2014
Hospital Variation in Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
Kulkarni VT, Kim N, Dai Y, Dharmarajan K, Safavi KC, Bikdeli B, Lindenauer PK, Testani J, Dries DL, Krumholz HM. Hospital Variation in Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. Circulation Heart Failure 2014, 7: 427-433. PMID: 24633829, PMCID: PMC4386575, DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.113.000698.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute decompensated heart failureNoninvasive positive pressure ventilationDecompensated heart failureRisk-standardized mortality ratesPositive pressure ventilationHeart failureIntubation rateMortality ratePressure ventilationUse of NPPVHospital risk-standardized mortality ratesHigher intubation rateHospital practice patternsHospital-level outcomesCross-sectional studyHierarchical logistic regression modelsLogistic regression modelsNIPPV useHospital variationSuch hospitalizationsPractice patternsHospitalizationHospitalQuartileBottom quartile
2013
HOSPITAL PRACTICE PATTERNS IN NONINVASIVE POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION USE AMONG PATIENTS WITH ACUTE HEART FAILURE
Kulkarni V, Kim N, Dai Y, Dharmarajan K, Bikdeli B, Safavi K, Krumholz H. HOSPITAL PRACTICE PATTERNS IN NONINVASIVE POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION USE AMONG PATIENTS WITH ACUTE HEART FAILURE. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2013, 61: e1544. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(13)61544-2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research