Coding long COVID: characterizing a new disease through an ICD-10 lens

ER Pfaff, C Madlock-Brown, JM Baratta, A Bhatia… - BMC medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background Naming a newly discovered disease is a difficult process; in the context of the
COVID-19 pandemic and the existence of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection …

Identifying stigmatizing language in clinical documentation: A scoping review of emerging literature

V Barcelona, D Scharp, BR Idnay, H Moen, K Cato… - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Racism and implicit bias underlie disparities in health care access, treatment,
and outcomes. An emerging area of study in examining health disparities is the use of …

Multiplicative Impact of Adverse Social Determinants of Health on Outcomes in Lupus Nephritis: A Meta‐analysis and Systematic Review

S Garg, N Sweet, B Boderman, D Montes… - Arthritis Care & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Social determinants of health (SDoH) likely contribute to outcome disparities in
lupus nephritis (LN). Understanding the overall burden and contribution of each domain …

Racial disparities in adherence to annual lung cancer screening and recommended follow-up care: a multicenter cohort study

RY Kim, KA Rendle, N Mitra, CA Saia… - Annals of the …, 2022 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Black patients receive recommended lung cancer screening (LCS) follow-up care
less frequently than White patients, but it is unknown if this racial disparity persists across …

Co-occurring autism spectrum disorder and gender dysphoria in adolescents

NF Kahn, GM Sequeira, MM Garrison, F Orlich… - …, 2023 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and gender dysphoria
(GD) frequently cooccur. However, existing research has primarily used smaller samples …

Visual impairment, eye conditions, and diagnoses of neurodegeneration and dementia

EL Ferguson, M Thoma, PT Buto, J Wang… - JAMA network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Vision and eye conditions are associated with increased risk for Alzheimer
disease and related dementias (ADRDs), but the nature of the association and the …

[HTML][HTML] A framework for setting enrollment goals to ensure participant diversity in sponsored clinical trials in the United States

MR Cullen, AR Lemeshow, S Amaro… - Contemporary Clinical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Diversity in clinical trials (CTs) has the potential to improve health equity and
close health disparities. Underrepresentation of historically underserved groups …

Modeling conceptual framework for implementing barriers of AI in public healthcare for improving operational excellence: experiences from developing countries

S Joshi, M Sharma, RP Das, J Rosak-Szyrocka… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study work is among the few attempts to understand the significance of AI and its
implementation barriers in the healthcare systems in developing countries. Moreover, it …

Racial disparities in length of stay among severely ill patients presenting with sepsis and acute respiratory failure

CF Chesley, M Chowdhury, DS Small… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Although racial and ethnic minority patients with sepsis and acute respiratory
failure (ARF) experience worse outcomes, how patient presentation characteristics …

Risk of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection associated with pre-coronavirus disease obstructive sleep apnea diagnoses: an electronic health record-based …

HL Mandel, G Colleen, S Abedian, N Ammar… - Sleep, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been associated with more
severe acute coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outcomes. We assessed OSA as a …