The present critical review was conducted to evaluate the clinimetric properties of the
Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), an assessment tool designed specifically to predict long …

Background Many people with chronic disease have more than one chronic condition, which
is referred to as multimorbidity. The term comorbidity is also used but this is now taken to …

Context Invasive bladder cancer is a frequently occurring disease with a high mortality rate
despite optimal treatment. The European Association of Urology (EAU) Muscle-invasive and …

Background: Adjustment for comorbidities is common in performance benchmarking and risk
prediction. Despite the exponential upsurge in the number of articles citing or comparing …

We previously reported that the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) was useful for predicting
outcomes in patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) …

What is the little button for? This button is pushed at bedtime and awake time to let the
research know what time you went to bed and got up. This button can also be used with the …

The object of this article was to systematically review available methods to measure
comorbidity and to assess their validity and reliability. A search was made in Medline and …

Important comorbidities recorded on outpatient claims in administrative datasets may be
missed in analyses when only inpatient care is considered. Using the comorbid conditions …

Background Many patients with several concurrent medical conditions (multimorbidity) are
seen in the primary care setting. A thorough understanding of outcomes associated with …

BACKGROUND:: As more and more cancers occur in elderly people, oncologists are
increasingly confronted with the necessity of integrating geriatric parameters in the treatment …