Tag: MORT
Surgeons Have Higher Mortality Rates Than Other Physicians
Notably, deaths from car accidents, assault, and hypertension higher for surgeons
CVD Mortality Varies Among Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino Americans
Filipino Americans have the highest mortality across most cardiovascular conditions
Rapid Treatment Needed to Reduce Mortality From Flu-Linked Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy in Children
76 percent of the children in the study had no significant medical history; 27 percent of patients died
Firefighters Face Elevated Mortality Rates for Skin and Kidney Cancer
Suggestive increases for prostate and colorectal cancer mortality observed with more years as a firefighter
Drug Overdoses in Health Care Workers Often Involve Drugs Obtained From Workplace
Opioids are most often the drug class implicated in causing death
7,000 Steps Per Day Tied to Clinically Meaningful Benefits in Health Outcomes
Benefits include lower risk for death and cardiovascular disease, diabetes, dementia, and depression
Fast Walking Pace Linked to Reduced Mortality
Inverse association was stronger for mortality due to cardiovascular diseases than cancer
Increase Seen in Reports of Lidocaine Poisonings and Mortality Since 2010
Following publication of advisories, reports of local anesthetic poisoning decreased, but reports of lidocaine poisoning and mortality increased
Mental Health Care Use, Mortality Rates Increased With Prolonged Grief
Relatives of bereaved in high grief trajectory have increased use of mental health services, antidepressants, sedatives, and anxiolytics
Random Forest AI Model Superior for Inpatient Mortality Prognostication in Cirrhosis
Model was significantly better than parametric logistic regression and LASSO models for predicting inpatient mortality
