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Association of renalase with clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with COVID-19
Safdar B, Wang M, Guo X, Cha C, Chun HJ, Deng Y, Dziura J, El-Khoury JM, Gorelick F, Ko AI, Lee AI, Safirstein R, Simonov M, Zhou B, Desir GV. Association of renalase with clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0264178. PMID: 35259186, PMCID: PMC8903289, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 patientsRenalase levelsIntensive care unit admissionHospitalized COVID-19 patientsMean age 64 yearsCOVID-19Cox proportional hazards modelCare unit admissionPrimary composite outcomeRetrospective cohort studyUse of vasopressorsSevere COVID-19IL-6 levelsAge 64 yearsRisk of deathCOVID-19 subjectsInitial disease severityProportional hazards modelCOVID-19 diseasePlasma renalaseUnit admissionICU admissionCohort studyComposite outcomeCytokine levels
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Improvements in Time to Reperfusion
Rao V, Safdar B, Parkosewich J, Lee LV, D'Onofrio G, Foody JM. Improvements in Time to Reperfusion. Critical Pathways In Cardiology A Journal Of Evidence-Based Medicine 2009, 8: 38-42. PMID: 19258837, DOI: 10.1097/hpc.0b013e318194e443.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryCohort StudiesElectrocardiographyEmergency Service, HospitalEmergency TreatmentFemaleHospitals, TeachingHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionPrognosisRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSeverity of Illness IndexSex FactorsSurvival AnalysisTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUrban HealthConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionST-elevation myocardial infarctionYale-New Haven HospitalPrimary PCIChart-abstracted dataPercutaneous coronary interventionUrban teaching hospitalQuality of carePhysician-level interventionsSingle-site studyChest painCoronary interventionHospital-wide systemPhysician awarenessEmergency departmentMyocardial infarctionHeart diseaseSTEMI careImproved outcomesTeaching hospitalEarly presentationReperfusionTimely managementClinical initiativesWomen