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..Few national estimates exist of the hospitalizations attributable to RSV, and recent advances in prophylaxis warrant an update of these estimates...

..However, the benefits and risks of this approach have not been adequately studied...

..We also provide a more comprehensive evaluation of comorbid disease and severity of illness in this population and describe their effects on the duration and cost of hospital stay...

..We aimed to assess the epidemiological characteristics of malaria in Kilifi, Kenya, during a period of decreasing transmission intensity...

..The objective of this study was to identify factors correlated with severity of disease in confirmed cases of pandemic H1N1 influenza...

..We describe the clinical characteristics of patients who were hospitalized with 2009 H1N1 influenza in the United States from April 2009 to mid-June 2009...

..End-stage renal disease substantially increases the risks of death, cardiovascular disease, and use of specialized health care, but the effects of less severe kidney dysfunction on these outcomes are less well defined...

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..Pandemic influenza A(H1N1) emerged rapidly in California in April 2009. Preliminary comparisons with seasonal influenza suggest that pandemic 2009 influenza A(H1N1) disproportionately affects younger ages and causes generally mild disease...

..Respiratory viral infections are responsible for a large number of hospitalizations in the United States each year...

..In March 2009, novel 2009 influenza A(H1N1) was first reported in the southwestern United States and Mexico. The population and health care system in Mexico City experienced the first and greatest early burden of critical illness...

..While the Northern Hemisphere experiences the effects of the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus, data from the recent influenza season in the Southern Hemisphere can provide important information on the burden of disease in children...

..We sought to estimate the probabilities that symptomatic infection would lead to hospitalization, ICU admission, and death by combining data from multiple sources.

..The clinical characteristics of UK patients hospitalised with pandemic H1N1 infection and risk factors for severe outcome are described...

..We explored whether the association between cause-specific hospital admissions and PM(2.5) was modified by PM(2.5) chemical composition...

..The primary role of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in causing infant hospitalizations is well recognized, but the total burden of RSV infection among young children remains poorly defined...

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..Dronedarone is a new antiarrhythmic drug that is being developed for the treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation...

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..Use of angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors is also indicated in these patients. However, life-threatening hyperkalemia can occur when these drugs are used together...

..However, it is unknown whether the reduction in admissions involved nonsmokers, smokers, or both...

..The goal of this study was to characterize viral loads and factors affecting viral clearance in persons with severe influenza...

..Epidemiological research has shown that mortality increases during hot weather and heat waves, but little is known about the effect on non-fatal outcomes in the UK...

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..Close to 50% of children received antiviral medication. Two children died from the infection. The pediatric risk groups affected and course of disease caused by pandemic H1N1 appear similar to seasonal influenza...

..Among all hospitalized patients, decedents had presented for hospitalization later (median, 3 vs 2 days after illness onset; P < .05) and received oseltamivir later (median, 6...

..Overall, foodborne diseases appear to cause more illnesses but fewer deaths than previously estimated...

..Restoration and maintenance of sinus rhythm is believed by many physicians to be superior to rate control only. However, there are no prospective data that compare both therapeutic strategies...

..Climate models project that heat waves will increase in frequency and severity. Despite many studies of mortality from heat waves, few studies have examined morbidity...

..To determine whether remote monitoring (structured telephone support or telemonitoring) without regular clinic or home visits improves outcomes for patients with chronic heart failure...

Chronic heart failure (CHF) remains the only cardiovascular disease with an increasing hospitalization burden and an ongoing drain on health care expenditures...

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..This analysis from the MADIT-II trial database examines the long-term clinical course and subsequent mortality risk of patients after termination of life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias by an ICD...

..6 million hospital days. CONCLUSIONS: Acute lung injury has a substantial impact on public health, with an incidence in the United States that is considerably higher than previous reports have suggested...

..a 7-component national surveillance system for influenza that includes virologic, influenza-like illness, hospitalization, and mortality data...

..fibrinogen correlate with pulmonary function and rate of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) hospitalization. We measured plasma fibrinogen and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV(1)), and assessed prospectively COPD ..

..Dronedarone is a new antiarrhythmic agent pharmacologically related to amiodarone but developed to reduce the risk of side effects...

