SummaryBackground Delirium is a common, but potentially preventable complication of acute illness that is associated with important adverse outcomes including increased length of hospital admission, risk of dementia and admission to long-term care. In-hospital risk assessment and diagnosis Age over 65,...
Validation of the FASPIP in the clinical setting is needed.doi:10.24926/iip.v3i1.256Martha M. RumorePharm.DJ.DF.A.Ph.AGeorgeta VaideanM.DInnovations in PharmacyRumero MM, Vaidean G. Development of a risk assessment tool for falls prevention in hospital in patients based on the ...
In addition, it has both high sensitivity and specificity; however, feasibility of its use for universal screening may be limited by its length, and it may be more suitable for in-depth assessment of a patient who screens positive using another briefer tool. Criticisms of the C-SSRS include ...
Evidence Assessment The USPSTF concludes with moderate certainty that screening for MDD in adults, including pregnant and postpartum persons and older adults, has a moderate net benefit. The USPSTF concludes that the evidence is insufficient on the benefit and harms of screening for suicide risk in...
Objectives To characterize patients with COVID-19 treated in US hospitals and to examine risk factors associated with in-hospital mortality. Design, Setting, and Participants This cohort study was conducted using Premier Healthcare Database, a large geographically diverse all-payer hospital administrative...
Background Hospital‐acquired venous thromboembolism (HA VTE) is a preventable complication in hospitalized patients. Objective We aimed to examine the use of pharmacologic prophylaxis (pPPX) and compare two risk assessment methods for HA VTE: a retrospective electronic Padua Score (ePaduaKP) and adm...
Medication use and fall‐risk assessment for falls in an acute care hospital A nested case–control study was carried out to examine relationships of a fall‐risk score and the use of single medications and polypharmacy with falls among hospitalized patients aged 50 years and older in Taiwan. M...
To construct and validate a risk assessment model for acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) in the intensive care unit (ICU). A total of 963 patients diagnosed with acute pancreatitis (AP) from the Medical Information Mart fo
Oxygen therapy with flow of ≥6 L/min was considered an AGP in the HA hospitals. Despite the aforementioned, none of the neighbouring patients or staff contacts were infected. While there is no consensus on what constitutes ‘close’ and ‘casual’ contacts, our risk assessment approach was ...
Therefore, this model enhances, not replaces, physician assessment. Moreover, because the ADHERE registry does not contain specific patient identifiers, information regarding patient status following hospital discharge is not available. Thus the effects of any of the variables evaluated in this analysis...