2017
Influenza Vaccination Modifies Disease Severity Among Community-dwelling Adults Hospitalized With Influenza
Arriola C, Garg S, Anderson EJ, Ryan PA, George A, Zansky SM, Bennett N, Reingold A, Bargsten M, Miller L, Yousey-Hindes K, Tatham L, Bohm SR, Lynfield R, Thomas A, Lindegren ML, Schaffner W, Fry AM, Chaves SS. Influenza Vaccination Modifies Disease Severity Among Community-dwelling Adults Hospitalized With Influenza. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2017, 65: 1289-1297. PMID: 28525597, PMCID: PMC5718038, DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix468.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLaboratory-confirmed influenzaInfluenza vaccinationDisease severityInfluenza seasonIntensive care unit admissionCare unit admissionMultivariable logistic regressionProbability of vaccinationCommunity-dwelling adultsHospital LOSICU LOSUnvaccinated patientsHospital deathICU admissionICU lengthUnit admissionAntiviral treatmentIllness onsetAdverse outcomesOutcome measuresVaccine virusAge strataVaccinationLogistic regressionPropensity score
2015
Identification of population at risk for future Clostridium difficile infection following hospital discharge to be targeted for vaccine trials
Baggs J, Yousey-Hindes K, Ashley ED, Meek J, Dumyati G, Cohen J, Wise ME, McDonald LC, Lessa FC. Identification of population at risk for future Clostridium difficile infection following hospital discharge to be targeted for vaccine trials. Vaccine 2015, 33: 6241-6249. PMID: 26450660, PMCID: PMC4702247, DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.09.078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmerging Infections ProgramHigh-risk groupRisk groupsRisk scoreIndex hospitalizationHospital dischargeDerivation cohortVaccine trialsValidation cohortDifficile infectionCox proportional hazards modelRisk of CDIAcute care hospitalizationIdentification of patientsClostridium difficile infectionHospital discharge dataNumber of hospitalizationsLow-risk groupProportional hazards modelLarge academic centerAdmission diagnosisPrimary outcomeInpatient stayPatient populationPharmacy data