The In-Hospital Mortality Rates of Slaves and Freemen: Evidence from Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1855–1860 Using a rich sample of admission records from New Orleans Touro Infirmary, we examine the in-hospital mortality risk of free and enslaved patients. Despite a higher mortality rate in the general population, slaves were significantly less likely to die in the hospital than the ...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to evaluate factors influencing short- and long-term survival in medical patients aged 80 and over following admission to an intensive care unit. METHODS All patients aged 80 years or over and admitted between 2001 and 2006 were included in this study. Survival was evaluated between the time of admission and June 2009; factors associated with mortality w...

the relation of shock index (si) and revised trauma score (rts) with trauma patients mortality after first 24 hours of admission at khatam-al anbia hospital in iranshahr heydarikhayat n[1], rezaee hematabadi ma[2], rasouli d[3], kalbali a[4] received: 11 ay , 2012 accepted: 5aug, 2012abstract background & aims: trauma is one of the most important health problems and a leading cause of death in ...

AIMS Pre-operative renal dysfunction is a known risk factor for mortality and morbidity after heart surgery. Despite limited accuracy, serum creatinine is widely used to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Cystatin C is more accurate for assessing GFR. The aim of the present study was to assess associations between GFR estimated from serum cystatin C levels before heart surgery and hospi...

background: ventilator-associated pneumonia (vap) is the most common nosocomial (hospital acquired) infection among patients undergoing mechanical ventilation. it increases mortality rate, duration of mechanical intubated ventilation, and hospitalization in the intensive care units (icus). this review study aims to determine the proper gradient of a hospital bed in preventing vap in patients ho...

PROBLEM There are wide variations in hospital mortality. Much of this variation remains unexplained and may reflect quality of care. SETTING A large acute hospital in an urban district in the North of England. DESIGN Before and after evaluation of a hospital mortality reduction programme. STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE Audit of hospital deaths to inform an evidence-based approach to identify proce...

our recent literature survey indicated a lack of clinical assessment of the influence of gender and site of burn injury on the outcome of patients with extensive burns. this report examines the effect of burn sites and gender on extensive burns’ mortality. data was gathered from 283 patients with burns larger than 65% of the total body surface area (tbsa) above the belt line or below the belt l...