A hospitalist‐run short‐stay unit: Features that predict length‐of‐stay and eventual admission to traditional inpatient services
Lucas B, Kumapley R, Mba B, Nisar I, Lee K, Ofori‐Ntow S, Borkowsky S, Asmar A, Lewis T, Bienias J. A hospitalist‐run short‐stay unit: Features that predict length‐of‐stay and eventual admission to traditional inpatient services. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2009, 4: 276-284. PMID: 19504489, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.386.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort-stay unitTraditional inpatient servicesAcute coronary syndromeInpatient servicesEventual admissionHeart failureProvisional diagnosisSpecialty consultationPossible acute coronary syndromeProspective observational cohort studyDiagnostic testsCommon provisional diagnosisLow-risk patientsObservational cohort studyPredictors of lengthLarge public teaching hospitalPublic teaching hospitalCoronary syndromeEligible patientsHospital stayCohort studyConsecutive admissionsMedical recordsPhysical examPatient stayDiagnostic Accuracy Retrospectively of Electrocardiographic Findings and Cancer History for Tamponade in Patients Determined to Have Pericardial Effusion by Transthoracic Echocardiogram
Mathur A, Saini A, Lucas B, AlYousef T, Margeta B, Mba B. Diagnostic Accuracy Retrospectively of Electrocardiographic Findings and Cancer History for Tamponade in Patients Determined to Have Pericardial Effusion by Transthoracic Echocardiogram. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2013, 111: 1062-1066. PMID: 23351462, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.11.064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLarge pericardial effusionPericardial effusionElectrocardiographic findingsElectrocardiography findingsTransthoracic echocardiogramTransthoracic echocardiographyUnique patientsCancer historyMedical recordsBlinded investigatorTamponadeComputed tomographyEffusionPatientsFrontline providersElectrical alternansDiagnostic elementsCancerTachycardiaOddsCombined presenceDiscriminatory powerFindingsEchocardiogramEchocardiography