2019
Quality of Care Indicators in Patients with Acute Pancreatitis
Ketwaroo G, Sealock R, Freedman S, Hart P, Othman M, Wassef W, Banks P, Vege S, Gardner T, Yadav D, Sheth S, Kanwal F. Quality of Care Indicators in Patients with Acute Pancreatitis. Digestive Diseases And Sciences 2019, 64: 2514-2526. PMID: 31152333, DOI: 10.1007/s10620-019-05674-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExplicit quality indicatorsQuality of careCandidate quality indicatorsDetermination of etiologyCare of patientsDetermination of severityFuture quality improvementBackgroundAcute pancreatitisEndoscopic therapyFluid resuscitationSurgical managementRisk stratificationAcute pancreatitisCare indicatorsPatient outcomesQI setPatient carePatientsComprehensive literature reviewLiterature reviewQuality indicatorsExpensive conditionsStandardized techniqueProcess measuresCare
2015
High Glasgow Blatchford Score at admission is associated with recurrent bleeding after discharge for patients hospitalized with upper gastrointestinal bleeding
Sengupta N, Tapper E, Patwardhan V, Ketwaroo G, Thaker A, Leffler D, Feuerstein J. High Glasgow Blatchford Score at admission is associated with recurrent bleeding after discharge for patients hospitalized with upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Endoscopy 2015, 48: 9-15. PMID: 26340604, DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1392651.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlasgow-Blatchford scoreUpper gastrointestinal bleedingGBS scoresBlatchford scoreGastrointestinal bleedingMultivariable analysisEndoscopic interventionHigh riskIntensive care unit admissionCare unit admissionMultivariable Cox regressionPost-discharge outcomesGBS patientsUnit admissionCause readmissionHospital deathRecurrent bleedingCohort studyReadmission ratesConsecutive patientsHospital readmissionSignificant morbidityCox regressionPatientsReadmission