..We describe the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of children and adolescents hospitalized for 2009 H1N1 infections in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from April 2009 to August 2009...

..most elective operations will become day surgical procedures or require only 1 to 2 days of postoperative hospitalization. Reorganization of the perioperative team (anesthesiologists, surgeons, nurses, and physical therapists) will ..

..5) (particulate matter <or= 2.5 microm in aerodynamic diameter) as the indicator. Evidence regarding the toxicity of the chemical components of the PM(2.5) mixture is limited...

..We detected human bocavirus (HBoV) infection in 4.5% of hospitalized patients with pneumonia in rural Thailand. However, the role of HBoV as a pathogen is unclear...

..A simple epidemiological model, based on the gravity formulation, captures the observed increase of influenza spatial synchrony with transmissibility; high transmission allows influenza to spread rapidly beyond local spatial constraints...

..5) is now the particle measure of greatest health and regulatory concern. And little has been published on associations of hospital admissions and PM components...

..It is unclear whether pandemic 2009 influenza A (pH1N1) infection caused more significant disease among hospitalized adults than seasonal influenza...

..many critically ill patients with 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) (2009 H1N1) infection were noted to be obese, but whether obesity, rather than its associated co-morbidities, is an independent risk factor for severe infection is unknown...

Previous cross-sectional studies have suggested an association between medication nonadherence and hospitalization for individuals with schizophrenia. However, such analyses typically measure adherence averaged over long time periods...

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..in the form of biventricular stimulation with a pacemaker with or without a defibrillator would reduce the risk of death and hospitalization among patients with advanced chronic heart failure and intraventricular conduction delays.

..Little is known about the virological and inflammatory responses of severe pandemic 2009 influenza A(H1N1) virus pneumonia during antiviral treatment...

We evaluated comorbidity, hospitalization, and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), with special attention to risk factors for frequent hospitalizations (more than three during the follow-up period), and prognostic ..

..Our aim was to characterize the clinical practices for VTE prophylaxis in acutely ill hospitalized medical patients enrolled in the International Medical Prevention Registry on Venous Thromboembolism (IMPROVE)...

..Thus interventions focusing on frequent admissions are needed, and this requires collaboration between outpatient and hospital care...

..05). Treatment with SSRIs in patients recovering from ACS is associated with significant lower re-hospitalization rates...

..We compared incidence rates of pneumonia among individuals with and without HIV infection and explored risk factors for pneumonia in the HIV-infected population...

..To assess the effects of inpatient rehabilitation specifically designed for geriatric patients compared with usual care on functional status, admissions to nursing homes, and mortality...

..We investigated whether risk of mortality and rate of hospitalization may be predicted from physician-diagnosed depression and patients' self-reports of depressive symptoms.

..We assessed whether obesity is a risk factor for hospitalization and death due to 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1), independent of chronic medical conditions considered by the ..

..There are no published data for the incidence or etiology of childhood bacteremia in Malawi. We describe the clinical and microbiologic features of children admitted to hospital from whom blood cultures yielded bacterial pathogens...

..The aim of this study was to investigate factors affecting clinical outcomes of adults hospitalised with severe seasonal influenza...

..Whether this transition is directly related to the scaling of intervention coverage remains a moot point...

..Careful mapping of the inflammatory pathways in the pathogenesis of bronchiolitis should lead to development of new therapies to alleviate symptoms...

..This study was undertaken to determine the rate and predictors of hospitalization for pneumonia and the extent to which specific RA treatments increase pneumonia risk.

..Further, methodologically sound drug surveillance studies are necessary for an effective promotion of a safer use of drugs in children...

..system capable of measuring intrathoracic impedance to identify potential fluid overload before heart failure hospitalization and to determine the correlation between intrathoracic impedance and standard measures of fluid status during ..

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..We conducted a double-blind trial to evaluate this therapeutic approach...

..Most of these patients are candidates for an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). We evaluated whether adding CRT to an ICD and optimal medical therapy might reduce mortality and morbidity among such patients...

