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King S, Proper J, Siegel LK, Ingraham NE, Tignanelli CJ, Chipman JG, Ho J. Acute Appendicitis Treatment Strategies and Mortality Based on Critical Illness on Admission: An Observational Study. Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2024; 25:56-62. [PMID: 38285892 PMCID: PMC10825276 DOI: 10.1089/sur.2023.249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2024] Open
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Background: Trials have shown non-inferiority of non-operative management (NOM) for appendicitis, although critically ill patients have been often excluded. The purpose of this study is to evaluate surgical versus NOM outcomes in critically ill patients with appendicitis by measuring mortality and hospital length of stay (LOS). Patients and Methods: The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's (HCUP) Database was utilized to analyze data from 10 states between 2008 and 2015. All patients with acute appendicitis by International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes over the age of 18 were included. Negative binomial and logistic regression were used to determine the association of acute renal failure (ARF), cardiovascular failure (CVF), pulmonary failure (PF), and sepsis by treatment strategy (laparoscopic, open, both, or no surgery) on mortality and hospital LOS. Results: Among 464,123 patients, 67.5%, 23.3%, 8.2%, and 0.8% underwent laparoscopic, open, NOM, or both laparoscopic and open surgery, respectively. Patients who underwent surgery had 58% lower odds of mortality and 34% shorter hospital LOS compared with NOM patients. Patients with ARF, CVF, PF, and sepsis had 102%, 383%, 475%, and 666% higher odds of mortality and a 47%, 46%, 71%, and 163% longer hospital LOS, respectively, compared with patients without these diagnoses on admission. Conclusions: Critical illness on admission increases mortality and hospital LOS. Patients who underwent laparoscopic, and to a lesser extent, open appendectomy had improved mortality compared with those who did not undergo surgery regardless of critical illness status.
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- Samantha King
- Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Department of Surgery, North Memorial Health Hospital, Robbinsdale, Minnestoa, USA
- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Silverman GM, Rajamani G, Ingraham NE, Glover JK, Sahoo HS, Usher M, Zhang R, Ikramuddin F, Melnik TE, Melton GB, Tignanelli CJ. A Symptom-Based Natural Language Processing Surveillance Pipeline for Post-COVID-19 Patients. Stud Health Technol Inform 2024; 310:860-864. [PMID: 38269931 DOI: 10.3233/shti231087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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Post-acute sequelae of SARS CoV-2 (PASC) are a group of conditions in which patients previously infected with COVID-19 experience symptoms weeks/months post-infection. PASC has substantial societal burden, including increased healthcare costs and disabilities. This study presents a natural language processing (NLP) based pipeline for identification of PASC symptoms and demonstrates its ability to estimate the proportion of suspected PASC cases. A manual case review to obtain this estimate indicated our sample incidence of PASC (13%) was representative of the estimated population proportion (95% CI: 19±6.22%). However, the high number of cases classified as indeterminate demonstrates the challenges in classifying PASC even among experienced clinicians. Lastly, this study developed a dashboard to display views of aggregated PASC symptoms and measured its utility using the System Usability Scale. Overall comments related to the dashboard's potential were positive. This pipeline is crucial for monitoring post-COVID-19 patients with potential for use in clinical settings.
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- Greg M Silverman
- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Castro-Pearson S, Samorodnitsky S, Yang K, Lotfi-Emran S, Ingraham NE, Bramante C, Jones EK, Greising S, Yu M, Steffen B, Svensson J, Åhlberg E, Österberg B, Wacker D, Guan W, Puskarich M, Smed-Sörensen A, Lusczek E, Safo SE, Tignanelli CJ. Development of a proteomic signature associated with severe disease for patients with COVID-19 using data from 5 multicenter, randomized, controlled, and prospective studies. Sci Rep 2023; 13:20315. [PMID: 37985892 PMCID: PMC10661735 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-46343-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023] Open
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Significant progress has been made in preventing severe COVID-19 disease through the development of vaccines. However, we still lack a validated baseline predictive biologic signature for the development of more severe disease in both outpatients and inpatients infected with SARS-CoV-2. The objective of this study was to develop and externally validate, via 5 international outpatient and inpatient trials and/or prospective cohort studies, a novel baseline proteomic signature, which predicts the development of moderate or severe (vs mild) disease in patients with COVID-19 from a proteomic analysis of 7000 + proteins. The secondary objective was exploratory, to identify (1) individual baseline protein levels and/or (2) protein level changes within the first 2 weeks of acute infection that are associated with the development of moderate/severe (vs mild) disease. For model development, samples collected from 2 randomized controlled trials were used. Plasma was isolated and the SomaLogic SomaScan platform was used to characterize protein levels for 7301 proteins of interest for all studies. We dichotomized 113 patients as having mild or moderate/severe COVID-19 disease. An elastic net approach was used to develop a predictive proteomic signature. For validation, we applied our signature to data from three independent prospective biomarker studies. We found 4110 proteins measured at baseline that significantly differed between patients with mild COVID-19 and those with moderate/severe COVID-19 after adjusting for multiple hypothesis testing. Baseline protein expression was associated with predicted disease severity with an error rate of 4.7% (AUC = 0.964). We also found that five proteins (Afamin, I-309, NKG2A, PRS57, LIPK) and patient age serve as a signature that separates patients with mild COVID-19 and patients with moderate/severe COVID-19 with an error rate of 1.77% (AUC = 0.9804). This panel was validated using data from 3 external studies with AUCs of 0.764 (Harvard University), 0.696 (University of Colorado), and 0.893 (Karolinska Institutet). In this study we developed and externally validated a baseline COVID-19 proteomic signature associated with disease severity for potential use in both outpatients and inpatients with COVID-19.
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- Sandra Castro-Pearson
- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine Solna, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Division of Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine Solna, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine Solna, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine Solna, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine Solna, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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Kalinoski M, Ingraham NE. Ventilator-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Pneumonia in a Patient with a Negative MRSA Nasal Swab. Am J Case Rep 2023; 24:e941088. [PMID: 37837186 PMCID: PMC10584195 DOI: 10.12659/ajcr.941088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pneumonia is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Recently, MRSA testing by nasal swab has been utilized to "exclude" pneumonia caused by MRSA, given its high negative-predictive value (NPV). We present, however, a case of MRSA pneumonia diagnosed by endotracheal aspirate culture (EAC) in a patient with a negative MRSA nasal swab. CASE REPORT A 58-year-old woman presented with septic shock and respiratory failure. Chest X-ray (CXR) on admission was unrevealing; however, computed tomography (CT) revealed multifocal pneumonia. Intensive Care Unit (ICU)-level care was required for mechanical ventilation and vasopressors. She initially improved with treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and was extubated on hospital day 6; however, she then developed a fever, tachycardia, and respiratory distress necessitating re-intubation later that day. Repeat CXR demonstrated a new left lower lobe infiltrate. Blood cultures were drawn and vancomycin and cefepime were started to cover for ventilator-associated pathogens. An EAC and nasal swab were collected to test for MRSA. The next day (day 7), the MRSA nasal swab returned negative, and vancomycin was discontinued. Our patient continued to experience fevers, worsening leukocytosis, and ongoing vasopressor need. On hospital day 9, the EAC results were obtained, and were positive for MRSA. Vancomycin was restarted and our patient recovered. CONCLUSIONS Negative MRSA nasal screening may be considered grounds to de-escalate empiric MRSA antibiotics if MRSA prevalence is low. However, in critically ill patients with high risk and suspicion for MRSA pneumonia, discontinuing empiric MRSA coverage should be done with caution or clinicians should wait until respiratory culture results are obtained before de-escalating antibiotics.
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- Michael Kalinoski
- Department of Hospital Medicine, Fairview Ridges Medical Center, Burnsville, MN, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Kohn R, Weissman GE, Wang W, Ingraham NE, Scott S, Bayes B, Anesi GL, Halpern SD, Kipnis P, Liu VX, Dudley RA, Kerlin MP. Prediction of In-hospital Mortality Among Intensive Care Unit Patients Using Modified Daily Laboratory-based Acute Physiology Score, Version 2. Med Care 2023; 61:562-569. [PMID: 37308947 PMCID: PMC10330531 DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Mortality prediction for intensive care unit (ICU) patients frequently relies on single ICU admission acuity measures without accounting for subsequent clinical changes. OBJECTIVE Evaluate novel models incorporating modified admission and daily, time-updating Laboratory-based Acute Physiology Score, version 2 (LAPS2) to predict in-hospital mortality among ICU patients. RESEARCH DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. PATIENTS ICU patients in 5 hospitals from October 2017 through September 2019. MEASURES We used logistic regression, penalized logistic regression, and random forest models to predict in-hospital mortality within 30 days of ICU admission using admission LAPS2 alone in patient-level and patient-day-level models, or admission and daily LAPS2 at the patient-day level. Multivariable models included patient and admission characteristics. We performed internal-external validation using 4 hospitals for training and the fifth for validation, repeating analyses for each hospital as the validation set. We assessed performance using scaled Brier scores (SBS), c -statistics, and calibration plots. RESULTS The cohort included 13,993 patients and 107,699 ICU days. Across validation hospitals, patient-day-level models including daily LAPS2 (SBS: 0.119-0.235; c -statistic: 0.772-0.878) consistently outperformed models with admission LAPS2 alone in patient-level (SBS: 0.109-0.175; c -statistic: 0.768-0.867) and patient-day-level (SBS: 0.064-0.153; c -statistic: 0.714-0.861) models. Across all predicted mortalities, daily models were better calibrated than models with admission LAPS2 alone. CONCLUSIONS Patient-day-level models incorporating daily, time-updating LAPS2 to predict mortality among an ICU population performs as well or better than models incorporating modified admission LAPS2 alone. The use of daily LAPS2 may offer an improved tool for clinical prognostication and risk adjustment in research in this population.
