One of the most anticipated benefits of electronic medical records is computerized tracking of patients and institutions to detect whether a particular patient is at risk for a specific complication, for example, or a specific department or hospital is performing more poorly than others.
Besides the hazards that are inherent to hyperthermia, treatment of toxin-induced hyperthermia also has to account for toxin-specific complications (for example, malignant dysrhythmia after neuroleptic overdose) and may, therefore, become a challenge for the intensivist.
For the primary care setting, treatment failure was defined as occurrence of at least one of the following events: death, hospitalisation, ARI-specific complications (for example, empyema for lower ARI, meningitis for upper ARI), recurrent or worsening infection, and patients reporting any symptoms of an ongoing respiratory infection (for example, fever, cough, dyspnoea) at 30-day follow-up.
A relevant prognostic value has also been ascribed to NVC, and different NVC patterns have been defined to be predictive for a worse outcome [ 12- 14], and for some specific complications of the disorders [ 25, 26].
These specific complications of treatment were chosen as they have a clear potential for prevention.
Specific complications asked for were: thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, superficial infection treated with antibiotics, deep infection treated with antibiotics for more than 6 weeks, weakness or paralysis in the lower extremities, and urinary or fecal incontinence.
Acute episodes or particularly severe forms of rheumatic diseases and specific complications are indications for pulse therapy.
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Pre-fracture residence, selection for rehabilitation, discharge destination and specific complications are key determinants for acute phase and total LOS.
Positive and negative predictive values, the sensitivity, and the specificity were calculated for all complications combined and for the specific complications (pneumonia, urinary infection, pressure ulcer, falls, DVT, PE, and constipation).
