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Relationship of higher-level functional capacity with long-term mortality in Japanese older people: NIPPON DATA90
CONCLUSION: Impaired HLFC was associated with a high risk of all-cause mortality among community-dwelling older people with independent BADL. In particular, social role in men and IADL and intellectual activity in women were associated with long-term mortality risk.PMID:34248110 | DOI:10.2188/jea.JE20210077
Source: Journal of Epidemiology - July 12, 2021 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Hideki Nagata Katsuyuki Miura Sachiko Tanaka Aya Kadota Takehito Hayakawa Keiko Kondo Akira Fujiyoshi Naoyuki Takashima Yoshikuni Kita Akira Okayama Tomonori Okamura Hirotsugu Ueshima Source Type: research
Cardiovascular outcomes and rates of fractures and falls among patients with brand-name versus generic L-thyroxine use
ConclusionsWe found no significant differences in cardiovascular outcomes and rates of falls and fractures for patients who filled brand versus generic L-thyroxine.
Source: Endocrine - June 5, 2021 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research
Opportunities and limitations of risk adjustment of quality indicators based on inpatient administrative health data - a workshop report
DISCUSSION: Implementing specific risk adjustment models had only minor effects on the distribution of risk-adjusted mortality compared to the standard procedure, but the judgement of quality of care could change for a fifth of the hospitals in individual indicators. Concerning methodological and practical reasons, the task force recommends further development of risk adjustment methods for selected indicators. This should be accompanied by studies on the validity of inpatient administrative data for quality management as well as by efforts to improve the usefulness of these data for such purposes.PMID:34023246 | DOI:10.10...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen - May 23, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Daniel Schwarzkopf Ulrike Nimptsch Raphael Graf Jochen Schmitt Josef Zacher Ralf Kuhlen Source Type: research
The U.S. Death Rate Rose Significantly During the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 was the third-most-common cause of death in the U.S. in 2020, contributing to more than 375,000 deaths, and a 16% increase in the national death rate, according to provisional data published today by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
All told, more than 3.3 million people in the U.S. died in 2020, for a rate of about 829 deaths per 100,000 people. That’s up from about 715 deaths per 100,000 people in 2019.
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Source: TIME: Health - March 31, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Dysphagia: Evaluation and Collaborative Management.
Abstract
Dysphagia is common but may be underreported. Specific symptoms, rather than their perceived location, should guide the initial evaluation and imaging. Obstructive symptoms that seem to originate in the throat or neck may actually be caused by distal esophageal lesions. Oropharyngeal dysphagia manifests as difficulty initiating swallowing, coughing, choking, or aspiration, and it is most commonly caused by chronic neurologic conditions such as stroke, Parkinson disease, or dementia. Symptoms should be thoroughly evaluated because of the risk of aspiration. Patients with esophageal dysphagia may report a s...
Source: American Family Physician - January 15, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Wilkinson JM, Codipilly DC, Wilfahrt RP Tags: Am Fam Physician Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 9213: Socioeconomic Disparities in All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Rates among Municipalities in Japan, 1999 –2019
This study exposes the difference in 1999 and 2019 using the Vital Statistics. All of the municipalities were grouped into five quintiles based on their SES, and standardized mortality ratio (SMR) of each municipal quintile compared with all of Japan was calculated for all-cause mortality and representative cause of deaths. As a result, although SMR for all-cause mortality for women tended to be lower in low SES quintiles in 1999, the reverse phenomenon was observed in 2019. Additionally, although SMR for all-cause of mortality for men was the lowest in the highest SES quintiles already in 1999, the difference in the SMR f...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - December 9, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Okui Tags: Article Source Type: research
CT radiomics predicts esophageal cancer outcomes
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - September 11, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
African Americans Struggle With the Current COVID-19
Objectives:
Our study aims to explore the differential impact of this pandemic on clinical presentations and outcomes in African Americans (AAs) compared to white patients.
Background:
AAs have worse outcomes compared to whites while facing heart diseases, stroke, cancer, asthma, influenza and pneumonia, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS. However, there is no current study to show the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the AA communities.
Methods:
This is a retrospective study that included patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 from 2 tertiary centers in New Orleans, LA. Clinical and laboratory data were collected. Multivar...
Source: Annals of Surgery - August 22, 2020 Category: Surgery Tags: COVID PAPERS Source Type: research
Clinical Conditions of Hospitalized Older Adult Patients and Their Outcomes in a Regional Referral Hospital in Southwestern Uganda.
Conclusions: The high proportion of mortality in this group is worrying and requires further investigations.
PMID: 32676210 [PubMed]
Source: Journal of Aging Research - July 18, 2020 Category: Geriatrics Tags: J Aging Res Source Type: research
Refocusing on prevention
A brief look at the most recent death statistics from the CDC tells us that 74% of the deaths in the US are due to 10 causes: heart disease, cancer, injuries, chronic lower respiratory disease, stroke and cerebrovascular diseases, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, influenza and pneumonia, kidney disease, and suicide.1 So it comes as no surprise that many of us, as health care providers, are often consumed with treating disease, rescuing a patient from the jaws of death, and improving the quality of life for those who are afflicted by multiple comorbidities.
Source: Heart and Lung - March 17, 2020 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Carolyn Miller Reilly Source Type: research
Long-term Clinical Outcomes of Elective Carotid Artery Stenting in Patients Undergoing Maintenance Hemodialysis.
Conclusion CAS in maintenance hemodialysis patients may be feasible and effective for the prevention of stroke with proper case selection, appropriate technique and strict perioperative management. The most common causes of death during the follow-up of maintenance hemodialysis patients were diseases other than stroke.
PMID: 32062623 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Internal Medicine - February 19, 2020 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Intern Med Source Type: research
