European journal of internal medicine
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Eur. J. Intern. Med. · Aug 2011
Comparative StudyWho will be sicker in the morning? Changes in the Simple Clinical Score the day after admission and the subsequent outcomes of acutely ill unselected medical patients.
All doctors are haunted by the possibility that a patient they reassured yesterday will return seriously ill tomorrow. We examined changes in the Simple Clinical Score (SCS) the day after admission, factors that might influence these changes and the relationship of these changes to subsequent clinical outcome. ⋯ The SCS of 12% of patients increases the day after admission to hospital, which is associated with a ten-fold increase of in-hospital mortality. Low SCS risk patients are just as likely to have a SCS increase as high risk patients.
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Eur. J. Intern. Med. · Aug 2011
Comparative StudyIncidence of acute kidney injury in cancer patients: a Danish population-based cohort study.
Cancer patients may be at increased risk of acute kidney injury, but evidence is limited. ⋯ Acute kidney injury is a common complication in cancer patients, particularly in patients with kidney cancer, liver cancer, or multiple myeloma.