Does the Admission Blood Pressure Associate with Short- and Long Term Outcome in Stroke Patients Treated with Thrombolysis? A Single Centre Study by L. Bentsen, C. Ovesen, A. F. Christensen, H. Christensen

“…Low- or high-admission BP indicates cardiac comorbidity or preexisting hypertension, where close monitoring and further examinations are requested to prevent poorer outcome.…”
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Current Practice and Barriers to an Early Antimicrobial Conversion from Intravenous to Oral among Hospitalized Patients at Jimma University Specialized Hospital: Prospective Observ... by Alemseged Beyene Berha, Gizat Molla Kassie

“…The most important barriers of not converting IV to PO in clinically stable patients were presence of comorbidity; clinicians perceived that the patient should always complete IV course of antimicrobials as a standard practice. …”
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Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment in US Nursing Homes: A Case Study of CRNP Engagement in the Care Planning Process by Gerald A. Hartle, David G. Thimons, Joseph Angelelli

“…Days since original POLST completion, Charlson Comorbidity Index score, number of hospitalizations since index admission, and other sociodemographic characteristics including religion and payer source were among the data elements extracted via chart review for the sample as well as for a nonequivalent control group of 115 residents also under the care of the medical provider group practice at the nursing home. …”
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Binge Eating Disorder Mediates Links between Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety, and Caloric Intake in Overweight and Obese Women by Roseann E. Peterson, Shawn J. Latendresse, Lindsay T. Bartholome, Cortney S. Warren, Nancy C. Raymond

“…Despite considerable comorbidity between mood disorders, binge eating disorder (BED), and obesity, the underlying mechanisms remain unresolved. …”
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Incidence and Characteristics of Patients with Visual Impairment due to Macular Edema Secondary to Retinal Vein Occlusion in a Representative Canadian Cohort by Robert J. Petrella, Julie Blouin, Brian Davies, Martin Barbeau

“…The results demonstrate that BRVO was more frequent than CRVO, and that RVO in this patient population was associated with several vascular comorbidities.…”
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Fractures and Chronic Recurrence are Commonly Associated with Ankle Sprains: a 5-year Population-level Cohort of Patients Seen in the U.S. Military Health System by Daniel I Rhon, Tina A Greenlee, Chad E Cook, Richard B Westrick, Jon A Umlauf, John J Fraser

“… # Conclusion Fractures were a common comorbidity of ankle sprain (one in five injuries), and operative care occurred in 16.4% of cases. …”
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Clustering long-term health conditions among 67728 people with multimorbidity using electronic health records in Scotland. by Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe, Utkarsh Agrawal, Amaya Azcoaga-Lorenzo, Briana MacKerron, Eda Bilici Özyiğit, Daniel C Alexander, Ashley Akbari, Rhiannon K Owen, Jane Lyons, Ronan A Lyons, Spiros Denaxas, Paul Kirk, Ana Corina Miller, Gill Harper, Carol Dezateux, Anthony Brookes, Sylvia Richardson, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Bruce Guthrie, Lloyd Hughes, Umesh T Kadam, Kamlesh Khunti, Keith R Abrams, Colin McCowan

“…Individuals with at least two of the 31 Elixhauser Comorbidity Index conditions were identified as having multimorbidity. …”
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Spontaneous Intraperitoneal Rupture of Bladder Diverticulum: A Rare Cause of Peritonitis by Ahmed Ibrahimi, Adil Kallat, Idriss Ziani, Hachem El Sayegh, Lounis Benslimane, Yassine Nouini

“…The prognosis depends on the earliness of treatment, associated comorbidity, and the nature of underlying diseases. …”
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Assessment of Polypharmacy, Drug Use Patterns, and Associated Factors at the Edna Adan University Hospital, Hargeisa, Somaliland by Temesgen Sidamo, Alemu Deboch, Mohamed Abdi, Fikru Debebe, Khalid Dayib, Tamrat Balcha Balla

“…Statistically significant association was observed between the polypharmacy and variables such as age (P=0.01; OR = 3.4, 95% CI = 1.9–6.1), chronic illness (P=0.01, OR = 8.6, 95% CI = 5.1–14.7), and comorbidity (P=0.01, OR = 5.2, 95% CI = 2.1–12.9). However, the ward admitted/visited and gender did not have a statistically significant association with polypharmacy. …”
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Post-TB sequelae in adolescent pulmonary TB survivors by C. Cesilia, F.R. Rinawan, P. Santoso, H.M. Nataprawira

