Outcomes

Original Research

The Outcomes of Inhalation Injuries in Lesser Burns: Still a Deadly Injury

09/21/2021

Salomon Puyana, MD, MS^e, Samuel Ruiz, MD^a, Francisco Amador, MD^d, Mark McKenney, MD, MBA^a,c, Elizabeth Young, MSN^b, Rizal Lim, MD^b, Haaris Mir, MD^a,b

Salomon Puyana, MD, MSe, Samuel Ruiz,...

Although it has been widely proposed that inhalation injuries worsen burn outcomes, large-scale studies have yet to demonstrate the exact relationship. This study proposes inhalation injuries as an independent risk factor that worsens burn...

Although it has been widely...

09/21/2021

ePlasty

Original Contribution

Long-Term Outcomes of Veteran Patients After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

09/01/2021

Hani Jneid, MD¹; Douglas Farmer, MD²; Riyad Y. Kherallah, MD¹; David Paniagua, MD¹; Ali Denktas, MD¹; Biswajit Kar, MD¹; Lorraine Cornwell, MD²; Alvin Blaustein, MD¹; Ourania Preventza, MD^3,4; Ernesto Jimenez, MD²

Hani Jneid, MD1; Douglas Farmer, MD2;...

We examined consecutive patients who underwent TAVR at a single Veterans Affairs medical center through 2019. The 189 consecutive patients enrolled (mean age, 76.6 ± 8.4 years) had a median Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) score of 6.0...

We examined consecutive patients...

09/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Very Small Vessels With the Use of a Newer-Generation 2.0 mm Drug-Eluting Stent

06/29/2021

Hsu-Lung Jen, MD, PhD^1,2; Yao-Chang Wang, MD^1,3; Tien-Ping Tsao, MD^1,2;
Wei-Hsian Yin, MD, PhD^1,4

Hsu-Lung Jen, MD, PhD1,2; Yao-Chang ...

The outcomes of treating coronary artery disease (CAD) in very small vessels

The outcomes of treating...

06/29/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Details and outcomes of index pregnancy-spontaneous coronary artery dissection

Original Contribution

Pregnancy-Associated Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Clinical Characteristics, Outcomes, and Risk During Subsequent Pregnancy

06/06/2021

Stephanie Chen, MD¹; Maqdooda Merchant, MD²; Kenneth N. Mahrer, MD¹; Andrew P. Ambrosy, MD^1,2; Robert J. Lundstrom, MD¹; Sahar Naderi, MD¹

Stephanie Chen, MD1; Maqdooda Merchan...

This study compares the clinical course and longitudinal follow-up of 22 cases of pregnancy-associated SCAD with 285 cases of non-pregnancy SCAD from Kaiser Permanente Northern California between September 2002 through June 2017

This study compares the clinical...

06/06/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

When All Else Fails Vac It: A Case Report on the Efficacy of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy as a Singular Modality to Accelerate Wound Healing for Limb Salvage

The purpose of this case study is to investigate the efficacy of negative pressure wound therapy as a singular modality for limb salvage status-post extensive sharp debridement of the foo...

11/23/2020

Practical Research

Health Outcomes From Assisted Living Facilities: A Cohort Study of a Primary Care Practice

05/28/2019

Maired M Bartley, MD, MB, BCh

Stephanie M Quigg

Anupam Chandra, MD

Paul Y Takahashi, MD

We aimed to compare health outcomes of assisted living facility residents with those of age- and sex-matched community-dwelling adults in a retrospective cohort study of 808 older adults.

We aimed to compare health...

05/28/2019

Annals of Long-Term Care