2022
Patterns of Care Utilization and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance: Tracking Care Across the Pandemic
Serper M, Tapper EB, Kaplan DE, Taddei TH, Mahmud N. Patterns of Care Utilization and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance: Tracking Care Across the Pandemic. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2022, 118: 294-303. PMID: 36114778, PMCID: PMC9898115, DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000002011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOutpatient primary care providerHepatocellular carcinoma surveillancePrimary care providersHCC surveillanceCare providersHCC surveillance ratesGastroenterology/hepatologyFacility-level variablesCirrhosis cohortPatient demographicsClinical factorsTotal cohortCare utilizationNational cohortOutpatient utilizationSpecialty careInpatient careMultivariable modelPercentage of timePopulation-based approachSurveillance ratesAppointment ratesAdjusted modelVisit ratesCoronavirus disease
2021
The Predictive Role of Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease–Lactate and Lactate Clearance for In‐Hospital Mortality Among a National Cirrhosis Cohort
Mahmud N, Asrani SK, Kaplan DE, Ogola GO, Taddei TH, Kamath PS, Serper M. The Predictive Role of Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease–Lactate and Lactate Clearance for In‐Hospital Mortality Among a National Cirrhosis Cohort. Liver Transplantation 2021, 27: 177-189. PMID: 33025731, PMCID: PMC7880877, DOI: 10.1002/lt.25913.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-stage liver diseaseHospital mortalityLactate clearanceCirrhosis hospitalizationsMELD-NaLiver diseaseDay 1Predictive roleRetrospective cohort studyIn-Hospital MortalityRisk-stratify patientsVeterans Health AdministrationCirrhosis cohortMELD categoriesGastrointestinal bleedingCohort studyClinical dataLimited cohortStratified analysisLactate levelsHospitalizationHealth AdministrationMELDClinical toolMortality