Encephalitis Hospitalization Rates and Inpatient Mortality in the United States, 2000-2010
George B, Schneider E, Venkatesan A. Encephalitis Hospitalization Rates and Inpatient Mortality in the United States, 2000-2010. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e104169. PMID: 25192177, PMCID: PMC4156306, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104169.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNationwide Inpatient SampleHospitalization ratesEncephalitis hospitalizationsInpatient mortalitySpecified causeComorbid HIV/AIDSAcute phase outcomesComorbid HIV infectionDiagnosis of encephalitisOdds of mortalityRetrospective observational studyCommon infectious agentsAcute care hospitalsYears of ageHerpes simplex virusHIV/AIDSAutoimmune conditionsCare hospitalHIV infectionWest Nile virusCause-specific ratesEncephalitis patientsViral causeAdjusted oddsInpatient SampleCurrent practices in feeding tube placement for US acute ischemic stroke inpatients
George B, Kelly A, Schneider E, Holloway R. Current practices in feeding tube placement for US acute ischemic stroke inpatients. Neurology 2014, 83: 874-882. PMID: 25098538, PMCID: PMC4153849, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000000764.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTube insertion ratesTube placementStroke admissionsFeeding tubeMultilevel multivariable regression modelsHospital random effectsIschemic stroke inpatientsHospital-level factorsIschemic stroke admissionsRetrospective observational studyNationwide Inpatient SampleLength of stayPatient-centered decisionMultivariable regression modelsHospital factorsIschemic strokePatient demographicsRace/ethnicity dataStroke inpatientsStroke hospitalizationsInpatient SampleStroke volumeObservational studyHospital practiceHospital