iatrogenic disease/obesity

METHODS A retrospective study of prospectively collected data. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify risk factors in developing hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) and association of HACs with other 30-day complications in the adult spinal deformity (ASD) population. BACKGROUND HACs are

As Charles Rosenberg [(2002). The tyranny of diagnosis. The Milbank Quarterly, 80, 237-260] has recently written, clinical diagnosis contributes to imposing structure on cultural reality in a manner which is not unproblematic. A social power resides in the process of naming diseases-one, which

The obesity epidemic is a global issue and shows no signs of abating, while the cause of this epidemic remains unclear. Marketing practices of energy-dense foods and institutionally-driven declines in physical activity are the alleged perpetrators for the epidemic, despite a lack of solid evidence

Although recent increases in availability of energy dense, processed foods and reductions in institutionally driven physical activity have created an environment that is permissible for obesity to occur, several other factors may contribute to the development of obesity in this context. We review

this study assessed the incidence of hyperglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and liver function test (LFT) alterations among patients older and younger than 65 years receiving parenteral nutrition (PN). A secondary objective was to compare the incidence of any of these three events. inclusion criteria

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is recognized as a potential serious complication of hospitalization, and anticoagulant prophylaxis is widely recommended for medical inpatients. The purpose of this review was to systematically inspect the literature to determine the incidence of VTE without

METHODS Retrospective study of prospectively collected data. OBJECTIVE To identify risk factors for nonhome patient discharge after elective anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). BACKGROUND ACDF is one of the most performed spinal procedures and this is expected to increase in the coming

Psychosocial adaption during or after somatic illness is relatively little studied--quite in difference to the better known psychosocial predictors of somatic illness. This study is concerned with a group of 31 female patients who suffered from a terminal vascular disease (primary vascular pulmonary

A wide range of pharmaceutical substances can induce side-effects expressed as cardiovascular changes or events, adding to other risk factors or worsening preexisting cardiovascular diseases. OBJECTIVE Continuous study focused on iatrogenic conditions representing cardiovascular risk

BACKGROUND The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has a list of 10 hospital-acquired conditions for which hospitals and physicians will not be reimbursed because it deems such conditions are preventable and should be considered "never events." To evaluate the validity of this premise, the

The increase in cardiovascular disease and reduced life expectancy in schizophrenia likely relate to an increased prevalence of metabolic disturbances. Such metabolic risk factors in schizophrenia may result from both symptom-related effects and aetiological factors. However, a major contributory

The term "Epigenetics" refers to DNA and chromatin modifications that persist from one cell division to the next, despite a lack of change in the underlying DNA sequence. The "epigenome" refers to the overall epigenetic state of a cell, and serves as an interface between the environment and the

Cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) type 1 is characterized as the development of acute kidney injury (AKI) and dysfunction in the patient with acute cardiac illness, most commonly acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). There is evidence in the literature supporting multiple pathophysiological mechanisms