Disease relevance of Hospital Records

• In its 1982 report on toxic shock syndrome, the institute of Medicine, Washington, DC, identified population-based studies of the incidence of toxic shock syndrome over time based on hospital records as being a high priority for further research [1].
• In order to assess the relative importance of diet in weight loss, dietary intake levels were assessed from hospital records of HCC patients and by dietary recall during the week prior to study [2].
• PATIENTS AND METHODS: The hospital records of 132 consecutive patients who received recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator for massive pulmonary embolism were retrospectively reviewed [3].
• The hospital records of five patients with pulmonary edema who smoked cocaine just before admission were reviewed [4].
• Daily emergency admissions for all cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and heart diseases (HD) were obtained from hospital records, and the corresponding daily levels of particulates, SO2, NO2, CO, and ozone were recorded [5].

High impact information on Hospital Records

• Hospital records of 425 patients who had been treated simultaneously with lithium carbonate and haloperidol were examined [6].
• We reviewed liver specimens and hospital records of 326 unselected adult African Americans who were autopsied, assessing Prussian blue-stained sections for hepatocellular iron and measuring iron quantitatively in specimens that stained positively [7].
• This exposure, comparable to the CS being taped to a hospital record, results in reading changes as early as 2 h after reaction [8].
• METHOD: Hospital records were reviewed for 88 consecutive patients started on sertraline treatment at McLean Hospital from February 11, 1992 to August 28, 1992 [9].
• METHODS: The hospital records of all patients admitted with ADDA during the period of the study were reviewed retrospectively [10].

Chemical compound and disease context of Hospital Records

• We studied the hospital records of all patients with psoriasis treated with cyclosporine at Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France, between January 1, 1987, and December 31, 1993 [11].
• The hospital records and records of the Ministery of Health Tuberculosis Control Department were evaluated to determine the complications of BCG vaccine [12].
• METHODS: A retrospective cohort with birth weight collected from hospital records of 855 (68%) out of 1260 Auckland-born students who had blood pressure, fasting blood lipids, and glucose measured while in Year 11-13 at high school [13].
• METHODS: The hospital records of five patients with advanced/recurrent uterine sarcomas who had combination chemotherapy with doxorubicin and ifosfamide-mesna were retrospectively reviewed [14].
• 131 patients suffering from meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae or parainfluenzae were re-examined after 1-15 years, using hospital records, questionnaires, and audiological examination, especially to compare chloramphenicol and ampicillin therapy [15].

Biological context of Hospital Records

• Information on estrogen receptor status and histology was obtained from hospital records [16].
• METHODS: The hospital records of patients experiencing any postpartum complication between 1994 and 1999 were reviewed for adverse drug reactions (ADR) attributed to indomethacin [17].
• METHODS: A retrospective analysis of the hospital records of patients presenting with bacterial keratitis and treated at the Quinze-Vingts National Center of Ophthalmology, Paris, France, was performed during a 20 month period [18].
• The JIPMER Hospital records showed a high incidence of epilepsy in this region with a ratio of one out of every four patients attending the neurology clinic [19].
• METHODS: The study estimated the utilisation of resources related to infection control, SARS related medical services, and routine medical services, and SARS related medical outcomes at National Cheng Kung University Hospital (NCKUH) from 25 March to 16 June 2003 through a cross sectional survey of hospital records [20].

Anatomical context of Hospital Records

• METHODS: The hospital records of 21 patients with ovarian, peritoneal and fallopian tube carcinoma who had salvage chemotherapy with gemcitabine between October 1998 and November 2003 were retrospectively reviewed [21].

Associations of Hospital Records with chemical compounds

• Data on magnesium sulfate exposure, labor and delivery, and infant characteristics were abstracted from hospital records [22].
• Review of hospital records showed that fewer than 1% of the positive-test patients (excluding the latex test) received treatment for CMV [23].
• Long-term blood glucose control was assessed from all previous HbA1c measurements in the hospital records, an average of nine per patient [24].
• From accounts by surgical staff and official hospital records which have become available through US Freedom of Information legislation, it is clear that the rumoured death rate from this cause has been greatly exaggerated [25].
• Patients undergoing diagnostic lumbar and vene puncture were prospectively recruited, clinical data were obtained from the hospital records, and the CSF and serum nitrate and nitrite levels were measured by the nitrate reductase and Griess reaction methods [26].

Gene context of Hospital Records

• Hospital records, radiographs, and rheumatoid factor measurements allowed each sibling to be classified as having classical, definite, probable, or no RA [27].
• METHODS: Six case histories were selected from hospital records of COPD patients [28].
• METHODS: Congenital rubella syndrome cases were identified through prospective surveillance and retrospective surveys of hospital records [29].
• The hospital records of all inpatients with PAH and SLE between April 1986 and May 1991 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania were reviewed [30].
• 91% of the data was reported correctly, 1% was missing and 6% was reported on the case record from (CRF) but could not be retrieved in the hospital record file [31].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Hospital Records

• The hospital records of 145 girls and 41 boys who had undergone ureteroneocystostomy for vesicoureteral reflux were retrospectively reviewed to determine the duration of urethral catheterization and postoperative hospitalization [32].
• A retrospective review of hospital records identified 63 patients who underwent hemodynamic monitoring and received intravenous milrinone for >24 hours in a critical care setting [33].
• Outpatient and hospital records, and hospital and surgeon billing records, were reviewed for patient demographics, TRAM technique, delayed versus immediate, operating room time, length of stay, hospital and surgeon reimbursement, and surgical complications and their costs [34].
• Are some blood transfusions avoidable? A hospital record analysis in Mwanza Region, Tanzania [35].

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