Association of uric acid with length of stay and mortality in pediatric hospitalized population.

Purpose: Elevated uric acid (UA) levels have been associated with acute and chronic diseases, which could affect the prognosis of pediatric hospitalized patients. However, the association of UA levels with length of hospital stay (LOS) and mortality in hospitalized children and adolescents remains unknown. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the association of serum UA levels with in-hospital mortality and prolonged LOS in hospitalized children and adolescents.

Machine learning for hospital readmission prediction in pediatric population.

Background And Objective: Pediatric readmissions are a burden on patients, families, and the healthcare system. In order to identify patients at higher readmission risk, more accurate techniques, as machine learning (ML), could be a good strategy to expand the knowledge in this area. The aim of this study was to develop predictive models capable of identifying children and adolescents at high risk of potentially avoidable 30-day readmission using ML.

Validation of the HOSPITAL score as predictor of 30-day potentially avoidable readmissions in pediatric hospitalized population: retrospective cohort study.

Potentially avoidable pediatric readmissions are a burden to patients and their families. Identifying patients with higher risk of readmission could help minimize hospital costs and facilitate the targeting of care interventions. HOSPITAL score is a tool developed and widely used to predict adult patient's readmissions; however its predictive capacity for pediatric readmissions has not yet been evaluated.

High red blood cell distribution width is associated with a risk of short-term mortality in hospitalized surgical, but not clinical patients.

Background & Aims: The distribution width of red blood cells (RDW) is a known factor risk for mortality. However, the association between high RDW and short-term mortality in surgical patients is poorly understood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of high RDW with all-cause in-hospital mortality, in surgical and non-surgical patients.

Nutritional Status and Growth Deficit in Children and Adolescents with Cancer at Different Moments of Treatment.

Background: Nutrition deficits are common in children and adolescents undergoing cancer treatment and can contribute to a worse prognosis. There are scarce studies regarding this context considering different moments of treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between moment of treatment and nutritional status in children and adolescents with cancer.

Failure to achieve proteic goals in non-critical patients increases risk for death: Old discussion, ongoing problem.

Objectives: Providing adequate nutritional support for hospitalized patients continues to be a challenge. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of energy and protein provision with in-hospital mortality in non-critically ill patients.

Methods: A retrospective study (2014-2016) was performed with all patients >18 y of age who were admitted to medical and surgical clinic wards and given exclusive enteral therapy.

Combination of red blood cell distribution width and body mass index (COR-BMI) predicts in-hospital mortality in patients with different diagnoses?

Background: The combination of red blood cell distribution width and body mass index (COR-BMI) is indicated as a new prognostic index of survival in patients with laryngeal cancer. However, the ability of this prediction in other types of cancer or whether its use can be expanded to non-oncological patients is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the prediction of prognosis of in-hospital mortality of the COR-BMI in oncological and non-oncological patients.