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- Rachel Kohn
- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Samorodnitsky S, Castro-Pearson S, Yang K, Lotfi-Emran S, Ingraham NE, Bramante C, Geising S, Jones EK, Wacker D, Puskarich M, Lusczek E, Safo S, Tignanelli CJ. Proteomic pathways associated with developing severe disease for patients with COVID-19: A biologic analysis of data from two multicenter randomized controlled trials encompassing 13 U.S. hospitals. J Crit Care 2023. [PMCID: PMC9930204 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2022.154203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Sarah Samorodnitsky
- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA,Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA,Corresponding author
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA,Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Ingraham NE, Jones EK, King S, Dries J, Phillips M, Loftus T, Evans HL, Melton GB, Tignanelli CJ. Re-Aiming Equity Evaluation in Clinical Decision Support: A Scoping Review of Equity Assessments in Surgical Decision Support Systems. Ann Surg 2023; 277:359-364. [PMID: 35943199 PMCID: PMC9905217 DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000005661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We critically evaluated the surgical literature to explore the prevalence and describe how equity assessments occur when using clinical decision support systems. BACKGROUND Clinical decision support (CDS) systems are increasingly used to facilitate surgical care delivery. Despite formal recommendations to do so, equity evaluations are not routinely performed on CDS systems and underrepresented populations are at risk of harm and further health disparities. We explored surgical literature to determine frequency and rigor of CDS equity assessments and offer recommendations to improve CDS equity by appending existing frameworks. METHODS We performed a scoping review up to Augus 25, 2021 using PubMed and Google Scholar for the following search terms: clinical decision support, implementation, RE-AIM, Proctor, Proctor's framework, equity, trauma, surgery, surgical. We identified 1415 citations and 229 abstracts met criteria for review. A total of 84 underwent full review after 145 were excluded if they did not assess outcomes of an electronic CDS tool or have a surgical use case. RESULTS Only 6% (5/84) of surgical CDS systems reported equity analyses, suggesting that current methods for optimizing equity in surgical CDS are inadequate. We propose revising the RE-AIM framework to include an Equity element (RE 2 -AIM) specifying that CDS foundational analyses and algorithms are performed or trained on balanced datasets with sociodemographic characteristics that accurately represent the CDS target population and are assessed by sensitivity analyses focused on vulnerable subpopulations. CONCLUSION Current surgical CDS literature reports little with respect to equity. Revising the RE-AIM framework to include an Equity element (RE 2 -AIM) promotes the development and implementation of CDS systems that, at minimum, do not worsen healthcare disparities and possibly improve their generalizability.
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- Nicholas E Ingraham
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Division of Acute Care Surgery, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Division of Acute Care Surgery, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Division of Acute Care Surgery, Minneapolis, MN
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- Pediatric Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Department of Surgery, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL
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- Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Division of Acute Care Surgery, Minneapolis, MN
- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Division of Acute Care Surgery, Minneapolis, MN
- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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Kohn R, Weissman GE, Wang W, Ingraham NE, Scott S, Bayes B, Anesi GL, Halpern SD, Kipnis P, Liu VX, Dudley RA, Kerlin MP. Prediction of in-hospital mortality among intensive care unit patients using modified daily Laboratory-based Acute Physiology Scores, version 2 (LAPS2). medRxiv 2023:2023.01.19.23284796. [PMID: 36712116 PMCID: PMC9882631 DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.19.23284796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Background Mortality prediction for intensive care unit (ICU) patients frequently relies on single acuity measures based on ICU admission physiology without accounting for subsequent clinical changes. Objectives Evaluate novel models incorporating modified admission and daily, time-updating Laboratory-based Acute Physiology Scores, version 2 (LAPS2) to predict in-hospital mortality among ICU patients. Research design Retrospective cohort study. Subjects All ICU patients in five hospitals from October 2017 through September 2019. Measures We used logistic regression, penalized logistic regression, and random forest models to predict in-hospital mortality within 30 days of ICU admission using admission LAPS2 alone in patient-level and patient-day-level models, or admission and daily LAPS2 at the patient-day level. Multivariable models included patient and admission characteristics. We performed internal-external validation using four hospitals for training and the fifth for validation, repeating analyses for each hospital as the validation set. We assessed performance using scaled Brier scores (SBS), c-statistics, and calibration plots. Results The cohort included 13,993 patients and 120,101 ICU days. The patient-level model including the modified admission LAPS2 without daily LAPS2 had an SBS of 0.175 (95% CI 0.148-0.201) and c-statistic of 0.824 (95% CI 0.808-0.840). Patient-day-level models including daily LAPS2 consistently outperformed models with modified admission LAPS2 alone. Among patients with <50% predicted mortality, daily models were better calibrated than models with modified admission LAPS2 alone. Conclusions Models incorporating daily, time-updating LAPS2 to predict mortality among an ICU population perform as well or better than models incorporating modified admission LAPS2 alone.
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- Rachel Kohn
- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania,Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Ikramuddin F, Melnik T, Ingraham NE, Nguyen N, Siegel L, Usher MG, Tignanelli CJ, Morse L. Predictors of discharge disposition and mortality following hospitalization with SARS-CoV-2 infection. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0283326. [PMID: 37053224 PMCID: PMC10101512 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
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IMPORTANCE The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has overwhelmed hospital capacity, prioritizing the need to understand factors associated with type of discharge disposition. OBJECTIVE Characterization of disposition associated factors following SARS-CoV-2. DESIGN Retrospective study of SARS-CoV-2 positive patients from March 7th, 2020, to May 4th, 2022, requiring hospitalization. SETTING Midwest academic health-system. PARTICIPANTS Patients above the age 18 years admitted with PCR + SARS-CoV-2. INTERVENTION None. MAIN OUTCOMES Discharge to home versus PAC (inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF), skilled-nursing facility (SNF), long-term acute care (LTACH)), or died/hospice while hospitalized (DH). RESULTS We identified 62,279 SARS-CoV-2 PCR+ patients; 6,248 required hospitalizations, of whom 4611(73.8%) were discharged home, 985 (15.8%) to PAC and 652 (10.4%) died in hospital (DH). Patients discharged to PAC had a higher median age (75.7 years, IQR: 65.6-85.1) compared to those discharged home (57.0 years, IQR: 38.2-69.9), and had longer mean length of stay (LOS) 14.7 days, SD: 14.0) compared to discharge home (5.8 days, SD: 5.9). Older age (RRR:1.04, 95% CI:1.041-1.055), and higher Elixhauser comorbidity index [EI] (RRR:1.19, 95% CI:1.168-1.218) were associated with higher rate of discharge to PAC versus home. Older age (RRR:1.069, 95% CI:1.060-1.077) and higher EI (RRR:1.09, 95% CI:1.071-1.126) were associated with more frequent DH versus home. Blacks, Asians, and Hispanics were less likely to be discharged to PAC (RRR, 0.64 CI 0.47-0.88), (RRR 0.48 CI 0.34-0.67) and (RRR 0.586 CI 0.352-0.975). Having alpha variant was associated with less frequent PAC discharge versus home (RRR 0.589 CI 0.444-780). The relative risks for DH were lower with a higher platelet count 0.998 (CI 0.99-0.99) and albumin levels 0.342 (CI 0.26-0.45), and higher with increased CRP (RRR 1.006 CI 1.004-1.007) and D-Dimer (RRR 1.070 CI 1.039-1.101). Increased albumin had lower risk to PAC discharge (RRR 0.630 CI 0.497-0.798. An increase in D-Dimer (RRR1.033 CI 1.002-1.064) and CRP (RRR1.002 CI1.001-1.004) was associated with higher risk of PAC discharge. A breakthrough (BT) infection was associated with lower likelihood of DH and PAC. CONCLUSION Older age, higher EI, CRP and D-Dimer are associated with PAC and DH discharges following hospitalization with COVID-19 infection. BT infection reduces the likelihood of being discharged to PAC and DH.
