2022
Clinical and virologic factors associated with outcomes of COVID‐19 before and after vaccination among Veterans: Retrospective analysis from six New England states
Lee M, Cosentino D, Kyriakides TC, Cavallaro T, Stack G, Gupta S. Clinical and virologic factors associated with outcomes of COVID‐19 before and after vaccination among Veterans: Retrospective analysis from six New England states. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2022, 17: 534-538. PMID: 35661577, PMCID: PMC9348310, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.12852.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19Intensive care unit admissionVeterans Administration Healthcare SystemCare unit admissionNonpsychiatric hospitalizationsVirologic factorsFull vaccinationUnit admissionICU careClinical outcomesPoor outcomeMean ageRetrospective analysisD614G mutationHealthcare systemVeteransNew England statesHospitalizationOlder cohortOutcomesViral epidemiologyVaccinationDemographic factorsG mutationAge
2016
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of veterans hospitalised with purulent soft tissue infections with and without systemic signs of infection
Gunderson CG, Holleck J, Chang JJ, Lin S, Merchant N, Gupta S. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of veterans hospitalised with purulent soft tissue infections with and without systemic signs of infection. Infectious Diseases 2016, 48: 503-508. PMID: 26950290, DOI: 10.3109/23744235.2016.1154599.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPurulent soft tissue infectionsSoft tissue infectionsTissue infectionsClinical characteristicsSevere sepsisSIRS groupSystemic signsSIR groupSystemic inflammatory response syndrome criteriaBroad Gram-negative activityMethods Retrospective cohort studyOutcomes of veteransAcute kidney injuryRetrospective cohort studyEpisodes of bacteremiaTime of hospitalisationCohort of patientsMajority of patientsMost clinical characteristicsUse of antibioticsMore bacteremiaKidney injuryShorter hospitalisationSyndrome criteriaCohort study