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
2021
Inpatient Gastroenterology Consultation and Outcomes of Cirrhosis-Related Hospitalizations in Two Large National Cohorts
Serper M, Kaplan DE, Lin M, Taddei TH, Parikh ND, Werner RM, Tapper EB. Inpatient Gastroenterology Consultation and Outcomes of Cirrhosis-Related Hospitalizations in Two Large National Cohorts. Digestive Diseases And Sciences 2021, 67: 2094-2104. PMID: 34374917, PMCID: PMC10849043, DOI: 10.1007/s10620-021-07150-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayPropensity-matched analysisNational cohortSpecialty careHigher LOSAlcohol-associated hepatitisCirrhosis-related admissionsOutcome of cirrhosisSpontaneous bacterial peritonitisLarge national cohortCirrhosis complicationsHepatology consultationVA cohortIndex admissionGastroenterology consultationClinical characteristicsBacterial peritonitisLiver diseaseReadmission riskICD9/10 codesRisk regressionInpatient consultationsPatientsLower mortalityDisease severity