Clinico- Therapeutic Study of Stevens Johnson Syndrome-Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis and Prognostic Significance of SCORTEN in Indian Patients by Neha Chetan Jangid, Ankita Nirmal Choudhary, Bela Jashwantlal Shah, Shikha Rupalkumar Shah, Harshita R Vyas, Deval Mistry

“…Antibiotics (37.5%) were the most common group followed by anticonvulsants (22.5%). Comorbidities were observed in 60% of cases, with epilepsy (17.5%) and HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection (12.5%) being common. …”
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Risk Factors for Stroke-associated Pneumonia: A Prospective Cohort Study by Alexis Suárez Quesada, Ezequiel López Espinosa, Noelsis García Verdecia, Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés

“…Other influencing variables are chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart disease as a comorbid condition.…”
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Machine learning for classifying chronic kidney disease and predicting creatinine levels using at-home measurements by Brady Metherall, Anna K. Berryman, Georgia S. Brennan

“…Feature importance analysis identifies the key clinical variables hemoglobin and blood urea, and key comorbidities hypertension and diabetes mellitus, in agreement with previous studies. …”
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Rates and causes of 30-day readmission and emergency room utilization following head and neck surgery by Vincent Wu, Stephen F. Hall

“…The electronic medical records of readmitted patients were reviewed for reasons of readmission, demographic data, and comorbidities. Results Following 1281 surgical cases, there were 41 (3.20%) IP readmissions and 109 (8.43%) ED visits within 30-days after discharge for HNS. …”
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Predictors of Hospital Length of Stay among Patients with Low-risk Pulmonary Embolism by Li Wang, Onur Baser, Phil Wells, W. Frank Peacock, Craig I. Coleman, Gregory J. Fermann, Jeff Schein, Concetta Crivera

“…Those with troponin I (OR: 0.7, 95% CI: 0.54-0.86) or natriuretic peptide testing (OR: 0.7, 95% CI: 0.57-0.90), or more comorbidities at baseline, were less likely to have short length of stay. …”
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Clinicoradiological Manifestations of Melioidosis with Pulmonary Involvement in a Tertiary Hospital Setup by P Prem Ananth, R Anand, R Prathipa, S Raghul Raj, N Nagarajan

“…Diabetes mellitus was the most common comorbid followed by chronic kidney disease. Radiologically, the right upper lobes (46.6%) are more commonly involved followed by the left upper lobe (23.3%). …”
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Survival analysis of conservative vs. dialysis treatment of elderly patients with CKD stage 5. by Roman Reindl-Schwaighofer, Alexander Kainz, Michael Kammer, Alexandra Dumfarth, Rainer Oberbauer

“…Besides the high burden of preexisting comorbidities, dialysis treatment itself may be associated with a further deterioration in functional status in this population. …”
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Caregiver burden and quality of life among family caregivers of hemodialysis patients from South India by Afina Azeez, Srikant Ambatipudi

“…Caregivers with no leisure time (ORadj = 3.29 [95% CI: 1.73–6.41]), perceived financial stress (ORadj = 2.27 [95% CI: 1.16–4.49]), and having comorbidities (ORadj = 2.92 [95% CI: 1.43–6.12]) had an increased odds of experiencing caregiver burden. …”
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Improving eating disorder care for underserved groups: a lived experience and quality improvement perspective by Alykhan Asaria

“…The 12 ‘underserved groups’ (USGs) are as follows: [USG. 1] People with longstanding EDs and/or older-age ED sufferers; [USG. 2] Younger children/preadolescents; [USG. 3] People with under-recognised/underappreciated EDs; [USG. 4] People with higher weights; [USG. 5] People with comorbidities; [USG. 6] People with neurodevelopmental conditions (neurodiverse people); [USG. 7] Digitally excluded people; [USG. 8] Socioeconomically and/or sociogeographically disadvantaged people; [USG. 9] Ethnic/racial minorities; [USG. 10] Sexual and gender-diverse people; [USG. 11] Males; [USG. 12] Caregivers/loved ones. …”
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Treatment approaches for idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: a systematic review with meta-analysis by Annik Steimer, Mike O. Becker

“…Conclusions Considering the lack of clear evidence indicating that one drug is more effective than the other, the treatment choice should depend on factors such as the potential side effects of different drug therapies, patient comorbidities, and clinician expertise. The review protocol is registered on PROSPERO under the identification number CRD42019115744.…”
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Seizures in Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome: The Relevance of Smoking to Stroke by Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Sandra Gofinet Pasoto, Simone Appenzeller

