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J Intern Med
December 2024
Fresenius Medical Care, Global Medical Office, Bad Homburg, Germany.
Background: Fluid overload remains critical in managing patients with end-stage kidney disease. However, there is limited empirical understanding of fluid overload's impact on mortality. This study analyzes fluid overload trajectories and their association with mortality in hemodialysis patients.
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December 2024
From the Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
Background: The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG3) for 2030 aims at <70 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. South Africa (SA) falls short of this goal and most deaths occur in district and regional hospitals. Due to low anesthesiologist (specialist anesthetist) numbers in the public sector, the anesthetic workforce in these hospitals consists mainly of nonspecialist (general practitioner) junior doctors with limited supervision.
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December 2024
Background: Reported results of clinical trials assessing higher-dose anticoagulation in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 have been inconsistent.
Purpose: To estimate the association of higher- versus lower-dose anticoagulation with clinical outcomes.
Data Sources: Randomized trials were identified from the World Health Organization's International Clinical Trials Registry Platform and ClinicalTrials.
Eur J Intern Med
December 2024
Unit of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Giovanni-Addolorata, Rome, Italy.
Background: High-income countries are currently decreasing length of hospital stay (LOS), with the aim of improving resource utilization. Little is known about the contribution of LOS to short-term post-discharge mortality in older patients with pneumonia.
Aim: to identify factors independently associated with LOS and to determine whether LOS predicts 3-month post-discharge death in older patients hospitalized for pneumonia.
Intern Med J
December 2024
Department of Kidney and Transplant Services, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Background: The numbers of Māori and Pasifika peoples with kidney failure living in Australia are rising. However, data describing outcomes of those proceeding to transplantation are limited. This study describes clinical outcomes of Māori and Pasifika peoples who received a kidney transplant in Australia.
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