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Effectiveness of Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir Against the Development of Post-COVID-19 Conditions Among U.S. Veterans : A Target Trial Emulation.
Ioannou G, Berry K, Rajeevan N, Li Y, Mutalik P, Yan L, Bui D, Cunningham F, Hynes D, Rowneki M, Bohnert A, Boyko E, Iwashyna T, Maciejewski M, Osborne T, Viglianti E, Aslan M, Huang G, Bajema K. Effectiveness of Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir Against the Development of Post-COVID-19 Conditions Among U.S. Veterans : A Target Trial Emulation. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2023, 176: 1486-1497. PMID: 37903369, PMCID: PMC10620954, DOI: 10.7326/m23-1394.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute COVID-19Veterans Health AdministrationUntreated comparatorsThromboembolic eventsCOVID-19Severe COVID-19Target trial emulationSARS-CoV-2Post COVID-19 conditionIndex dateVenous thromboembolismBaseline characteristicsCumulative incidencePulmonary embolismAcute infectionMedian ageOral antiviralsTrial emulationVHA careOutpatient treatmentInternational ClassificationHealth AdministrationU.S. veteransVeterans AffairsOrgan systems
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Metformin prescription for U.S. veterans with prediabetes, 2010–2019
Gulanski B, Goulet J, Radhakrishnan K, Ko J, Li Y, Rajeevan N, Lee K, Heberer K, Lynch J, Streja E, Mutalik P, Cheung K, Concato J, Shih M, Lee J, Aslan M. Metformin prescription for U.S. veterans with prediabetes, 2010–2019. Journal Of Investigative Medicine 2023, 72: 139-150. PMID: 37668313, DOI: 10.1177/10815589231201141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexVeterans Health AdministrationIncident prediabetesHigh riskHealth AdministrationRetrospective observational cohort studyType 2 diabetes mellitusUse of metforminObservational cohort studyProportion of veteransMetformin prescribingGestational diabetesCohort studyMetformin prescriptionDiabetes mellitusDiabetes preventionMass indexCardiovascular diseaseMultivariable modelPrediabetesSubset of individualsMetforminU.S. veteransHealthcare systemVeteransEffectiveness of COVID-19 Treatment With Nirmatrelvir–Ritonavir or Molnupiravir Among U.S. Veterans: Target Trial Emulation Studies With One-Month and Six-Month Outcomes
Bajema K, Berry K, Streja E, Rajeevan N, Li Y, Mutalik P, Yan L, Cunningham F, Hynes D, Rowneki M, Bohnert A, Boyko E, Iwashyna T, Maciejewski M, Osborne T, Viglianti E, Aslan M, Huang G, Ioannou G. Effectiveness of COVID-19 Treatment With Nirmatrelvir–Ritonavir or Molnupiravir Among U.S. Veterans: Target Trial Emulation Studies With One-Month and Six-Month Outcomes. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2023, 176: m22-3565. PMID: 37276589, PMCID: PMC10243488, DOI: 10.7326/m22-3565.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationCOVID-19 symptom onsetCOVID-19-related outcomesSevere COVID-19Six-month outcomesCOVID-19 vaccinationCOVID-19 treatmentCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2Percent of participantsUntreated control participantsCause mortalitySymptom onsetMedian ageOral antiviralsVHA careOutpatient treatmentHospitalizationHealth AdministrationDay 31U.S. veteransVariant transmissionMost veteransVeterans AffairsOne month