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
Cigarette Smoking Is An Independent Predictor of Chronic Pain In Sickle Cell Patients: Results From the Walk-PHaSST Study
Goel R, Hassell K, 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, Krishnamurti L. Cigarette Smoking Is An Independent Predictor of Chronic Pain In Sickle Cell Patients: Results From the Walk-PHaSST Study. Blood 2010, 116: 4804. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v116.21.4804.4804.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic SCD painSickle cell diseaseTricuspid regurgitant velocitySCD painChronic painPack yearsSmoking historyCigarette smokingCigarette smokersMedical historySCD genotypeSmall single-center studiesSix-minute walk distanceStepwise multivariable logistic regressionMultivariable logistic regression modelEfficacy of sildenafilEnvironmental smoke exposureFormer cigarette smokingMean pack yearsVaso-occlusive painAcute chest syndromeSingle-center studyAbnormal platelet activationMultivariable logistic regressionEffect size