2019
Incorporating Weight Loss Medications Into Hepatology Practice for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
Do A, Kuszewski EJ, Langberg K, Mehal W. Incorporating Weight Loss Medications Into Hepatology Practice for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. Hepatology 2019, 70: 1443-1456. PMID: 30991446, PMCID: PMC6783325, DOI: 10.1002/hep.30658.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal body weight lossWeight loss medicationsNonalcoholic steatohepatitisHepatology clinicStaging of NASHPartial histological responseBody weight lossHepatology practiceNASH histologyLiver histologyClinical profileLiver diseaseLiver triglyceridesNew medicationsClinical trialsHistological responseLifestyle changesPatientsMedicationsUncommonly resultsNatural historyClinical interventionsWeight lossSteatohepatitisHepatologists
1999
A prognostic rule for elderly patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia
Conte H, Chen Y, Mehal W, Phil D, Scinto J, Quagliarello V. A prognostic rule for elderly patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia. The American Journal Of Medicine 1999, 106: 20-28. PMID: 10320113, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(98)00369-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-acquired pneumoniaElderly patientsDerivation cohortValidation cohortStaging systemHeterogeneous adult populationAdult populationHospital mortality ratePrognostic staging systemVital sign abnormalitiesHospital mortalityCreatinine levelsIndependent predictorsMultivariable analysisPrognostic stratificationAdmission characteristicsPneumoniaMortality ratePatientsCohortPrognostic rulesMotor responseMortalityGreater overall accuracyAdmission