Dylan Thibault

Journal article The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · March 2026 BackgroundVisual impairment is a potential risk factor for depression and other outcomes in older adults. In population-based studies, vision can be measured using self-report or performance-based visual acuity, but epidemiologic associations ofte ... Full text Cite

Mpox epidemiology, barriers to treatment and prevention, and perceived stigma: a cross-sectional study.

Journal article BMC Public Health · September 30, 2025 BACKGROUND: The 2022 mpox outbreak in the United States primarily affected sexual minority men. Barrier to healthcare access, treatment, and vaccination against mpox are not well characterized. Stigma surrounding mpox has not been well quantified, and may ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of Anticholinergic Burden and Clinical-Demographic Characteristics on Incident Dementia in Parkinson Disease.

Journal article Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology · July 2025 PurposeAnticholinergic medication use measured via the Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden (ACB) scale has been associated with an increased dementia incidence in older adults but has not been explored specifically for Parkinson disease dementia (PDD). We use ... Full text Cite

Comparing retrospective informant assessments to prospectively collected cognitive measures in the Health and Retirement Study

Journal article Alzheimer S and Dementia Diagnosis Assessment and Disease Monitoring · July 1, 2025 INTRODUCTION: Clinicians and researchers frequently ask informants about changes in a person's cognition, but whether informant assessments correspond to objectively measured change is unclear. METHODS: A subset (n = 2710) of US Health and Retirement Study ... Full text Cite

Longitudinal Follow-up of Medicare Patients After Esophageal Cancer Resection in the STS Database.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · February 2025 BACKGROUND: Understanding characteristics associated with survival after esophagectomy for cancer is critical to preoperative risk stratification. This study sought to define predictors for long-term survival after esophagectomy for cancer in Medicare pati ... Full text Link to item Cite

Examining the effects of race/ethnicity and other factors on outcomes of care for complex regional pain syndrome type 1 in the United States

Journal article Plos Global Public Health · January 8, 2025 Complex regional pain syndrome is a chronic pain disorder marked by symptoms such as swelling, impaired motor function, and sympathetic dysfunction. Our primary objective was to determine the total number of complex regional pain syndrome type 1 (CRPS-1) e ... Full text Cite

Undergraduate Students' Onlooker Response Prior to Arrival of Emergency Medical Services: An Assessment of Willingness to Respond.

Journal article Disaster medicine and public health preparedness · January 2025 ObjectivesThis study sought to assess undergraduate students' knowledge and attitudes surrounding perceived self-efficacy and threats in various common emergencies in communities of higher education.MethodsSelf-reported perceptions of kno ... Full text Cite

Attitudes and beliefs towards medication burden and deprescribing in Parkinson disease.

Journal article BMC neurology · September 2024 BackgroundDeprescribing of potentially inappropriate medications is recommended for older adults and may improve health outcomes and quality of life in persons living with Parkinson disease (PD). Patient attitudes, beliefs, and preferences play a ... Full text Cite

Anesthetic Choice for Percutaneous Transcatheter Closure of the Left Atrial Appendage: A National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry Analysis.

Journal article Annals of cardiac anaesthesia · July 2024 ContextLeft atrial appendage closure (LAAC) was developed as a novel stroke prevention alternative for patients with atrial fibrillation, particularly for those not suitable for long-term oral anticoagulant therapy. Traditionally, general anesthes ... Full text Cite

Predictors of Occlusion after Carotid Stenting.

Conference Ann Vasc Surg · May 2024 BACKGROUND: Carotid artery stent (CAS) occlusion is a rare complication not well studied. We used a national dataset to assess real world CAS experience to determine the rate of stent occlusion. The purpose of this study was to 1) Identify risk factors ass ... Full text Link to item Cite

Comparative effectiveness of azathioprine and mycophenolate mofetil for myasthenia gravis (PROMISE-MG): a prospective cohort study.

