Objective: To assess risk factors for mortality in cardiac surgical adult patients as part of a study to develop a European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE). Methods: From September to November 1995, information on risk factors and mortality was collected for 19030 consecutive adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass in 128 surgical centres ...

Purpose: This study investigated the effects of depression and social support on quality life in family caregivers cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy at an outpatient department.Methods: had a crosssectional, correlational design using structured questionnaire. Data were collected from October to December 2019 hematology-oncology department. In total, 148 participated this study. The data ...

This research had two goals: (1) it tested hypotheses of the State-Trait Model of anger, and (2) it explored characteristics that may distinguish individuals with high trait anger who recognize problems with their anger from those who do not recognize anger problems. Regarding the first goal, findings supported three hypotheses tested. In particular, compared to those low in trait anger, indivi...

BACKGROUND High blood pressure (BP) and pulse pressure (PP) are recognized as independent risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, whereas insulin resistance (IR) is often associated with hypertension. The purpose of the study was to verify whether PP, taken at the doctor's office and during laboratory stimuli, might be predictive of IR. METHODS Homeostasis model assessment insulin resistanc...

OBJECTIVE Positive volume-outcome relationships exist for diseases treated with technically complex surgery. Contemporary patterns of oropharyngeal cancer surgery by hospital and surgeon volume are poorly defined. METHODS The Maryland Health Service Cost Review Commission database was queried for hospital and surgeon oropharyngeal cancer surgical case volumes from 1990 to 2009. RESULTS Over...

We have tested the feasibility and effectiveness of a 2 year (average 16 7 months) walk/jog exercise program on 36 male orthotopic cardiac transplant patients (21 to 57 years old) seen initially 2 to 23 months after surgery. Comparison of initial exercise test results with those in 45 age-matched normal men showed the patients to have a lesser lean body mass (56 ± 7 vs 63 ± 8 kg, p < .001), wit...

BACKGROUND Unprotected intercourse and seminal discharge are powerful activators of the mucosal immune system and are important risk factors for transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This study was designed to determine if female sex work is associated with changes in the mucosal immunity. METHODS Cervicovaginal lavage and plasma from 122 HIV-uninfected female sex workers (FSW) ...

BACKGROUND The study examines the association of neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation and metabolic syndrome with inflammation. METHODS The analysis included 19, 079 black and white participants from the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke Study who were age > 45 years at baseline. Logistic regression examined whether neighborhood deprivation was associated with increase...

Context.\p=m-\Themain threats to adolescents' health are the risk behaviors they choose. How their social context shapes their behaviors is poorly understood. Objective.\p=m-\Toidentify risk and protective factors at the family, school, and individual levels as they relate to 4 domains of adolescent health and morbidity: emotional health, violence, substance use, and sexuality. Design.\p=m-\Cro...

Background Analyzing actigraphy data using standard circadian parametric models and aggregated nonparametric indices may obscure temporal information that be a hallmark of the impairment in psychiatric disorders. Functional analysis (FDA) overcome such limitations by fully exploiting richness revealing important relationships with mental health outcomes. To our knowledge, no studies have extens...