2013
Medical ICU Admission Diagnoses and Outcomes in Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Infected and Virus–Uninfected Veterans in the Combination Antiretroviral Era*
Akgün KM, Tate JP, Pisani M, Fried T, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Huang L, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Rimland D, Justice AC, Crothers K. Medical ICU Admission Diagnoses and Outcomes in Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Infected and Virus–Uninfected Veterans in the Combination Antiretroviral Era*. Critical Care Medicine 2013, 41: 1458-1467. PMID: 23507717, PMCID: PMC4283206, DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e31827caa46.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical ICU admissionVeterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) IndexICU admissionAntiretroviral therapyRespiratory diagnosesMechanical ventilationVeterans Aging Cohort Study Index scoresUndetectable HIV-1 RNALogistic regressionStudy indicesVeterans Affairs Medical CenterCombination antiretroviral eraCritical care requirementsICU admission diagnosisMedical ICU careCombination antiretroviral therapyInfection/sepsisHIV-1 RNAHuman immunodeficiency virusMultivariable logistic regressionRoutine clinical biomarkersHigh mortality rateRevenue center codesAdmission diagnosisICU mortality
2008
Measuring Quality of Care in Syncope: Case Definition Affects Reported Electrocardiogram Use but Does Not Bias Reporting
Schuur JD, Justice A. Measuring Quality of Care in Syncope: Case Definition Affects Reported Electrocardiogram Use but Does Not Bias Reporting. Academic Emergency Medicine 2008, 16: 40-49. PMID: 19145713, PMCID: PMC3157750, DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00303.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsICD-9 codesCase definitionECG useEmergency departmentHospital characteristicsICD-9 diagnosis codesModerate agreementICD-9 diagnosisMultivariate logistic regressionNational quality measuresQuality of careED portionPatient ageED patientsFemale patientsDischarge diagnosisDiagnosis codesSyncope patientsECG rateElectrocardiogram useOnly moderate agreementPatientsSyncopeECG utilizationLogistic regression