2023
Disparities in Diagnosis, Treatment, and Outcomes of Peripheral Artery Disease JACC Scientific Statement
McDermott M, Ho K, Alabi O, Criqui M, Goodney P, Hamburg N, McNeal D, Pollak A, Smolderen K, Bonaca M. Disparities in Diagnosis, Treatment, and Outcomes of Peripheral Artery Disease JACC Scientific Statement. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2023, 82: 2312-2328. PMID: 38057074, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.09.830.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral arterial diseaseRate of amputationAmputation ratePeripheral arterial disease prevalencePrevalence of peripheral arterial diseaseLower extremity peripheral arterial diseasePeripheral arterial disease outcomesHealth policy changesCulturally appropriate messagesHigher amputation rateOptimal medical careHealth carePatient educationDisparity eliminationMobility lossSocioeconomic statusClinician educationMedical careImprove accessLower extremity revascularizationUnited StatesAtypical symptomsOlder ageDisparitiesAmputationChronic Cough: Characterizing and Quantifying Burden in Adults Using a Nationwide Electronic Health Records Database
Scierka L, Bradley B, Glynn E, Davis S, Hoffman M, Tam-Williams J, Mena-Hurtado C, Smolderen K. Chronic Cough: Characterizing and Quantifying Burden in Adults Using a Nationwide Electronic Health Records Database. Journal Of Healthcare Informatics Research 2023, 8: 50-64. PMID: 38273985, PMCID: PMC10805682, DOI: 10.1007/s41666-023-00150-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic coughChronic cough patientsAcute coughCough patientsElectronic health record databaseChronic pulmonary diseaseHealth care utilizationEHR-based dataHealth record databaseCough phenotypesCough episodesPulmonary diseaseCare utilizationDiseases codesCommon conditionCoughInternational ClassificationMore outpatientUnknown raceRecord databaseRisk profileOlder ageCohortEHR databaseQuantifying burden
2007
Personality, psychological stress, and self-reported influenza symptomatology
Smolderen K, Vingerhoets A, Croon MA, Denollet J. Personality, psychological stress, and self-reported influenza symptomatology. BMC Public Health 2007, 7: 339. PMID: 18036207, PMCID: PMC2241613, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-339.Peer-Reviewed Original Research