2021
Hospital Factors, Performance on Process Measures After Transient Ischemic Attack, and 90-Day Ischemic Stroke Incidence
Levine DA, Perkins AJ, Sico JJ, Myers LJ, Phipps MS, Zhang Y, Bravata DM. Hospital Factors, Performance on Process Measures After Transient Ischemic Attack, and 90-Day Ischemic Stroke Incidence. Stroke 2021, 52: 2371-2378. PMID: 34039034, PMCID: PMC8238890, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.120.031721.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIschemic stroke incidenceStroke incidenceHospital factorsPhysician staffingTIA patientsHypertension controlProcess measuresModerate potency statinTransient ischemic attackDays of dischargeEmergency department dischargeVeterans Affairs hospitalEligible patientsIschemic attackStatin useAntithrombotic useEmergency departmentEmergency physiciansInpatient unitDay 2HospitalPatient volumeFiscal year 2015PatientsIncidence
2020
Community‐Acquired Pneumonia and Risk of Cardiovascular Events in People Living With HIV
Zifodya JS, Duncan MS, So‐Armah K, Attia EF, Akgün KM, Rodriguez‐Barradas M, Marconi VC, Budoff MJ, Bedimo RJ, Alcorn CW, Hoo G, Butt AA, Kim JW, Sico JJ, Tindle HA, Huang L, Tate JP, Justice AC, Freiberg MS, Crothers K. Community‐Acquired Pneumonia and Risk of Cardiovascular Events in People Living With HIV. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2020, 9: e017645. PMID: 33222591, PMCID: PMC7763776, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.017645.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-acquired pneumoniaCVD risk factorsCVD eventsRisk factorsCAP severityHIV infectionHIV statusSevere community-acquired pneumoniaVeterans Aging Cohort StudyIncident CVD eventsCardiovascular disease eventsMultivariable-adjusted modelsAging Cohort StudyCox regression analysisDate of admissionMultivariable-adjusted analysesHigher mortality riskBackground HospitalizationCAP hospitalizationsHIV-uninfectedCardiovascular eventsIncident CVDCohort studyCVD riskUS veterans
2018
Uncertainty as a Key Influence in the Decision To Admit Patients with Transient Ischemic Attack
Homoya BJ, Damush TM, Sico JJ, Miech EJ, Arling GW, Myers LJ, Ferguson JB, Phipps MS, Cheng EM, Bravata DM. Uncertainty as a Key Influence in the Decision To Admit Patients with Transient Ischemic Attack. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2018, 34: 1715-1723. PMID: 30484102, PMCID: PMC6712185, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-018-4735-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransient ischemic attackVA Medical CenterTIA patientsChart review dataAdmission ratesTIA admissionsTIA careABCD2 scoreIschemic attackChart reviewAdministrative dataSubsequent vascular eventsSecondary prevention strategiesSubset of patientsQuality improvement interventionsHigher admission ratesQuality of careKey ResultsProvidersTimely workupVascular eventsEmergency departmentInpatient settingMedical CenterHigh riskPatientsPost‐stroke hypertension control and receipt of health care services among veterans
Kohok DD, Sico JJ, Baye F, Myers L, Coffing J, Kamalesh M, Bravata DM. Post‐stroke hypertension control and receipt of health care services among veterans. Journal Of Clinical Hypertension 2018, 20: 382-387. PMID: 29397583, PMCID: PMC8031130, DOI: 10.1111/jch.13194.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary careHypertension managementRecurrent stroke rateGoal blood pressureRetrospective cohort studyAcute ischemic strokeIschemic stroke patientsIschemic stroke admissionsFuture intervention studiesHealth care servicesBP controlBP trajectoriesPC visitsGoal BPHypertension controlStroke admissionsCohort studyIschemic strokeBlood pressureMean BPHealthcare utilizationMedian timeStroke patientsStroke ratePatients