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Skeletal muscle predicts ventilator-free days, ICU-free days, and mortality in elderly ICU patients

INTRODUCTION As the population ages, the number of injured elderly is increasing. We sought to determine if low skeletal muscle mass adversely affected outcome in elderly patients following trauma. METHODS Patients ≥ 65 years of age with an admission abdominal computed tomography scan and requiring intensive care unit (ICU) stay at a Level I trauma center in 2009-2010 were reviewed. Muscle cr...

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[Motor vehicle crash fatalities at 30 days in Spain].

OBJECTIVES To assess level of fulfillment and utility of the hospital discharge register (HDR) as a complementary source of information for estimating the number of deaths at 30 days due to motor vehicle crashes in Spain. METHODS It is a cross-sectional study were we compared the number of people injured due to motor vehicle crashes hospitalised in a public hospital (HDR), in Spain during 200...

Readmission in the 30 days after percutaneous coronary intervention.

OBJECTIVES This study sought to identify the frequency and etiology of readmission within 30 days of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in a large integrated healthcare system. BACKGROUND One-fifth of Medicare patients are readmitted within 30 days of hospitalization. Identifying the causes of readmission may help identify strategies to prevent readmission. METHODS All patients underg...

Prognostic factors of 30-days mortality in primary intracerebral hemorrhage

Methods Retrospective analysis of 30-days mortality in 62 pts (49 male,13 female, mean age 65,74 ± 11,18) hospitalized in our ICU. Age, Apache II score, Sofa score and GCS were recorded on admission day. CT-scan was performed in order to determine the site of the ICH, the presence of intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and the amount of ICH. Volume was estimated using the ABC/2 method and the big...