“…Adolescent PTB survivors with comorbidity have 1.5 times the risk of developing pulmonary sequelae compared to non-sequelae. …”
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Medication use and potential drug-drug interactions in a general surgery clinic: A descriptive studyMain points by Sevgi Teker Yıldırım, Şevket Cumhur Yeğen, Songül Tezcan

“…It was found that 66.3 % of the patients had at least one comorbidities. The average number of medications administered during the post-operative period was greater than during the preoperative period (5.7 vs 4.5, p < 0.0001). …”
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Genome-Wide Association Study of Medication Adherence in Chronic Diseases in the Korean Population by Incheol Seo, Seong-Il Suh, Min-Ho Suh, Won-Ki Baek

“…Adherence to long-term treatment with chronic disease is essential for reducing disease comorbidity and mortality. However, medication non-adherence in chronic disease averages 50%. …”
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Teaching, assessment and best practice in undergraduate psychiatry education in the UK: cross-sectional survey by Deepika Sharma, Thomas Hewson, Sridevi Sira Mahalingappa, James Fallon, Declan Hyland, Seri Abraham, Alexa Sidwell, Subodh Dave

“…Clinical implications Medical schools should consider increasing students’ exposure to different psychiatric subspecialties and integrating physical and mental health training to address comorbidity and promote holistic care. Future research should explore whether specific undergraduate experiences promote greater career interest and skills in psychiatry. …”
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Result of Surgery to Patients with Brain Tumor in Cienfuegos by Jorge Luis Acevedo Cardoso, Samuel Sánchez Sánchez, Yoniel Suárez Guerrero, Tamara García Alfonso de Armas, Wendy Gómez Menéndez

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> there was a slight predominance of females over males. 67.9 % of the patients did not present associated comorbidity, 45.3 % started as an endocranial hypertension syndrome, 81.9 % had supratentorial localization and 73.6 % had total macroscopic tumor cytoreduction. …”
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Rehabilitation of Knee Osteoarthritis with Conception of "Muscles and Bones, Arthralgia and Flaccidity, Asthenia and Sthenia, Dynamic and Static, Hardness and Softness" by Jiemei GUO, Peng CHEN, Yan XIAO, Junjun HE, Yingjie ZHANG, Youxin SU

“…The dysfunction of knee osteoarthritis(KOA)is characterized with"comorbidity of tendons with bones, coexistence of arthralgia and flaccidity, mixture of asthenia with sthenia, imbalance between dynamic and static statuses, and disorder between hardness and softness".In the early, middle and late stages of the disease, the related functional disorders have their own emphasis on the specific manifestations of"muscles and bones, arthralgia and flaccidity, asthenia and sthenia, dynamic and static, hardness and softness", so the traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)rehabilitation treatment of KOA should also be applied according to syndrome differentiation by stages. …”
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The Comparison of Classical Statistical and Machine Learning Methods in Prediction of Thrombosis in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Ilija Doknić, Mirjana Mitrović, Zoran Bukumirić, Marijana Virijević, Nikola Pantić, Nikica Sabljić, Darko Antić, Živko Bojović

“…We examined which attributes are significant and what role they play in prediction and found six significant parameters: sex of the patient, prior history of thrombotic event, type of therapy, international normalized ratio (INR), Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status, and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation-specific Comorbidity. These findings suggest that subtle DS techniques can improve the prediction of Thrombosis in AML patients, thereby aiding in individual treatment planning.…”
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Hemodialysis: Survival Comparison and Mortality-Related Factors by Hwajeong Lee, Seok-Hui Kang

“…The patients were divided into three groups according to underlying comorbidities as follows: SLE (<i>n</i> = 569), DM (<i>n</i> = 24,665), and others (<i>n</i> = 31,004). …”
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Comparative study of eosinophil count and mortality outcome in children with COVID-19 infection and malignancy by U.R. Ichromy, A. Cahyadi, D. Husada

“…Low eosinophile count is associated with higher mortality outcome in COVID-19 patients. Malignancy comorbidity is also associated with higher mortality. …”
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Gastrostomy tube feeding in children: a single-center experience by Marina Pagliaro, Vu Dang Chau Tran, Alain M. Schoepfer, Andreas Nydegger

“…We retrieved demographics, PEG indications, associated comorbidities, pre-placement workup, growth parameters up to 12 months, and associated complications. …”
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Risk Factors Analysis of Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions Caused by Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy Drugs for Oncology and Establishment of a Prediction Model by Zimin Zhang, Mingyang Zhu, Weiwei Jiang

“…Nine risk factors were eventually identified: age, treatment modality, cancer types, history of allergies, age‐corrected Charlson comorbidity index, percentage of eosinophils, absolute number of monocytes, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status, and C‐reactive protein. …”
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