2022
Overall and cause-specific hospitalisation and death after COVID-19 hospitalisation in England: A cohort study using linked primary care, secondary care, and death registration data in the OpenSAFELY platform
Bhaskaran K, Rentsch CT, Hickman G, Hulme WJ, Schultze A, Curtis HJ, Wing K, Warren-Gash C, Tomlinson L, Bates CJ, Mathur R, MacKenna B, Mahalingasivam V, Wong A, Walker AJ, Morton CE, Grint D, Mehrkar A, Eggo RM, Inglesby P, Douglas IJ, McDonald HI, Cockburn J, Williamson EJ, Evans D, Parry J, Hester F, Harper S, Evans SJ, Bacon S, Smeeth L, Goldacre B. Overall and cause-specific hospitalisation and death after COVID-19 hospitalisation in England: A cohort study using linked primary care, secondary care, and death registration data in the OpenSAFELY platform. PLOS Medicine 2022, 19: e1003871. PMID: 35077449, PMCID: PMC8789178, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003871.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 patientsCOVID-19 hospitalisationGeneral population controlsCOVID-19 groupCOVID-19 survivorsHospital admissionHigh riskInfluenza hospitalisationsCause mortalityCohort studyInfluenza patientsPrimary careGeneral populationInitial infectionAcute coronavirus disease 2019Lower respiratory tract infectionsSevere COVID-19 outcomesLong-term adverse outcomesCOVID-19 hospital admissionsSpecific causesPopulation controlsCause-specific hospitalisationRespiratory tract infectionsCause-specific outcomesPotential risk factors
2014
Comparison of colorectal cancer screening and diagnoses in HIV-positive and HIV-negative veterans
Guest JL, Rentsch CT, Rimland D. Comparison of colorectal cancer screening and diagnoses in HIV-positive and HIV-negative veterans. AIDS Care 2014, 26: 1490-1493. PMID: 25008192, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2014.933768.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFecal occult blood testingHIV-positive patientsColorectal cancerYounger ageAtlanta VA Medical CenterHIV-negative veteransOccult blood testingHIV-negative controlsHIV-positive casesColorectal cancer screeningPercent of casesVA Medical CenterYears of ageCRC ratesCRC incidenceHIV statusBlood testingCancer screeningMedical CenterHigh incidenceScreening typeAverage ageHIVPatientsColon polyps