2024
Combining Charlson comorbidity and VACS indices improves prognostic accuracy for all-cause mortality for patients with and without HIV in the Veterans Health Administration
McGinnis K, Justice A, Marconi V, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Hauser R, Oursler K, Brown S, Bryant K, Tate J, Study F. Combining Charlson comorbidity and VACS indices improves prognostic accuracy for all-cause mortality for patients with and without HIV in the Veterans Health Administration. Frontiers In Medicine 2024, 10: 1342466. PMID: 38356736, PMCID: PMC10864663, DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1342466.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCharlson Comorbidity IndexVACS IndexHIV RNAVeterans Health AdministrationComorbid diseasesNon-AIDS conditionsCongestive heart failureAssociated with CD4Risk of mortalityMedian ageHepatitis C.Older age groupsCharlson comorbidityCD4Prognostic accuracyHeart failurePWoHComorbidity indexVA careKidney diseasePWHHIVMatched comparatorsBaseline predictorsClinical biomarkers
2019
1301. Graphical Analysis of HIV Guidelines Adherence Finds System-Wide Anomalies in Diagnostic Testing
Hauser R, Bhargava A, Chartier M, Maier M. 1301. Graphical Analysis of HIV Guidelines Adherence Finds System-Wide Anomalies in Diagnostic Testing. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2019, 6: s469-s470. PMCID: PMC6808709, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1164.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHIV diagnostic testingHIV diagnostic testsHIV testingDiagnostic testingPractice deviationsHIV nucleic acid testDiagnostic testsPatterns of HIVClinical practice patternsHIV resistance testsNucleic acid testDiagnostic testing guidelinesDiagnostic test resultsGuideline adherenceHIV diagnosisGuideline recommendationsViral loadHIV transmissionCase reportHIV screenNational healthcare systemPractice patternsHIV detectionClinical practiceHIV