2017
Causes of In-hospital and Post discharge Mortality Among Patients Hospitalized with Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza, Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network, 2014–2015
McGowan C, Arriola C, Cummings C, Kirley P, Miller L, Meek J, Anderson E, Monroe M, Bohm S, McMahon M, Bargsten M, Zansky S, Bennett N, Lung K, Thomas A, Schaffner W, Price A, Dos Santos Chaves S, Reed C, Garg S. Causes of In-hospital and Post discharge Mortality Among Patients Hospitalized with Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza, Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network, 2014–2015. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2017, 4: s24-s24. PMCID: PMC5632265, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofx162.061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLaboratory-confirmed influenzaCause of deathDeath certificatesInfluenza-related hospitalizationsPost-discharge mortalityDays post dischargeHalf of deathsIntensive care unitLocation of deathDeath registration systemInfluenza resultsHospital deathClinical characteristicsHospital dischargeIn-HospitalSymptom onsetInfluenza seasonCare unitRespiratory causesDischarge mortalitySeasonal influenzaVaccination ratesCardiovascular diseaseCommon causeHospitalization
2008
The mortality burden of chronic liver disease may be substantially underestimated in the United States.
Durante AJ, St Louis T, Meek JI, Navarro VJ, Sofair AN. The mortality burden of chronic liver disease may be substantially underestimated in the United States. Connecticut Medicine 2008, 72: 389-92. PMID: 18763665.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic liver diseaseICD-10 codesLiver diseaseEnd-stage liver diseaseStage liver diseaseDeath certificate dataCause of deathMedical examiner recordsCLD burdenCLD statusMedical chartsMortality burdenDeath certificatesCertificate dataHealth StatisticsCounty residentsDiseaseGold standardBurdenSerious diseaseDeathUnited States National CenterDetrimental effectsSpecificityPreventionUnexplained Deaths in Connecticut, 2002–2003:Failure to Consider Category A Bioterrorism Agents in Differential Diagnoses
Palumbo JP, Meek JI, Fazio DM, Turner SB, Hadler JL, Sofair AN. Unexplained Deaths in Connecticut, 2002–2003:Failure to Consider Category A Bioterrorism Agents in Differential Diagnoses. Disaster Medicine And Public Health Preparedness 2008, 2: 87-94. PMID: 18525371, DOI: 10.1097/dmp.0b013e318161315b.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfectious deathUnexplained deathDifferential diagnosisConnecticut death certificatesInitial casesEmergency department cliniciansBioterrorism agentsCategory A Bioterrorism AgentsClinical presentationClinician educationDeath certificatesDiagnostic testingSurveillance strategiesConnecticut physiciansFirst lineDeathChart informationDiagnosisTularemiaBioterrorism attackBioterrorist attackSmallpoxAnthraxBotulismSerology