2020
Quantifying the Impact of Care Fragmentation on Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Hirji SA, Zogg CK, Vaduganathan M, Kiehm S, Percy ED, Yazdchi F, Pelletier M, Shah PB, Bhatt DL, O'Gara P, Kaneko T. Quantifying the Impact of Care Fragmentation on Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2020, 128: 113-119. PMID: 32650903, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.05.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overCardiac CatheterizationCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.ComorbidityContinuity of Patient CareCoronary AngiographyDiabetes MellitusFemaleHospital CostsHospital MortalityHospitalsHumansHypertensionLength of StayLung DiseasesMaleMultivariate AnalysisPacemaker, ArtificialPatient ReadmissionPericardiocentesisPostoperative ComplicationsProsthesis ImplantationStrokeTranscatheter Aortic Valve ReplacementUnited StatesConceptsNonindex hospitalNonindex readmissionsCare fragmentationTranscatheter aortic valve implantation outcomesTranscatheter aortic valve implantationHigher co-morbidity burdenNational Readmission DatabaseAortic valve implantationCo-morbidity burdenTotal hospital costsMajor cardiac proceduresUS adult patientsFuture health policyValue of careIndex readmissionTAVI patientsCause mortalityIndex hospitalNoncardiac causesAdult patientsPatient characteristicsReadmission ratesValve implantationReadmission lengthCardiac proceduresComparison of epidemiology, treatments, and outcomes in pediatric versus adult ependymoma
Elsamadicy AA, Koo AB, David WB, Lee V, Zogg CK, Kundishora AJ, Hong CS, DeSpenza T, Reeves BC, Kahle KT, DiLuna M. Comparison of epidemiology, treatments, and outcomes in pediatric versus adult ependymoma. Neuro-Oncology Advances 2020, 2: vdaa019. PMID: 32642681, PMCID: PMC7212900, DOI: 10.1093/noajnl/vdaa019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDiagnosis of ependymomaCause mortalityOlder adultsYoung adultsCause mortality ratesTreatment risk factorsExtent of resectionComparison of EpidemiologyMultivariate logistic regressionSignificant differencesImpact of ageInfluence of ageAdult patientsSEER databaseSurgical treatmentSurvival outcomesEpendymoma patientsRisk factorsTumor gradeAdult ependymomasTreatment outcomesHistological classificationSupratentorial locationInternational ClassificationMortality rate
2015
Geriatric emergency general surgery: Survival and outcomes in a low-middle income country
Shah AA, Haider AH, Riviello R, Zogg CK, Zafar SN, Latif A, Diaz A, Rehman Z, Zafar H. Geriatric emergency general surgery: Survival and outcomes in a low-middle income country. Surgery 2015, 158: 562-569. PMID: 25999249, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.03.045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency general surgery conditionsGreater oddsGeriatric patientsSurgery conditionsEmergency general surgical conditionsGreater risk-adjusted oddsOlder adultsRisk-adjusted oddsClinical Modification diagnosisGeneral surgical conditionsPeptic ulcer diseaseSurgery of TraumaMultivariable regression analysisCase-mix dataYears of ageHealth care settingsLow-middle income countriesCause mortalityGastrointestinal bleedingHospital stayAdult patientsOperative interventionYounger patientsMajor complicationsUlcer diseaseAbdominal gunshot wounds—a comparative assessment of severity measures
Shah AA, Rehman A, Shah SJ, Haider AH, Zogg CK, Zafar SN, Hadi YB, Zia-ur-Rehman, Zafar H. Abdominal gunshot wounds—a comparative assessment of severity measures. Journal Of Surgical Research 2015, 198: 334-339. PMID: 25891680, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2015.03.061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjury Severity ScoreAbdominal gunshot woundsInjury severity measuresGunshot woundsSeverity measuresMedian Injury Severity ScoreAbdominal trauma indexMost gunshot woundsRisk-stratify patientsPrimary outcome measureCause mortalityAbdominal traumaMiddle-income countriesMultivariable analysisSeverity scoreUniversity HospitalSustained injuryTrauma IndexCrude rateOutcome measuresReferral statusInjury severityAverage ageAUROC analysisComplications