2023
Chronic Cough: Characterizing and Quantifying Burden in Adults Using a Nationwide Electronic Health Records Database
Scierka L, Bradley B, Glynn E, Davis S, Hoffman M, Tam-Williams J, Mena-Hurtado C, Smolderen K. Chronic Cough: Characterizing and Quantifying Burden in Adults Using a Nationwide Electronic Health Records Database. Journal Of Healthcare Informatics Research 2023, 8: 50-64. PMID: 38273985, PMCID: PMC10805682, DOI: 10.1007/s41666-023-00150-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic coughChronic cough patientsAcute coughCough patientsElectronic health record databaseChronic pulmonary diseaseHealth care utilizationEHR-based dataHealth record databaseCough phenotypesCough episodesPulmonary diseaseCare utilizationDiseases codesCommon conditionCoughInternational ClassificationMore outpatientUnknown raceRecord databaseRisk profileOlder ageCohortEHR databaseQuantifying burden
2021
Patient representativeness of a peripheral artery disease cohort in a randomized control trial versus a real-world cohort: The CLEVER trial versus the PORTRAIT registry
Scierka LE, Jelani QU, Smolderen KG, Gosch K, Spertus JA, Mena-Hurtado C, Jones P, Dreyer RP. Patient representativeness of a peripheral artery disease cohort in a randomized control trial versus a real-world cohort: The CLEVER trial versus the PORTRAIT registry. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2021, 112: 106624. PMID: 34793986, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106624.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOptimal medical therapyPeripheral artery diseasePatient characteristicsBaseline patient characteristicsPAD cohortPAD populationPORTRAIT registryExercise therapyPAD patientsPAD symptomsArtery diseaseFinal cohortMedical therapyProspective studyBurdensome diseaseControl trialHealth statusPatientsTherapyCohortCLEVER studyDiseaseMulticenterRevascularizationRCTs
2019
Effect on 30-Day Readmissions after Early Versus Delayed Discharge after Uncomplicated Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (from the Nationwide Readmissions Database)
Omer MA, Smolderen K, Kennedy K, Elgendy IY, Kolte D, Jones PG, Spertus JA, Arnold SV. Effect on 30-Day Readmissions after Early Versus Delayed Discharge after Uncomplicated Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (from the Nationwide Readmissions Database). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2019, 125: 100-106. PMID: 31735327, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.09.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscatheter aortic valve implantationAortic valve implantationEarly dischargeReadmission ratesValve implantationChronic conditionsUncomplicated Transcatheter Aortic Valve ImplantationNational Readmission DatabasePropensity-matched cohortRisk of readmissionSingle-center studyBroad clinical practiceEarly VersusPatient characteristicsPatient factorsClinical practiceLate dischargeUS hospitalsReadmissionTAVRCohortDischarge strategyHigh rateSimilar ratesImplantation
2016
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS AND BASELINE HEALTH STATUS AMONG AN INTERNATIONAL COHORT OF CLAUDICANTS: AN ANALYSIS FROM THE PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RELATED TO TREATMENT PRACTICES IN PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE: INVESTIGATING TRAJECTORIES (PORTRAIT) REGISTRY
Noyes A, Abbott J, Gosch K, Smolderen K, Spertus J, Hyder O, Soukas P, Shishehbor M, Aronow H. ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS AND BASELINE HEALTH STATUS AMONG AN INTERNATIONAL COHORT OF CLAUDICANTS: AN ANALYSIS FROM THE PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RELATED TO TREATMENT PRACTICES IN PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE: INVESTIGATING TRAJECTORIES (PORTRAIT) REGISTRY. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2016, 67: 2263. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(16)32264-1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Insurance and Prehospital Delay in Patients ≤55 Years With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Chen SI, Wang Y, Dreyer R, Strait KM, Spatz ES, Xu X, Smolderen KG, Desai NR, Lorenze NP, Lichtman JH, Spertus JA, D'Onofrio G, Bueno H, Masoudi FA, Krumholz HM. Insurance and Prehospital Delay in Patients ≤55 Years With Acute Myocardial Infarction. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2015, 116: 1827-1832. PMID: 26541907, PMCID: PMC5323057, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.09.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionPrehospital delayInsurance statusMyocardial infarctionSpanish patientsGender differencesHealth care systemUS patientsProspective studyUS cohortUS womenPatientsUniversal insuranceCare systemWomenSignificant gender differencesInfarctionMenInsurance groupsHoursStatusAssociationLarge proportionDifferencesCohort