2024
The Impact of Four Smoking Metrics on Survival After Diagnosis with HPV+ Oropharyngeal Cancer
Wilkins S, Shah R, Safranek C, Shah H, Mehra S. The Impact of Four Smoking Metrics on Survival After Diagnosis with HPV+ Oropharyngeal Cancer. The Laryngoscope 2024, 134: 3158-3164. PMID: 38294283, DOI: 10.1002/lary.31319.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaRecurrence-free survivalHPV+ oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaOverall survivalPack-yearsTobacco useRetrospective review of patientsImpact overall survivalReview of patientsSquamous cell carcinomaSmoking metricsInferior OSImpact of tobacco useMetastatic diseaseImpact of smokingPrognostic significanceRetrospective reviewCell carcinomaSmoking historyUnivariate analysisNever-smokersMultivariate analysisSmoking statusPatientsInclusion criteria
2018
Adult epiglottitis: Trends and predictors of mortality in over 30 thousand cases from 2007 to 2014
Hanna J, Brauer PR, Berson E, Mehra S. Adult epiglottitis: Trends and predictors of mortality in over 30 thousand cases from 2007 to 2014. The Laryngoscope 2018, 129: 1107-1112. PMID: 30582183, DOI: 10.1002/lary.27741.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPredictors of mortalityEmergency departmentAdult epiglottitisPatient ageMultivariate analysisNational Emergency Department SampleStudy periodAverage patient ageEmergency Department SampleOverall mean ageLower ratesAirway interventionClinical factorsAirway proceduresSmoking statusInpatient studyMean ageAirway visualizationUnivariate analysisSignificant pathologyMortality riskEpiglottitisPatient encountersClinical interventionsMortality