..To describe the burden of care experienced by our pediatric health care facility in New York, New York, from May 3, 2009, to July 31, 2009, during the novel influenza A(H1N1) pandemic that began in spring 2009...

..The World Health Organization declared the fi rst influenza pandemic of the 21st century on 11 June 2009...

..We evaluated the effects of eplerenone in patients with chronic systolic heart failure and mild symptoms...

In 2006, RotaTeq (RV5) was recommended for routine vaccination of United States (US) infants. We compared hospitalization rates for acute gastroenteritis among US children aged <5 years during pre-RV5 rotavirus seasons from 2000 ..

..We sought to determine the utility of combined heart failure (HF) device diagnostic information to predict clinical deterioration of HF in patients with systolic left ventricular dysfunction...

..A study was performed to investigate the association between positive viral detection and respiratory infection in an at-risk population...

..The objective of this study was to estimate national hospital costs for infant admissions that are associated with preterm birth/low birth weight...

..of venous thromboembolism in the community could be attributed to institutionalization (current or recent hospitalization or nursing home residence)...

..To evaluate the performance of a routine incident reporting system in identifying patient safety incidents...

..Although digoxin was tested in an appreciable number of diastolic heart failure patients in the Digitalis Investigation Group ancillary trial, detailed findings from this important study have not previously been published...

..The aim of this study was to systematically evaluate the development of diabetes as an independent long-term prognostic factor after myocardial infarction...

..These findings have important implications for the prevention of AF...

..Triage liaison physicians (TLPs) have been employed in overcrowded emergency departments (EDs); however, their effectiveness remains unclear...

..To determine whether the statewide system of trauma care introduced in 2000 has resulted in improved survival for all major trauma patients in Victoria...

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to examine possible alternatives for death, particularly hospitalization for cardiovascular reasons (CV hospitalization), as an endpoint in studies of atrial fibrillation (AF) using the Atrial ..

..From 1995 through 1999, cardiopulmonary hospitalization rates in HIV-infected patients declined by 53% and death rates declined by 77%...

..To examine 2009 H1N1 influenza illness severity and the effect of antiviral treatment on the severity of illness among pregnant women...

..The primary aim of this survey is to describe current European practice associated with CRT implantations...

..The predictors of functional decline are initially considered and, subsequently, the characteristics and psychometric qualities of existing screening instruments are investigated...

..Our objective was to use national data to produce a comprehensive description of trends in childhood asthma prevalence, health care utilization, and mortality to assess changes in the disease burden among US children...

..Although recent studies have identified new group C human rhinoviruses (HRVCs), their spectrum of pediatric disease is unknown...

..The risk of intussusception was similar in vaccine and placebo recipients. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00090233.)..

..To investigate the prevalence of 14 viruses in infants with bronchiolitis and to study demographic and clinical differences in those with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), human bocavirus (hBoV) and rhinovirus (RV) infection...

..This study aims to report these factors in addition to season of event for the years 2000-2005 to provide data regarding asthma burden in the in-patient hospital setting...

The aim of the article was to describe the epidemiology of burn injuries requiring hospitalization at Shandong Provincial Hospital and to provide information necessary for the design and implementation of effective prevention programs...

..To determine the pattern of admissions to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), a tertiary level referral hospital...

..Previous epidemiologic studies of anaphylaxis have been single-institution investigations. The objective of this study was to determine the annual hospital discharge rate and risk factors for anaphylaxis outcomes throughout Florida...

..6% of hospitalizations. Rates of encephalitis-associated hospitalization were highest for children <1 year old and persons > or =65 years old...

..To study the 'compression of morbidity' theory in the Hong Kong SAR by analysing the age and gender-specific hospitalization rates and the expected length of stay per patient for the period 1996-2000...

..Direct standardization (rate x 1000) and logistic regression analysis (OR, 95% CI) were performed. Overall hospitalization rate in elderly was 7.5%o (10.l%o females vs. 3.9%0 males). 12...

..are the most common agents responsible for scalds. Prevention programs for reducing the risk of burn injuries during cooking and eating are required, especially for parents with young children...

..costs of nontyphoidal salmonellosis in California from 1990 through 1999 are described using surveillance, hospitalization, and death data...

