Predicting CAP-related mortality with CRB-65 Ewig et al are to be commended for their very large study of 388 406 patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in German hospitals from 2005 to 2006. Using the CRB-65 tool (confusion, respiratory rate $30 min, low blood pressure (either systolic <90 mm Hg or diastolic #60 mm Hg) and age $65 years), the authors found 30-day mortality r...

T h e re is considerable concern about increasing rates of dru g related mortality in the UK. Evidence has suggested that recently released offenders are at a high risk of dying from dru g related causes. This study provides estimates of the rates of mortality amongst re c e n t l y released prisoners in England and Wales and provides some evidence of the risk factors associated with this group...

n engl j med 359;4 www.nejm.org july 24, 2008 431 Pavlin JD, Souter KJ, Hong JY, Freund PR, Bowdle TA, Bower 1. JO. Effects of bispectral index monitoring on recovery from surgical anesthesia in 1,580 inpatients from an academic medical center. Anesthesiology 2005;102:566-73. Lindholm ML, Brudin L, Sandin RH. Bispectral index moni2. toring: appreciated but does not affect drug dosing and hypnot...

This report is a purely descriptive study of firearm-related deaths occurring in Louisiana from 1999 to 2010. Mortality data were collected from death certificates from this 12-year period to describe firearm fatalities by year, race, gender, age group, and manner of death (accident, homicide, suicide). Louisiana data were also compared to national data. Race, sex, and age were important factor...

Drug-related deaths attract widespread concern and public interest and this is reflected in the number of queries ONS receives on this topic. This article sets out the processes involved in the collection and compilation of data on drug-related deaths in England and Wales to serve as a point of reference for users of ONS mortality data. It also documents recent trends in drug-related deaths, re...

BACKGROUND This study describes a nationwide survey that estimates the number and characteristics of anesthesia-related deaths for the year 1999. METHODS Death certificates from the French national mortality database were selected from the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision codes using a variable sampling fraction. Medical certifiers were sent a questionnaire (response r...

Two recent efforts to quantify the causes of maternal deaths on a global scale generated divergent estimates of abortion-related mortality. Such discrepancies in estimates of abortion-related mortality present an important opportunity to explore unique challenges and opportunities associated with the generation and interpretation of abortion-related mortality estimates. While innovations in pri...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the excess deaths attributed to influenza in Spain, using age-specific generalized linear models (GLM) and the Serfling model for the period 1999-2005. METHOD We reviewed mortality from influenza and pneumonia and all-cause deaths. We used an additive GLM procedure, including the numbers of weekly deaths as a response variable and the number of influenza virus and respir...

Environmental heat exposure can cause illness, injury, and death. This report describes four heat-related deaths that occurred in the United States during 1997 and summarizes risk factors for and reviews measures to prevent heat-related illness, injury, and death.

the government of the united republic of tanzania has initiated the integrated management of childhood illness program to improve the health and wellbeing of children.tanzania's under-five mortality rate is still 1.7 times higher than the world average and, in order to achieve its millennium development goal 4 target, its annual reduction rate is quite low at 2.2. the main aim of the study is t...