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- Farha Ikramuddin
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of PM&R, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of PM&R, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Division of Acute Care Surgery, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of PM&R, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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Boulware DR, Murray TA, Proper JL, Tignanelli CJ, Buse JB, Liebovitz DM, Nicklas JM, Cohen K, Puskarich MA, Belani HK, Siegel LK, Klatt NR, Odde DJ, Karger AB, Ingraham NE, Hartman KM, Rao V, Hagen AA, Patel B, Fenno SL, Avula N, Reddy NV, Erickson SM, Lindberg S, Fricton R, Lee S, Zaman A, Saveraid HG, Tordsen WJ, Pullen MF, Sherwood NE, Huling JD, Bramante CT. Impact of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Vaccination and Booster on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Symptom Severity Over Time in the COVID-OUT Trial. Clin Infect Dis 2022; 76:e1-e9. [PMID: 36124697 PMCID: PMC9494422 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2022] [Revised: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccination has decreasing protection from acquiring any infection with emergence of new variants; however, vaccination continues to protect against progression to severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The impact of vaccination status on symptoms over time is less clear. METHODS Within a randomized trial on early outpatient COVID-19 therapy testing metformin, ivermectin, and/or fluvoxamine, participants recorded symptoms daily for 14 days. Participants were given a paper symptom diary allowing them to circle the severity of 14 symptoms as none (0), mild (1), moderate (2), or severe (3). This is a secondary analysis of clinical trial data on symptom severity over time using generalized estimating equations comparing those unvaccinated, SARS-CoV-2 vaccinated with primary vaccine series only, or vaccine-boosted. RESULTS The parent clinical trial prospectively enrolled 1323 participants, of whom 1062 (80%) prospectively recorded some daily symptom data. Of these, 480 (45%) were unvaccinated, 530 (50%) were vaccinated with primary series only, and 52 (5%) vaccine-boosted. Overall symptom severity was least for the vaccine-boosted group and most severe for unvaccinated at baseline and over the 14 days (P < .001). Individual symptoms were least severe in the vaccine-boosted group including cough, chills, fever, nausea, fatigue, myalgia, headache, and diarrhea, as well as smell and taste abnormalities. Results were consistent over Delta and Omicron variant time periods. CONCLUSIONS SARS-CoV-2 vaccine-boosted participants had the least severe symptoms during COVID-19, which abated the quickest over time. Clinical Trial Registration. NCT04510194.
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- David R Boulware
- Alternative Corresponding Author: David R Boulware MD, MPH, CTropMed, FIDSA Professor of Medicine Infectious Disease & International Medicine Department of Medicine
- University of Minnesota Microbiology Research Facility (MRF) 4-103, 689 SE 23rd Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA,Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Olive View - University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Olive View - University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Corresponding Author: Carolyn Bramante, MD MPH Division of General Internal Medicine and Pediatrics University of Minnesota 717 Delaware St SE, MMC 1932 Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
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Bramante CT, Huling JD, Tignanelli CJ, Buse JB, Liebovitz DM, Nicklas JM, Cohen K, Puskarich MA, Belani HK, Proper JL, Siegel LK, Klatt NR, Odde DJ, Luke DG, Anderson B, Karger AB, Ingraham NE, Hartman KM, Rao V, Hagen AA, Patel B, Fenno SL, Avula N, Reddy NV, Erickson SM, Lindberg S, Fricton R, Lee S, Zaman A, Saveraid HG, Tordsen WJ, Pullen MF, Biros M, Sherwood NE, Thompson JL, Boulware DR, Murray TA. Randomized Trial of Metformin, Ivermectin, and Fluvoxamine for Covid-19. N Engl J Med 2022; 387:599-610. [PMID: 36070710 PMCID: PMC9945922 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2201662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 53.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Early treatment to prevent severe coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is an important component of the comprehensive response to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. METHODS In this phase 3, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, we used a 2-by-3 factorial design to test the effectiveness of three repurposed drugs - metformin, ivermectin, and fluvoxamine - in preventing serious SARS-CoV-2 infection in nonhospitalized adults who had been enrolled within 3 days after a confirmed diagnosis of infection and less than 7 days after the onset of symptoms. The patients were between the ages of 30 and 85 years, and all had either overweight or obesity. The primary composite end point was hypoxemia (≤93% oxygen saturation on home oximetry), emergency department visit, hospitalization, or death. All analyses used controls who had undergone concurrent randomization and were adjusted for SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and receipt of other trial medications. RESULTS A total of 1431 patients underwent randomization; of these patients, 1323 were included in the primary analysis. The median age of the patients was 46 years; 56% were female (6% of whom were pregnant), and 52% had been vaccinated. The adjusted odds ratio for a primary event was 0.84 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.66 to 1.09; P = 0.19) with metformin, 1.05 (95% CI, 0.76 to 1.45; P = 0.78) with ivermectin, and 0.94 (95% CI, 0.66 to 1.36; P = 0.75) with fluvoxamine. In prespecified secondary analyses, the adjusted odds ratio for emergency department visit, hospitalization, or death was 0.58 (95% CI, 0.35 to 0.94) with metformin, 1.39 (95% CI, 0.72 to 2.69) with ivermectin, and 1.17 (95% CI, 0.57 to 2.40) with fluvoxamine. The adjusted odds ratio for hospitalization or death was 0.47 (95% CI, 0.20 to 1.11) with metformin, 0.73 (95% CI, 0.19 to 2.77) with ivermectin, and 1.11 (95% CI, 0.33 to 3.76) with fluvoxamine. CONCLUSIONS None of the three medications that were evaluated prevented the occurrence of hypoxemia, an emergency department visit, hospitalization, or death associated with Covid-19. (Funded by the Parsemus Foundation and others; COVID-OUT ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04510194.).
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- Carolyn T Bramante
- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
| | - Jennifer L Proper
- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
| | - Lianne K Siegel
- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
| | - Nichole R Klatt
- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
| | - David J Odde
- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
| | - Darlette G Luke
- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
| | - Blake Anderson
- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
| | - Amy B Karger
- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
| | - Nicholas E Ingraham
- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
| | - Katrina M Hartman
- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
| | - Via Rao
- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
| | - Aubrey A Hagen
- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
| | - Barkha Patel
- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
| | - Sarah L Fenno
- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
| | - Nandini Avula
- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
| | - Neha V Reddy
- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
| | - Spencer M Erickson
- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
| | - Sarah Lindberg
- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
| | - Regina Fricton
- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (C.T.B., N.E.I., K.M.H., A.A.H., B.P., S.L.F., N.A., N.V.R., S.M.E., H.G.S., M.F.P., D.R.B.) and Surgery (C.J.T., N.R.K.), Emergency Medicine (M.A.P., M.B.), and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.B.K.), Medical School, the Divisions of Biostatistics (J.D.H., J.L.P., L.K.S., V.R., S. Lindberg, T.A.M.) and Epidemiology and Community Health (N.E.S.), School of Public Health, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (D.J.O.), University of Minnesota, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (M.A.P., W.J.T., M.B.), and the Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy, University of Minnesota-Fairview (D.G.L.), Minneapolis, and UnitedHealth Group, Optum Labs, Minnetonka (K.C.) - all in Minnesota; the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (J.B.B.); the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (D.M.L., R.F., S. Lee); the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (J.M.N., A.Z.); the Department of Medicine, Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles (H.K.B.); Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine - both in Atlanta (B.A.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.L.T.)
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Sun J, Peng L, Li T, Adila D, Zaiman Z, Melton-Meaux GB, Ingraham NE, Murray E, Boley D, Switzer S, Burns JL, Huang K, Allen T, Steenburg SD, Gichoya JW, Kummerfeld E, Tignanelli CJ. Performance of a Chest Radiograph AI Diagnostic Tool for COVID-19: A Prospective Observational Study. Radiol Artif Intell 2022; 4:e210217. [PMID: 35923381 PMCID: PMC9344211 DOI: 10.1148/ryai.210217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Revised: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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PURPOSE To conduct a prospective observational study across 12 U.S. hospitals to evaluate real-time performance of an interpretable artificial intelligence (AI) model to detect COVID-19 on chest radiographs. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 95 363 chest radiographs were included in model training, external validation, and real-time validation. The model was deployed as a clinical decision support system, and performance was prospectively evaluated. There were 5335 total real-time predictions and a COVID-19 prevalence of 4.8% (258 of 5335). Model performance was assessed with use of receiver operating characteristic analysis, precision-recall curves, and F1 score. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the association of race and sex with AI model diagnostic accuracy. To compare model accuracy with the performance of board-certified radiologists, a third dataset of 1638 images was read independently by two radiologists. RESULTS Participants positive for COVID-19 had higher COVID-19 diagnostic scores than participants negative for COVID-19 (median, 0.1 [IQR, 0.0-0.8] vs 0.0 [IQR, 0.0-0.1], respectively; P < .001). Real-time model performance was unchanged over 19 weeks of implementation (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, 0.70; 95% CI: 0.66, 0.73). Model sensitivity was higher in men than women (P = .01), whereas model specificity was higher in women (P = .001). Sensitivity was higher for Asian (P = .002) and Black (P = .046) participants compared with White participants. The COVID-19 AI diagnostic system had worse accuracy (63.5% correct) compared with radiologist predictions (radiologist 1 = 67.8% correct, radiologist 2 = 68.6% correct; McNemar P < .001 for both). CONCLUSION AI-based tools have not yet reached full diagnostic potential for COVID-19 and underperform compared with radiologist prediction.Keywords: Diagnosis, Classification, Application Domain, Infection, Lung Supplemental material is available for this article.. © RSNA, 2022.
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Usher MG, Tignanelli CJ, Hilliard B, Kaltenborn ZP, Lupei MI, Simon G, Shah S, Kirsch JD, Melton GB, Ingraham NE, Olson AP, Baum KD. Responding to COVID-19 Through Interhospital Resource Coordination: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation. J Patient Saf 2022; 18:287-294. [PMID: 34569998 PMCID: PMC8940726 DOI: 10.1097/pts.0000000000000916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The COVID-19 pandemic stressed hospital operations, requiring rapid innovations to address rise in demand and specialized COVID-19 services while maintaining access to hospital-based care and facilitating expertise. We aimed to describe a novel hospital system approach to managing the COVID-19 pandemic, including multihospital coordination capability and transfer of COVID-19 patients to a single, dedicated hospital. METHODS We included patients who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 by polymerase chain reaction admitted to a 12-hospital network including a dedicated COVID-19 hospital. Our primary outcome was adherence to local guidelines, including admission risk stratification, anticoagulation, and dexamethasone treatment assessed by differences-in-differences analysis after guideline dissemination. We evaluated outcomes and health care worker satisfaction. Finally, we assessed barriers to safe transfer including transfer across different electronic health record systems. RESULTS During the study, the system admitted a total of 1209 patients. Of these, 56.3% underwent transfer, supported by a physician-led System Operations Center. Patients who were transferred were older (P = 0.001) and had similar risk-adjusted mortality rates. Guideline adherence after dissemination was higher among patients who underwent transfer: admission risk stratification (P < 0.001), anticoagulation (P < 0.001), and dexamethasone administration (P = 0.003). Transfer across electronic health record systems was a perceived barrier to safety and reduced quality. Providers positively viewed our transfer approach. CONCLUSIONS With standardized communication, interhospital transfers can be a safe and effective method of cohorting COVID-19 patients, are well received by health care providers, and have the potential to improve care quality.
