2022
Comparative Safety and Effectiveness of Biologic Therapy for Crohn’s Disease: A CA-IBD Cohort Study
Singh S, Kim J, Luo J, Paul P, Rudrapatna V, Park S, Zheng K, Syal G, Ha C, Fleshner P, McGovern D, Sauk J, Limketkai B, Dulai P, Boland B, Eisenstein S, Ramamoorthy S, Melmed G, Mahadevan U, Sandborn W, Ohno-Machado L. Comparative Safety and Effectiveness of Biologic Therapy for Crohn’s Disease: A CA-IBD Cohort Study. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2022, 21: 2359-2369.e5. PMID: 36343846, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2022.10.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTNF-α antagonistsRisk of hospitalizationUstekinumab-treated patientsCrohn's diseaseSerious infectionsLower riskMulticenter cohortInflammatory bowel disease-related surgeryTumor necrosis factor α antagonistsNecrosis factor α antagonistsDisease-related surgeryHigher comorbidity burdenVedolizumab-treated patientsNew biologic agentsPropensity-score matchingComorbidity burdenCause hospitalizationAdult patientsBiologic therapyCohort studyPrior hospitalizationBiologic agentsΑ antagonistsBiologic classesComparative safety
2015
Safety and efficacy of pharmacological thromboprophylaxis for hospitalized patients with cirrhosis: a single‐center retrospective cohort study
Shatzel J, Dulai P, Harbin D, Cheung H, Reid T, Kim J, James S, Khine H, Batman S, Whyman J, Dickson R, Ornstein D. Safety and efficacy of pharmacological thromboprophylaxis for hospitalized patients with cirrhosis: a single‐center retrospective cohort study. Journal Of Thrombosis And Haemostasis 2015, 13: 1245-1253. PMID: 25955079, PMCID: PMC6658183, DOI: 10.1111/jth.13000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcademic Medical CentersAgedAnticoagulantsDrug Administration ScheduleFemaleGastrointestinal HemorrhageHeparin, Low-Molecular-WeightHospitalizationHumansLength of StayLiver CirrhosisMaleMiddle AgedNew HampshireOdds RatioRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTertiary Care CentersTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeVenous ThromboembolismConceptsLow molecular weight heparinHospital bleeding eventsRetrospective cohort studyMolecular weight heparinVTE prophylaxisVenous thromboembolismBleeding eventsPharmacological thromboprophylaxisCirrhotic patientsCohort studyUnfractionated heparinWeight heparinSingle-center retrospective cohort studyEnd-stage liver disease (MELD) scoreAcademic tertiary care referral centerRate of VTETertiary care referral centerRisk of VTEGastrointestinal bleeding eventsHospitalized cirrhotic patientsNew VTE eventsPharmacological VTE prophylaxisLiver Disease scoreHospital bleedingVTE events
2014
Reducing Communication Delays and Improving Quality of Care with a Tuberculosis Laboratory Information System in Resource Poor Environments: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Blaya J, Shin S, Yagui M, Contreras C, Cegielski P, Yale G, Suarez C, Asencios L, Bayona J, Kim J, Fraser H. Reducing Communication Delays and Improving Quality of Care with a Tuberculosis Laboratory Information System in Resource Poor Environments: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e90110. PMID: 24721980, PMCID: PMC3982951, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAntitubercular AgentsClinical Laboratory Information SystemsCommunicationDatabases, FactualDeveloping CountriesFemaleHumansLaboratoriesMaleMedical ErrorsMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMiddle AgedPeruPovertyProportional Hazards ModelsProspective StudiesQuality ImprovementQuality of Health CareResearch DesignTreatment OutcomeTuberculosisTuberculosis, Multidrug-ResistantYoung AdultConceptsIntervention health centersHealth centersDrug susceptibility testLaboratory information systemMDR-TB risk factorsMulti-drug resistant tuberculosisMDR-TB patientsPrimary health centersMain outcome measuresCulture convertCulture conversionResistant tuberculosisRisk factorsPatient outcomesClinical impactOutcome measuresDays less timePatientsPatient treatmentStudy designSusceptibility testsBaseline dataTrialsOnly studyTreatment
2009
Is there an advantage in scoring early embryos on more than one day?
Racowsky C, Ohno-Machado L, Kim J, Biggers J. Is there an advantage in scoring early embryos on more than one day? Human Reproduction 2009, 24: 2104-2113. PMID: 19493872, PMCID: PMC2727402, DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep198.Peer-Reviewed Original Research