2019
Severe cardiovascular morbidity in women with hypertensive diseases during delivery hospitalization
Ackerman CM, Platner MH, Spatz ES, Illuzzi JL, Xu X, Campbell KH, Smith GN, Paidas MJ, Lipkind HS. Severe cardiovascular morbidity in women with hypertensive diseases during delivery hospitalization. American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology 2019, 220: 582.e1-582.e11. PMID: 30742823, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.02.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultCardiomyopathiesCardiovascular DiseasesCerebrovascular DisordersCohort StudiesEclampsiaEducational StatusElectric CountershockEthnicityFemaleHeart ArrestHeart FailureHospitalizationHumansHypertension, Pregnancy-InducedInformation Storage and RetrievalInsurance, HealthLogistic ModelsMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisMyocardial InfarctionNew York CityObesity, MaternalPovertyPre-EclampsiaPregnancyRetrospective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexVentricular FibrillationYoung AdultConceptsSevere cardiovascular morbidityCardiovascular morbidityDelivery hospitalizationsHypertensive disordersSevere featuresNormotensive womenGestational hypertensionCardiovascular diseaseRetrospective cohort studyClinical risk factorsPregnancy-related deathsMultivariable logistic regressionChronic hypertensionDiligent screeningSingleton gestationsCohort studyHypertensive diseaseDiabetes mellitusMaternal deathsRisk factorsInclusion criteriaDiseases-10HospitalizationMorbidityPreeclampsia
2016
Risk-standardized Acute Admission Rates Among Patients With Diabetes and Heart Failure as a Measure of Quality of Accountable Care Organizations
Spatz ES, Lipska KJ, Dai Y, Bao H, Lin Z, Parzynski CS, Altaf FK, Joyce EK, Montague JA, Ross JS, Bernheim SM, Krumholz HM, Drye EE. Risk-standardized Acute Admission Rates Among Patients With Diabetes and Heart Failure as a Measure of Quality of Accountable Care Organizations. Medical Care 2016, 54: 528-537. PMID: 26918404, PMCID: PMC5356461, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000518.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failure measuresAccountable care organizationsAcute admission ratesHeart failureAdmission ratesNational ratesUnplanned hospital admissionsHeart failure cohortRisk-adjustment variablesPopulation-based measuresCare organizationsOutcome measure developmentIntraclass correlation coefficientHospital admissionDiabetes measuresFailure cohortChronic conditionsMedicare feeDiabetesService beneficiariesPatientsMeet criteriaMeasures of qualitySocioeconomic statusPerformance categories
2015
Comparative Effectiveness of CRT-D Versus Defibrillator Alone in HF Patients With Moderate-to-Severe Chronic Kidney Disease
Friedman DJ, Singh JP, Curtis JP, Tang WHW, Bao H, Spatz ES, Hernandez AF, Patel UD, Al-Khatib SM. Comparative Effectiveness of CRT-D Versus Defibrillator Alone in HF Patients With Moderate-to-Severe Chronic Kidney Disease. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2015, 66: 2618-2629. PMID: 26670062, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.09.097.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overCardiac Resynchronization TherapyComorbidityComparative Effectiveness ResearchDefibrillators, ImplantableElectric CountershockFemaleGlomerular Filtration RateHeart FailureHospitalizationHumansMaleMedicareProportional Hazards ModelsRenal Insufficiency, ChronicSeverity of Illness IndexSurvival AnalysisTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsSevere chronic kidney diseaseChronic kidney diseaseCardiac resynchronization therapyCRT-eligible patientsHF hospitalizationKidney diseaseNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryUse of CRTComparative effectivenessInverse probability-weighted analysisReal-world comparative effectivenessEnd-stage renal diseaseCox proportional hazards modelCRT-D useHeart failure hospitalizationAcceptable complication rateDevice-related complicationsProportional hazards modelFine-Gray modelCKD classCKD stageFailure hospitalizationHF patientsPrimary endpointSecondary endpoints