2014
Variation in Hospital-Level Risk-Standardized Complication Rates Following Elective Primary Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
Bozic KJ, Grosso LM, Lin Z, Parzynski CS, Suter LG, Krumholz HM, Lieberman JR, Berry DJ, Bucholz R, Han L, Rapp MT, Bernheim S, Drye EE. Variation in Hospital-Level Risk-Standardized Complication Rates Following Elective Primary Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. Journal Of Bone And Joint Surgery 2014, 96: 640-647. PMID: 24740660, DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.l.01639.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElective total hip arthroplastyTotal hip arthroplastyComplication rateBlack patientsStudy cohortTKA proceduresMedicaid patientsU.S. hospitalsMedicare feeElective primary total hip arthroplastyPrimary total hip arthroplastyElective primary total hipTotal knee arthroplasty proceduresPrimary total hipPeriprosthetic joint infectionKnee arthroplasty proceduresNational Medicare feeHigher proportionHospital-level riskNational Quality ForumCross-sectional analysisHierarchical logistic regressionTKA patientsCommon complicationPatient comorbidities
2003
Gender differences in recovery after coronary artery bypass surgery
Vaccarino V, Lin ZQ, Kasl SV, Mattera JA, Roumanis SA, Abramson JL, Krumholz HM. Gender differences in recovery after coronary artery bypass surgery. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2003, 41: 307-314. PMID: 12535827, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(02)02698-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysical functionCABG surgeryDepressive symptomsHospital readmissionCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryArtery bypass graft surgeryCoronary artery bypass surgeryBypass graft surgeryArtery bypass surgeryCongestive heart failureLow physical functionMore depressive symptomsFirst CABGGraft surgeryBaseline characteristicsBypass surgeryPatient characteristicsHeart failureIllness severityMedical recordsWorse outcomesClinical dataFemale genderHigh riskSide effects