Letter to Editor: Using Proper Methods to Identify Patients With Cirrhosis in Administrative Databases Is Crucial to Correctly Predict Outcomes
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2019 at "Hepatology"
DOI: 10.1002/hep.30343
Abstract: We would like to congratulate Mumtaz et al.1 for their important study attempting to develop and validate a risk score to predict 30-day hospital readmission in decompensated cirrhosis patients using the US nationwide readmission database (NRD).… read more here.
Keywords: proper methods; editor using; methods identify; using proper ... See more keywords
A polygenic biomarker to identify patients with severe hypercholesterolemia of polygenic origin
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DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.1248
Abstract: Severe hypercholesterolemia (HC, LDL‐C > 4.9 mmol/L) affects over 30 million people worldwide. In this study, we validated a new polygenic risk score (PRS) for LDL‐C. read more here.
Keywords: patients severe; hypercholesterolemia; polygenic biomarker; biomarker identify ... See more keywords
Do Diagnostic and Procedure Codes Within Population-Based, Administrative Datasets Accurately Identify Patients with Rectal Cancer?
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DOI: 10.1007/s11605-018-4043-z
Abstract: BackgroundProcedural and diagnostic codes may inaccurately identify specific patient populations within administrative datasets.PurposeMeasure the accuracy of previously used coding algorithms using administrative data to identify patients with rectal cancer resections (RCR).MethodsUsing a previously published coding… read more here.
Keywords: accuracy; patients rectal; cohort; identify patients ... See more keywords
408 THE PRESENCE OF LYMPHATIC, VENOUS AND PERINEURAL INFILTRATION FOLLOWING ESOPHAGECTOMY WITHOUT NEOADJUVANT THERAPY TO IDENTIFY PATIENTS AT RISK OF RECURRENCE.
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DOI: 10.1093/dote/doaa087.101
Abstract: Staging and prognostication in esophgaeal cancer patients is based on their TNM stage. Previous research has suggested venous invasion (VI), lymph vessel invasion (LI) and perineural invasion (PNI) as adverse prognostic indicators in patients with… read more here.
Keywords: therapy; presence; esophagectomy; 408 presence ... See more keywords
Screening tools to identify patients with unmet palliative care needs in the emergency department: A systematic review
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DOI: 10.1111/acem.14492
Abstract: This systematic review identified and assessed psychometric properties of the available screening tools to identify patients with unmet palliative care (PC) needs in the emergency department (ED). read more here.
Keywords: emergency; screening tools; systematic review; identify patients ... See more keywords
Utilizing left atrial strain to identify patients at risk for atrial fibrillation on ibrutinib
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DOI: 10.1111/echo.14946
Abstract: Ibrutinib is associated with atrial fibrillation (AF), though echocardiographic predictors of AF have not been studied in this population. We sought to determine whether left atrial (LA) strain on transthoracic echocardiography could identify patients at… read more here.
Keywords: atrial fibrillation; fibrillation; patients risk; atrial strain ... See more keywords
A clinical risk score to identify patients at high risk of very late stent thrombosis
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DOI: 10.1111/joic.12494
Abstract: OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine predictors of very late stent thrombosis (VLST; >1 year after stenting), and to evaluate whether addition of these predictors to the dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) score… read more here.
Keywords: dapt; risk; identify patients; score ... See more keywords
Evaluation of the feasibility and performance of early warning scores to identify patients at risk of adverse outcomes in a low-middle income country setting
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019387
Abstract: Objective This study describes the availability of core parameters for Early Warning Scores (EWS), evaluates the ability of selected EWS to identify patients at risk of death or other adverse outcome and describes the burden… read more here.
Keywords: adverse outcomes; patients risk; warning scores; early warning ... See more keywords
Metabolic signature might be an option to identify patients with early CP
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DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2021-324206
Abstract: Metabolites are biomarkers measured in blood, urine, stool and tissue samples, determined by several factors, most importantly by the gut microbiota and changes in the metabolism from underlying diseases. Theoretically, specific diseases lead to changes… read more here.
Keywords: patients early; pancreatitis; tool; study ... See more keywords
How to identify which patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis could benefit from endarterectomy or stenting
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DOI: 10.1136/svn-2017-000129
Abstract: Offering routine carotid endarterectomy (CEA) or carotid artery stenting (CAS) to patients with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis (ACS) is no longer considered as the optimal management of these patients. Equally suboptimal, however, is the policy… read more here.
Keywords: patients asymptomatic; high risk; stenosis; identify patients ... See more keywords
Validating an Algorithm to Identify Patients With Infantile Spasms Using Medical Claims
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DOI: 10.1177/0883073818774960
Abstract: An infantile spasm is a brief seizure type that is characteristic of West syndrome. Many infants present with infantile spasms between 3-12 months of age. Early diagnosis and proper treatment of patients with infantile spasms… read more here.
Keywords: infantile spasms; claims data; validating algorithm; algorithm identify ... See more keywords