Publications by authors named "Zhao-Xuan Gu"
While respiratory rate has proven to be a sensitive prognostic indicator in ICU settings, its relevance in the context of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) patients complicated by Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) remains underexplored. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the relationship between respiratory rate and in-hospital mortality in this specific patient cohort. This retrospective cohort study utilized the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care-IV database to analyze all AMI patients with concomitant CHF.
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- Research on patients with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in ICU settings has not thoroughly determined the ideal blood pressure (BP) level for these individuals.
- A study analyzed data from 6,309 ICU patients to explore how systolic blood pressure (SBP) relates to in-hospital mortality, using complex statistical methods.
- Findings revealed an L-shaped relationship between SBP and mortality risk, with significant implications for care, particularly noting an inflection point at around 99.5 mmHg where risk changes.
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- Elevated red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is linked to higher in-hospital mortality rates in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) who also have diabetes mellitus (DM).
- A study analyzing 7,063 patients found that a 1 g/L rise in RDW correlates with a 9% increase in mortality risk, highlighting the dangerous implications of increased RDW levels.
- The research supports a clear connection between RDW levels and in-hospital mortality, emphasizing the need for monitoring RDW in ICU patients suffering from both conditions.
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- Previous research indicated a notable link between serum calcium levels and mortality in ICU patients, particularly those with diabetes and congestive heart failure (CHF).
- This study evaluated 7,063 patients using the MIMIC-IV database, finding an in-hospital mortality rate of 12.2% and established a U-shaped relationship between serum calcium levels and mortality.
- The analysis identified a critical inflection point at 9.05 mg/dL, revealing that both low and high serum calcium levels are associated with increased in-hospital mortality in patients with diabetes and CHF.
Background: The coexistence of heart failure and diabetes is prevalent, particularly in Intensive Care Units (ICU). However, the relationship between the triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index, heart failure, diabetes, and the length of hospital stay (LHS) in patients with cerebrovascular disease in the ICU remains uncertain. This study aims to investigate the association between the TyG index and LHS in patients with heart failure and diabetes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Prior studies have established a connection between folate intake and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) has been introduced as a good predictor of CVD events, but no previous study has investigated the relationship between dietary folate intake and severe AAC. Therefore, the study aims to explore the association between dietary folate intake and severe AAC in the United States (US) middle-aged and elderly population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFConditional survival probability of distant-metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma: A population-based study.
World J Gastrointest Oncol
November 2023
Background: The prognosis of many patients with distant metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) improved after they survived for several months. Compared with traditional survival analysis, conditional survival (CS) which takes into account changes in survival risk could be used to describe dynamic survival probabilities.
Aim: To evaluate CS of distant metastatic HCC patients.