..To examine the prevalence of asymptomatic and symptomatic liver cysts in a university hospital patient population using modern US equipment...

..the heart following angioplasty procedures and coronary artery bypass graft surgery can affect the length of hospitalization, cost of hospitalization, functional capacity of the patient at discharge, and may ultimately contribute to ..

..care pharmacy in combination with data on health outcomes from the Minimum Data Set (MDS) and Medicare Part A hospitalization claims for the period 2005-2008 (one year before and three years after Part D implementation)...

..admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) require up to several hundred procedures during their hospitalization. Many of these are tissue damaging procedures (TDPs) that cause pain...

..dyspnea, depression, and reduced health-related quality of life, all of which may contribute to prolonged hospitalization and increased costs. Patients with ARF average 15 hospital days with median costs of $30,000...

..admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) require up to several hundred procedures during their hospitalization. Many of these are tissue damaging procedures (TDPs) that cause pain...

..Major bleeding events also result in a 3-4 day increase in length of stay,11 in turn increasing hospitalization costs by $6,000-8,000...

..Major bleeding events also result in a 3-4 day increase in length of stay,11 in turn increasing hospitalization costs by $6,000-8,000...

..care pharmacy in combination with data on health outcomes from the Minimum Data Set (MDS) and Medicare Part A hospitalization claims for the period 2005-2008 (one year before and three years after Part D implementation)...

..Identification of an effective strategy to reduce MRSA infection and hospitalization would be a major advancement in clinical care...

..dyspnea, depression, and reduced health-related quality of life, all of which may contribute to prolonged hospitalization and increased costs. Patients with ARF average 15 hospital days with median costs of $30,000...

..Consequently, the cost of treating nosocomial infections through extended hospitalization and increasingly aggressive therapy has risen to an estimated $30 billion in the U.S...

..pain, social isolation and many develop complications such as osteomyelitis or bacteremia that require hospitalization. Overall costs for treatment are $9.1 to $11.6 billion per year...

..Consequently, the cost of treating nosocomial infections through extended hospitalization and increasingly aggressive therapy has risen to an estimated $30 billion in the U.S...

..We hypothesize that greater physician-patient visit frequency is associated with a reduced patient hospitalization and mortality rate, greater achievement of dialysis clinical performance targets, greater utilization of ..

..Clinically, POI has serious impact on patient morbidity, causing patient discomfort and prolongation of hospitalization by 3 to 10 days...

Heart failure is the most common reason for hospitalization in the United States among those older than 65 years, and this statistic is expected to grow as the population ages...

..6% of children >5 years of age who survive CM have cognitive deficits 6 months after hospitalization. However, the effects of CM on cognition in younger children have not been prospectively characterized, and ..

..b>Hospitalization costs incurred by Medicare recipients exceeded 471 billion dollars in 2007...

The importance of preserving physical function during hospitalization, especially for adults aged 65 and older, is so well acknowledged that clinical care activities such as turning and ambulating are part of routine hospital ward care...

b>Hospitalization for acute general medical conditions is a common and often pivotal event for older Americans...

..Data will be collected during the index hospitalization and at 3 and 9 months after discharge...

..surgical ventricular restoration (SVR) to a more normal LV size improves survival free of subsequent hospitalization for cardiac cause in comparison to CABG alone...

..of AKI are well defined and included, an increased hospital length of stay, an increased cost of hospitalization, and increased risk of short- term mortality...

..When present in patients with bipolar disorder, alcohol dependence is associated with increased rates of hospitalization, poor outcome during hospitalization, violence towards self and others, and non-adherence to bipolar disorder ..

..HRA data will be linked by social security numbers to hospitalization, death, accident and disability data...

..therapy, symptom instability and clinical deterioration are common and lead to frequent physician visits, hospitalization, and ultimately death...

..Most of these patients are older adults, for whom HF is the leading (~1 million per year) cause for hospitalization. The overall prognosis of diastolic HF is very similar to systolic HF or HF with moderately to severely ..

Heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of hospitalization among elderly people in the US with an annual incidence rate of 550,000 cases. Despite advances in medical and surgical treatment, mortality after the onset of HF remains high...