2011
Clinical Predictors of All-Cause In-Hospital Mortality In Patients with Sickle Cell Disease in the United States- First Reported Results From A Nationally Representative Sample
Goel R, Gupta A, Krishnamurti L. Clinical Predictors of All-Cause In-Hospital Mortality In Patients with Sickle Cell Disease in the United States- First Reported Results From A Nationally Representative Sample. Blood 2011, 118: 339. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v118.21.339.339.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSickle cell diseaseHospital mortality rateIn-Hospital MortalityClinical predictorsCell diseaseHospital mortalityHospital dischargeClinical factorsIndependent predictorsNationally Representative SampleRelated hospitalizationsSCD patientsExchange transfusionMortality rateICD-9-CM diagnosis codesNationwide Inpatient Sample databaseMultivariable logistic regression modelDiagnosis of SCDAcute chest syndromePredictors of mortalityRed cell transfusionDevelopment of sepsisPatients' socioeconomic statusMultivariable logistic regressionSignificant independent predictors
2010
Chronic Pain Is An Independent Predictor of Lower 6 Minute Walk Distance In Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: Results From Walk-PHaSST Study
Krishnamurti L, Goel R, Castro O, Barst R, Rosenzweig E, Sachdev V, Machado R, Gibbs S, Little J, Schraufnagel D, Girgis R, Morris C, Badesch D, Lanzkron S, Goldsmith J, Gordeuk V, Kato G, Gladwin M, Hassell K. Chronic Pain Is An Independent Predictor of Lower 6 Minute Walk Distance In Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: Results From Walk-PHaSST Study. Blood 2010, 116: 2658. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v116.21.2658.2658.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTricuspid regurgitant velocityAcute pain crisisSickle cell diseasePain crisisChronic painExercise capacityIndependent predictorsClinical trialsCell diseaseAcute sickle cell pain crisisSickle cell pain crisisMultivariable logistic regression analysisSickle cellsAcute pain ratingsHypertension clinical trialsTrials of sildenafilDouble-blind placeboEmergency department visitsGroup of patientsMinute walk distanceWeeks of treatmentNon-drug therapyFuture clinical trialsSignificant lower odds ratioLogistic regression analysis