Listando por materia "Mortalidad"
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Beneficial effect of corticosteroids in preventing mortality in patients receiving tocilizumab to treat severe COVID-19 illness
(Elsevier, 2020-12)Objectives: To assess the characteristics and risk factors for mortality in patients with severe coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) treated with tocilizumab (TCZ), alone or in combination with ... -
Catheter-directed therapies in patients with pulmonary embolism: predictive factors of in-hospital mortality and long-term follow-up
(Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021)Background: Catheter-directed therapies (CDT) may be considered for selected patients with pulmonary embolism (PE); (2) Methods: Retrospective observational study including all consecutive patients with ... -
Comparison of two bundles for reducing surgical site infection in colorectal surgery: multicentre cohort study
(BJS Open, 2024)Background: There is controversy regarding the maximum number of elements that can be included in a surgical site infection prevention bundle. In addition, it is unclear whether a bundle of this type ... -
Current and future perspectives in lung cancer prevention
(Precision Cancer Medicine: a Journal Aiming to Deliver a Lasting Blow to Cancer, 2020)Smoking is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Tobacco smoke contains thousands of different heterogeneous substances, dozens of them classified as carcinogenic for humans, ... -
El descenso pionero de la mortalidad en la provincia de Tarragona, 1900-1960: análisis epidemiológico
(Revista de Demografía Histórica, 2012)Partiendo del marco conceptual de la Transición Epidemiológica, el artículo analiza la evolución de las causas de muerte en la provincia de Tarragona para explicar su esperanza de vida inicialmente ... -
Efectos del consumo de tabaco en pacientes con COVID-19: estudio observacional
(2021-07-13)Objetivo: Conocer si existe relación entre el consumo de tabaco y los días de ingreso hospitalario en pacientes ingresados por COVID-19. Diseño: Estudio observacional analítico retrospectivo. Sujetos ... -
Effects of COVID-19 confinement on the incidence and mortality of major osteoporotic fractures: an observational study in Catalonia, Spain
(Archives of Osteoporosis, 2022)Summary: There is little information on how the COVID-19 lockdown influenced the epidemiology of major osteoporotic fractures (MOF). We analyzed the incidence and mortality of MOF in 2020 compared with ... -
Eradication of hepatitis C virus and non-liver-related non–acquired immune deficiency syndrome–related events in human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus coinfection
(Hepatology, 2017)We assessed non-liver-related non–acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related (NLR-NAR) events and mortalityin a cohort of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/hepatitis C virus (HCV)–coinfected ... -
Esperanza de vida entre 1991-2011: explicación epidemiológica a la desigualdad por género en Tarragona, una provincia de Cataluña, España
(Población y Salud en Mesoamérica, 2013)El objetivo de esta investigación es determinar si las distintas causas de muerte explicarían la desigualdad de la mortalidad por sexo entre 1991 y 2011 en la provincia de Tarragona (Cataluña, España) ... -
Evidence of functional declining and global comorbidity measured at baseline proved to be the strongest predictors for long-term death in elderly community residents aged 85 years: a 5-year follow-up evaluation, the OCTABAIX study
(Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2016-04-18)Objective: To investigate the predictive value of functional impairment, chronic conditions, and laboratory biomarkers of aging for predicting 5-year mortality in the elderly aged 85 years. Methods: ... -
Evolución demográfica del camp de Tarragona (Cataluña, España) 1570-1880: las grandes crisis de mortalidad
(Población y Salud en Mesoamérica, 2016)El Camp de Tarragona (España) participó con fuerza en la revolución comercial de la época moderna y la evolución de su población fue constante y creciente. Objetivo: analizar sifueron las graves crisis ... -
Explanations for the Age, Sex, Spatial, and Temporal Structure of Czech Mortality for the Period 1987–97
(Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 2009-03-01)The author disentangles the age sex, spatial, and temporal structure of mortality in the Czech Republic during the period 1987–97 for a selection of cause-of-death categories and investigates possible ... -
Gender differences in labour losses associated with smoking-related mortality
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019-09-28)The aim of this paper was to estimate the number of premature deaths, years of potential productive life lost (YPPLL) and labour losses attributable to tobacco smoking due to premature death by gender ... -
High red blood cell distribution width as a marker of hospital mortality after ICU discharge: a cohort study
(Journal of Intensive Care, 2018-11-16)Background: High red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is associated with worse outcome in diverse scenarios, including in critical illness. The Sabadell score (SS) predicts in-hospital survival after ... -
High-dose methylprednisolone pulses for 3 days vs. low-dose dexamethasone for 10 days in severe, non-critical COVID-19: a retrospective propensity score matched analysis
(Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021)Corticosteroids are largely recommended in patients with severe COVID-19. However, evidence to support high-dose methylprednisolone (MP) pulses is not as robust as that demonstrated for low-dose ... -
El impacto del sida sobre la demografía y la estructura familiar. El caso de la república democrática del Congo
(Quaderns de Polítiques Familiars, 2019-12)El sida es una enfermedad infecciosa-contagiosa que se expande rápidamente a través de las poblaciones (sobre todo pobres y vulnerables) a pesar de los debates por solucionarla.El objetivo principal es ... -
Increasing Cervical Cancer Screening Coverage: A Randomised, Community-Based Clinical Trial
(PLoS One, 2017-01-24)Background: Opportunistic cervical cancer screening can lead to suboptimal screening coverage. Coverage could be increased after a personalised invitation to the target population. We present a community ... -
Lower admission blood pressure as an independent predictor of 1-year mortality in elderly patients experiencing a first hospitalization for acute heart failure
(Hellenic Journal of Cardiology, 2019)Background: Systolic blood pressure (SBP) is an acknowledged prognostic factor in patients with heart failure (HF). Admission SBP should be a risk factor for 1-year mortality even in elderly patients ... -
Machine learning risk prediction of mortality for patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2: the COVIDSurg mortality score
(British Journal of Surgery, 2021)Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic tens of millions of operations have been cancelled1 as a result of excessive postoperative pulmonary complications (51.2 per cent) and mortality rates (23.8 ...