Thirty-Day Hospital Readmissions for Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis in the United States: A Nationwide Analysis.
Luo Y, Jiang C, Arevalo Molina A, Murray S, Anez G, Salgado M, Xu J. Thirty-Day Hospital Readmissions for Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis in the United States: A Nationwide Analysis. JCR Journal Of Clinical Rheumatology 2019, 26: 192-196. PMID: 31022055, DOI: 10.1097/rhu.0000000000001045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute kidney injuryIndependent predictorsKidney injuryAssociated with higher length of stayDiagnosis of GPAAcute respiratory failureYounger ageSystemic necrotizing vasculitisCongestive heart failureMixed-effects multivariable logistic regressionCharlson Comorbidity IndexMultivariate logistic regressionHospital readmissionNational Readmission DatabaseHigher comorbidity burdenHigher length of stayThirty-day hospital readmissionsLength of stayHigher risk of readmissionRespiratory failureRenal complicationsNecrotizing vasculitisRisk of readmissionThirty-dayDays of dischargeSystemic sclerosis and the risk of perioperative major adverse cardiovascular events for inpatient non‐cardiac surgery
Luo Y, Jiang C, Krittanawong C, Molina A, Murray S, Huang F, Zhang J, Salgado M, Xu J. Systemic sclerosis and the risk of perioperative major adverse cardiovascular events for inpatient non‐cardiac surgery. International Journal Of Rheumatic Diseases 2019, 22: 1023-1028. PMID: 30834657, DOI: 10.1111/1756-185x.13537.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-cardiac surgical proceduresNon-cardiac surgerySystemic sclerosisPerioperative myocardial infarctionAdverse cardiovascular eventsSurgical proceduresNational Inpatient SamplePerioperative MACERisk of perioperative major adverse cardiovascular eventsCardiovascular eventsAssociated with perioperative myocardial infarctionPerioperative major adverse cardiovascular eventsMultivariate analysisAssociated with systemic sclerosisInpatient non-cardiac surgeryMyocardial infarctionDiagnosis of systemic sclerosisMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsAssociated with higher riskAll-cause deathPerioperative cardiovascular riskCardiovascular risk factorsRevision diagnosis codesCardiac comorbiditiesUnivariate analysis