2024
Patient Characteristics and Practice Variation Associated With New Community Prescription of Benzodiazepine and z‐Drug Hypnotics After Critical Illness: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink
Mansi E, Rentsch C, Bourne R, Guthrie B, Lone N. Patient Characteristics and Practice Variation Associated With New Community Prescription of Benzodiazepine and z‐Drug Hypnotics After Critical Illness: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Pharmacoepidemiology And Drug Safety 2024, 33: e70056. PMID: 39603606, PMCID: PMC11602247, DOI: 10.1002/pds.70056.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity prescriptionsZ-drugsIllness survivorsRetrospective cohort studyClinical Practice Research Datalink dataPractice variationUK Clinical Practice Research DatalinkClinical Practice Research DatalinkWorsening mental health conditionsCohort studyMultilevel multivariable logistic regressionSurvivors of critical illnessZ-drug prescribingCritical care survivorsPrimary care practicesCritical illnessMental health conditionsZ-drug prescriptionsCritical illness survivorsMultivariate logistic regressionPrescription opioid useCare practicesRisk of adverse eventsHealth conditionsHistory of insomnia
2015
Association between vitamin D deficiency and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
Thomason J, Rentsch C, Stenehjem EA, Hidron AI, Rimland D. Association between vitamin D deficiency and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection. Infection 2015, 43: 715-722. PMID: 26141819, DOI: 10.1007/s15010-015-0815-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMRSA-infected patientsMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infectionsVitamin D levelsStaphylococcus aureus infectionMRSA infectionD levelsInfected patientsAureus infectionLow serum vitamin D levelsMean vitamin D levelSerum vitamin D levelsMultivariate logistic regression modelVitamin D deficiencyMultivariate logistic regressionPotential confounding variablesLogistic regression modelsMethodsAll patientsD deficiencyHIV statusVitamin DResultsA totalInfection databasePatientsConfounding variablesInfection