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Excess mortality during the COVID‑19 pandemic in cities of Chile: magnitude, inequalities, and urban determinants
(Springer, 2022)
We estimated excess mortality in Chilean cities during the COVID-19 pandemic and its association with city-level factors. We used mortality, and social and built environment data from the SALURBAL study for 21 Chilean ...
Application of the pediatric risk of mortality (PRISM) score and determination of mortality risk factors in a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit
(Faculdade de Medicina / USP, 2010)
INTRODUCTION: To establish disease severity at admission can be performed by way of the mortality prognostic. Nowadays the prognostic scores make part of quality control and research. The Pediatric Risk of Mortality is one ...
Predicting mortality with biomarkers: a population-based prospective cohort study for elderly Costa Ricans
(Population Health Metrics 10(1), 2012)
Background: Little is known about adult health and mortality relationships outside high-income nations, partly
because few datasets have contained biomarker data in representative populations. Our objective is to ...
Estimating mortality in laying hens as the environmental temperature increases
(Facta-fundacio Arnco Ciência Tecnologia Avicolas, 2010-10-01)
Layer mortality due to heat stress is an important economic loss for the producer. The aim of this study was to determine the mortality pattern of layers reared in the region of Bastos, SP, Brazil, according to external ...
Association of different physical activity domains on all-cause mortality in adults participating in primary care in the Brazilian National Health System: 4-Year follow-up
(2017-01-01)
Background: Evidence has shown that physical activity (PA) is associated with low mortality risk. However, data about reduced mortality due to PA are scarce in developing countries and the dose-response relationship between ...
Estimating mortality in laying hens as the environmental temperature increases
(2010-01-01)
Layer mortality due to heat stress is an important economic loss for the producer. The aim of this study was to determine the mortality pattern of layers reared in the region of Bastos, SP, Brazil, according to external ...
Refining dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry data to predict mortality among cirrhotic outpatients: A retrospective study
(Elsevier B.V., 2021-05-01)
Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of muscle wasting according to measures obtained by different limb muscle mass indexes, to find the best mortality predictor among outpatients with cirrhosis. ...
Socioeconomic development, health interventions and mortality decline in Costa Rica
(1991-02)
Costa Rica, whose life expectancy was 74 years by 1985, has reached a health level comparable to a developed country. The health achievements of this country are product of political and socioeconomic circumstances as well ...