Journal article Lancet Neurol · March 2024 BACKGROUND: Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the neuromuscular junction. Treatment typically includes symptomatic oral cholinesterase inhibitors, immunosuppression, and immunomodulation. In addition to corticosteroids, azathioprine and mycoph ... Full text Link to item Cite

Anesthetic Management for Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation: A National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry Analysis.

Journal article Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia · March 2024 ObjectivesThe authors analyzed anesthetic management trends during ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation, hypothesizing that (1) monitored anesthesia care (MAC) is more commonly used than general anesthesia (GA); (2) MAC uses significantly increas ... Full text Cite

Outcomes of the Kawashima: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Analysis.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · February 2024 BACKGROUND: We aimed to evaluate the effect of age at operation on postoperative outcomes in children undergoing a Kawashima operation. METHODS: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database was queried for Kawashima procedures from Ja ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of Diabetes on Pathologic Response to Multimodality Therapy for Esophageal Cancer.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · January 2024 BACKGROUND: The incidence of esophageal cancer has increased faster than that of most cancers. Evidence from other malignant neoplasms suggests that diabetic patients have a worse response to multimodality therapy. We hypothesized that diabetic patients wi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Anesthetic Choice for Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Placement and Lead Removal: A National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry Analysis.

Journal article Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia · December 2023 ObjectiveThe authors evaluated the anesthetic approach for cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) placement and transvenous lead removal, hypothesizing that monitored anesthesia care is used more frequently than general anesthesia. Full text Cite

Long-term Outcomes and Anticoagulation in Mitral Valve Surgery-A Report From The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · November 2023 BACKGROUND: Anticoagulation after bioprosthetic mitral valve (MV) replacement (BMVR) and repair (MVrep) is controversial. We explore outcomes among BMVR and MVrep patients in The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database based on discharg ... Full text Link to item Cite

Center-level factors associated with shorter length of stay following stage 1 palliation: An analysis of the national pediatric cardiology quality improvement collaborative registry.

Journal article Am Heart J · November 2023 BACKGROUND: Stage 1 single ventricle palliation (S1P) has the longest length of stay (LOS) of all benchmark congenital heart operations. Center-level factors contributing to prolonged hospitalization are poorly defined. METHODS: We analyzed data from infan ... Full text Link to item Cite

Contemporary Patterns of Care in Tetralogy of Fallot: Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Data.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · October 2023 BACKGROUND: Against the background of earlier studies, recent patterns in surgical management of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) were assessed. METHODS: A retrospective review of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Congenital Database (2010-2020) was performe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mortality and cost of post-cardiotomy extracorporeal support in the United States.

Journal article Perfusion · October 2023 BackgroundExtracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been used increasingly for cardiopulmonary rescue. Despite recent advances however, post-cardiotomy shock (PCS)-ECMO survival remains comparatively poor. We sought to evaluate outcomes and d ... Full text Cite

Development of a Novel Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Congenital Mortality Risk Model.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · August 2023 BACKGROUND: Operative mortality risk models for adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) undergoing cardiac operations are essential, given the growing population of these patients, yet they are currently unavailable. Existing adult Society of Thoracic ... Full text Link to item Cite

Anesthetic choice for arteriovenous access creation: A National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry analysis.

Journal article J Vasc Access · July 2023 BACKGROUND: We sought to evaluate differences in primary anesthetic type used in arteriovenous access creation with the hypothesis that administration of regional anesthesia and monitored anesthesia care (MAC) with local anesthesia as the primary anestheti ... Full text Link to item Cite

Optimal circulatory arrest temperature for aortic hemiarch replacement with antegrade brain perfusion.

Conference J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · May 2023 OBJECTIVE: This study sought to identify the optimal temperature for moderate hypothermic circulatory arrest in patients undergoing elective hemiarch replacement with antegrade brain perfusion. METHODS: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons adult cardiac surger ... Full text Link to item Cite

Dexamethasone for Inpatients With COVID-19 in a National Cohort.

Journal article JAMA Netw Open · April 3, 2023 IMPORTANCE: Limited effective therapeutics are available to hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Clinical trials and observational studies have shown varying effects of systemic corticosteroids, including dexamethasone, in hospitalized patients with COVID- ... Full text Link to item Cite

Seasonal Variation in Neurologic Hospitalizations in the United States.

