2021
Delays in antibiotic redosing: Association with inpatient mortality and risk factors for delay
Kemmler CB, Sangal RB, Rothenberg C, Li SX, Shofer FS, Abella BS, Venkatesh AK, Foster SD. Delays in antibiotic redosing: Association with inpatient mortality and risk factors for delay. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 46: 63-69. PMID: 33735698, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.02.058.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSecond dose administrationEmergency departmentDose administrationRisk factorsEmergency Severity IndexHospital mortalityFirst doseSecond doseED boardingAntibiotic dosesEnd-stage renal diseaseExtremes of weightHigh acuity presentationsRetrospective cohort studyStage renal diseaseWorse clinical outcomesSerious bacterial infectionsOdds of delayEarly hospital courseSingle healthcare systemAntibiotic redosingDosing intervalHospital courseCohort studyInpatient mortality
2014
Risk of Echocardiographic Pulmonary Hypertension in Individuals with Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Hepatitis C Virus Coinfection
Sangal RB, Taylor LE, Gillani F, Poppas A, Klinger JR, Ventetuolo CE. Risk of Echocardiographic Pulmonary Hypertension in Individuals with Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Hepatitis C Virus Coinfection. Annals Of The American Thoracic Society 2014, 11: 1553-1559. PMID: 25375659, PMCID: PMC4298977, DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201405-225oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary artery systolic pressureEchocardiographic pulmonary hypertensionModerate right ventricular dysfunctionHIV-HCV coinfectionRight ventricular dysfunctionPulmonary hypertensionHIV-HCVHCV treatmentRisk factorsVentricular dysfunctionHCV diagnosisVirus infectionHuman Immunodeficiency Virus–Hepatitis C Virus CoinfectionChronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infectionEstimated pulmonary artery systolic pressureHigher pulmonary artery systolic pressurePrevalence of PHRisk of PHDevelopment of PHHepatitis C virus infectionHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionC virus coinfectionC virus infectionImmunodeficiency virus infectionPulmonary vascular disease