2024
Development and Validation of Case-Finding Algorithms to Identify Pancreatic Cancer in the Veterans Health Administration
Mezzacappa C, Larki N, Skanderson M, Park L, Brandt C, Hauser R, Justice A, Yang Y, Wang L. Development and Validation of Case-Finding Algorithms to Identify Pancreatic Cancer in the Veterans Health Administration. Digestive Diseases And Sciences 2024, 69: 1507-1513. PMID: 38453743, DOI: 10.1007/s10620-024-08324-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchElectronic health recordsVeterans Health AdministrationHealth AdministrationElectronic health records data elementsElectronic health record dataDiagnosis of exocrine pancreatic cancerNational Cancer RegistryCancer RegistryHealth recordsExocrine pancreatic cancerOncology settingOutpatient encountersInpatient encountersData elementsExpert adjudicationPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaEpidemiological studiesRandom sampleInterquartile rangeIdentification of patientsRange of patientsPancreatic cancerVeteransLate diagnosisExcellent PPV
2021
Transfusion practices in a large cohort of hospitalized children
Nellis ME, Goel R, Hendrickson JE, Birch R, Patel RM, Karafin MS, Hanson SJ, Sachais BS, Hauser RG, Luban NLC, Gottschall J, Sola‐Visner M, Josephson CD, Karam O, Study‐IV‐Pediatric F. Transfusion practices in a large cohort of hospitalized children. Transfusion 2021, 61: 2042-2053. PMID: 33973660, DOI: 10.1111/trf.16443.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentBlood Component TransfusionBlood TransfusionChildChild, PreschoolDatasets as TopicDiagnosis-Related GroupsFemaleHospital MortalityHospitals, CommunityHospitals, TeachingHumansInfantInfant, NewbornInpatientsMaleProcedures and Techniques UtilizationRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesConceptsRBC transfusionCardiopulmonary bypassTransfusion practiceHospitalized childrenInpatient encountersBlood componentsLarge cohortHospital settingBlood Institute Recipient EpidemiologyDonor Evaluation Study-IIIPatient blood management initiativesDiagnostic categoriesFrequency of transfusionInstitutional transfusion guidelinesCohort of patientsInternational normalized ratioPercent of encountersNational Heart LungPediatric hospital settingYears of ageSubset of childrenRecipient EpidemiologyTransfusion guidelinesRed blood cellsEntire cohort