2023
Alcohol Use and Sustained Virologic Response to Hepatitis C Virus Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy
Cartwright E, Pierret C, Minassian C, Esserman D, Tate J, Goetz M, Bhattacharya D, Fiellin D, Justice A, Re V, Rentsch C. Alcohol Use and Sustained Virologic Response to Hepatitis C Virus Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2335715. PMID: 37751206, PMCID: PMC10523171, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.35715.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSustained virologic responseAlcohol use disorderHigh-risk consumptionHistory of AUDLow-risk consumptionDAA therapyAlcohol use categoriesAlcohol useVirologic responseCohort studyAntiviral therapyOdds ratioChronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infectionAlcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) questionnaireHepatitis C virus infectionVeterans AffairsActing antiviral (DAA) therapyDAA treatment initiationHCV elimination goalsUndetectable HCV RNAC virus infectionFibrosis-4 scoreRetrospective cohort studyMultivariable logistic regressionTenth Revision diagnosis
2022
Outcomes of Patients with Opioid-Related Diagnoses in Acute Coronary Syndrome: a National Inpatient Sample-Based Analysis
Kim Y, Pacor J, Do A, Brennan J, Fiellin D, Edelman E. Outcomes of Patients with Opioid-Related Diagnoses in Acute Coronary Syndrome: a National Inpatient Sample-Based Analysis. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2022, 38: 563-570. PMID: 36376632, PMCID: PMC9971420, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-022-07399-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid-related diagnosesPercutaneous coronary interventionCardiac arrestHospital mortalityCoronary syndromeNational Inpatient Sample databaseManagement of ACSRisk of ACSCardiovascular risk factorsOutcomes of patientsAcute coronary syndromeProportion of patientsMultivariable logistic regressionNational Inpatient SampleHospital cardiac arrestRisk of mortalityBackgroundAcute coronary syndromeOutcomes of interestT-testStudent's t-testPrimary independent variableHospital outcomesACS managementCoronary interventionOpioid use