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
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