The increase of cancer admissions claiming rehabilitation services was in line with the increase of admissions of cancer patients.
Also, during the first half of August the hospital in Lidköping noticed a considerable increase of admissions of pneumonia patients.
The increase of admissions for functional disorders during the war years, which was not matched by an increase in classical psychiatric disorders schizophrenia, manic-depressive illness and progressive paralysis was already documented by Bonhoeffer [ 2].
More recently, studies performed in London and 12 US cities reported an increase of admissions for specific causes in the elderly and evidence of a harvesting effect [ 8, 9].
26 As predicted, we found a clear association between negative symptoms and poor clinical outcomes, as indexed by impairments in daily living, increased risk of admission, increased duration of admission and increased risk of readmission.
At multivariate analysis, a lactate level ≥2.0 mmol/l had 1.75 times increased possibility of admission per unit increase in lactate (95% CI 1.11 to 2.75, p = 0.02).
However, lactate level ≥4.0 mmol/l had 4.25 times increased possibility of admission per unit increase in lactate (95% CI 2.8 to 6.5, p < 0.001).
But a lactate level ≥4.0 mmol/l has 4.25 times increased possibility of admission per unit increase in lactate at a 95% CI of 2.77 to 6.52 (p < 0.001).
Univariate analysis in our study shows that any lactate ≥2.0 mmol/l had 1.10 times increased possibility of admission per unit increase in lactate (95% CI 1.07 to 1.13, p < 0.001).
(Severity of injury would always increase probability of admission irrespective of other factors such are bed supply, hospital admission policies, socio-economic status of the patient).
Black British women also showed markedly increased odds of admission (over ten times), though the increased rate did not reach significance for Black British men.
