2015
Patients need safer hospitals, every day of the week
Dharmarajan K, Kim N, Krumholz HM. Patients need safer hospitals, every day of the week. The BMJ 2015, 350: h1826. PMID: 25877669, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h1826.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsFemaleHospitalizationHumansIatrogenic DiseaseMaleMedical ErrorsPostoperative Complications
2009
Relationship Between Spontaneous and Iatrogenic Hypoglycemia and Mortality in Patients Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Kosiborod M, Inzucchi SE, Goyal A, Krumholz HM, Masoudi FA, Xiao L, Spertus JA. Relationship Between Spontaneous and Iatrogenic Hypoglycemia and Mortality in Patients Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction. JAMA 2009, 301: 1556-1564. PMID: 19366775, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.496.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionInsulin therapyHospital mortalityIatrogenic hypoglycemiaHypoglycemic eventsMyocardial infarctionMortality riskGlucose-lowering therapyRetrospective cohort studySubgroup of patientsHigher mortality riskLogistic regression modelsMore comorbiditiesSubsequent hospitalizationMultivariable adjustmentCohort studyGlucose loweringGlucose controlEpisodic hypoglycemiaMAIN OUTCOMEHypoglycemiaPatientsHealth FactsHigh mortalityTherapy