2023
Incidence, Microbiological Studies, and Factors Associated With Prosthetic Joint Infection After Total Knee Arthroplasty
Weinstein E, Stephens-Shields A, Newcomb C, Silibovsky R, Nelson C, O’Donnell J, Glaser L, Hsieh E, Hanberg J, Tate J, Akgün K, King J, Re V. Incidence, Microbiological Studies, and Factors Associated With Prosthetic Joint Infection After Total Knee Arthroplasty. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2340457. PMID: 37906194, PMCID: PMC10618849, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.40457.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary total knee arthroplastyProsthetic joint infectionTotal knee arthroplastyIncidence rate ratiosLate prosthetic joint infectionsPostoperative periodIncidence rateCohort studyOverall cohortJoint infectionKnee arthroplastyVeterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program dataElective primary total knee arthroplastyEarly prosthetic joint infectionHepatitis C virus infectionQuality Improvement Program dataVeterans Affairs Corporate Data WarehouseAutoimmune inflammatory arthritisPostoperative antibiotic useC virus infectionRisk factor modificationChronic kidney diseasePeripheral artery diseaseLate postoperative periodYears of careExcess Mortality Among Patients in the Veterans Affairs Health System Compared With the Overall US Population During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Weinberger D, Rose L, Rentsch C, Asch S, Columbo J, King J, Korves C, Lucas B, Taub C, Young-Xu Y, Vashi A, Davies L, Justice A. Excess Mortality Among Patients in the Veterans Affairs Health System Compared With the Overall US Population During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2312140. PMID: 37155169, PMCID: PMC10167568, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.12140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGeneral US populationVA health care systemHealth care systemComprehensive medical careOverall US populationRate of deathVA populationUS populationDeath rateCohort studyExcess mortalityCare systemCOVID-19 pandemicMedical careVeterans Affairs Health Care SystemVeterans Affairs Health SystemHealth systemVA health systemFirst yearVA health careStandardized mortality rateAdult age groupsVA enrolleesMAIN OUTCOMEGeneral populationIntegration of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers Into Neurosurgical Residency Programs
Yearley A, Patel R, Rachlin J, Gupta S, King J, Cosgrove G, Mooney M. Integration of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers Into Neurosurgical Residency Programs. Neurosurgery 2023, 92: e120-e125. PMID: 36728276, DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002362.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Patterns of COVID-19 testing and mortality by race and ethnicity among United States veterans: A nationwide cohort study
Rentsch CT, Kidwai-Khan F, Tate JP, Park LS, King JT, Skanderson M, Hauser RG, Schultze A, Jarvis CI, Holodniy M, Re V, Akgün KM, Crothers K, Taddei TH, Freiberg MS, Justice AC. Patterns of COVID-19 testing and mortality by race and ethnicity among United States veterans: A nationwide cohort study. PLOS Medicine 2020, 17: e1003379. PMID: 32960880, PMCID: PMC7508372, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003379.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBetacoronavirusBlack or African AmericanClinical Laboratory TechniquesCohort StudiesCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19COVID-19 TestingEthnicityFemaleHispanic or LatinoHumansMaleMiddle AgedPandemicsPneumonia, ViralRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2United StatesVeteransWhite PeopleYoung AdultConceptsCOVID-19 testingRace/ethnicityCohort studyWhite individualsSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infectionAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infectionSyndrome coronavirus 2 infectionSARS-CoV-2 infectionCOVID-19Large integrated healthcare systemCoronavirus 2 infectionNationwide cohort studyRetrospective cohort studyCoronavirus disease 2019Site of careIntegrated healthcare systemNon-Hispanic blacksPositive test resultsNon-Hispanic whitesClinical characteristicsMultivariable adjustmentComorbid conditionsMedication historyEthnic minority communitiesDisease 2019
2018
Gender Disparities in Medical Student Research Awards
King JT, Angoff NR, Forrest JN, Justice AC. Gender Disparities in Medical Student Research Awards. Academic Medicine 2018, 93: 911-919. PMID: 29140916, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000002052.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Thirty-Day Postoperative Mortality Among Individuals With HIV Infection Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy and Procedure-Matched, Uninfected Comparators
King JT, Perkal MF, Rosenthal RA, Gordon AJ, Crystal S, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Rimland D, Simberkoff MS, Justice AC. Thirty-Day Postoperative Mortality Among Individuals With HIV Infection Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy and Procedure-Matched, Uninfected Comparators. JAMA Surgery 2015, 150: 343-351. PMID: 25714794, PMCID: PMC5015449, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.2257.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionCD4 cell countImmunodeficiency virus infectionAntiretroviral therapyPostoperative mortalityHIV infectionHIV-1 RNAIncidence rate ratiosUninfected patientsVirus infectionCell countUninfected comparatorsSurgical outcomesSurgical proceduresCD4 cell count strataCharlson Comorbidity Index scoreCommon inpatient surgical proceduresHIV-1 RNA levelsThirty-day postoperative mortalityUndetectable HIV-1 RNAVeterans Health Administration healthcare systemElectronic medical record dataCombination antiretroviral therapyComorbidity Index scoreCoronary artery bypass
2011
Adult glioblastoma multiforme survival in the temozolomide era: A population‐based analysis of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registries
Darefsky AS, King JT, Dubrow R. Adult glioblastoma multiforme survival in the temozolomide era: A population‐based analysis of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registries. Cancer 2011, 118: 2163-2172. PMID: 21882183, PMCID: PMC3235223, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26494.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHazard ratioTemozolomide eraMultivariate-adjusted hazard ratiosEnd Results Program databaseKaplan-Meier methodPopulation-based surveillanceTwo-year survivalAge-stratified analysisConfidence intervalsPopulation-based analysisAge 20 yearsProportional hazards modelProgressive decreaseTemozolomide useOlder patientsSurgical resectionSurvival improvementTreatment advancesProgram databaseGBM patientsHazards modelGBM treatmentAge 20Age groupsGlioblastoma multiforme survival