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Quality of Care Indicators in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD): Influenza Vaccination and Routine Eye Examination Are Associated with Outpatient Utilization but Not Acute Hospital Care, Whereas Comorbidity Indexes Are Strongly Associated with Both
In conclusion, outpatient-based candidate quality indicators of care examined (influenza vaccination and eye examination), were associated with increased outpatient utilization, but not acute visits or hospitalizations. Co-morbidity indexes have significant confounding effects on outpatient and hospital utilization. Administrative data based quality indicators of care such as influenza vaccination, as well as SCD specific comorbidity indexes warrant further studies as these may help better understand optimal allocation of health care resources for patients with SCD.DisclosuresNo relevant conflicts of interest to declare.
Source: Blood - November 21, 2018 Category: Hematology Authors: Adamkiewicz, T., Baltrus, P., Li, C., Carter-Wicker, K., Gaglioti, A. Tags: 903. Outcomes Research-Non-Malignant Hematology: Poster II Source Type: research

Ictogenesis of viral pneumonia: A comparison between SARS-CoV-2 and H1N1/H3N2
Epilepsy Behav. 2021 Dec 10;126:108470. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108470. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSeveral studies reported acute symptomatic seizures as a possible neurological complication of COVID-19 pneumonia. Apart from metabolic imbalances, hypoxia, and fever, other ictogenic mechanisms are likely related to an immune-mediated damage. The same mechanisms are shared by other respiratory viruses. Since neurotropic properties of SARS-CoV-2 have been questioned, we investigated whether SARS-CoV-2 has a similar ictogenic potential to other respiratory non-neurotropic viruses. We conducted a retrospective study identi...
Source: Epilepsy and Behaviour - December 13, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Chiara Milano Francesco Turco Chiara Pizzanelli Alessia Pascazio Enrico Tagliaferri Lorenzo Nesti Mauro Pistello Anna Lisa Capria Francesco Menichetti Francesco Forfori Enrica Bonanni Gabriele Siciliano Source Type: research