2021
Brief report: Cannabis and opioid use disorder among heart failure admissions, 2008–2018
Chouairi F, Mullan CW, Ravindra N, Clark KAA, Jaffe EM, Bhinder J, Fuery M, Guha A, Ahmad T, Desai NR. Brief report: Cannabis and opioid use disorder among heart failure admissions, 2008–2018. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0255514. PMID: 34591847, PMCID: PMC8483306, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255514.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
United States national trends in comorbidity and outcomes of adult cardiac surgery patients
Mullan CW, Mori M, Pichert MD, Bin Mahmood SU, Yousef S, Geirsson A. United States national trends in comorbidity and outcomes of adult cardiac surgery patients. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2020, 35: 2248-2253. PMID: 33448476, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14764.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitral valve repair/replacementAortic valve replacementCardiac surgery patientsHospital mortalityLength of staySurgery patientsCardiac surgeryAdult cardiac surgery patientsAdult cardiac surgery proceduresUnited States national trendsValve repair/replacementICD-9 procedure codesCoronary artery bypassCardiac surgery proceduresType of surgeryNational Inpatient SampleICD-9 codesNational trendsCross-sectional analysisCABG/Comorbidity trendsArtery bypassPatient ageValve replacementComorbidity profilesModern Treatment Trends and Outcomes of Pulmonary Embolism With and Without Hemodynamic Significance
Mullan CW, Newman J, Geib M, Pichert MD, Saffarzadeh A, Hartman A, Lima B. Modern Treatment Trends and Outcomes of Pulmonary Embolism With and Without Hemodynamic Significance. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2020, 110: 1534-1540. PMID: 32224241, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.02.041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCatheter-directed therapyPulmonary embolismSaddle embolismHospital deathSurgical embolectomySystemic thrombolyticsMembrane oxygenationSaddle pulmonary embolismExtracorporeal membrane oxygenationNational Inpatient SampleNational trendsSystemic thrombolysisPulmonary embolectomyRevision codesInpatient SampleHemodynamic significanceEmbolectomyTreatment trendsEmbolismInternational ClassificationLogistic regressionPopulation-level outcomesTherapyDeathThrombolytics
2019
Pediatric thymectomy: a study of national trends in demographics, short-term outcomes, and cost
Catalano MA, Mullan CW, Rich BS, Glick RD. Pediatric thymectomy: a study of national trends in demographics, short-term outcomes, and cost. Pediatric Surgery International 2019, 35: 749-757. PMID: 31119357, DOI: 10.1007/s00383-019-04486-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort-term outcomesMyasthenia gravisRetrospective cross-sectional analysisOverall morbidity rateShorter hospital staySingle-institution cohortHospital discharge recordsLength of stayCross-sectional analysisMethodsThe KidsHospital deathHospital stayRespiratory complicationsPatient characteristicsCommon indicationLow morbidityPediatric patientsPediatric populationThymic neoplasmsHispanic raceInpatient DatabaseMorbidity rateMore complicationsSurgical approachRisk factorsUS National Trends in the Management and Outcomes of Constrictive Pericarditis: 2005-2014
Mori M, Mullan CW, Bin Mahmood SU, Yousef S, Pelletier KJ, Mangi AA, Geirsson A. US National Trends in the Management and Outcomes of Constrictive Pericarditis: 2005-2014. Canadian Journal Of Cardiology 2019, 35: 1394-1399. PMID: 31493971, DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2019.05.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConstrictive pericarditisPatient characteristicsNational Inpatient Sample datasetHospital mortality rateOutcomes of patientsProportion of patientsCardiopulmonary bypass useUS national trendsUse of CPBUS Census population estimatesCensus population estimatesPoisson regression modelsCPB useHospital mortalityOperative mortalityComorbid patientsSurgical managementBypass usePericarditisMortality ratePatientsPericardiectomyCohortNational trendsMortality