Articles: outcome-assessment-health-care.
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study Observational Study
Success of Intubation Rescue Techniques after Failed Direct Laryngoscopy in Adults: A Retrospective Comparative Analysis from the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group.
Multiple attempts at tracheal intubation are associated with mortality, and successful rescue requires a structured plan. However, there remains a paucity of data to guide the choice of intubation rescue technique after failed initial direct laryngoscopy. The authors studied a large perioperative database to determine success rates for commonly used intubation rescue techniques. ⋯ Video laryngoscopy is associated with a high rescue intubation success rate and is more commonly used than other rescue techniques.
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Multicenter Study
Validity, Reliability, and Responsiveness of SRS-7 as an Outcomes Assessment Instrument for Operatively Treated Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity.
A retrospective analysis. ⋯ 3.
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Letter Multicenter Study
Treatment Outcomes in Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis.
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Multicenter Study
Admission of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims to a high volume cardiac arrest center is linked to improved outcome.
Cardiac arrest centers have been associated with improved outcome for patients after cardiac arrest. Aim of this study was to investigate the effect on outcome depending on admission to high-, medium- or low volume centers. ⋯ High frequency of post-cardiac arrest treatment in a specialized center seems to be an independent predictor for favorable outcome in an unselected population of patients after out of hospital cardiac arrest.
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Journal of neurotrauma · Aug 2016
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyExternal validation of the IMPACT prognostic models for traumatic brain injury on the SyNAPSe trial.
Prediction models for patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) are important for multiple reasons, including case-mix adjustment, trial design, and benchmarking for quality-of-care evaluation. Models should be generalizable and therefore require regular external validation. We aimed to validate the International Mission for Prognosis and Analysis of Clinical Trials in TBI (IMPACT) prognostic models for moderate and severe TBI in a recent randomized controlled trial. ⋯ This pattern of miscalibration was consistent across all three models. In a contemporary trial setting, the IMPACT models have reasonable discrimination if enrollment restrictions apply. Observed changes in outcome distribution necessitate updating of previously developed prognostic models.