2024
Racial Differences in 1-Year Mortality after Hospitalization for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the United States.
Jain S, Priya A, Pekow P, Spitzer K, Walkey A, Opara I, Krumholz H, Lindenauer P. Racial Differences in 1-Year Mortality after Hospitalization for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the United States. Annals Of The American Thoracic Society 2024, 21: 585-594. PMID: 37943953, PMCID: PMC10995557, DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.202304-359oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseChronic obstructive pulmonary disease hospitalizationsObstructive pulmonary diseaseMedicare beneficiariesWhite racePulmonary diseaseChronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbationsChronic obstructive pulmonary disease patientsObstructive pulmonary disease exacerbationsObstructive pulmonary disease patientsHospital-level clusteringPulmonary disease exacerbationsRetrospective cohort studyPulmonary disease patientsCox regression modelIndividual socioeconomic statusDisease exacerbationPulmonary rehabilitationCohort studyDischarge dispositionOverall mortalityIllness severityHospitalized populationCare factorsDisease patients
2022
Association Between Antibiotic Redosing Before Incision and Risk of Incisional Site Infection in Children With Appendicitis
Cramm S, Chandler N, Graham D, Kunisaki S, Russell R, Blakely M, Lipskar A, Allukian M, Aronowitz D, Campbell B, Collins D, Commander S, Cowles R, DeFazio J, Esparaz J, Feng C, Griggs C, Guyer R, Hanna D, Kahan A, Keane O, Lamoshi A, Lopez C, Pace E, Regan M, Santore M, Scholz S, Tracy E, Williams S, Zhang L, Rangel S. Association Between Antibiotic Redosing Before Incision and Risk of Incisional Site Infection in Children With Appendicitis. Annals Of Surgery 2022, 278: e863-e869. PMID: 36317528, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000005747.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncisional surgical site infectionHour of incisionPediatric National Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramSite infectionQuality Improvement ProgramAntibiotic redosingIncisional surgical site infection rateMulticenter retrospective cohort studyDisease severityDiagnosis of appendicitisSurgical site infectionRetrospective cohort studyRedosing of antibioticsOperative report dataMultivariate logistic regressionHospital-level clusteringIncreased disease severityAntibiotic regimensInitial doseAntibiotic administrationPatient demographicsAntibiotic utilizationChart review
2014
Clinical Prediction Model Suitable for Assessing Hospital Quality for Patients Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy
Wimmer NJ, Spertus JA, Kennedy KF, Anderson HV, Curtis JP, Weintraub WS, Singh M, Rumsfeld JS, Masoudi FA, Yeh RW. Clinical Prediction Model Suitable for Assessing Hospital Quality for Patients Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2014, 3: e000728. PMID: 24938712, PMCID: PMC4309056, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.113.000728.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCarotid artery revascularizationCarotid endarterectomyHospital strokeHospital qualityArtery diseaseCEA scoreNew York Heart Association class IIIHospital risk-adjusted outcomesPrimary end-point eventPrior peripheral artery diseaseContralateral carotid occlusionHospital-level clusteringSymptomatic carotid lesionsPeripheral artery diseaseEnd-point eventsCoronary artery diseaseModerate discriminative abilityRisk-adjusted outcomesClinical prediction modelHierarchical logistic regressionArtery revascularizationEndarterectomy (CARE) RegistryAppropriate risk adjustmentCarotid occlusionDiabetes mellitus
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