2024
A Validated Algorithm to Identify Hepatic Decompensation in the Veterans Health Administration Electronic Health Record System
Haque L, Tate J, Chew M, Caniglia E, Taddei T, Re V. A Validated Algorithm to Identify Hepatic Decompensation in the Veterans Health Administration Electronic Health Record System. Pharmacoepidemiology And Drug Safety 2024, 33: e70024. PMID: 39477692, DOI: 10.1002/pds.70024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health Administration dataHealth administrative dataAdministrative dataElectronic health record systemsHealth record systemsInternational Classification of DiseasesCoding algorithmOutpatient International Classification of DiseasesPositive predictive valueClassification of DiseasesHepatic decompensationDiagnosis codesPharmacoepidemiologic researchMedical recordsVeteransRecording systemValidation algorithmAlgorithmChronic liver diseaseDecompensationLiver diseasePredictive valueRecordsDiagnosis
2019
National Trends in Use of Opioid Drugs Among Cirrhosis-related Hospitalizations in the United States, 2004 to 2012
McCarty TR, Haque L, Njei B. National Trends in Use of Opioid Drugs Among Cirrhosis-related Hospitalizations in the United States, 2004 to 2012. Journal Of Clinical Gastroenterology 2019, 53: 78-79. PMID: 27984400, DOI: 10.1097/mcg.0000000000000771.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Cannabis Use Is Associated With Increased Risk of Post–Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Pancreatitis
Njei B, Sharma P, McCarty TR, Singh M, Haque L, Aslanian HR, Jamidar P, Muniraj T. Cannabis Use Is Associated With Increased Risk of Post–Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Pancreatitis. Pancreas 2018, 47: 1142-1149. PMID: 30134357, DOI: 10.1097/mpa.0000000000001143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitisIncidence risk ratioCholangiopancreatography pancreatitisCannabis useRisk of PEPEndoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitisUS Nationwide Inpatient SampleRate of PEPShorter hospital stayNationwide Inpatient SampleNinth Edition codesImpact of cannabisPoisson regression modelsHospital deathHospital stayIndependent predictorsEdition codesRisk ratioInpatient SampleInternational ClassificationMultivariate analysisPancreatitisPatientsCannabisSignificant increase