2024
Association of mental health related quality of life and other factors with treatment seeking for substance use disorders: A comparison of SUDs rooted in legal, partially legal, and illegal substances
Havlik J, Rhee T, Rosenheck R. Association of mental health related quality of life and other factors with treatment seeking for substance use disorders: A comparison of SUDs rooted in legal, partially legal, and illegal substances. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0302544. PMID: 38683850, PMCID: PMC11057773, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0302544.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIllicit substance use disordersCannabis use disorderSubstance use disordersMental health-related quality of lifeUse disorderTreatment usePast-year CUDRates of treatment usePast-year substance use disorderMental health-related qualityMental health related qualityBehavioral health factorsLegal statusNegative associationNESARC-IIISUD treatment useMultiple regression analysisDisordersHealth-related quality of lifeIllegal substancesHealth related qualityUnadjusted analysisQuality of lifeAUDDiagnostic factors
2021
Effects of preoperative nutritional status on complications and readmissions after posterior lumbar decompression and fusion for spondylolisthesis: A propensity-score analysis
Elsamadicy AA, Havlik J, Reeves BC, Koo AB, Sherman J, Lo SL, Shin JH, Sciubba DM. Effects of preoperative nutritional status on complications and readmissions after posterior lumbar decompression and fusion for spondylolisthesis: A propensity-score analysis. Clinical Neurology And Neurosurgery 2021, 211: 107017. PMID: 34781222, DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2021.107017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnplanned readmissionAdverse eventsSpine surgerySurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseOccurrence of AEsPreoperative serum albumin levelQuality Improvement Program databaseMultivariate logistic regression analysisPosterior lumbar decompressionPreoperative nutritional statusHigh rateImprovement Program databaseRetrospective cohort studySerum albumin levelSignificant independent predictorsEffects of malnutritionLogistic regression analysisPropensity score analysisPropensity-score matchingMalnourished cohortMalnourished patientsPerioperative complicationsPostoperative complicationsLumbar decompressionPatient- and hospital-related risk factors for non-routine discharge after lumbar decompression and fusion for spondylolisthesis
Elsamadicy AA, Freedman IG, Koo AB, David W, Hengartner AC, Havlik J, Reeves BC, Hersh A, Pennington Z, Kolb L, Laurans M, Shin JH, Sciubba DM. Patient- and hospital-related risk factors for non-routine discharge after lumbar decompression and fusion for spondylolisthesis. Clinical Neurology And Neurosurgery 2021, 209: 106902. PMID: 34481141, DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2021.106902.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-routine dischargeDependent functional statusAdverse eventsIndependent predictorsUnplanned readmissionLonger LOSSpinal decompressionLumbar spondylolisthesisFemale sexFunctional statusSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNon-Hispanic black race/ethnicityHospital-related risk factorsQuality Improvement Program databaseNon-Hispanic black raceICD-9-CM diagnosisBlack race/ethnicityMultivariate logistic regression modelNon-home dischargeHospital-related factorsImprovement Program databaseRetrospective cohort studyLength of stayProcedural Coding SystemImpact of Frailty on Morbidity and Mortality in Adult Patients Presenting with an Acute Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
Elsamadicy AA, Sandhu MRS, Freedman IG, Reeves BC, Koo AB, Hengartner A, Havlik J, Sherman J, Maduka R, Agboola IK, Johnson DC, Kolb L, Laurans M. Impact of Frailty on Morbidity and Mortality in Adult Patients Presenting with an Acute Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. World Neurosurgery 2021, 153: e408-e418. PMID: 34224881, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.06.130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCervical spinal cord injurySpinal cord injuryAcute cervical spinal cord injuryNational Trauma DatabaseAdverse eventsHospital mortalityFrailty scoreAdult patientsIndependent predictorsCord injuryAcute traumatic cervical spinal cord injuryTraumatic cervical spinal cord injuryRisk of AEsComplete spinal cord injuryMultivariate logistic regression analysisCentral cord syndromeHospital adverse eventsImpact of frailtyRetrospective cohort studyProportion of patientsType of injuryProcedural Coding SystemLogistic regression analysisRegression analysisMultivariate regression analysis