Cognitive impairment (CI) is common in geriatric patients. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence and impact of CI on outcomes in geriatric patients undergoing emergency...

Cardiology

Pregnancy in women with valvular heart disease: a call to action to reduce morbidity and mortality in both mother and child

NewsemiaMarch 24, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 24, 202008

The scope of the problem Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of pregnancy-related mortality in countries with medium or higher human development index (HDI).1...

Pediatrics

Young Cancer Survivors: How Much Late Morbidity and Mortality?

NewsemiaMarch 16, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 16, 2020034

(MedPage Today) — Study Authors: Eugene Suh, Kayla L. Stratton, et al.; Päivi Lähteenmäki Target Audience and Goal Statement: Oncologists, hematologists, pediatricians, primary care physicians...

Surgery/Cosmetic

Preoperative outpatient blood pressure variability predicts postoperative mortality, readmission and morbidity after surgery

NewsemiaFebruary 28, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 28, 2020031

Variability in outpatient blood pressure over three years prior to major surgery is strongly associated with postoperative mortality, morbidity, and readmission independently of hypertension and...

Gastroenterology

Identification of risk factors for morbidity and mortality after Hartmann’s reversal surgery – a retrospective study from two French centers

NewsemiaFebruary 27, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 27, 202007

Identification of risk factors for morbidity and mortality after Hartmann’s reversal surgery – a retrospective study from two French centers Source link...

Pediatrics

Iron Packaging Regulations in the United States and Pediatric Morbidity: A Retrospective Cohort Study

NewsemiaFebruary 24, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 24, 2020037

Clinical Pediatrics, Ahead of Print. Iron poisoning was a leading cause of pediatric morbidity and mortality. We sought to assess whether the removal of strict...

Pediatrics

Screening for T1DM in Children May Help Reduce Morbidity

NewsemiaFebruary 9, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 9, 2020033

Public health screening of 2- to 5-year-olds revealed an islet autoantibody prevalence of 0.31 percent Source link...

Gastroenterology

A five-year longitudinal observational study in morbidity and mortality of negative appendectomy in Sulaimani teaching Hospital/Kurdistan Region/Iraq

NewsemiaFebruary 9, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 9, 2020031

A five-year longitudinal observational study in morbidity and mortality of negative appendectomy in Sulaimani teaching Hospital/Kurdistan Region/Iraq Source link...

Cardiology

Perinatal outcomes and long-term offspring cardiovascular morbidity of women with congenital heart disease.

NewsemiaFebruary 7, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 7, 202008

Related Articles Perinatal outcomes and long-term offspring cardiovascular morbidity of women with congenital heart disease. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2020 Jan 29;246:145-150 Authors:...

Gastroenterology

Fibrosis linked with mortality, liver-related morbidity risk in patients with NAFLD

NewsemiaFebruary 6, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 6, 2020029

Biopsy-confirmed fibrosis was associated with risk for mortality and liver-related morbidity in patients with NAFLD, regardless of confounding factors and in patients with NASH, according...

Pediatrics

Quality Improvement in NICU May Cut Morbidity in Preemies

NewsemiaFebruary 2, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 2, 202007

Practice changes linked to increase in survival without major morbidity for infants born at 23 to 32 weeks Source link...

Surgery/Cosmetic

Association of metabolic syndrome with morbidity and mortality in emergency general surgery

NewsemiaDecember 22, 2019

by NewsemiaDecember 22, 201901

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is defined by numerous comorbidities. We sought to assess MetS’s effect on the 7 main emergency general surgery (EGS) procedures that constitute...

Infant morbidity decreases with incentive-based prenatal tobacco interventions

NewsemiaDecember 7, 2019

by NewsemiaDecember 7, 201901

Colorado is taking a critical step to protect low-income women during their pregnancy through incentive-based smoking cessation interventions. A new study from the Colorado School...

Pediatrics

Impact of H1N1 Influenza Vaccination on Child Morbidity in Guinea-Bissau

NewsemiaNovember 14, 2019

by NewsemiaNovember 14, 201902

Abstract Background In addition to vaccines’ specific effects, vaccines may have non-specific effects (NSEs) altering the susceptibility to unrelated infections. Non-live vaccines have been associated...

Cardiology

[Meta-analysis of the association between the short-term exposure to fine particular matter and the morbidity of ischemic heart disease].

NewsemiaNovember 5, 2019

by NewsemiaNovember 5, 201901

Related Articles [Meta-analysis of the association between the short-term exposure to fine particular matter and the morbidity of ischemic heart disease]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi...

Cardiology

Design and Baseline Characteristics of the Finerenone in Reducing Cardiovascular Mortality and Morbidity in Diabetic Kidney Disease Trial.

NewsemiaNovember 1, 2019

by NewsemiaNovember 1, 201903

Related Articles Design and Baseline Characteristics of the Finerenone in Reducing Cardiovascular Mortality and Morbidity in Diabetic Kidney Disease Trial. Am J Nephrol. 2019 Oct...

Cardiology

Low systemic arterial compliance is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in aortic valve stenosis

NewsemiaSeptember 15, 2019

by NewsemiaSeptember 15, 201904

Objective Lower systemic arterial compliance (SAC) is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in hypertension, but this has not been assessed in a prospective...

Pediatrics

Childhood-Onset IBD Ups Risk for Psychiatric Morbidity

NewsemiaAugust 21, 2019

by NewsemiaAugust 21, 201902

Risk significantly increased for suicide attempt and mood, anxiety, personality, eating disorders Source link...

Surgery/Cosmetic

The Morbidity of C. Difficile in Necrotizing Pancreatitis

NewsemiaAugust 15, 2019

by NewsemiaAugust 15, 201902

Necrotizing pancreatitis (NP) patients commonly require antibiotic treatment during the several month-long disease course. We hypothesized that Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is common in NP...

Surgery/Cosmetic

Comparison of accuracy of prediction of postoperative mortality and morbidity between a new, parsimonious risk calculator (SURPAS) and the ACS Surgical Risk Calculator

NewsemiaAugust 5, 2019

by NewsemiaAugust 5, 201904

The novel Surgical Risk Preoperative Assessment System (SURPAS) requires entry of five predictor variables (the other three variables of the eight-variable model are automatically obtained...