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- Michael G. Usher
- From the Section of Hospital Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School
- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota
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- From the Section of Hospital Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine
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- From the Section of Hospital Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine
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- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine
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- From the Section of Hospital Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School
- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- From the Section of Hospital Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine
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- From the Section of Hospital Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine
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Abdelwahab N, Ingraham NE, Nguyen N, Siegel L, Silverman G, Sahoo HS, Pakhomov S, Morse LR, Billings J, Usher MG, Melnik TE, Tignanelli CJ, Ikramuddin F. Predictors of Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 Development and Rehabilitation: A Retrospective Study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2022; 103:2001-2008. [PMID: 35569640 PMCID: PMC9098397 DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2022.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Revised: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Objective To examine the frequency of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) and the factors associated with rehabilitation utilization in a large adult population with PASC. Design Retrospective study. Setting Midwest hospital health system. Participants 19,792 patients with COVID-19 from March 10, 2020, to January 17, 2021. Intervention Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures Descriptive analyses were conducted across the entire cohort along with an adult subgroup analysis. A logistic regression was performed to assess factors associated with PASC development and rehabilitation utilization. Results In an analysis of 19,792 patients, the frequency of PASC was 42.8% in the adult population. Patients with PASC compared with those without had a higher utilization of rehabilitation services (8.6% vs 3.8%, P<.001). Risk factors for rehabilitation utilization in patients with PASC included younger age (odds ratio [OR], 0.99; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.98-1.00; P=.01). In addition to several comorbidities and demographics factors, risk factors for rehabilitation utilization solely in the inpatient population included male sex (OR, 1.24; 95% CI, 1.02-1.50; P=.03) with patients on angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin-receptor blockers 3 months prior to COVID-19 infections having a decreased risk of needing rehabilitation (OR, 0.80; 95% CI, 0.64-0.99; P=.04). Conclusions Patients with PASC had higher rehabilitation utilization. We identified several clinical and demographic factors associated with the development of PASC and rehabilitation utilization.
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- Nermine Abdelwahab
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Division of General Internal Medicine, Minneapolis, MN.
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Minnesota, Division of PM&R, Minneapolis, MN
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Division of Acute Care Surgery, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Division of Acute Care Surgery, Minneapolis, MN; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Care and Health Systems, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Minnesota, Division of PM&R, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Division of General Internal Medicine, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Division of General Internal Medicine, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Division of Acute Care Surgery, Minneapolis, MN; Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Minnesota, Division of PM&R, Minneapolis, MN
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Puskarich MA, Ingraham NE, Merck LH, Driver BE, Wacker DA, Black LP, Jones AE, Fletcher CV, South AM, Murray TA, Lewandowski C, Farhat J, Benoit JL, Biros MH, Cherabuddi K, Chipman JG, Schacker TW, Guirgis FW, Voelker HT, Koopmeiners JS, Tignanelli CJ. Efficacy of Losartan in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19-Induced Lung Injury: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open 2022; 5:e222735. [PMID: 35294537 PMCID: PMC8928006 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.2735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Importance SARS-CoV-2 viral entry may disrupt angiotensin II (AII) homeostasis, contributing to COVID-19 induced lung injury. AII type 1 receptor blockade mitigates lung injury in preclinical models, although data in humans with COVID-19 remain mixed. Objective To test the efficacy of losartan to reduce lung injury in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Design, Setting, and Participants This blinded, placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial was conducted in 13 hospitals in the United States from April 2020 to February 2021. Hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and a respiratory sequential organ failure assessment score of at least 1 and not already using a renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitor were eligible for participation. Data were analyzed from April 19 to August 24, 2021. Interventions Losartan 50 mg orally twice daily vs equivalent placebo for 10 days or until hospital discharge. Main Outcomes and Measures The primary outcome was the imputed arterial partial pressure of oxygen to fraction of inspired oxygen (Pao2:Fio2) ratio at 7 days. Secondary outcomes included ordinal COVID-19 severity; days without supplemental o2, ventilation, or vasopressors; and mortality. Losartan pharmacokinetics and RAAS components (AII, angiotensin-[1-7] and angiotensin-converting enzymes 1 and 2)] were measured in a subgroup of participants. Results A total of 205 participants (mean [SD] age, 55.2 [15.7] years; 123 [60.0%] men) were randomized, with 101 participants assigned to losartan and 104 participants assigned to placebo. Compared with placebo, losartan did not significantly affect Pao2:Fio2 ratio at 7 days (difference, -24.8 [95%, -55.6 to 6.1]; P = .12). Compared with placebo, losartan did not improve any secondary clinical outcomes and led to fewer vasopressor-free days than placebo (median [IQR], 9.4 [9.1-9.8] vasopressor-free days vs 8.7 [8.2-9.3] vasopressor-free days). Conclusions and Relevance This randomized clinical trial found that initiation of orally administered losartan to hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and acute lung injury did not improve Pao2:Fio2 ratio at 7 days. These data may have implications for ongoing clinical trials. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04312009.
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- Michael A. Puskarich
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
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- Section of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest School of Medicine and Brenner Children's Hospital, Winston Salem, North Carolina
- Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina
- Department of Surgery-Hypertension and Vascular Research, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Surgery, North Memorial Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville
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- Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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Ingraham NE, Vakayil V, Pendleton KM, Robbins AJ, Freese RL, Palzer EF, Charles A, Dudley RA, Tignanelli CJ. Recent Trends in Admission Diagnosis and Related Mortality in the Medically Critically Ill. J Intensive Care Med 2022; 37:185-194. [PMID: 33353475 DOI: 10.1177/0885066620982905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE With decades of declining ICU mortality, we hypothesized that the outcomes and distribution of diseases cared for in the ICU have changed and we aimed to further characterize them. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS A retrospective cohort analysis of 287,154 nonsurgical-critically ill adults, from 237 U.S. ICUs, using the manually abstracted Cerner APACHE Outcomes database from 2008 to 2016 was performed. Surgical patients, rare admission diagnoses (<100 occurrences), and low volume hospitals (<100 total admissions) were excluded. Diagnoses were distributed into mutually exclusive organ system/disease-based categories based on admission diagnosis. Multi-level mixed-effects negative binomial regression was used to assess temporal trends in admission, in-hospital mortality, and length of stay (LOS). RESULTS The number of ICU admissions remained unchanged (IRR 0.99, 0.98-1.003) while certain organ system/disease groups increased (toxicology [25%], hematologic/oncologic [55%] while others decreased (gastrointestinal [31%], pulmonary [24%]). Overall risk-adjusted in-hospital mortality was unchanged (IRR 0.98, 0.96-1.0004). Risk-adjusted ICU LOS (Estimate -0.06 days/year, -0.07 to -0.04) decreased. Risk-adjusted mortality varied significantly by disease. CONCLUSION Risk-adjusted ICU mortality rate did not change over the study period, but there was evidence of shifting disease burden across the critical care population. Our data provides useful information regarding future ICU personnel and resource needs.
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- Nicholas E Ingraham
- Department of Medicine, 311816University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- School of Public Health, 311816University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- School of Public Health, 311816University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Department of Surgery, 311816University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, 311816University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Surgery, 311816University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Biostatistical Design and Analysis Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, 311816University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Biostatistical Design and Analysis Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, 311816University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Surgery, 2331University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Gillings School of Global Public Health, 2331University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, 311816University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- School of Public Health, 311816University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Institute for Health Informatics, 311816University of Minnesota Academic Health Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Surgery, 311816University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Institute for Health Informatics, 311816University of Minnesota Academic Health Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Department of Surgery, North Memorial Health Hospital, Robbinsdale, MN, USA
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Jennaro TS, Viglianti EM, Ingraham NE, Jones AE, Stringer KA, Puskarich MA. Serum Levels of Acylcarnitines and Amino Acids Are Associated with Liberation from Organ Support in Patients with Septic Shock. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11030627. [PMID: 35160078 PMCID: PMC8836990 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11030627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Sepsis-induced metabolic dysfunction is associated with mortality, but the signatures that differentiate variable clinical outcomes among survivors are unknown. Our aim was to determine the relationship between host metabolism and chronic critical illness (CCI) in patients with septic shock. We analyzed metabolomics data from mechanically ventilated patients with vasopressor-dependent septic shock from the placebo arm of a recently completed clinical trial. Baseline serum metabolites were measured by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance. We conducted a time-to-event analysis censored at 28 days. Specifically, we determined the relationship between metabolites and time to extubation and freedom from vasopressors using a competing risk survival model, with death as a competing risk. We also compared metabolite concentrations between CCI patients, defined as intensive care unit level of care ≥ 14 days, and those with rapid recovery. Elevations in two acylcarnitines and four amino acids were related to the freedom from organ support (subdistributional hazard ratio < 1 and false discovery rate < 0.05). Proline, glycine, glutamine, and methionine were also elevated in patients who developed CCI. Our work highlights the need for further testing of metabolomics to identify patients at risk of CCI and to elucidate potential mechanisms that contribute to its etiology.
