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Among 26,189 total ED encounters, mean patient age was 74 years, 51.7% were women, and 60.7% were white. Glumetinib molecular weight The overall 30-day serious adverse event rate was 18.8%. The base model had an AUC of 0.76 (95% confidence interval 0.74 to 0.77). Incorporating additional variables led to improved accuracy with logistic regression (AUC 0.80; 95% confidence interval 0.79 to 0.82) and machine learning (AUC 0.85; 95% confidence interval 0.83 to 0.86). We found that 11.1%, 25.7%, and 48.9% of the study population had predicted serious adverse event risk of less than or equal to 3%, less than or equal to 5%, and less than or equal to 10%, respectively, and 28% of those with less than or equal to 3% risk were admitted. Use of a machine-learning model with additional variables improved 30-day risk prediction compared with conventional approaches. Use of a machine-learning model with additional variables improved 30-day risk prediction compared with conventional approaches. In South Africa, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are the leading cause of maternal mortality. More than 50% of anaesthesia-related maternal deaths are attributed to complications of airway management. We compared the prevalence and risk factors for hypoxaemia during induction of general anaesthesia in parturients with and without hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. We hypothesised that hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are associated with desaturation during tracheal intubation. Data from 402 cases in a multicentre obstetric airway management registry were analysed. The prevalence of peri-induction hypoxaemia (SpO <90%) was compared in patients with and without hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Quantile regression of SpO nadir was performed to identify confounding variables associated with, and mediators of, hypoxaemia. In the cohort of 402 cases, hypoxaemia occurred in 19% with and 9% without hypertension (estimated risk difference, 10%; 95% CI 2% to 17%; P=0.005). Quantile regression demonstrated a lower SpO nadir associated with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy as body mass index increased. Room-air oxygen saturation, Mallampati grade, and number of intubation attempts were associated with the relationship. Clinically significant oxygen desaturation during airway management occurred twice as often in patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, compounded by increasing body mass index. Intermediary factors in the pathway from hypertension to hypoxaemia were also identified. Clinically significant oxygen desaturation during airway management occurred twice as often in patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, compounded by increasing body mass index. Intermediary factors in the pathway from hypertension to hypoxaemia were also identified. To localize the brain structures involved in blepharospasm. This is a retrospective consecutive series of brain MRI's of patients with secondary blepharospasm whose immediate past medical history included cerebrovascular accident or head trauma. Six patients, including 4 with CVA with ischemic or hemorrhagic lesions of the thalamus and caudate nuclei and 2 with head trauma with contusive sequellae to the tectal plate and frontal cortical and cerebellar atrophy. According to the literature, brain lesions associated with blepharospasm involve mainly the thalamus, head of the caudate nucleus, corpus striatum, globus pallidus, internal capsule, cerebral cortex and cerebellum. This study demonstrates that blepharospasm is associated with a lesion of a complex neural network - cortex-thalamus-globus pallidus-cortex - and does not correspond to a single, unique lesion. This network is connected with ascending and descending sensory-motor pathways and motor nuclei. According to the literature, brain lesions associated with blepharospasm involve mainly the thal