2023
Chronic Cough: Characterizing and Quantifying Burden in Adults Using a Nationwide Electronic Health Records Database
Scierka L, Bradley B, Glynn E, Davis S, Hoffman M, Tam-Williams J, Mena-Hurtado C, Smolderen K. Chronic Cough: Characterizing and Quantifying Burden in Adults Using a Nationwide Electronic Health Records Database. Journal Of Healthcare Informatics Research 2023, 8: 50-64. PMID: 38273985, PMCID: PMC10805682, DOI: 10.1007/s41666-023-00150-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic coughChronic cough patientsAcute coughCough patientsElectronic health record databaseChronic pulmonary diseaseHealth care utilizationEHR-based dataHealth record databaseCough phenotypesCough episodesPulmonary diseaseCare utilizationDiseases codesCommon conditionCoughInternational ClassificationMore outpatientUnknown raceRecord databaseRisk profileOlder ageCohortEHR databaseQuantifying burden
2022
Variability in 30-day major amputation rates following endovascular peripheral vascular intervention for critical limb ischemia
Provance JB, Spertus JA, Jones PG, Hoffman MA, Bunte MC, Vogel TR, Mena-Hurtado C, Smolderen KG. Variability in 30-day major amputation rates following endovascular peripheral vascular intervention for critical limb ischemia. Vascular Medicine 2022, 27: 350-357. PMID: 35603755, DOI: 10.1177/1358863x221098097.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral vascular interventionsCritical limb ischemiaMedian risk ratioEndovascular peripheral vascular interventionsMajor amputation ratePatient-level factorsAmputation ratePVI procedureLimb ischemiaRisk ratioVascular interventionsNational electronic health record databaseElectronic health record databasePredictors of amputationRate of amputationMixed effects Poisson regression modelHealth record databaseEffects Poisson regression modelPoisson regression modelsCLI carePrevious amputationClinical factorsCLI treatmentBlack raceDiagnosis codes