2021
The Predictive Role of Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease–Lactate and Lactate Clearance for In‐Hospital Mortality Among a National Cirrhosis Cohort
Mahmud N, Asrani SK, Kaplan DE, Ogola GO, Taddei TH, Kamath PS, Serper M. The Predictive Role of Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease–Lactate and Lactate Clearance for In‐Hospital Mortality Among a National Cirrhosis Cohort. Liver Transplantation 2021, 27: 177-189. PMID: 33025731, PMCID: PMC7880877, DOI: 10.1002/lt.25913.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-stage liver diseaseHospital mortalityLactate clearanceCirrhosis hospitalizationsMELD-NaLiver diseaseDay 1Predictive roleRetrospective cohort studyIn-Hospital MortalityRisk-stratify patientsVeterans Health AdministrationCirrhosis cohortMELD categoriesGastrointestinal bleedingCohort studyClinical dataLimited cohortStratified analysisLactate levelsHospitalizationHealth AdministrationMELDClinical toolMortality
2019
Analysis of weekend effect in severe acute liver injury: A nationwide database study
Do A, Ilagan‐Ying Y, Taddei TH. Analysis of weekend effect in severe acute liver injury: A nationwide database study. Health Science Reports 2019, 3: e139. PMID: 32166187, PMCID: PMC7060892, DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.139.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSevere acute liver injuryAcute liver injuryHospital mortalityWeekend admissionFull model approachLiver injuryTimely managementLarge national inpatient databaseNational inpatient databaseNationwide database studyHospital-level characteristicsRevision diagnosis codesMultiple logistic regressionSignificant mortality differenceLarger hospital sizeComplete covariate dataHospital-level dataEligible hospitalizationsAdmission dayPayer databasePrimary outcomeHispanic raceMale sexPoor outcomeInpatient Database