2024
Frailty is a predictor for worse outcomes in patients hospitalized with Clostridioides difficile infection
Chaar A, Yoo J, Nawaz A, Rizwan R, Agha O, Feuerstadt P. Frailty is a predictor for worse outcomes in patients hospitalized with Clostridioides difficile infection. Annals Of Gastroenterology 2024, 37: 442-448. PMID: 38974087, PMCID: PMC11226747, DOI: 10.20524/aog.2024.0898.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHospital Frailty Risk ScoreHealthcare resource utilizationHigher healthcare utilizationAdministrative billing dataPrimary diagnosis of CDIFrailty Risk ScoreNational Inpatient SampleHigher healthcare resource utilizationIntensive care unit admissionHealthcare utilizationClostridioides difficile</i> infectionFrailty statusDiagnosis of CDIRisk-stratify patientsHigher oddsClostridioides difficile infectionInpatient mortalityPerioperative risk assessmentHospital outcomesBilling dataRisk scoreInpatient SampleFrailtyAssessed differencesHealth implications
2019
197 Annual Hospitalization and Mortality Trends Among Patients With Sickle Cell Disease and Clostridioides difficile Infection
Sharma P, Hundt M, Aguilar R, Nader M, Yadav S, Rawlings R, Feuerstadt P. 197 Annual Hospitalization and Mortality Trends Among Patients With Sickle Cell Disease and Clostridioides difficile Infection. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2019, 114: s120-s121. DOI: 10.14309/01.ajg.0000590320.20381.01.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClostridioides difficile infectionSickle cell diseaseInpatient mortalityIncidence of Clostridioides difficile infectionCell diseaseSickle cell disease related complicationsAggressive initial treatmentAssociated with atrial fibrillationSickle cell disease patientsAcute chest syndromeAssociated with HIVNational Inpatient Sample databaseVaso-occlusive crisisChronic liver diseaseInpatient Sample databasePropensity score matchingChest syndromeComplication rateChronic pancreatitisHepatitis CInitial treatmentPaired t-testRelated complicationsAcute pancreatitisAntibiotic exposure