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- Theodore S. Jennaro
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and the NMR Metabolomics Laboratory, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; (T.S.J.); (K.A.S.)
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA;
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA;
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA;
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and the NMR Metabolomics Laboratory, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; (T.S.J.); (K.A.S.)
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA;
- Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (MCIRCC), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA
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Lupei MI, Li D, Ingraham NE, Baum KD, Benson B, Puskarich M, Milbrandt D, Melton GB, Scheppmann D, Usher MG, Tignanelli CJ. A 12-hospital prospective evaluation of a clinical decision support prognostic algorithm based on logistic regression as a form of machine learning to facilitate decision making for patients with suspected COVID-19. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0262193. [PMID: 34986168 PMCID: PMC8730444 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To prospectively evaluate a logistic regression-based machine learning (ML) prognostic algorithm implemented in real-time as a clinical decision support (CDS) system for symptomatic persons under investigation (PUI) for Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the emergency department (ED). METHODS We developed in a 12-hospital system a model using training and validation followed by a real-time assessment. The LASSO guided feature selection included demographics, comorbidities, home medications, vital signs. We constructed a logistic regression-based ML algorithm to predict "severe" COVID-19, defined as patients requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission, invasive mechanical ventilation, or died in or out-of-hospital. Training data included 1,469 adult patients who tested positive for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) within 14 days of acute care. We performed: 1) temporal validation in 414 SARS-CoV-2 positive patients, 2) validation in a PUI set of 13,271 patients with symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 test during an acute care visit, and 3) real-time validation in 2,174 ED patients with PUI test or positive SARS-CoV-2 result. Subgroup analysis was conducted across race and gender to ensure equity in performance. RESULTS The algorithm performed well on pre-implementation validations for predicting COVID-19 severity: 1) the temporal validation had an area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) of 0.87 (95%-CI: 0.83, 0.91); 2) validation in the PUI population had an AUROC of 0.82 (95%-CI: 0.81, 0.83). The ED CDS system performed well in real-time with an AUROC of 0.85 (95%-CI, 0.83, 0.87). Zero patients in the lowest quintile developed "severe" COVID-19. Patients in the highest quintile developed "severe" COVID-19 in 33.2% of cases. The models performed without significant differences between genders and among race/ethnicities (all p-values > 0.05). CONCLUSION A logistic regression model-based ML-enabled CDS can be developed, validated, and implemented with high performance across multiple hospitals while being equitable and maintaining performance in real-time validation.
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- Monica I. Lupei
- Division of Critical Care, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Hospital Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Hospital Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Hospital Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
- Division of Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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The recently discovered Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 has rapidly burst into the public and scientific eye, being detected in more than 26 countries around the world. Given its more than 50 mutations, there is widespread concern about its public health impact, leading the World Health Organization to designate it a variant of concern. This Commentary provides a summary of current knowledge and unknowns about this viral variant as of December 2, 2021 and summarizes the key questions that need to be rapidly answered.
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- Nicholas E. Ingraham
- PulmonaryAllergyCritical Care, and Sleep Medicine DivisionDepartment of MedicineUniversity of Minnesota Twin CitiesMinneapolisMinnesotaUSA
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- PulmonaryAllergyCritical Care, and Sleep Medicine DivisionDepartment of MedicineUniversity of Minnesota Twin CitiesMinneapolisMinnesotaUSA
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Ingraham NE, Purcell LN, Karam BS, Dudley RA, Usher MG, Warlick CA, Allen ML, Melton GB, Charles A, Tignanelli CJ. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Hospital Admissions from COVID-19: Determining the Impact of Neighborhood Deprivation and Primary Language. J Gen Intern Med 2021; 36:3462-3470. [PMID: 34003427 PMCID: PMC8130213 DOI: 10.1007/s11606-021-06790-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Despite past and ongoing efforts to achieve health equity in the USA, racial and ethnic disparities persist and appear to be exacerbated by COVID-19. OBJECTIVE Evaluate neighborhood-level deprivation and English language proficiency effect on disproportionate outcomes seen in racial and ethnic minorities diagnosed with COVID-19. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study SETTING: Health records of 12 Midwest hospitals and 60 clinics in Minnesota between March 4, 2020, and August 19, 2020 PATIENTS: Polymerase chain reaction-positive COVID-19 patients EXPOSURES: Area Deprivation Index (ADI) and primary language MAIN MEASURES: The primary outcome was COVID-19 severity, using hospitalization within 45 days of diagnosis as a marker of severity. Logistic and competing-risk regression models assessed the effects of neighborhood-level deprivation (using the ADI) and primary language. Within race, effects of ADI and primary language were measured using logistic regression. RESULTS A total of 5577 individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 were included; 866 (n = 15.5%) were hospitalized within 45 days of diagnosis. Hospitalized patients were older (60.9 vs. 40.4 years, p < 0.001) and more likely to be male (n = 425 [49.1%] vs. 2049 [43.5%], p = 0.002). Of those requiring hospitalization, 43.9% (n = 381), 19.9% (n = 172), 18.6% (n = 161), and 11.8% (n = 102) were White, Black, Asian, and Hispanic, respectively. Independent of ADI, minority race/ethnicity was associated with COVID-19 severity: Hispanic patients (OR 3.8, 95% CI 2.72-5.30), Asians (OR 2.39, 95% CI 1.74-3.29), and Blacks (OR 1.50, 95% CI 1.15-1.94). ADI was not associated with hospitalization. Non-English-speaking (OR 1.91, 95% CI 1.51-2.43) significantly increased odds of hospital admission across and within minority groups. CONCLUSIONS Minority populations have increased odds of severe COVID-19 independent of neighborhood deprivation, a commonly suspected driver of disparate outcomes. Non-English-speaking accounts for differences across and within minority populations. These results support the ongoing need to determine the mechanisms that contribute to disparities during COVID-19 while also highlighting the underappreciated role primary language plays in COVID-19 severity among minority groups.
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- Nicholas E. Ingraham
- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC USA
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- Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA
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- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA
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- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC USA
- School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC USA
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- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA
- Department of Surgery, North Memorial Health Hospital, Robbinsdale, MN USA
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Silverman GM, Sahoo HS, Ingraham NE, Lupei M, Puskarich MA, Usher M, Dries J, Finzel RL, Murray E, Sartori J, Simon G, Zhang R, Melton GB, Tignanelli CJ, Pakhomov SVS. NLP Methods for Extraction of Symptoms from Unstructured Data for Use in Prognostic COVID-19 Analytic Models. J ARTIF INTELL RES 2021. [DOI: 10.1613/jair.1.12631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Statistical modeling of outcomes based on a patient's presenting symptoms (symptomatology) can help deliver high quality care and allocate essential resources, which is especially important during the COVID-19 pandemic. Patient symptoms are typically found in unstructured notes, and thus not readily available for clinical decision making. In an attempt to fill this gap, this study compared two methods for symptom extraction from Emergency Department (ED) admission notes. Both methods utilized a lexicon derived by expanding The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Symptoms of Coronavirus list. The first method utilized a word2vec model to expand the lexicon using a dictionary mapping to the Uni ed Medical Language System (UMLS). The second method utilized the expanded lexicon as a rule-based gazetteer and the UMLS. These methods were evaluated against a manually annotated reference (f1-score of 0.87 for UMLS-based ensemble; and 0.85 for rule-based gazetteer with UMLS). Through analyses of associations of extracted symptoms used as features against various outcomes, salient risks among the population of COVID-19 patients, including increased risk of in-hospital mortality (OR 1.85, p-value < 0.001), were identified for patients presenting with dyspnea. Disparities between English and non-English speaking patients were also identified, the most salient being a concerning finding of opposing risk signals between fatigue and in-hospital mortality (non-English: OR 1.95, p-value = 0.02; English: OR 0.63, p-value = 0.01). While use of symptomatology for modeling of outcomes is not unique, unlike previous studies this study showed that models built using symptoms with the outcome of in-hospital mortality were not significantly different from models using data collected during an in-patient encounter (AUC of 0.9 with 95% CI of [0.88, 0.91] using only vital signs; AUC of 0.87 with 95% CI of [0.85, 0.88] using only symptoms). These findings indicate that prognostic models based on symptomatology could aid in extending COVID-19 patient care through telemedicine, replacing the need for in-person options. The methods presented in this study have potential for use in development of symptomatology-based models for other diseases, including for the study of Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC).
