2024
Temperature Control Parameters Are Important: Earlier Preinduction Is Associated With Improved Outcomes Following Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Beekman R, Kim N, Nguyen C, McGinniss G, Deng Y, Kitlen E, Garcia G, Wira C, Khosla A, Johnson J, Miller P, Perman S, Sheth K, Greer D, Gilmore E. Temperature Control Parameters Are Important: Earlier Preinduction Is Associated With Improved Outcomes Following Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2024, 84: 549-559. PMID: 39033449, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.06.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOut-of-hospital cardiac arrestNeurological outcomeDevice cohortCardiac arrestOut-of-hospital cardiac arrest patientsConsecutive out-of-hospital cardiac arrestPreinduction timeInterquartile rangeAssociated with improved outcomesCardiac arrest patientsProportion of patientsMultivariate logistic regression modelInverse probability of treatmentDevice timeInverse probability treatment weightsProbability of treatmentProspective trialsOHCA patientsArrest patientsClinical outcomesLogistic regression modelsCenter studyEarly initiationSecondary outcomesTreatment weighting
2022
Relation of Ischemic Heart Disease to Outcomes in Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Biondi M, Jain S, Fuery M, Thomas A, Ali T, Alviar CL, Desai NR, Miller PE. Relation of Ischemic Heart Disease to Outcomes in Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2022, 176: 24-29. PMID: 35606175, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.04.034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIschemic heart diseaseVentilator-free daysHeart diseaseHistory of IHDImpact of IHDAcute respiratory distress syndromePredictors of mortalityRespiratory distress syndromeSeverity of illnessMultivariable logistic regressionMultivariable adjustmentSecondary outcomesDistress syndromeOrgan failurePrimary outcomeClinical outcomesIll subgroupStudy criteriaTreatment paradigmClinical trialsARDS severityPatientsHigh mortalityEnd pointMortality
2016
Associations of Preimplant Red Blood Cell Distribution Width with Clinical Outcomes Among Individuals with Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Miller PE, Houston BA, Schneider AL, Bush AL, Whitman GJ, Stevens GR, Tedford RJ, Russell SD. Associations of Preimplant Red Blood Cell Distribution Width with Clinical Outcomes Among Individuals with Left Ventricular Assist Devices. ASAIO Journal 2016, 62: 677-683. PMID: 27798492, DOI: 10.1097/mat.0000000000000431.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRed blood cell distribution widthCell distribution widthVentricular assist deviceHeart failureClinical outcomesAssist deviceEnd-stage heart failureDistribution widthPost-LVAD complicationsContinuous-flow LVADProportional hazards modelPostimplant mortalityRDW tertilesGastrointestinal bleedAdverse eventsSecondary outcomesLaboratory variablesLVAD populationFull adjustmentPrognostic abilityHigh riskHazards modelBiologic mechanismsMortalityTertile