Descriptive statistics were calculated for severity of sources of stress and coping strategies.
Analyses of risk factors for SAB acquisition and outcomes were limited by a lack of information on comorbidities, severity of sepsis, source control and clinical management.
For each ill or dead individual, we asked about their diagnosis, severity of illness, source and cost of health care, impact on their income, nature of home care provided, and the logistical and financial burden of caring.
A comparison of severity score, source of infection, co-morbidity and patient outcome was done for patients admitted to ICUs in low antibiotic resistance countries (LARC) (Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden) and high antibiotic resistance countries (HARC) (Greece, Israel, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Turkey).
We collected information regarding patient demographics, co morbidities (based on ICD-9-CM codes), severity of illness, and source of admission.
Noise measurement made at an evaluation node will reflect the cumulative effect of all the active noise sources, while individual and relative severity of various noise sources will determine what types of remedial steps can be taken, pressing the need for development of algorithms that can analyze the contributions of different noise sources when a noise measurement is available.
Multivariate analysis found not only nonmodifiable factors such as severity score, source of infection, length of ICU stay and ARDS, but also modifiable factors such as parenteral nutrition use, steroid use and mean fluid balance were significantly associated with mortality.
Final multivariate models were adjusted for patient age and sex, comorbidities, average total cost per Diagnosis-Related-Groups (DRG) of patients with the lowest severity score, source of infection, stay (or not) in UCI after the infection and in-hospital mortality.
This said, the findings support a need for additional research to enable more sophisticated analyses of public perceptions, which explore how aspects of social context influence estimations of pollution severity, the sources of evidence that people draw upon and the correspondence between perception and a range of pollution measures.
Severity scores, source of infection, pathogens, antibiotic resistance, antibiotic therapy (prophylactic and therapeutic, as defined by the attending physician at each centre), co-morbidities, lengths of stay and outcomes were compared in patients in the two groups of countries.
