2020
Incident Musculoskeletal Conditions Among Men and Women Veterans Returning From Deployment
Haskell SG, Brandt C, Bastian L, Driscoll M, Bathulapalli H, Dziura J. Incident Musculoskeletal Conditions Among Men and Women Veterans Returning From Deployment. Medical Care 2020, 58: 1082-1090. PMID: 32925458, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001403.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMSK conditionsAnkle/footVeterans AffairsUpper extremityMen veteransClinical Modification diagnostic codesPercent of womenOperation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn VeteransMSK diagnosesCohort studyNinth RevisionUnadjusted ratesMusculoskeletal conditionsDiagnostic codesIncidence rateOperation New Dawn veteransFirst visitMusculoskeletal injuriesNew Dawn veteransInternational ClassificationWomen veteransLast deploymentWomenVeteransMen
2011
Validity of diagnostic codes and liver‐related laboratory abnormalities to identify hepatic decompensation events in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study
Re V, Lim JK, Goetz MB, Tate J, Bathulapalli H, Klein MB, Rimland D, Rodriguez‐Barradas M, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Brown ST, Kidwai F, Brandt C, Dorey‐Stein Z, Reddy KR, Justice AC. Validity of diagnostic codes and liver‐related laboratory abnormalities to identify hepatic decompensation events in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study. Pharmacoepidemiology And Drug Safety 2011, 20: 689-699. PMID: 21626605, PMCID: PMC3131229, DOI: 10.1002/pds.2148.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Aging Cohort StudyHepatic decompensation eventsPositive predictive valueHigh positive predictive valueLaboratory abnormalitiesAging Cohort StudyDecompensation eventsDiagnostic codesCohort studyHepatic decompensationVariceal hemorrhageOutpatient diagnostic codesChronic liver diseaseSpontaneous bacterial peritonitisImpact of medicationLiver dysfunctionBacterial peritonitisLiver diseaseMedical recordsOutpatient codesPredictive valueNatural historyAbnormalitiesEpidemiologic researchPatients