Tag Archives: mortality
Mortality attributable to influenza, evidence and considerations after the Covid-19 pandemic
Factors increasing mortality of the elderly following hip fracture surgery
Hip fracture is one of most common public health problems with significant financial burden on the patient and health care systems. Risk of mortality in elderly patients with several comorbidity is high especially during first year following
Stopping light drinking may increase death risk among healthy adults
Higher ticagrelor mortality in the FDA adverse event repository: time to stop TV ads?
Which better for cardiac surgery, VIMA or TIVA?
Could a sick heart be treated with additional energy substance?
The heart is a muscle organ that by means of blood pumping provides continuously changing requirements in oxygen, energetic and building material to the tissues and organs. The heart in a couple of minutes could augment the
Levosimendan to reduce mortality in cardiac surgery (CHEETAH trial)
Over the past decade, there was a significant decline of mortality after cardiac-surgery. Although the average perioperative mortality for elective procedures currently is 1% to 2%, the rate of major complications remains high. Low-cardiac-output syndrome (LCOS, a
Money is not enough for our health, but greater knowledge on how to spend it
It is well known that a low socioeconomic status is a major risk factor for health. Actually, deprived people do experience higher death rates and that is partly because of poor health behaviours (smoking, low exercise, poor
Frail patients are at increased risk of death following surgery
As a busy surgeon it is sometimes very difficult to predict which patients will do poorly after surgery. Current preoperative measurements have proven to be inaccurate. This may lead to patients undergoing surgery and having bad outcomes.
Long-term outcome in patients admitted with a heart attack and detected with increased blood sugar levels during admission
Diminished disease-free survival following lung cancer surgery
CKD affects mortality in TAVI patients
The cellular advantage of using a macrolide for community-acquired pneumonia
Road traffic noise linked to deaths and increased risk of stroke
Death and stroke risks after surgical aortic valve replacement: A real world perspective
What is the right blood transfusion trigger?
Blood transfusions are used in medical practice every day all over the world. Their use is largely aimed at restoration of the necessary number of red blood cells (erythrocytes), which main goal is to transport the oxygen