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Puskarich MA, Cummins NW, Ingraham NE, Wacker DA, Reilkoff RA, Driver BE, Biros MH, Bellolio F, Chipman JG, Nelson AC, Beckman K, Langlois R, Bold T, Aliota MT, Schacker TW, Voelker HT, Murray TA, Koopmeiners JS, Tignanelli CJ. A multi-center phase II randomized clinical trial of losartan on symptomatic outpatients with COVID-19. EClinicalMedicine 2021; 37:100957. [PMID: 34195577 PMCID: PMC8225661 DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The SARS-CoV-2 virus enters cells via Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), disrupting the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone axis, potentially contributing to lung injury. Treatment with angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), such as losartan, may mitigate these effects, though induction of ACE2 could increase viral entry, replication, and worsen disease. METHODS This study represents a placebo-controlled blinded randomized clinical trial (RCT) to test the efficacy of losartan on outpatients with COVID-19 across three hospital systems with numerous community sites in Minnesota, U.S. Participants included symptomatic outpatients with COVID-19 not already taking ACE-inhibitors or ARBs, enrolled within 7 days of symptom onset. Patients were randomized to 1:1 losartan (25 mg orally twice daily unless estimated glomerular filtration rate, eGFR, was reduced, when dosing was reduced to once daily) versus placebo for 10 days, and all patients and outcome assesors were blinded. The primary outcome was all-cause hospitalization within 15 days. Secondary outcomes included functional status, dyspnea, temperature, and viral load. (clinicatrials.gov, NCT04311177, closed to new participants). FINDINGS From April to November 2020, 117 participants were randomized 58 to losartan and 59 to placebo, and all were analyzed under intent to treat principles. The primary outcome did not differ significantly between the two arms based on Barnard's test [losartan arm: 3 events (5.2% 95% CI 1.1, 14.4%) versus placebo arm: 1 event (1.7%; 95% CI 0.0, 9.1%)]; proportion difference -3.5% (95% CI -13.2, 4.8%); p = 0.32]. Viral loads were not statistically different between treatment groups at any time point. Adverse events per 10 patient days did not differ signifcantly [0.33 (95% CI 0.22-0.49) for losartan vs. 0.37 (95% CI 0.25-0.55) for placebo]. Due to a lower than expected hospitalization rate and low likelihood of a clinically important treatment effect, the trial was terminated early. INTERPRETATION In this multicenter blinded RCT for outpatients with mild symptomatic COVID-19 disease, losartan did not reduce hospitalizations, though assessment was limited by low event rate. Importantly, viral load was not statistically affected by treatment. This study does not support initiation of losartan for low-risk outpatients.
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- Michael A. Puskarich
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- University of Minnesota Genomics Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Sahoo HS, Silverman GM, Ingraham NE, Lupei MI, Puskarich MA, Finzel RL, Sartori J, Zhang R, Knoll BC, Liu S, Liu H, Melton GB, Tignanelli CJ, Pakhomov SVS. A fast, resource efficient, and reliable rule-based system for COVID-19 symptom identification. JAMIA Open 2021; 4:ooab070. [PMID: 34423261 PMCID: PMC8374371 DOI: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooab070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Revised: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE With COVID-19, there was a need for a rapidly scalable annotation system that facilitated real-time integration with clinical decision support systems (CDS). Current annotation systems suffer from a high-resource utilization and poor scalability limiting real-world integration with CDS. A potential solution to mitigate these issues is to use the rule-based gazetteer developed at our institution. MATERIALS AND METHODS Performance, resource utilization, and runtime of the rule-based gazetteer were compared with five annotation systems: BioMedICUS, cTAKES, MetaMap, CLAMP, and MedTagger. RESULTS This rule-based gazetteer was the fastest, had a low resource footprint, and similar performance for weighted microaverage and macroaverage measures of precision, recall, and f1-score compared to other annotation systems. DISCUSSION Opportunities to increase its performance include fine-tuning lexical rules for symptom identification. Additionally, it could run on multiple compute nodes for faster runtime. CONCLUSION This rule-based gazetteer overcame key technical limitations facilitating real-time symptomatology identification for COVID-19 and integration of unstructured data elements into our CDS. It is ideal for large-scale deployment across a wide variety of healthcare settings for surveillance of acute COVID-19 symptoms for integration into prognostic modeling. Such a system is currently being leveraged for monitoring of postacute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) progression in COVID-19 survivors. This study conducted the first in-depth analysis and developed a rule-based gazetteer for COVID-19 symptom extraction with the following key features: low processor and memory utilization, faster runtime, and similar weighted microaverage and macroaverage measures for precision, recall, and f1-score compared to industry-standard annotation systems.
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- Himanshu S Sahoo
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Care and Health Systems, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Care and Health Systems, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Health Science Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Department of Health Science Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Care and Health Systems, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Ingraham NE, King S, Proper J, Siegel L, Zolfaghari EJ, Murray TA, Vakayil V, Sheka A, Feng R, Guzman G, Roy SS, Muddappa D, Usher MG, Chipman JG, Tignanelli CJ, Pendleton KM. Morbidity and Mortality Trends of Pancreatitis: An Observational Study. Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2021; 22:1021-1030. [PMID: 34129395 DOI: 10.1089/sur.2020.473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background: Pancreatitis accounts for more than $2.5 billion of healthcare costs and remains the most common gastrointestinal (GI) admission. Few contemporary studies have assessed temporal trends of incidence, complications, management, and outcomes for acute pancreatitis in hospitalized patients at the national level. Methods: We used data from one of the largest hospital-based databases available in the United States, the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's (HCUP) State Inpatient Database, from 10 states between 2008 and 2015. We included patients with a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis (ICD-9 CM 577.0). Patient- and hospital-level data were used to estimate incidence and inpatient mortality rates. Results: From 80,736,256 hospitalizations, 929,914 (1.15%) cases of acute pancreatitis were identified, 186,226 (20.2%) of which were caused by gallbladder disease). The median age was 53 years (interquartile range [IQR], 41-67) and 50.8% were men. In-hospital mortality was 2.5% and crude mortality rates declined from 2.9% to 2.0% over the study period. Admission year remained significant after adjusting for patient demographics and comorbidities (odds ratio [OR], 0.90; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.89-0.90; p < 0.001). Gallbladder disease was associated with decreased odds of mortality (OR, 0.60; 95% CI, 0.57-0.62). Median length of stay was four days (IQR, 2-7) and decreased over time. The rates of surgical and endoscopic interventions were highest in 2011 (peak incidence of 16.1% and 9.5%, respectively) and have been decreasing since. Surgical providers were, on average, more likely than medical providers to perform surgery in both those with and without gallbladder disease etiology (gallbladder disease OR, 7.11; 95% CI, 5.46-9.25; non-gallbladder disease OR, 20.50; 95% CI, 16.81-25.01), endoscopy (gallbladder disease OR, 1.22; 95% CI, 0.87-1.72; non-gallbladder disease OR, 1.60; 95% CI, 1.18-2.16), or both (gallbladder disease OR, 7.00; 95% CI, 5.22-9.37; non-gallbladder disease OR, 8.85; 95% CI, 5.61-13.96). Conclusions: The incidence of pancreatitis, from 2008 to 2015, has increased whereas inpatient mortality (i.e., case fatality) has decreased. Understanding temporal trends in outcomes and management along with provider, hospital, and regional variation can better identify areas for future research and collaboration in managing these patients.
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- Nicholas E Ingraham
- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.,Department of Surgery, North Memorial Health Hospital, Robbinsdale, Minnesota, USA.,Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Robbins AJ, Ingraham NE, Sheka AC, Pendleton KM, Morris R, Rix A, Vakayil V, Chipman JG, Charles A, Tignanelli CJ. Discordant Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Code Status at Death. J Pain Symptom Manage 2021; 61:770-780.e1. [PMID: 32949762 PMCID: PMC8052631 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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CONTEXT One fundamental way to honor patient autonomy is to establish and enact their wishes for end-of-life care. Limited research exists regarding adherence with code status. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to characterize cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) attempts discordant with documented code status at the time of death in the U.S. and to elucidate potential contributing factors. METHODS The Cerner Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) outcomes database, which includes 237 U.S. hospitals that collect manually abstracted data from all critical care patients, was queried for adults admitted to intensive care units with a documented code status at the time of death from January 2008 to December 2016. The primary outcome was discordant CPR at death. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to identify patient-level and hospital-level associated factors after adjustment for age, hospital, and illness severity (APACHE III score). RESULTS A total of 21,537 patients from 56 hospitals were included. Of patients with a do-not-resuscitate code status, 149 (0.8%) received CPR at death, and associated factors included black race, higher APACHE III score, or treatment in small or nonteaching hospitals. Of patients with a full code status, 203 (9.0%) did not receive CPR at death, and associated factors included higher APACHE III score, primary neurologic or trauma diagnosis, or admission in a more recent year. CONCLUSION At the time of death, 1.6% of patients received or did not undergo CPR in a manner discordant with their documented code statuses. Race and institutional factors were associated with discordant resuscitation, and addressing these disparities may promote concordant end-of-life care in all patients.
