2015
Thirty-Day Postoperative Mortality Among Individuals With HIV Infection Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy and Procedure-Matched, Uninfected Comparators
King JT, Perkal MF, Rosenthal RA, Gordon AJ, Crystal S, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Rimland D, Simberkoff MS, Justice AC. Thirty-Day Postoperative Mortality Among Individuals With HIV Infection Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy and Procedure-Matched, Uninfected Comparators. JAMA Surgery 2015, 150: 343-351. PMID: 25714794, PMCID: PMC5015449, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.2257.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionCD4 cell countImmunodeficiency virus infectionAntiretroviral therapyPostoperative mortalityHIV infectionHIV-1 RNAIncidence rate ratiosUninfected patientsVirus infectionCell countUninfected comparatorsSurgical outcomesSurgical proceduresCD4 cell count strataCharlson Comorbidity Index scoreCommon inpatient surgical proceduresHIV-1 RNA levelsThirty-day postoperative mortalityUndetectable HIV-1 RNAVeterans Health Administration healthcare systemElectronic medical record dataCombination antiretroviral therapyComorbidity Index scoreCoronary artery bypass
2011
Critical Illness in HIV-Infected Patients in the Era of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy
Akgün KM, Huang L, Morris A, Justice AC, Pisani M, Crothers K. Critical Illness in HIV-Infected Patients in the Era of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy. Annals Of The American Thoracic Society 2011, 8: 301-307. PMID: 21653532, PMCID: PMC3132789, DOI: 10.1513/pats.201009-060wr.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCombination antiretroviral therapyAntiretroviral therapyICU admissionCritical illnessAdministration of ARTImpact of ARTProportion of deathsHIV eraOpportunistic infectionsHIVAIDS epidemicMore recent studiesIllnessPatientsAdmissionTherapyRecent studiesICUEtiologyInfectionMortalityIncidenceDiseaseAdministration
1998
Associations Between the Use of Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders and Length of Stay in Patients With Stroke
Shepardson L, Justice A, Harper D, Rosenthal G. Associations Between the Use of Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders and Length of Stay in Patients With Stroke. Medical Care 1998, 36: as57-as67. PMID: 9708583, DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199808001-00007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnalysis of patientsAdmission severityDNR ordersResuscitate ordersHospital mortalityMedical recordsDay 1Day 8Retrospective cohort analysisCox regression analysisLength of stayAcute care hospitalsPatients' medical recordsHospital stayCare hospitalConsecutive patientsPrimary diagnosisHospital careCohort analysisPatientsDay 3Standardized reviewIllnessSeverityLOS
1997
Measuring Prognosis and Case Mix in Hospitalized Elders
Covinsky K, Justice A, Rosenthal G, Palmer R, Landefeld C. Measuring Prognosis and Case Mix in Hospitalized Elders. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 1997, 12: 203-208. PMID: 9127223, PMCID: PMC1497092, DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.012004203.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNursing home useCase mixCharlson scoreHospital mortalityHospitalized eldersPrimary nurseHospital costsPhysiologic measuresNumber of ADLsPatient's primary nurseAcute Physiology ScoreCharlson comorbidity scoreOne-year mortalityHome useDaily living functionGeneral medical servicesCost of hospitalizationMeasures of functionHigh resource useCase-mix adjustment methodsComorbidity scoreChart reviewPhysiology ScoreADL functionMedical inpatients
1996
The role of functional status in predicting inpatient mortality with AIDS: A comparison with current predictors
Justice A, Aiken L, Smith H, Turner B. The role of functional status in predicting inpatient mortality with AIDS: A comparison with current predictors. Journal Of Clinical Epidemiology 1996, 49: 193-201. PMID: 8606320, DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(95)00546-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeActivities of Daily LivingAdultCD4 Lymphocyte CountDiscriminant AnalysisFemaleHealth StatusHospital MortalityHumansLength of StayMalePredictive Value of TestsPrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsReproducibility of ResultsSeverity of Illness IndexUnited StatesUnited States Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityConceptsCD4 cell countInpatient mortalityCD4 countFunctional statusCell countHighest AIDS incidenceIndependent prognostic rolePercent of patientsHazard of deathLength of staySeverity classification systemHospital stayOverall mortalityPrognostic roleMortality predictorsCox regressionPrognostic stagingAIDS hospitalizationsDaily livingSeverity systemsMortality ratePatientsNursing assistanceAIDS incidenceMortality