2022
Racial/Ethnic Variation in White Matter Hyperintensity Progression in the ACCORDION MIND Study
Herman AL, de Havenon A, Falcone GJ, Prabhakaran S, Sheth KN. Racial/Ethnic Variation in White Matter Hyperintensity Progression in the ACCORDION MIND Study. The Neurologist 2022, 28: 157-159. PMID: 35834785, DOI: 10.1097/nrl.0000000000000454.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWMH progressionWhite matter hyperintensitiesLow-density lipoproteinCardiovascular riskWhite patientsBlack patientsWMH volumeSystolic blood pressure levelsWhite matter hyperintensity progressionBlack diabetic patientsBlood pressure levelsExclusion of patientsMagnetic resonance imagingDiabetes (ACCORD) trialDiabetic patientsMean SBPPrimary outcomePatient raceMultivariate regression modelMatter hyperintensitiesA1c measurementHigh riskPatientsNormal rangeCognitive decline
2020
Association of race and ethnicity to incident epilepsy, or epileptogenesis, after subdural hematoma.
Brown SC, King ZA, Kuohn L, Kamel H, Gilmore EJ, Frontera JA, Murthy S, Kim JA, Omay SB, Falcone GJ, Sheth KN. Association of race and ethnicity to incident epilepsy, or epileptogenesis, after subdural hematoma. Neurology 2020, 95: e2890-e2899. PMID: 32907969, PMCID: PMC7734738, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000010742.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubdural hematomaEmergency departmentMultivariable Cox regressionRetrospective cohort studyMedical risk factorsDevelopment of epilepsyNontraumatic subdural hematomaAssociation of raceDiagnosis of epilepsyCohort studyPrimary outcomeRenal diseaseStatus epilepticusWhite patientsBlack patientsHospital revisitsCox regressionBlack raceDiagnosis codesRisk factorsClaims dataInjury severityEpilepsyDrug useSurvival analysis
2018
Minority Patients are Less Likely to Undergo Withdrawal of Care After Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Ormseth CH, Falcone GJ, Jasak SD, Mampre DM, Leasure AC, Miyares LC, Hwang DY, James ML, Testai FD, Becker KJ, Tirschwell DL, Langefeld CD, Woo D, Sheth KN. Minority Patients are Less Likely to Undergo Withdrawal of Care After Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Neurocritical Care 2018, 29: 419-425. PMID: 29949003, PMCID: PMC6286261, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-018-0554-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntracerebral hemorrhageHematoma volumeAdmission Glasgow Coma ScaleEthnic/Racial VariationsNon-traumatic intracerebral hemorrhageIntracerebral Hemorrhage (ERICH) studyProspective cohort studyGlasgow Coma ScaleIntensive care unitWithdrawal of careSpontaneous intracerebral hemorrhageSimilar mortality ratesLogistic regression analysisRace/ethnicity modifiesRace/ethnicityCMO patientsHospital mortalityCohort studyRankin ScaleWhite patientsComa ScaleBlack patientsCare unitEndotracheal intubationICH patients