Poor Outcome: Causes & Reasons

Possible Causes for Poor Outcome

poor outcome of patient with aSAH. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

CONCLUSIONS: Serum Ngb levels on day 2 after aSAH were strongly associated with poor outcomes in aSAH, suggesting that Ngb may be a novel biomarker for predicting poor outcomes [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Multivariate logistic regression revealed that higher miR-502-5p levels at 7 days were associated with a significantly high risk for poor outcome post-aSAH. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Scapula Fracture

outcomes when treated non-operatively. [oregonshoulder.com]

outcomes without such treatment. [oshmanlaw.com]

Surgical Introduction Fractures of the scapula involving the neck or glenoid or with severe displacement have been associated with poor outcomes when treated non-operatively [alfredmansourmd.com]

Basilar Artery Occlusion

Uni- and multivariable modeling were performed to identify independent predictors of poor outcome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

CONCLUSIONS: The PC-CS predicted poor outcome at one month. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Poor 3-month outcome was defined as modified Rankin Scale score of 3 to 6. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Hypoglycemic Encephalopathy

and poor outcomes (GOS ≤ 4). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Ikeda et al. [ 2 ] defined good and poor outcomes groups using Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) and poor outcome included patients with GOS from 1 to 4. [annalsofintensivecare.springeropen.com]

Risk of death or poor outcome does not seem to be related to MRI features in the acute phase but rather to other presumably medical factors. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Intracerebral Hematoma

outcome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

BACKGROUND: Admission blood glucose (BG) is a predictor of poor outcome in patients with ICH. [n.neurology.org]

Abstract Additional space-occupying intracerebral hematoma (ICH) in patients suffering from subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a known predictor for poor outcome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Malignant Melanoma of the Ear or External Auditory Canal

Advanced-stage melanoma, however, is related to a poor outcome, which highlights the importance of dermatological surveillance in patients prone to melanoma. [symptoma.com]

Moderate and Severe Traumatic Cerebral Edema

[…] dural flap, 18.3% (11/60) had fa-vourable outcome and 81.6% (49/60) poor outcome. [alliedacademies.org]

[…] utilization — increase in extracellular potassium may lead to edema — decrease in intracellular magnesium may contribute to calcium influx leads to neuronal degeneration and poor [lifeinthefastlane.com]

6 of 31 (19 %) had a poor neurological outcome and 2 patients (6 %) died. [springerplus.springeropen.com]

Marchiafava-Bignami Disease

Case Reports Marchiafava-Bignami disease: a rare entity with a poor outcome [Article in English, Portuguese] Paulo Eduardo Mestrinelli Carrilho et al. [pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

CASE REPORT Marchiafava-Bignami disease: a rare entity with a poor outcome Paulo Eduardo Mestrinelli Carrilho I ; Marcius Benigno Marques dos Santos II ; Larisa Piasecki III [scielo.br]

Hepatosplenic Lymphoma

outcome. [bloodjournal.org]

Hepatosplenic gammadelta T-cell lymphoma is a rare clinicopathologic entity with poor outcome: report on a series of 21 patients. Blood, 102 (2003), pp. 4261-4269 [4] F. [reumatologiaclinica.org]

[…] series. 4 - 25 In the present study, we show that this lymphoma has a uniform clinicopathologic presentation, may occur in immunocompromised patients, and is characterized by poor [bloodjournal.org]

Hypoalbuminemia

CONCLUSION: Comorbid RTD and hypoalbuminemia are frequently observed and increase the risk for extremely poor outcome in patients with CHF. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

CONCLUSIONS: Elevated CRP levels and hypoalbuminemia are significantly associated with reduced survival and are considered to be an appropriate predictor for poor outcome [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In dialysis patients, hypoalbuminemia is a strong predictor of poor outcomes. [renalandurologynews.com]

Cerebellar Hemorrhage

There were 33 (53.4%) patients in the poor outcome group and 29(46.6%) in the good outcome group. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Outcome was evaluated using the modified Rankin scale (mRS) and mRS was divided into good (mRS ≤2) or poor (mRS ≥3). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Results There were 46 (57.5%) patients in the poor outcome group and 34 (42.5%) in the good outcome group. [journals.plos.org]

Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury

[…] and those with a poor outcome. [anesthesiology.pubs.asahq.org]

Poor outcome was defined as a Cerebral Performance Category score of 3-5. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

“Burst suppression or generalized epileptiform discharges on EEG predicted poor outcomes but with insufficient prognostic accuracy” NB. [litfl.com]

New-Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus

Poor outcome occurred in 77 of 125 cases (62%), and 28 (22%) died. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Cryptogenic new onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) syndrome has been described in both adults and children, and is often associated with poor outcome. [research.manchester.ac.uk]

Medical complications and duration of SE have been identified as predictors of poor outcome. [practicalneurology.com]

Endophthalmitis

Corneal involvement precluding vitrectomy had poor outcome. [evrs.eu]

We report a case with bacterial endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Streptococcus bovis, developed after colonoscopy, which had a poor outcome and resulted in evisceration [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The first one was caused by Streptococcus bovis, developed after colonoscopy, which had a poor outcome and resulted in evisceration. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Basal Ganglia Hemorrhage

outcome after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Most reported cases accepted conservative treatment and suffered extremely poor outcome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Radiologically, the post-traumatic intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and brainstem hemorrhage usually coexisted with a poor outcome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Placenta Membranacea

Placenta membranacea is associated with a very poor fetal outcome. [aafp.org]

