Comprehensive Assessment of Factors Associated With In-Hospital Mortality After Elective Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Hicks C, Canner J, Arhuidese I, Obeid T, Black J, Malas M. Comprehensive Assessment of Factors Associated With In-Hospital Mortality After Elective Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair. JAMA Surgery 2016, 151: 838-45. PMID: 27192100, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.0782.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFactors associated with in-hospital mortalityIn-hospital mortalityOpen AAA repairEndovascular AAA repairElective AAA repairAssociated with mortalityHospital-level risk factorsAAA repairPatient- and hospital-level factorsGeneral surgery mortalityHospital-level factorsPatient-level factorsHospital bed sizeHospital case volumeProportion of institutionsAssociated with in-hospital mortalityIn-hospital mortality outcomesNationwide Inpatient Sample databaseHigh-volume aortic centersAbdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repairElective open AAA repairInpatient Sample databaseEndovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repairTeaching statusPatient referralRacial disparities after vascular trauma are age-dependent
Hicks C, Canner J, Zarkowsky D, Arhuidese I, Obeid T, Malas M. Racial disparities after vascular trauma are age-dependent. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2016, 64: 418-424. PMID: 26993377, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2016.01.049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAge FactorsAgedAmputation, SurgicalBlack or African AmericanChi-Square DistributionFemaleHealth Status DisparitiesHealthcare DisparitiesHospital MortalityHumansLimb SalvageMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisOdds RatioRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesVascular System InjuriesWhite PeopleWounds, PenetratingYoung AdultConceptsRacial disparitiesBlack patientsAge groupsRisk adjustmentWhite patientsOlder black patientsRisk of amputationSignificant racial disparitiesTrauma patientsCompare in-hospital mortalityNationwide Inpatient SampleYoung black patientsOlder age groupsRisk of deathYoung white patientsInternational ClassificationIn-hospital mortalityEffects of raceOlder populationWhite counterpartsInpatient SampleTrauma populationVascular traumaAmputationEdition codes