[HTML][HTML] Combination of toothbrushing and chlorhexidine compared with exclusive use of chlorhexidine to reduce the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia: A …

PUJ Silva, LR Paranhos, D Meneses-Santos… - Clinics, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of 0.12% chlorhexidine alone and 0.12%
chlorhexidine in combination with toothbrushing to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia …

Characteristics and outcomes of hospital admissions for COVID-19 and influenza in the Toronto area

AA Verma, T Hora, HY Jung, M Fralick, SL Malecki… - Cmaj, 2021 - Can Med Assoc
BACKGROUND: Patient characteristics, clinical care, resource use and outcomes
associated with admission to hospital for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Canada …

Comparative Effectiveness of Switching to Daptomycin Versus Remaining on Vancomycin Among Patients With Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) …

ML Schweizer, K Richardson… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream
infections (MRSA BSI) usually receive initial treatment with vancomycin but may be switched …

Outcomes in patients with and without disability admitted to hospital with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study

HK Brown, S Saha, TCY Chan, AM Cheung, M Fralick… - Cmaj, 2022 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Disability-related considerations have largely been absent from the COVID-19
response, despite evidence that people with disabilities are at elevated risk for acquiring …

Establishment and effectiveness evaluation of a scoring system-RAAS (RDW, AGE, APACHE II, SOFA) for sepsis by a retrospective analysis

Y Huang, S Jiang, W Li, Y Fan, Y Leng… - Journal of inflammation …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background A modified scoring system based on the RDW, AGE, SOFA, and APACHE II
score (RAAS score) was composed to investigated the short-, medium-, and long-term high …

[HTML][HTML] The association of infectious diseases consultation and 30-day mortality rates among veterans with enterococcal bacteraemia: a propensity score–matched …

J Tholany, H Suzuki, DJ Livorsi, EN Perencevich… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Infectious disease consultation (IDC) has been associated with improved
outcomes in several infections, but the benefit of IDC among patients with enterococcal …

Multicenter validation of a machine-learning algorithm for 48-h all-cause mortality prediction

H Mohamadlou, S Panchavati, J Calvert… - Health informatics …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
In order to evaluate mortality predictions based on boosted trees, this retrospective study
uses electronic medical record data from three academic health centers for inpatients 18 …

Blood Pressure, Readmission, and Mortality Among Patients Hospitalized With Acute Kidney Injury

BR Griffin, M Vaughan-Sarrazin, Q Shi… - JAMA network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Acute kidney injury (AKI) complicates 20% to 25% of hospital admissions and is
associated with long-term mortality, especially from cardiovascular disease. Lower systolic …

Comparison of the automated pediatric logistic organ dysfunction-2 versus manual pediatric logistic organ dysfunction-2 score for critically ill children

M Sauthier, F Landry-Hould, S Leteurtre… - Pediatric Critical Care …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: The Pediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction-2 is a validated score that quantifies
organ dysfunction severity and requires complex data collection that is time-consuming and …

A critical appraisal of the prognostic predictive models for patients with sepsis: Which model can be applied in clinical practice?

C Beneyto‐Ripoll, A Palazón‐Bru… - … Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Sepsis is associated with high mortality and predictive models can help in
clinical decision‐making. The objective of this study was to carry out a systematic review of …