2020
Patterns of care and clinical outcomes with cytarabine-anthracycline induction chemotherapy for AML patients in the United States
Zeidan AM, Podoltsev NA, Wang X, Zhang C, Bewersdorf JP, Shallis RM, Huntington SF, Neparidze N, Giri S, Gore SD, Davidoff AJ, Ma X, Wang R. Patterns of care and clinical outcomes with cytarabine-anthracycline induction chemotherapy for AML patients in the United States. Blood Advances 2020, 4: 1615-1623. PMID: 32311013, PMCID: PMC7189301, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020001728.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntensive induction chemotherapyAcute myeloid leukemiaHospital deathInduction chemotherapyAdult patientsMultivariable logistic regression modelLow hospital volumePremier Healthcare DatabasePredictors of deathHealthcare resource utilizationIntensive care unitPatterns of careStandard of careLogistic regression modelsFit patientsRemission inductionFirst hospitalizationHospital volumeInpatient deathInpatient mortalityOlder patientsSupportive careMedian ageAML patientsCare unit
2017
Relationship between Hospital Volume and Inpatient Mortality Among Patients Diagnosed with Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) in the United States
Giri S, Pathak R, Franklin R, Podoltsev N, Huntington S, Mehta K, Zeidan A. Relationship between Hospital Volume and Inpatient Mortality Among Patients Diagnosed with Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) in the United States. Blood 2017, 130: 675. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v130.suppl_1.675.675.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThrombotic thrombocytopenic purpuraHospital volumeInpatient mortality rateNationwide Inpatient SampleInpatient mortalityThrombocytopenic purpuraPotential confoundersMortality rateOverall inpatient mortality rateInitiation of plasmapheresisUnique hospital identifiersHigher inpatient mortalityRetrospective cohort studyHigh-volume hospitalsAdjusted odds ratioLogistic regression analysisHierarchical logistic regression analysisTest of trendUnique hospitalizationsHospital mortalityInpatient outcomesHospital courseTotal hospitalizationsVolume hospitalsAdult patients