2024
Contribution of Potentially Inappropriate Medications to Polypharmacy-Associated Risk of Mortality in Middle-Aged Patients: A National Cohort Study
Guillot J, Justice A, Gordon K, Skanderson M, Pariente A, Bezin J, Rentsch C. Contribution of Potentially Inappropriate Medications to Polypharmacy-Associated Risk of Mortality in Middle-Aged Patients: A National Cohort Study. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2024, 1-10. PMID: 38831248, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-024-08817-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMiddle-aged patientsRisk of mortalityVeterans AffairsChronic medicationsVA patient populationIntegrated healthcare systemNational cohort studyAssociated with increased mortalityMiddle-aged individualsMechanism of injuryMiddle-aged peopleAssociated with mortalityInappropriate medicationsBeers criteriaHealthcare systemAttenuate riskCohort studyClinical characteristicsGeneral populationHyperpolypharmacyFollow-upPolypharmacyPatient populationBackgroundThe roleCox model
2023
Contribution of alcohol use in HIV/hepatitis C virus co‐infection to all‐cause and cause‐specific mortality: A collaboration of cohort studies
Trickey A, Ingle S, Boyd A, Gill M, Grabar S, Jarrin I, Obel N, Touloumi G, Zangerle R, Rauch A, Rentsch C, Satre D, Silverberg M, Bonnet F, Guest J, Burkholder G, Crane H, Teira R, Berenguer J, Wyen C, Abgrall S, Hessamfar M, Reiss P, Monforte A, McGinnis K, Sterne J, Wittkop L, Collaboration T. Contribution of alcohol use in HIV/hepatitis C virus co‐infection to all‐cause and cause‐specific mortality: A collaboration of cohort studies. Journal Of Viral Hepatitis 2023, 30: 775-786. PMID: 37338017, PMCID: PMC10526649, DOI: 10.1111/jvh.13863.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatitis C virusAntiretroviral therapyAlcohol useC virusHIV/hepatitis C virusHeavy drinkersMultivariable Cox modelModerate alcohol drinkersNorth American cohortCause-specific mortalityGrams/dayBaseline alcohol useSelf-reported alcohol useHigher alcohol useART initiationHCV statusCohort studyHazard ratioAdult PWHAlcohol drinkersAlcohol use dataCox modelPWHAmerican cohortMortality