“…Risk factors for seizures, clinical manifestations, associated comorbidities, and antiphospholipid antibodies were evaluated. …”
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Risk Factors Associated with Cardioembolic Stroke in Patients with non Valvular Atrial Fibrillation by Daniel Guerra García, Francisco Valladares Carvajal, Ernesto Julio Bernal Valladares, José Aurelio Díaz Quiñones

“…Demographic variables as age and sex and clinical variables; toxic habits, comorbidities, therapeutic management with anticoagulants and ecocardiographic variables were analyzed. …”
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Oropharyngeal Dysphagia Patient Profile Based on Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing by Chairul Anhar, Rizka Fathoni Perdana, Mohd Razif Mohamad Yunus

“…The prevalence of oropharyngeal dysphagia is higher when there is the presence of comorbid conditions such as head-and-neck cancer (19%–81%) and neurological diseases (Parkinson’s [80%–100%] and stroke [19%–81%]). …”
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DIAMACC: protocol of a prospective diagnostic accuracy study of the maximal systolic acceleration to detect peripheral arterial disease in patients with diabetes-related foot ulcer... by Jaap Hamming, Siem Willems, Abbey Schepers, Jeroen J W M Brouwers

“…Secondary aims include the correlation between diagnostic test accuracy and patient comorbidities. Tertiary objectives focus on collecting (follow-up) data for prognostic evaluation, such as ulcer healing, revascularisation feasibility, amputation risk, cardiovascular events and mortality.Methods and analysis A multicentre prospective diagnostic accuracy study with 198 patients will be conducted to assess the diagnostic performance of multiple index tests to detect PAD in patients with DFU, with special emphasis on ACCmax. …”
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Psychiatric morbidity among women in Norwegian prisons, 2010–2019: a register-based study by Vegard G Svendsen, Marianne Riksheim Stavseth, Torbjørn Skardhamar, Anne Bukten

“…This study utilizes national registry data to describe demographic and psychiatric gender differences in Norwegian prisons, and to investigate comorbid psychiatric disorders and time trends in psychiatric morbidity among women. …”
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Nationally representative epidemiological study of social anxiety disorder from India by Satish Suhas, Pavithra Jayasankar, Rahul Patley, Narayana Manjunatha, Girish N. Rao, Gopalkrishna Gururaj, Mathew Varghese, Vivek Benegal, NMHS National Collaborators group

“…They spent a median of ₹ 2500 per month on treatment and had a high rate of comorbid psychiatric disorders (58%). The treatment gap was substantial at 82%. …”
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Kidney stone characteristics in diabetics versus nondiabetics at a tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia by Ibrahim Basem Nafadi, Abdullah Ahmed Alsulami, Nawaf Faisal Halabi, Abdulrahman Abdullah Alsubhi, Sami Wessam Maghrabi, Waleed Saad Alshehri, Majed Ramadan, Anwar Khan, Suhaib Radi

“…In addition, these individuals frequently exhibit other comorbid conditions, including hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity, and renal disease. …”
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Surveying the aftermath: a qualitative and semiquantitative study of post-COVID-19 sequelae in the lungs by Kurian C. Eapen, Leena Robinson Vimala, Barney Isaac, Aparna Irodi

“…There was a significantly higher score among diabetics and those with multiple comorbidities. There was a significant correlation between spirometric variables (FVC, FEV1) and the semiquantitative score. …”
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Does remote COVID infection in pregnancy affect the placenta and pregnancy outcomes? – Results from a prospective cohort study (PLACENTA IN COVID/ PIC study) by N D Varunashree, Sherin Daniel, Swati Rathore, Mahesh Moorthy, Bijesh Yadav, Manisha M. Beck

“…Conclusion: There is a small but significant risk of SGA babies being born to women who had COVID at<28 weeks, irrespective of medical comorbidities. Close monitoring of these pregnancies is, hence warranted.…”
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Progression of Heart Failure in People with Type 2 Diabetes in Germany: An Analysis Using German Health Insurance Claims Data by Keni Cheng-Siang Lee, Tobias Wagner, Adee Kennedy, Michael Wilke

“…Baseline characteristics included demographic data, disease stage, comorbidities, and risk factors. Follow-up criteria included major adverse cardiac events (MACEs), EF category, and mortality. …”
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