Conclusions: Decreased cognitive performance is significantly associated with mortality among elderly men.

Community-acquired pneumonia remains one of the most important diseases associated with mortality.

It is unclear whether the increasing incidence is associated with mortality trends.

Cox proportional hazards regression was used to determine factors associated with mortality.

However, both night admission and discharge were independently associated with mortality.

ESBL-producing organisms were one of the most important risk factors associated with mortality.

Objective: to determine whether male infertility or impaired spermatogenesis is associated with mortality.

Age, diabetes and EuroSCORE were independently associated with mortality in a multivariable model.

Serum calcium, PTH, and 25 D levels were not consistently associated with mortality.

The negative acute-phase proteins, albumin and prealbumin are both inversely associated with mortality.

However, patient and operative characteristics associated with mortality in this patient population are unclear.

Conclusion: Higher ESA dose is independently associated with mortality in children on chronic dialysis.

Results: VWF antigen levels were associated with mortality, and decreased over time in survivors.

Conclusion: The use of potassium supplements in chronic HF was not associated with mortality.

In contrast, a baseline heart rate in atrial fibrillation was not associated with mortality.

Multivariate analysis demonstrated waitlist status, age, and male sex were independently associated with mortality.