2022
The first 20 months of the COVID-19 pandemic: Mortality, intubation and ICU rates among 104,590 patients hospitalized at 21 United States health systems
Fiore M, Smith S, Adsit R, Bolt D, Conner K, Bernstein S, Eng O, Lazuk D, Gonzalez A, Jorenby D, D’Angelo H, Kirsch J, Williams B, Nolan M, Hayes-Birchler T, Kent S, Kim H, Piasecki T, Slutske W, Lubanski S, Yu M, Suk Y, Cai Y, Kashyap N, Mathew J, McMahan G, Rolland B, Tindle H, Warren G, An L, Boyd A, Brunzell D, Carrillo V, Chen L, Davis J, Dilip D, Ellerbeck E, Iturrate E, Jose T, Khanna N, King A, Klass E, Newman M, Shoenbill K, Tong E, Tsoh J, Wilson K, Theobald W, Baker T. The first 20 months of the COVID-19 pandemic: Mortality, intubation and ICU rates among 104,590 patients hospitalized at 21 United States health systems. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0274571. PMID: 36170336, PMCID: PMC9518859, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274571.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 patientsICU admission rateUnited States health systemState health systemAdmission ratesPositive COVID-19 PCR testCOVID-19 PCR testHospitalized COVID-19 patientsHealth systemHealth system contactElectronic health record dataICD-10 diagnosisAge 18 yearsCOVID-19 hospitalizationRisk-standardized mortalityHealth record dataHigh mortality rateCOVID-19 pandemicICU admissionHospitalized participantsEndotracheal intubationIntubation rateMean agePatient groupPatient outcomes
2021
Design and rationale of the colchicine/statin for the prevention of COVID-19 complications (COLSTAT) trial
Shah T, McCarthy M, Nasir I, Archer H, Ragheb E, Kluger J, Kashyap N, Paredes C, Patel P, Lu J, Kandel P, Song C, Khan M, Ul Haq F, Ahmad R, Howes C, Cambi B, Lancaster G, Cleman M, Dela Cruz CS, Parise H, Lansky A. Design and rationale of the colchicine/statin for the prevention of COVID-19 complications (COLSTAT) trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2021, 110: 106547. PMID: 34461322, PMCID: PMC8397504, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106547.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospitalized COVID-19 patientsCOVID-19 patientsStandard of careElectronic health recordsComplications TrialSevere COVID-19 diseaseWorld Health Organization (WHO) ordinal scaleVenous thromboembolic eventsHealth recordsCombination of colchicineRates of morbidityCOVID-19 diseaseCost-effective treatmentPrimary endpointRespiratory failureThromboembolic eventsClinical improvementMyocardial injuryPragmatic trialClinical trialsPatientsEvent ascertainmentHealth NetworkRosuvastatinTrials