A simple risk score list can be used to predict the occurrence of delirium in patients admitted to inpatient hospice care: A medical record study.

Objective: This study aimed to examine whether the 10-item Risk Score List (RSL) accurately predicts delirium in patients admitted to inpatient hospice care and whether this instrument can be simplified. Determining the risk for developing delirium can help to treat these patients in a timely manner.

Methods: This was a retrospective medical record study in patients who died in 2019 or 2020 in three hospices.

Production, purification, and characterization of the fimbrial adhesive antigen F41 isolated from calf enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strain B41M.

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains of serogroups O9 and O101 produce an adhesive antigen, provisionally designated as F41. Production of the F41 antigen was shown to be dependent on the composition of the growth medium. A minimal salts medium or Minca medium was the most suitable medium to obtain a high production.