[…] fetal outcome Placental bleeding (e.g., abruption) Clot, especially an adherent clot toward the center of the placenta, with distortion of placental shape Associated with [aafp.org]

Fibrin deposits are gray and, if extensive, may be associated with intrauterine growth retardation and other poor fetal outcomes. [aafp.org]

Herpes Simplex Encephalitis

outcome (0 of 18 good outcome, five of 10 poor outcome, P<0.01). [jnnp.bmj.com]

For the analysis of prognostic factors, outcome at 6 months was the main end point and was considered to be binary (favorable outcome vs. poor outcome). [cid.oxfordjournals.org]

The time from admission to the start of treatment was longer in the patients with a poor outcome (1.8 days good outcome, 4.0 days poor outcome, P<0.025), but the total duration [jnnp.bmj.com]

Plasmablastic Lymphoma

Plasmablastic lymphoma is a variant of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, characterized by rapid progression and is associated with a poor outcome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Despite the recent advances in the therapy of HIV-associated and aggressive lymphomas, patients with PBL for the most part have poor outcomes. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

PBL was seen to have a uniformly aggressive clinical course with poor outcomes even with optimal treatment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Ventricular Hemorrhage

[…] of poor outcome (OR 1.18; 95% CI 1.10-1.25; p < 0.001), as shown in table 1. [karger.com]

Hydrocephalus is a common complication, associated with poor outcome. [jpma.org.pk]

There is ambiguity regarding the association of timing of IVH with a poor outcome: Witsch et al. ( 10 ) found that early, but not delayed IVH was associated with a poor outcome [journal.frontiersin.org]

Placenta Circumvallata

Circumvallate placenta and Battledore insertion of the umbilical cord are both rare and known to be associated with poor obstetric outcome individually. [jri.ir]

Placenta membranacea is associated with a very poor fetal outcome. [aafp.org]

Women with such abnormalities of placental and cord if detected antenatally should be considered as high risk pregnancy due to possible poor pregnancy outcome. [jri.ir]

Keratoglobus

Patients also are left with extreme irregular astigmatism and ultimately poor visual outcome. [aimu.us]

Repair of perforations: Repair of perforations commonly resulted in poor outcomes because of the nature of the perforations that are usually large, and owing to the fragility [aimu.us]

Plasma Cell Leukemia

Its special biological characteristics may play an important role in the poor outcome when treated with conventional therapy or even with stem cell transplantation. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Plasma cell leukemia (PCL) is a rare hematologic malignancy with very poor outcome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

outcome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Linitis Plastica

Bone metastasis, found in 13 patients, was associated with poor outcome, and its incidence was significantly correlated with the number of metastatic nodes. pT4 status and [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The operative approach in patients with LP has historically been questioned because of the poor outcomes. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Rectal linitis plastica (RLP) is a rare disease with poor outcome. It is often accompanied by a delayed histopathological diagnosis, primarily due to submucosal disease. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Cerebral Thrombosis

Study population: Patients are eligible if they have a radiologically proven CVT, a high probability of poor outcome (defined by presence of one or more of the following risk [clinicaltrials.gov]

Not surprisingly coma, hemorrhagic venous infarcts and co-existing malignancy correlate with poor outcome 2. [radiopaedia.org]

One-quarter of the patients in this group were reported to have had a poor outcome 2, 15. [f1000research.com]

Pediatric Arterial Ischemic Stroke

Thirty‐nine of 78 (50%) had a good outcome (total PSOM score < 1), and 39 of 78 (50%) had a poor outcome. [onlinelibrary.wiley.com]

Five children had a poor outcome according to the PSOM and good outcome with the mRS including school performance. [karger.com]

Blood pressure decrease during the acute phase of ischemic stroke is associated with brain injury and poor stroke outcome. [cnsystems-med.de]

Meningeal Tuberculosis

Surgery for patients in Vellore grade IV is usually associated with a poor outcome and high mortality and therefore, its utility in these patients is debatable. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] had a mortality rate of 66.7% and poor outcome in 64.7% compared with mortality rate of 26.7% and poor outcome in 30.8% in the HIV-negative group. [neurologyindia.com]

Outcome All the early reports of shunt surgery for hydrocephalus associated with TBM report poor outcome in a proportion of patients. [neurologyindia.com]

Acute Subdural Hematoma

Six patients had good outcome at last follow up and 27 patients had poor outcome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Patient outcome was categorized as good (moderate disability or good recovery) or poor (severely disability, vegetative state, or dead) according to the Glasgow Outcome Scale [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

It can lead to extremely poor outcomes if not treated properly and promptly. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Enteropathy-Associated T-Cell Lymphoma

Given the historically poor outcome in these patients, this regimen appears very promising in the treatment of EATL. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

outcome (including occurrence of overt T-cell lymphoma). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Despite treatment, enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma has a very poor outcome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Aggressive NK-Cell Leukemia

One reason for the poor outcome in ANKL is leukemic infiltration into multiple organs. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract Aggressive natural killer cell leukemia (ANKL) is a rare malignant disorder of mature NK cells characterized by aggressive clinical course and poor outcome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

BACKGROUND: Patients with natural killer (NK) cell neoplasms, aggressive NK cell leukemia (ANKL) and extranodal NK cell lymphoma, nasal type (ENKL), have poor outcome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Cerebellar Infarction

Subjects were divided into poor (n = 13) and good outcomes (n = 31). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Four patients, all with an associated brain stem infarct, had a poor outcome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

At 3 months, 65% of the patients were functionally independent (according to modified Rankin Scale scores of 0-2), and having a poor outcome was significantly related to moderate-to-severe [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]