Objective: To determine the knowledge base on clinical outcomes of surgery among persons
diagnosed with serious mental illness. Background: Despite a burgeoning literature during …

Background To our knowledge, no previous study has systematically examined pneumonia-related
and pneumonia-unrelated mortality. This study was performed to identify the cause(s…

… Microbiological data were reviewed, and a microbiological cause assigned independently
by two of the principal investigators (MI Restrepo and EM Mortensen). The cause of …

Background Limited information is available on the health-care utilization of hospitalized
patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) depending on the location of care. Our aim …

… Drs Mortensen, Rello, and Brody have reported no potential conflicts of interest exist with
any companies/organizations whose products or services may be discussed in this article. …

Although studies have assessed short-term mortality among patients with community-acquired
pneumonia, there is limited data on prognosis and risk factors that affect long-term …

Rationale: Predicting which patients are at highest risk for readmission after hospitalization
for pneumonia could enable hospitals to proactively reallocate scarce resources to reduce 30…

Background The purpose of our study was to examine the association of prior outpatient use
of statins and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors on mortality for subjects ≥ …

… Microbiological data results were reviewed, and a microbiological cause was assigned
independently by two of the current investigators (MI Restrepo and EM Mortensen). The cause of …

Hospitalization of the elderly for invasive pneumococcal disease is frequently accompanied
by the occurrence of an adverse cardiac event; these are primarily new or worsened heart …