2023
Rates, patterns, and predictors of specialty palliative care consultation among patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure
Patel A, Walling A, Kanwal F, Serper M, Hernaez R, Sundaram V, Kaplan D, Taddei T, Mahmud N. Rates, patterns, and predictors of specialty palliative care consultation among patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure. JHEP Reports 2023, 6: 100976. PMID: 38274489, PMCID: PMC10808910, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhepr.2023.100976.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpecialty palliative care consultationPalliative care consultationChronic liver failureFacility-level variationCare consultationsLiver failurePalliative careTime of deathACLF-3Significant facility-level variationRetrospective cohort studyTiming of consultationFacility factorsMixed-effects regression analysisQuality improvement effortsACLF gradeACLF-1ACLF-2Acute hospitalizationCohort studyIll patientsACLFGrade 3Hepatocellular carcinomaSick patients
2022
Type of Infection Is Associated with Prognosis in Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: A National Veterans Health Administration Study
Mahmud N, Reddy KR, Taddei TH, Kaplan DE. Type of Infection Is Associated with Prognosis in Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: A National Veterans Health Administration Study. Digestive Diseases And Sciences 2022, 68: 1632-1640. PMID: 36083379, PMCID: PMC9995592, DOI: 10.1007/s10620-022-07680-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpontaneous bacterial peritonitisChronic liver failureShort-term mortalityLiver failureHigh short-term mortalityACLF grade 3Retrospective cohort studyUrinary tract infectionMultivariable logistic regressionVeterans Health AdministrationType of infectionInverse probability treatmentLarge national databaseSource of infectionACLF gradeMSK infectionsCohort studyTract infectionsBacterial peritonitisMusculoskeletal infectionsFrequent precipitantInfectious sourceGrade 3Relative oddsHealth Administration