2020
Time-to-completed-imaging, survival and function in patients with spinal epidural abscess: Description of a series of 34 patients, 2015–2018
King C, Fisher C, Brown P, Priest K, Tanski M, Sullivan P. Time-to-completed-imaging, survival and function in patients with spinal epidural abscess: Description of a series of 34 patients, 2015–2018. BMC Health Services Research 2020, 20: 119. PMID: 32059715, PMCID: PMC7023770, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-4973-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntravenous drug useDrug useEpidural abscessEmergency departmentRisk factorsMethodsThis retrospective cohort studySingle academic medical centerMean timeRetrospective cohort studySpinal epidural abscessLife-threatening infectionsAcademic medical centerMulti-center approachShorter mean timeCohort studyNeurologic symptomsBack painClassic triadSignificant morbiditySurgical interventionSingle hospitalQuality improvement workMedical CenterPrompt identificationPatients
2018
Identifying risk factors for 30-day readmission events among American Indian patients with diabetes in the Four Corners region of the southwest from 2009 to 2016
King C, Atwood S, Lozada M, Nelson A, Brown C, Sabo S, Curley C, Muskett O, Orav E, Shin S. Identifying risk factors for 30-day readmission events among American Indian patients with diabetes in the Four Corners region of the southwest from 2009 to 2016. PLOS ONE 2018, 13: e0195476. PMID: 30070989, PMCID: PMC6071952, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195476.Peer-Reviewed Original Research