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- Alexandria J Robbins
- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Department of Surgery, North Memorial Health Hospital, Robbinsdale, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Department of Surgery, North Memorial Health Hospital, Robbinsdale, Minnesota, USA; Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota Academic Health Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Lusczek ER, Ingraham NE, Karam BS, Proper J, Siegel L, Helgeson ES, Lotfi-Emran S, Zolfaghari EJ, Jones E, Usher MG, Chipman JG, Dudley RA, Benson B, Melton GB, Charles A, Lupei MI, Tignanelli CJ. Characterizing COVID-19 clinical phenotypes and associated comorbidities and complication profiles. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0248956. [PMID: 33788884 PMCID: PMC8011766 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Heterogeneity has been observed in outcomes of hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Identification of clinical phenotypes may facilitate tailored therapy and improve outcomes. The purpose of this study is to identify specific clinical phenotypes across COVID-19 patients and compare admission characteristics and outcomes. METHODS This is a retrospective analysis of COVID-19 patients from March 7, 2020 to August 25, 2020 at 14 U.S. hospitals. Ensemble clustering was performed on 33 variables collected within 72 hours of admission. Principal component analysis was performed to visualize variable contributions to clustering. Multinomial regression models were fit to compare patient comorbidities across phenotypes. Multivariable models were fit to estimate associations between phenotype and in-hospital complications and clinical outcomes. RESULTS The database included 1,022 hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Three clinical phenotypes were identified (I, II, III), with 236 [23.1%] patients in phenotype I, 613 [60%] patients in phenotype II, and 173 [16.9%] patients in phenotype III. Patients with respiratory comorbidities were most commonly phenotype III (p = 0.002), while patients with hematologic, renal, and cardiac (all p<0.001) comorbidities were most commonly phenotype I. Adjusted odds of respiratory, renal, hepatic, metabolic (all p<0.001), and hematological (p = 0.02) complications were highest for phenotype I. Phenotypes I and II were associated with 7.30-fold (HR:7.30, 95% CI:(3.11-17.17), p<0.001) and 2.57-fold (HR:2.57, 95% CI:(1.10-6.00), p = 0.03) increases in hazard of death relative to phenotype III. CONCLUSION We identified three clinical COVID-19 phenotypes, reflecting patient populations with different comorbidities, complications, and clinical outcomes. Future research is needed to determine the utility of these phenotypes in clinical practice and trial design.
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- Elizabeth R. Lusczek
- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
- School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
- Department of Surgery, North Memorial Health Hospital, Robbinsdale, MN, United States of America
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Dutta N, Ingraham NE, Usher MG, Fox C, Tignanelli CJ, Bramante CT. We Should Do More to Offer Evidence-Based Treatment for an Important Modifiable Risk Factor for COVID-19: Obesity. J Prim Care Community Health 2021; 12:2150132721996283. [PMID: 33648370 PMCID: PMC7930643 DOI: 10.1177/2150132721996283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Observational studies, from multiple countries, repeatedly demonstrate an association between obesity and severe COVID-19, which is defined as need for hospitalization, intensive care unit admission, invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) or death. Meta-analysis of studies from China, USA, and France show odds ratio (OR) of 2.31 (95% CI 1.3-4.1) for obesity and severe COVID-19. Other studies show OR of 12.1 (95% CI 3.25-45.1) for mortality and OR of 7.36 (95% CI 1.63-33.14) for need for IMV for patients with body mass index (BMI) ≥ 35 kg/m2. Obesity is the only modifiable risk factor that is not routinely treated but treatment can lead to improvement in visceral adiposity, insulin sensitivity, and mortality risk. Increasing the awareness of the association between obesity and COVID-19 risk in the general population and medical community may serve as the impetus to make obesity identification and management a higher priority.
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- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Karam BS, Morris RS, Bramante CT, Puskarich M, Zolfaghari EJ, Lotfi-Emran S, Ingraham NE, Charles A, Odde DJ, Tignanelli CJ. mTOR inhibition in COVID-19: A commentary and review of efficacy in RNA viruses. J Med Virol 2020; 93:1843-1846. [PMID: 33314219 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.26728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In this commentary, we shed light on the role of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway in viral infections. The mTOR pathway has been demonstrated to be modulated in numerous RNA viruses. Frequently, inhibiting mTOR results in suppression of virus growth and replication. Recent evidence points towards modulation of mTOR in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. We discuss the current literature on mTOR in SARS-CoV-2 and highlight evidence in support of a role for mTOR inhibitors in the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019.
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- Basil S Karam
- Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.,School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.,Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Ingraham NE, Purcell LN, Karam BS, Dudley RA, Usher MG, Warlick CA, Allen ML, Melton GB, Charles A, Tignanelli CJ. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Hospital Admissions from COVID-19 and Determining the Impact of Neighborhood Deprivation and Primary Language. medRxiv 2020. [PMID: 32909015 DOI: 10.1101/2020.09.02.20185983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Background Despite past and ongoing efforts to achieve health equity in the United States, persistent disparities in socioeconomic status along with multilevel racism maintain disparate outcomes and appear to be amplified by COVID-19. Objective Measure socioeconomic factors and primary language effects on the risk of COVID-19 severity across and within racial/ethnic groups. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Health records of 12 Midwest hospitals and 60 clinics in the U.S. between March 4, 2020 to August 19, 2020. Patients PCR+ COVID-19 patients. Exposures Main exposures included race/ethnicity, area deprivation index (ADI), and primary language. Main Outcomes and Measures The primary outcome was COVID-19 severity using hospitalization within 45 days of diagnosis. Logistic and competing-risk regression models (censored at 45 days and accounting for the competing risk of death prior to hospitalization) assessed the effects of neighborhood-level deprivation (using the ADI) and primary language. Within race effects of ADI and primary language were measured using logistic regression. Results 5,577 COVID-19 patients were included, 866 (n=15.5%) were hospitalized within 45 days of diagnosis. Hospitalized patients were older (60.9 vs. 40.4 years, p<0.001) and more likely to be male (n=425 [49.1%] vs. 2,049 [43.5%], p=0.002). Of those requiring hospitalization, 43.9% (n=381), 19.9% (n=172), 18.6% (n=161), and 11.8% (n=102) were White, Black, Asian, and Hispanic, respectively. Independent of ADI, minority race/ethnicity was associated with COVID-19 severity; Hispanic patients (OR 3.8, 95% CI 2.72-5.30), Asians (OR 2.39, 95% CI 1.74-3.29), and Blacks (OR 1.50, 95% CI 1.15-1.94). ADI was not associated with hospitalization. Non-English speaking (OR 1.91, 95% CI 1.51-2.43) significantly increased odds of hospital admission across and within minority groups. Conclusions Minority populations have increased odds of severe COVID-19 independent of neighborhood deprivation, a commonly suspected driver of disparate outcomes. Non-English-speaking accounts for differences across and within minority populations. These results support the continued concern that racism contributes to disparities during COVID-19 while also highlighting the underappreciated role primary language plays in COVID-19 severity across and within minority groups.
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Lusczek ER, Ingraham NE, Karam B, Proper J, Siegel L, Helgeson E, Lotfi-Emran S, Zolfaghari EJ, Jones E, Usher M, Chipman J, Dudley RA, Benson B, Melton GB, Charles A, Lupei MI, Tignanelli CJ. Characterizing COVID-19 Clinical Phenotypes and Associated Comorbidities and Complication Profiles. medRxiv 2020. [PMID: 32995813 DOI: 10.1101/2020.09.12.20193391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is limited understanding of heterogeneity in outcomes across hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Identification of distinct clinical phenotypes may facilitate tailored therapy and improve outcomes. OBJECTIVE Identify specific clinical phenotypes across COVID-19 patients and compare admission characteristics and outcomes. DESIGN, SETTINGS, AND PARTICIPANTS Retrospective analysis of 1,022 COVID-19 patient admissions from 14 Midwest U.S. hospitals between March 7, 2020 and August 25, 2020. METHODS Ensemble clustering was performed on a set of 33 vitals and labs variables collected within 72 hours of admission. K-means based consensus clustering was used to identify three clinical phenotypes. Principal component analysis was performed on the average covariance matrix of all imputed datasets to visualize clustering and variable relationships. Multinomial regression models were fit to further compare patient comorbidities across phenotype classification. Multivariable models were fit to estimate the association between phenotype and in-hospital complications and clinical outcomes. Main outcomes and measures: Phenotype classification (I, II, III), patient characteristics associated with phenotype assignment, in-hospital complications, and clinical outcomes including ICU admission, need for mechanical ventilation, hospital length of stay, and mortality. RESULTS The database included 1,022 patients requiring hospital admission with COVID-19 (median age, 62.1 [IQR: 45.9-75.8] years; 481 [48.6%] male, 412 [40.3%] required ICU admission, 437 [46.7%] were white). Three clinical phenotypes were identified (I, II, III); 236 [23.1%] patients had phenotype I, 613 [60%] patients had phenotype II, and 173 [16.9%] patients had phenotype III. When grouping comorbidities by organ system, patients with respiratory comorbidities were most commonly characterized by phenotype III (p=0.002), while patients with hematologic (p<0.001), renal (p<0.001), and cardiac (p<0.001) comorbidities were most commonly characterized by phenotype I. The adjusted odds of respiratory (p<0.001), renal (p<0.001), and metabolic (p<0.001) complications were highest for patients with phenotype I, followed by phenotype II. Patients with phenotype I had a far greater odds of hepatic (p<0.001) and hematological (p=0.02) complications than the other two phenotypes. Phenotypes I and II were associated with 7.30-fold (HR: 7.30, 95% CI: (3.11-17.17), p<0.001) and 2.57-fold (HR: 2.57, 95% CI: (1.10-6.00), p=0.03) increases in the hazard of death, respectively, when compared to phenotype III. CONCLUSION In this retrospective analysis of patients with COVID-19, three clinical phenotypes were identified. Future research is urgently needed to determine the utility of these phenotypes in clinical practice and trial design.
