2015
Thirty-Day Postoperative Mortality Among Individuals With HIV Infection Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy and Procedure-Matched, Uninfected Comparators
King JT, Perkal MF, Rosenthal RA, Gordon AJ, Crystal S, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Rimland D, Simberkoff MS, Justice AC. Thirty-Day Postoperative Mortality Among Individuals With HIV Infection Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy and Procedure-Matched, Uninfected Comparators. JAMA Surgery 2015, 150: 343-351. PMID: 25714794, PMCID: PMC5015449, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.2257.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionCD4 cell countImmunodeficiency virus infectionAntiretroviral therapyPostoperative mortalityHIV infectionHIV-1 RNAIncidence rate ratiosUninfected patientsVirus infectionCell countUninfected comparatorsSurgical outcomesSurgical proceduresCD4 cell count strataCharlson Comorbidity Index scoreCommon inpatient surgical proceduresHIV-1 RNA levelsThirty-day postoperative mortalityUndetectable HIV-1 RNAVeterans Health Administration healthcare systemElectronic medical record dataCombination antiretroviral therapyComorbidity Index scoreCoronary artery bypass
2012
Disparities in Rates of Spine Surgery for Degenerative Spine Disease Between HIV-Infected and Uninfected Veterans
King JT, Gordon AJ, Perkal MF, Crystal S, Rosenthal RA, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Rimland D, Simberkoff MS, Justice AC. Disparities in Rates of Spine Surgery for Degenerative Spine Disease Between HIV-Infected and Uninfected Veterans. Spine 2012, 37: 612-622. PMID: 21697770, PMCID: PMC4507821, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e318228f32d.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDegenerative spine diseaseVeterans Health AdministrationSpine diseaseSpine surgeryHealth AdministrationUninfected patientsCommon surgical sitesNinth Revision procedureSpine surgery ratesSurgical referral patternsCombination antiretroviral therapyHIV infection statusViral load levelsRisk-benefit ratioMultivariate Poisson regressionImpact of HIVComparator patientsUninfected veteransAntiretroviral therapyHIV infectionPrimary outcomeSpinal decompressionReferral patternsSurgery ratesDiagnosis codes