2016
Impact of Exercise Programs on Hospital Readmission Following Hospitalization for Heart Failure: A Systematic Review
Goyal P, Delgado D, Hummel SL, Dharmarajan K. Impact of Exercise Programs on Hospital Readmission Following Hospitalization for Heart Failure: A Systematic Review. Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports 2016, 10: 33. PMID: 28713480, PMCID: PMC5507625, DOI: 10.1007/s12170-016-0514-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHeart failureExercise programReadmission ratesSystematic reviewAmbulatory heart failure patientsReadmission Following HospitalizationHeart failure hospitalizationHeart failure patientsWiley Cochrane LibraryPre-defined criteriaFailure hospitalizationExercise interventionFailure patientsHospital readmissionHospitalization ratesCochrane LibraryPrincipal diagnosisOvid MEDLINEInclusion criteriaOutpatient facilitiesHigh riskMetropolitan hospitalExercise frequencyPatientsDetection bias
2015
Sex Differences in the Rate, Timing, and Principal Diagnoses of 30-Day Readmissions in Younger Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction
Dreyer RP, Ranasinghe I, Wang Y, Dharmarajan K, Murugiah K, Nuti SV, Hsieh AF, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Sex Differences in the Rate, Timing, and Principal Diagnoses of 30-Day Readmissions in Younger Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation 2015, 132: 158-166. PMID: 26085455, PMCID: PMC5322973, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.114.014776.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionPrincipal diagnosisYounger patientsHigh riskUtilization Project State Inpatient DatabasesYoung womenCause readmission rateGreater mortality riskSex differencesNoncardiac diagnosesReadmission diagnosesReadmission timingReadmission ratesInpatient DatabaseReadmission riskFemale sexCondition categoriesReadmissionMortality riskHealthcare costsDay 2InfarctionPatientsDiagnosisHospital Variability in Use of Anticoagulant Strategies During Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated With an Early Invasive Strategy
Arnold SV, Li SX, Alexander KP, Spertus JA, Nallamothu BK, Curtis JP, Kosiborod M, Gupta A, Wang TY, Lin H, Dharmarajan K, Strait KM, Lowe TJ, Krumholz HM. Hospital Variability in Use of Anticoagulant Strategies During Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated With an Early Invasive Strategy. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2015, 4: e002009. PMID: 26077589, PMCID: PMC4599539, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.115.002009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly invasive strategyAnticoagulant strategiesMyocardial infarctionBleeding rateInvasive strategyAcute myocardial infarction patientsOptimal anticoagulant strategyHalf of patientsPercutaneous coronary interventionAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarction patientsHospital use patternsComparative effectiveness studiesRisk-standardized mortalityChoice of anticoagulantsMedian odds ratioCoronary interventionPatient factorsSystemic anticoagulationHospital variabilityInfarction patientsPrincipal diagnosisOdds ratioMultivariate regression modelPatterns of use
2014
Trends in Hospitalizations Among Medicare Survivors of Aortic Valve Replacement in the United States From 1999 to 2010
Murugiah K, Wang Y, Dodson JA, Nuti SV, Dharmarajan K, Ranasinghe I, Cooper Z, Krumholz HM. Trends in Hospitalizations Among Medicare Survivors of Aortic Valve Replacement in the United States From 1999 to 2010. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2014, 99: 509-517. PMID: 25527425, PMCID: PMC4454375, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAortic valve replacementValve replacementHospitalization ratesAnnual Medicare paymentsPrincipal diagnosisOne-year hospitalization rateCommon principal diagnosisRisk of hospitalizationMean lengthGeneral Medicare populationMedicare paymentsPostoperative complicationsHeart failureBlack patientsMedicare patientsHospitalizationMedicare populationMedicare beneficiariesMortality ratePatientsStayCumulative daysCumulative lengthCertain subgroupsSurvivors