2024
Long‐Term Mortality Predictors Using a Machine‐Learning Approach in Patients With Chronic Limb‐Threatening Ischemia After Peripheral Vascular Intervention
Callegari S, Romain G, Cleman J, Scierka L, Jacque F, Smolderen K, Mena‐Hurtado C. Long‐Term Mortality Predictors Using a Machine‐Learning Approach in Patients With Chronic Limb‐Threatening Ischemia After Peripheral Vascular Intervention. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: e034477. PMID: 38761075, PMCID: PMC11179837, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.124.034477.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic limb-threatening ischemiaPeripheral vascular interventionsHealth careLimb-threatening ischemiaMortality predictorsLong-term mortality riskMultidimensional risk factorsBody mass indexLong-term mortality predictorsImprove individualized careVascular interventionsIndividualized careAssisted careBiopsychosocial modelMortality riskCareMass indexRisk factorsMedical comorbiditiesRisk profileInterventionMortality rateChronic kidney diseaseMortalityPredictive variables
2023
Chronic Cough: Characterizing and Quantifying Burden in Adults Using a Nationwide Electronic Health Records Database
Scierka L, Bradley B, Glynn E, Davis S, Hoffman M, Tam-Williams J, Mena-Hurtado C, Smolderen K. Chronic Cough: Characterizing and Quantifying Burden in Adults Using a Nationwide Electronic Health Records Database. Journal Of Healthcare Informatics Research 2023, 8: 50-64. PMID: 38273985, PMCID: PMC10805682, DOI: 10.1007/s41666-023-00150-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic coughChronic cough patientsAcute coughCough patientsElectronic health record databaseChronic pulmonary diseaseHealth care utilizationEHR-based dataHealth record databaseCough phenotypesCough episodesPulmonary diseaseCare utilizationDiseases codesCommon conditionCoughInternational ClassificationMore outpatientUnknown raceRecord databaseRisk profileOlder ageCohortEHR databaseQuantifying burden
2022
Risk profiles, access to care, and outcomes in Hispanics hospitalized for lower extremity peripheral artery disease
Luna P, Harris K, Castro-Dominguez Y, Algara M, Severiche-Mena C, Smolderen KG, Mena-Hurtado C. Risk profiles, access to care, and outcomes in Hispanics hospitalized for lower extremity peripheral artery disease. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2022, 77: 216-224.e15. PMID: 36037965, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.08.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral artery diseaseLower extremity peripheral artery diseaseNon-Hispanic whitesEmergency departmentPAD careArtery diseaseRisk factorsSevere peripheral artery diseaseChronic limb-threatening ischemiaRisk profileNational Inpatient Sample dataCardiovascular risk factorsLimb-threatening ischemiaPatients' sociodemographic characteristicsWorse clinical outcomesMultivariable logistic regressionAssociation of ethnicityLength of stayHealth care consumptionHealth care coveragePAD hospitalizationsPrior amputationEndovascular revascularizationED admissionRenal failure