2016
Slow Gait Speed and Risk of Mortality or Hospital Readmission After Myocardial Infarction in the Translational Research Investigating Underlying Disparities in Recovery from Acute Myocardial Infarction: Patients' Health Status Registry
Dodson JA, Arnold SV, Gosch KL, Gill TM, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM, Rich MW, Chaudhry SI, Forman DE, Masoudi FA, Alexander KP. Slow Gait Speed and Risk of Mortality or Hospital Readmission After Myocardial Infarction in the Translational Research Investigating Underlying Disparities in Recovery from Acute Myocardial Infarction: Patients' Health Status Registry. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2016, 64: 596-601. PMID: 26926309, PMCID: PMC4803531, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionSlow gaitHospital readmissionGait speedOlder adultsCox proportional hazards regressionMarker of frailtySlow gait speedTranslational researchProportional hazards regressionOutcomes 1 yearRisk of mortalityAssessment 1 monthBaseline characteristicsObservational cohortClinical factorsDiabetes mellitusHeart failureHazards regressionPrognostic importancePrognostic valueHigh prevalenceInfarctionReadmission
2003
A Critical Evaluation of Critical Pathways in Head and Neck Cancer
Yueh B, Weaver EM, Bradley EH, Krumholz HM, Heagerty P, Conley A, Sasaki CT. A Critical Evaluation of Critical Pathways in Head and Neck Cancer. JAMA Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2003, 129: 89-95. PMID: 12525201, DOI: 10.1001/archotol.129.1.89.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeck cancerCritical pathwaysLaryngectomy patientsManagement of headLow-volume proceduresLinear spline regression modelsPathway adoptionObservational cohortPathway patientsContemporary cohortHistorical cohortPathway implementationMedical CenterSpline regression modelsConfounding variablesLaryngectomyPatientsUtilization trendsCohortPrior reportsIndependent impactLOSSignificant differencesCancer