2019
Targets to improve quality of care for patients with hepatic encephalopathy: data from a multi‐centre cohort
Bajaj JS, O’Leary J, Tandon P, Wong F, Kamath PS, Biggins SW, Garcia‐Tsao G, Lai J, Fallon MB, Thuluvath PJ, Vargas HE, Maliakkal B, Subramanian RM, Thacker LR, Reddy KR. Targets to improve quality of care for patients with hepatic encephalopathy: data from a multi‐centre cohort. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2019, 49: 1518-1527. PMID: 31032966, PMCID: PMC6538445, DOI: 10.1111/apt.15265.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality of careAspiration pneumoniaEnd-stage Liver Disease cohortLiver disease cohortMulti-center cohortNorth American ConsortiumLiver transplantMELD scoreCirrhotic patientsDual therapyHepatic encephalopathyPneumonia developmentReadmission analysisBetter prognosisPatient cohortTherapy patientsDisease cohortLarge cohortPatientsMedicationsCohortAmerican ConsortiumTherapyReadmissionPneumonia
2016
The 3‐month readmission rate remains unacceptably high in a large North American cohort of patients with cirrhosis
Bajaj JS, Reddy KR, Tandon P, Wong F, Kamath PS, Garcia‐Tsao G, Maliakkal B, Biggins SW, Thuluvath PJ, Fallon MB, Subramanian RM, Vargas H, Thacker LR, O'Leary JG, Disease N. The 3‐month readmission rate remains unacceptably high in a large North American cohort of patients with cirrhosis. Hepatology 2016, 64: 200-208. PMID: 26690389, PMCID: PMC4700508, DOI: 10.1002/hep.28414.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-stage liver diseaseNosocomial infectionsLiver diseaseEnd-stage Liver Disease cohortEnd-stage liver disease (MELD) scoreSmall single-center studiesLarge North American cohortHigher readmission riskInfection-related readmissionLiver disease cohortPercent of readmissionsLiver Disease scoreSingle-center studyMultivariable logistic regressionNorth American cohortNorth American ConsortiumIndex admissionNonelective indicationsAdvanced cirrhosisProphylactic antibioticsCirrhosis severityInhibitor useReadmission ratesMonths postdischargeReadmission risk