2005
77 ADMISSION BODY TEMPERATURE AND MORTALITY IN PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED FOR HEART FAILURE
Nallamothu B, Payvar S, Wang Y, Kosiborod M, Foody J, Masoudi F, Havranek E, Casscells S, Krumholz H. 77 ADMISSION BODY TEMPERATURE AND MORTALITY IN PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED FOR HEART FAILURE. Journal Of Investigative Medicine 2005, 53: s400. DOI: 10.2310/6650.2005.00205.76.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOne-year mortalityAdmission body temperatureHeart failureWorse survivalBody temperatureLow body temperatureLogistic regressionPatients 65 yearsAdvanced heart failurePATIENTS HOSPITALIZEDHospital deathMultivariate adjustmentPatient subgroupsIndependent associationClinical dataStudy populationPatientsPolynomial logistic regressionCare ProjectMortalityHospitalSurvivalFailureSignificant relationshipHospitalized
1999
Comparing AMI Mortality Among Hospitals in Patients 65 Years of Age and Older
Krumholz H, Chen J, Wang Y, Radford M, Chen Y, Marciniak T. Comparing AMI Mortality Among Hospitals in Patients 65 Years of Age and Older. Circulation 1999, 99: 2986-2992. PMID: 10368115, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.99.23.2986.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionWhite blood cell countPatients 65 yearsSystolic blood pressureCongestive heart failureMedical chart reviewReceiver-operating characteristic curveBlood cell countRisk-adjusted outcomesYears of ageAdministrative billing codesRisk-adjustment modelsHospital outcomesSerum creatinineChart reviewDerivation cohortHeart failurePatient characteristicsBlood pressureCardiac arrestValidation cohortCandidate predictor variablesAMI mortalityBilling codes