BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization has highlighted the risk of Disease X, urging pandemic preparedness. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) could be the first Disease X; therefore, understanding the epidemiological experiences of COVID-19 is c...
BACKGROUND: Suicide poses a substantial public health challenge globally, with the elderly population being particularly vulnerable. Research into suicide risk factors among elderly inpatients with non-psychiatric disorders remains limited. This inve...
Early identification of patients who require onward referral to social care can prevent delays to discharge from hospital. We introduce an explainable machine learning (ML) model to identify potential social care needs at the first point of admission...
Rapidly increasing healthcare spending globally is significantly driven by high-need, high-cost (HNHC) patients, who account for the top 5% of annual healthcare costs but over half of total expenditures. The programs targeting existing HNHC patients ...
BACKGROUND: Exposure to air pollution and meteorological conditions, such as humidity, has been linked to adverse respiratory health outcomes in children. This study aims to develop predictive models for pediatric hospitalizations based on both envir...
OBJECTIVE: Patients with cancer have a high risk of suicide. However, evidence-based preventive measures remain unclear. This study aimed to investigate suicide prevention strategies for hospitalized patients with cancer by analyzing nationwide patie...
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to employ machine learning (ML) tools to cluster patients hospitalized for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) based on their diverse social and clinical characteristics. This clustering is i...
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Current heart failure (HF) risk stratification strategies require comprehensive clinical evaluation. In this study, artificial intelligence (AI) applied to electrocardiogram (ECG) images was examined as a strategy to predict HF r...
Although the SARS-CoV-2 infection has established risk groups, identifying biomarkers for disease outcomes is still crucial to stratify patient risk and enhance clinical management. Optimal efficacy of COVID-19 antiviral medications relies on early a...
Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle
Feb 1, 2025
BACKGROUND: Hospital falls are the most prevalent and fatal event in healthcare, posing significant risks to patient health outcomes and institutional care quality. Real-time location system (RTLS) enables continuous tracking of patient location, pro...
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