Patient and hospital characteristics associated with delayed diagnosis of appendicitis

AM Reyes, R Royan, J Feinglass, AC Thomas… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Racial disparities in timely diagnosis and treatment of surgical conditions exist;
however, it is poorly understood whether there are hospital structural measures or patient …

Increased national mortality in acute myocardial infarction hospitalization during the COVID-19 pandemic

H Shaka, AI Ilelaboye, S DeAngelo… - Baylor University …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This retrospective study describes the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on epidemiologic
trends and highlights disparities in outcomes among acute myocardial infarction (AMI) …

[HTML][HTML] Association of Diagnostic Discrepancy with Length of Stay and Mortality in Congestive Heart Failure Patients Admitted to the Emergency Department

J Finkelstein, W Cui, JP Ferraro… - AMIA Summits on …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The goal of this study was to analyze diagnostic discrepancies between emergency
department (ED) and hospital discharge diagnoses in patients with congestive heart failure …

Gender disparities, causes and predictors of immediate and short-term cardiovascular readmissions following COVID-19-related hospitalisations in the USA

U Vardar, H Shaka, D Kumi, R Gajjar, O Bess… - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives In this study, we aimed to identify the causes, predictors and gender disparities of
30-day and 90-day cardiovascular readmissions after COVID-19-related hospitalisations …

Recent national trends in outcomes and economic disparities among adult sickle cell disease-related admissions

V Deenadayalan, R Litvin, J Vakil, P Kanemo… - Annals of …, 2023 - Springer
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disorder caused secondary to a mutation in the
hemoglobin beta subunit. There is sparse information regarding the trends in outcomes of …

[HTML][HTML] Racial disparities in patients with COVID-19 infection: a National Inpatient Sample analysis

U Vardar, A Ilelaboye, M Murthi, R Atluri, DY Park… - Cureus, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Results Compared to White patients, Hispanic patients had higher adjusted inpatient
mortality odds (aOR [adjusted odds ratio]: 1.25, 95% CI 1.19-1.33, p< 0.001); however, Black …

[HTML][HTML] Development and external validation of tools for categorizing diagnosis codes in international hospital data

SL Malecki, A Loffler, D Tamming, ND Johansen… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The Clinical Classification Software Refined (CCSR) is a tool that
groups many thousands of International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD-10) …

Tools for categorization of diagnostic codes in hospital data: Operationalizing CCSR into a patient data repository

S Malecki, A Loffler, D Tamming, M Fralick, S Sohail… - MedRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Abstract Background The Clinical Classification Software refined version (CCSR) is a tool to
aggregate International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification …

[HTML][HTML] Patient and Hospital Characteristics Associated with Admission Among Patients With Minor Isolated Extremity Firearm Injuries: A Propensity-Matched Analysis

AC Thomas, R Royan, AB Nathens… - Annals of Surgery …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To quantify the association between insurance and hospital admission following
minor isolated extremity firearm injury. Background: The association between insurance and …

[HTML][HTML] Using Comorbidity Statistical Modeling to Predict Inpatient Mortality: Insights Into the Burden on Hospitalized Patients

HM Magacha, SM Strasser, S Zheng, V Vedantam… - Cureus, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The expenditures of the United States for healthcare are the highest in the
world. Assessment of inpatient disease classifications associated with death can provide …