2018
Annual Burden and Costs of Hospitalization for High-Need, High-Cost Patients With Chronic Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases
Nguyen NH, Khera R, Ohno-Machado L, Sandborn WJ, Singh S. Annual Burden and Costs of Hospitalization for High-Need, High-Cost Patients With Chronic Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2018, 16: 1284-1292.e30. PMID: 29474966, PMCID: PMC6056327, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.02.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional gastrointestinal disordersChronic liver diseaseInflammatory bowel diseaseHigh-cost patientsCost of hospitalizationGastrointestinal hemorrhageLiver diseasePancreatic diseaseChronic gastrointestinalHospitalization costsAnnual burdenNationwide Readmissions Database 2013Medicare/Medicaid insuranceHigher comorbidity burdenInfection-related hospitalizationNationwide database analysisMultivariate logistic regressionDays/monthLarge rural hospitalPopulation health managementLow-income statusCardiopulmonary causesComorbidity burdenIndex hospitalizationHigh-value care
2017
A risk prediction score for acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit
Malhotra R, Kashani K, Macedo E, Kim J, Bouchard J, Wynn S, Li G, Ohno-Machado L, Mehta R. A risk prediction score for acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2017, 32: 814-822. PMID: 28402551, DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfx026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute kidney injuryIntensive care unitAcute risk factorsRisk score modelICU admissionKidney injuryCare unitValidation cohortKidney diseaseRisk factorsTest cohortTreatment of AKIAtherosclerotic coronary vascular diseaseMulticenter prospective cohort studyGlobal Outcomes criteriaChronic kidney diseaseHigh-risk patientsProspective cohort studyChronic liver diseaseCongestive heart failureTime of screeningCoronary vascular diseaseRisk prediction scoreEarly therapeutic interventionExternal validation cohort