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Ingraham NE, Barakat AG, Reilkoff R, Bezdicek T, Schacker T, Chipman JG, Tignanelli CJ, Puskarich MA. Understanding the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-SARS-CoV axis: a comprehensive review. Eur Respir J 2020; 56:13993003.00912-2020. [PMID: 32341103 PMCID: PMC7236830 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00912-2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/18/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Importance Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has been declared a global pandemic with significant morbidity and mortality since first appearing in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. As many countries are grappling with the onset of their epidemics, pharmacotherapeutics remain lacking. The window of opportunity to mitigate downstream morbidity and mortality is narrow but remains open. The renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS) is crucial to the homeostasis of both the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. Importantly, SARS-CoV-2 utilises and interrupts this pathway directly, which could be described as the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone–SARS-CoV (RAAS–SCoV) axis. There exists significant controversy and confusion surrounding how anti-hypertensive agents might function along this pathway. This review explores the current state of knowledge regarding the RAAS–SCoV axis (informed by prior studies of SARS-CoV), how this relates to our currently evolving pandemic, and how these insights might guide our next steps in an evidence-based manner. Observations This review discusses the role of the RAAS–SCoV axis in acute lung injury and the effects, risks and benefits of pharmacological modification of this axis. There may be an opportunity to leverage the different aspects of RAAS inhibitors to mitigate indirect viral-induced lung injury. Concerns have been raised that such modulation might exacerbate the disease. While relevant preclinical, experimental models to date favour a protective effect of RAAS–SCoV axis inhibition on both lung injury and survival, clinical data related to the role of RAAS modulation in the setting of SARS-CoV-2 remain limited. Conclusion Proposed interventions for SARS-CoV-2 predominantly focus on viral microbiology and aim to inhibit viral cellular injury. While these therapies are promising, immediate use may not be feasible, and the time window of their efficacy remains a major unanswered question. An alternative approach is the modulation of the specific downstream pathophysiological effects caused by the virus that lead to morbidity and mortality. We propose a preponderance of evidence that supports clinical equipoise regarding the efficacy of RAAS-based interventions, and the imminent need for a multisite randomised controlled clinical trial to evaluate the inhibition of the RAAS–SCoV axis on acute lung injury in COVID-19. The interplay of SARS-CoV-2 with the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system probably accounts for much of its unique pathology. Appreciating the degree and mechanism of this interaction highlights potential therapeutic options, including blockade (ARBs).https://bit.ly/3aue4tS
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- Nicholas E Ingraham
- Dept of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Dept of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Dept of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Dept of Pharmacy, Fairview Pharmacy Services, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Dept of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Division of Medicine and Infectious Disease, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Dept of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Division of Acute Care Surgery, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Dept of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Division of Acute Care Surgery, Minneapolis, MN, USA.,Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Dept of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.,Dept of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Bramante CT, Ingraham NE, Murray TA, Marmor S, Hovertsen S, Gronski J, McNeil C, Feng R, Guzman G, Abdelwahab N, King S, Meehan T, Pendleton KM, Benson B, Vojta D, Tignanelli CJ. Observational Study of Metformin and Risk of Mortality in Patients Hospitalized with Covid-19. medRxiv 2020:2020.06.19.20135095. [PMID: 32607520 PMCID: PMC7325185 DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.19.20135095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
Abstract
Background Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and obesity are significant risks for mortality in Covid19. Metformin has been hypothesized as a treatment for COVID19. Metformin has sex specific immunomodulatory effects which may elucidate treatment mechanisms in COVID-19. In this study we sought to identify whether metformin reduced mortality from Covid19 and if sex specific interactions exist. Methods De-identified claims data from UnitedHealth were used to identify persons with at least 6 months continuous coverage who were hospitalized with Covid-19. Persons in the metformin group had at least 90 days of metformin claims in the 12 months before hospitalization. Unadjusted and multivariate models were conducted to assess risk of mortality based on metformin as a home medication in individuals with T2DM and obesity, controlling for pre-morbid conditions, medications, demographics, and state. Heterogeneity of effect was assessed by sex. Results 6,256 persons were included; 52.8% female; mean age 75 years. Metformin was associated with decreased mortality in women by logistic regression, OR 0.792 (0.640, 0.979); mixed effects OR 0.780 (0.631, 0.965); Cox proportional-hazards: HR 0.785 (0.650, 0.951); and propensity matching, OR of 0.759 (0.601, 0.960). TNF-alpha inhibitors were associated with decreased mortality in the 38 persons taking them, by propensity matching, OR 0.19 (0.0378, 0.983). Conclusions Metformin was significantly associated with reduced mortality in women with obesity or T2DM in observational analyses of claims data from individuals hospitalized with Covid-19. This sex-specific finding is consistent with metformin reducing TNF-alpha in females over males, and suggests that metformin conveys protection in Covid-19 through TNF-alpha effects. Prospective studies are needed to understand mechanism and causality.
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- Carolyn T. Bramante
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Division of General Internal Medicine, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Minneapolis, MN
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- School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Division of Biostatistics, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Division of Surgical Oncology, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Division of Surgical Oncology, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Division of General Internal Medicine, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Division of Acute Care Surgery, Minneapolis, MN
- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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Ingraham NE, Lotfi-Emran S, Thielen BK, Techar K, Morris RS, Holtan SG, Dudley RA, Tignanelli CJ. Immunomodulation in COVID-19. Lancet Respir Med 2020; 8:544-546. [PMID: 32380023 PMCID: PMC7198187 DOI: 10.1016/s2213-2600(20)30226-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Nicholas E Ingraham
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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- Division of Rheumatology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Division of Infectious Disease and International Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Division of Pediatrics Infectious Disease and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Ingraham NE, Boulware D, Sparks MA, Schacker T, Benson B, Sparks JA, Murray T, Connett J, Chipman JG, Charles A, Tignanelli CJ. Shining a light on the evidence for hydroxychloroquine in SARS-CoV-2. Crit Care 2020; 24:182. [PMID: 32345336 PMCID: PMC7187670 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-020-02894-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Nicholas E Ingraham
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, MMC 195, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Division of Medicine and Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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- Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.,School of Public Health, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.,Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Tignanelli CJ, Ingraham NE, Sparks MA, Reilkoff R, Bezdicek T, Benson B, Schacker T, Chipman JG, Puskarich MA. Antihypertensive drugs and risk of COVID-19? Lancet Respir Med 2020; 8:e30-e31. [PMID: 32222166 PMCID: PMC7194709 DOI: 10.1016/s2213-2600(20)30153-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Christopher J Tignanelli
- Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Fairview Southdale, Minnesota, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Medicine and Infectious Disease, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Wong J, Duane PG, Ingraham NE. A case series of patients who were do not resuscitate but underwent cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Resuscitation 2020; 146:145-146. [PMID: 31790757 PMCID: PMC7243352 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/16/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Jennifer Wong
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
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Ingraham NE, Tignanelli CJ, Menk J, Chipman JG. Pre- and Peri-Operative Factors Associated with Chronic Critical Illness in Liver Transplant Recipients. Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2019; 21:246-254. [PMID: 31618109 DOI: 10.1089/sur.2019.192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Background: Chronic critical illness (CCI) is a new and increasing entity that accounts for substantial cost despite its low incidence. We hypothesized that patients with end-stage liver failure undergoing liver transplant would be at high risk for developing CCI. With limited liver donors it is essential to understand pre- and peritransplant predictors of CCI. Methods: To accomplish this we performed a retrospective cohort study at a large academic transplant center of all adult liver transplant patients from 2011 to 2017. We defined CCI as the need for mechanical ventilation for seven days or more post-transplant. Recipients who had re-transplantation during their index admission, acute rejection, or who died during transplant surgery were excluded. Logistic regression was performed using the Akaike information criterion (AIC) and the likelihood ratio test. Results: We identified 382 transplant recipients. Forty-five (11.8%) developed CCI. Univariable analysis identified 16 pre-transplant factors associated with post-transplant CCI. Subsequent multivariable logistic regression identified eight independent factors associated with CCI in liver transplant recipients including previous liver transplant, acute renal failure, frailty, lower albumin level, higher international normalized ratio, need for mechanical ventilation, and higher systolic pulmonary artery pressure. Pre-transplant factors associated with protection against CCI included higher Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score. Conclusion: The incidence of CCI post-liver transplant is similar to the general population admitted to the intensive care unit. Pre-transplant factors associated with CCI can help identify at-risk patients, and furthermore, promote further research and interventions with the goal to decrease the incidence of CCI in the liver transplant recipients.
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.,Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.,Department of Surgery, North Memorial Health Hospital, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Biostatistical Design and Analysis Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.,Division of Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Ingraham NE, Schneider B, Alpern JD. Prosthetic Joint Infection due to Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Rep Infect Dis 2017; 2017:8682354. [PMID: 28280641 PMCID: PMC5322427 DOI: 10.1155/2017/8682354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2016] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are a rare cause of prosthetic joint infections (PJI). However, the prevalence of NTM infections may be increasing with the rise of newer immunosuppressive medications such as biologics. In this case report, we describe a rare complication of immunosuppressive therapies and highlight the complexity of diagnosing and treating PJI due to NTM. The patient is a 79-year-old Caucasian male with a history of severe destructive rheumatoid arthritis on several immunosuppressive agents and right hip osteoarthritis s/p total hip arthroplasty 15 years previously with several complex revisions, presenting with several weeks of worsening right hip and abdominal pain. A right hip CT scan revealed periprosthetic fluid collections. Aspiration of three fluid pockets was AFB smear-positive and grew Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare. The patient was deemed a poor surgical candidate. He underwent a limited I&D and several months of antimycobacterial therapy but clinically deteriorated and opted for hospice care. PJI caused by NTM are rare and difficult to treat. The increased use of biologics and prosthetic joint replacements over the past several decades may increase the risk of PJI due to NTM. A high index of suspicion for NTM in immunosuppressed patients with PJI is needed.
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- Nicholas E Ingraham
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Infectious Disease, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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