Hospital Mortality - Trends
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Sex differences in mortality after acute myocardial infarction: changes from 1994 to 2006.

24 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown that women younger than 55 years have higher hospital mortality rates after acute myocardial infarction (MI) than age-matched men. We examined whether such mortality differences have decreased in recent years. ... Read more...

Clinical benefit of early reperfusion therapy in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction usually excluded from randomized clinical trials (results from the Maximal Individual Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction Plus [MITRA Plus] registry).

13 Oct 2009 Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) usually enroll selected patient populations that may not be representative for patients seen in everyday practice. Therefore, concerns have been raised regarding their external validity. For the present study we ... Read more...

Comparison of men and women with acute coronary syndrome in six Middle Eastern countries.

13 Oct 2009 The aim of this study was to evaluate the gender differences in baseline characteristics, therapy, and outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes in 6 Middle Eastern countries. Over a 6-month period in 2007, 8,169 consecutive patients (74% ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hospital Mortality - Trends'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Sex differences in mortality after acute myocardial infarction: changes from 1994 to 2006. 24 Oct 2009
• Clinical benefit of early reperfusion therapy in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction usually excluded from randomized clinical trials (results from the Maximal Individual Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction Plus [MITRA Plus] registry). 13 Oct 2009
• Comparison of men and women with acute coronary syndrome in six Middle Eastern countries. 13 Oct 2009
• Can we improve length of hospitalization in ST elevation myocardial infarction patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention? 29 Sep 2009
• Characteristics and in-hospital outcomes for nonadherent patients with heart failure: findings from Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure (GWTG-HF). 29 Sep 2009
• Practice patterns, outcomes, and end-organ dysfunction for patients with acute severe hypertension: the Studying the Treatment of Acute hyperTension (STAT) registry. 29 Sep 2009
• Hospital performance recognition with the Get With The Guidelines Program and mortality for acute myocardial infarction and heart failure. 29 Sep 2009
• Long-term results after repair of type a acute aortic dissection according to false lumen patency. 29 Sep 2009
• The impact of center volume on survival in lung transplantation: an analysis of more than 10,000 cases. 29 Sep 2009
• Dramatic increase in venous thromboembolism in children's hospitals in the United States from 2001 to 2007. 5 Sep 2009
• [Musculoskeletal diseases, a hospital death?] 30 Aug 2009
• The association between preoperative eGFR and outcomes in cardiac surgical patients. 30 Aug 2009
• Impact of pre- and postprocedural mitral regurgitation on outcomes after percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty for mitral stenosis. 26 Aug 2009
• Trends in the age adjusted mortality from acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction in the United States (1988-2004) based on race, gender, infarct location and comorbidities. 26 Aug 2009
• Prevention of venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients with cancer. 22 Aug 2009
• CQC names high death-rate trusts. Patient safety. List sparks fears that organisations will be seen as 'bad apples'. 18 Aug 2009
• HIV-related admissions to a district general hospital in the U.K.: a single centre study. 30 Jul 2009
• The impact of cirrhosis and portal hypertension on mortality following colorectal surgery: a nationwide, population-based study. 30 Jul 2009
• Predictors of mortality in HIV-associated hospitalizations in Portugal: a hierarchical survival model. 21 Jul 2009
• Impact of hospital case volume on the quality of laparoscopic colectomy in Japan. 5 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Hospital Mortality'

Definition: A vital statistic measuring or recording the rate of death from any cause in hospitalized populations.

Descriptor UI: D017052

Alternative terms: Hospital Mortality; Mortality, In-Hospital; In-Hospital Mortalities; Mortalities, In-Hospital; In-Hospital Mortality; Mortality, Hospital; Mortalities, Hospital; Mortalities, In-house; In-house Mortalities; In-house Mortality; Mortalities, In house; Mortality, In-house; Mortality, Inhospital; Hospital Mortalities; In Hospital Mortalities; Inhospital Mortalities; Mortalities, Inhospital; In Hospital Mortality; Hospital Mortalities, In; Hospital Mortality, In; Mortalities, In Hospital; Mortality, In Hospital; Inhospital Mortality;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; history; trends;

Tree Number: E05.318.308.985.550.400; L01.280.975.550.400; N01.224.935.698.400; N06.850.505.400.975.550.400; N06.850.520.308.985.550.400;

History Note: 92

Technical Notes: death statist from any cause in hosp patients; DF: HOSP MORTAL