2020
Association between Hospital volume of cardiopulmonary resuscitation for in-hospital cardiac arrest and survival to Hospital discharge
Akintoye E, Adegbala O, Egbe A, Olawusi E, Afonso L, Briasoulis A. Association between Hospital volume of cardiopulmonary resuscitation for in-hospital cardiac arrest and survival to Hospital discharge. Resuscitation 2020, 148: 25-31. PMID: 31945429, DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.12.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Inpatient SampleHospital cardiac arrestHospital dischargeCase volumeCardiac arrestCases of IHCAHospital case volumeMedian case volumeNon-significant trendNon-linear associationHospital volumeHome dischargeHospital CPRYounger patientsInpatient SampleCardiopulmonary resuscitationHigh comorbidityBetter survivalFirst quartileIHCAHospitalQuartilePatientsStudy periodSurvival
2018
Failure to Rescue, Hospital Volume, and In-Hospital Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Ando T, Adegbala O, Villablanca P, Shokr M, Akintoye E, Briasoulis A, Takagi H, Schreiber T, Grines C, Afonso L. Failure to Rescue, Hospital Volume, and In-Hospital Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2018, 122: 828-832. PMID: 30064862, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.05.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscatheter aortic valve implantationMajor perioperative complicationsAortic valve implantationVolume hospitalsHospital volumePatient mortalityPerioperative complicationsValve implantationTransarterial transcatheter aortic valve implantationNationwide Inpatient Sample databaseCo-morbidity indexGreater hospital volumeIn-Hospital MortalityPatient mortality ratesPercentage of womenHospital mortalityMajor complicationsTAVI procedureHighest quintileMean ageLowest quintileAdjusted ratesMortality rateFourth quintileDifferent hospitals