2016
Hospital Phenotypes in the Management of Patients Admitted for Acute Myocardial Infarction
Xu X, Li SX, Lin H, Normand SL, Lagu T, Desai N, Duan M, Kroch EA, Krumholz HM. Hospital Phenotypes in the Management of Patients Admitted for Acute Myocardial Infarction. Medical Care 2016, 54: 929-936. PMID: 27261637, PMCID: PMC5305177, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000571.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionPercutaneous coronary interventionICU admission rateICU admissionMyocardial infarctionAdmission ratesProcedure ratesIntensive care unit admissionHigher ICU admissionLower ICU admissionCare unit admissionCoronary artery bypassPatients' clinical characteristicsManagement of patientsOpen heart surgeryRisk-standardized mortalityArtery bypassUnit admissionClinical characteristicsCoronary interventionReadmission ratesGroup of hospitalsHospital costsPractice patternsCABG
2014
Hospital Variation in Intravenous Inotrope Use for Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure
Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Grau-Sepulveda MV, Hernandez AF, Peterson PN, Partovian C, Li SX, Heidenreich PA, Bhatt DL, Peterson ED, Krumholz HM. Hospital Variation in Intravenous Inotrope Use for Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure. Circulation Heart Failure 2014, 7: 251-260. PMID: 24488983, PMCID: PMC5459367, DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.113.000761.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCardiotonic AgentsCross-Sectional StudiesDose-Response Relationship, DrugFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGuideline AdherenceHeart FailureHospital MortalityHospitalsHumansInfusions, IntravenousInpatientsLength of StayMaleOutcome Assessment, Health CarePractice Patterns, Physicians'RegistriesRetrospective StudiesSurvival RateUnited StatesConceptsInotrope useHeart failureInotropic therapyInotropic agentsGuidelines-Heart Failure registryIntravenous inotropic agentsIntravenous inotropic therapyRisk-standardized ratesUse of inotropesHeart failure hospitalizationHospital-level ratesRandom hospital effectsFailure hospitalizationClinical characteristicsHospital factorsInpatient mortalityClinical factorsClinical outcomesHospital variationHospital characteristicsHospital effectsPatientsUS hospitalsHospitalStudy period