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Intern Med J
January 2025
School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Background: Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (SA-AKI) is common among patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with sepsis.
Aims: This study aimed to demonstrate an association between an episode of SA-AKI and progression to dialysis dependence, with a view to identifying a cohort who may be suitable for intensive nephrology follow-up.
Methods: Design: Retrospective data-linkage cohort study.
Cureus
December 2024
Neonatology Service, Child and Youth Department, Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora, PRT.
Introduction Promoting healthy sleep practices from birth has a positive effect on infants and their families. Our goal was to implement measures to promote safe and healthy sleep practices for infants and to evaluate their impact. Methods A quality improvement project was developed in the maternity ward of a level II hospital in Portugal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Addict Med
December 2024
From the Department of Pediatrics, UMass Chan School of Medicine, Worcester, MA (MGP, AE); Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA (FR, CP, SK, MC); Divisions of General Academic Pediatrics and Newborn Medicine, Mass General for Children, Boston, MA (DMS); Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO (BC, HF, EC); Department of Pediatrics, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate, Worcester, MA (KH); Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA (TH); and Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA (EMW).
Objectives: Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) occurs disproportionately among opioid exposed newborns (OENs) compared to those unexposed. The extent that primary caregivers of OENs adhere to SUID-reducing infant care practices is unknown. We examined rates of SUID-reducing practices (smoking cessation, breastfeeding, and safe sleep [supine sleep, room-sharing not bed-sharing, nonuse of soft bedding or objects]) in a pilot sample of caregivers of OENs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJpn J Clin Oncol
January 2025
Center for Medical Liaison and Patient Support Service, Center for Palliative and Supportive Care, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.
Background: In Japan, about 70%-80% of cancer deaths occur in hospitals. The actual number of cancer patients who die in hospitals where palliative care is available is not clear. This study aimed to examine whether hospitals where cancer patients died offered palliative care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPLoS One
January 2025
Laboratory of Technological Innovation in Health (LAIS), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Bed regulation within Brazil's National Health System (SUS) plays a crucial role in managing care for patients in need of hospitalization. In Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, the RegulaRN Leitos Gerais platform was the information system developed to register requests for bed regulation for COVID-19 cases. However, the platform was expanded to cover a range of diseases that require hospitalization.
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