Journal article Annals of neurology · April 2023 ObjectiveCertain neurologic diseases have been noted to vary by season, and this is important for understanding disease mechanisms and risk factors, but seasonality has not been systematically examined across the spectrum of neurologic disease, an ... Full text Cite

Robotic Esophagectomy Trends and Early Surgical Outcomes: The US Experience.

Conference Ann Thorac Surg · March 2023 BACKGROUND: Recent esophagectomy trends were evaluated to describe the shift in surgical approach and outcomes using The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database. METHODS: All patients who underwent an esophagectomy with gastric condu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Channeling of New Neuropsychiatric Drugs-Impact on Safety and Effectiveness Studies.

Journal article Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · March 2023 This study aimed to examine differential prescribing due to channeling and propensity score non-overlap over time in new versus established treatments for common neurological conditions. We conducted cross-sectional analyses on a national sample of US comm ... Full text Cite

Comparing Consumer-Directed Hospital Rankings With STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Outcomes.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · February 2023 BACKGROUND: Public interest in stratifying hospital performance has led to the proliferation of commercial, consumer-oriented hospital rankings. In cardiac surgery, little is known about how these rankings correlate with clinical registry quality ratings. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nationwide emergency department visits for pediatric traumatic spinal cord injury in the United States, 2016-2020.

Journal article Frontiers in neurology · January 2023 IntroductionTraumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI) is a debilitating neurological condition resulting in lifelong disability for many individuals. The primary objectives of our study were to describe national trends in incident emergency department ( ... Full text Cite

Anesthetic management for transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A national anesthesia clinical outcomes registry analysis.

Journal article Annals of cardiac anaesthesia · January 2023 BackgroundGeneral anesthesia has traditionally been used in transcatheter aortic valve replacement; however, there has been increasing interest and momentum in alternative anesthetic techniques.AimsTo perform a descriptive study of anesth ... Full text Cite

Aortic Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · December 2022 BACKGROUND: This study sought to characterize the current US experience of aortic prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) compared with native valve endocarditis (NVE). METHODS: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database was queried for entries of active aortic ... Full text Link to item Cite

Congenitally Corrected Transposition Cardiac Surgery: Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Analysis.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · November 2022 BACKGROUND: Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (ccTGA) has many management strategies, with the emergence of anatomic repair increasing the available surgical options. Contemporary surgical practices have not been described in multi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of Volume and Outcomes in 234 556 Patients Undergoing Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · October 2022 BACKGROUND: The relationship between institutional volume and operative mortality after surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) remains unclear. METHODS: From January 2013 to June 2018, 234 556 patients underwent isolated SAVR (n = 144 177) or SAVR with c ... Full text Link to item Cite

Atypical antipsychotic use and mortality risk in Parkinson disease.

Journal article Parkinsonism & related disorders · October 2022 IntroductionDopamine receptor blocking atypical antipsychotic (DRB-AAP) use has previously been associated with increased adverse effects and mortality risk among persons with Parkinson disease (PD). Pimavanserin, the only AAP indicated for PD psy ... Full text Cite

Staffing in a Level 1 Trauma Center: Quantifying Capacity for Preparedness.

Journal article Disaster medicine and public health preparedness · October 2022 ObjectiveWe sought to determine who is involved in the care of a trauma patient.MethodsWe recorded hospital personnel involved in 24 adult Priority 1 trauma patient admissions for 12 h or until patient demise. Hospital personnel were deli ... Full text Cite

Utilization and Outcomes of the Nikaidoh, Rastelli, and REV Procedures: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database.

Conference Ann Thorac Surg · September 2022 BACKGROUND: Aortic root translocation (Nikaidoh), Rastelli, and réparation à l'etage ventriculaire (REV) are repair options for transposition of the great arteries (TGA) with ventricular septal defects and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (VSD-LV ... Full text Link to item Cite

Amphetamine-related care in the USA, 2003-2014: cross-sectional analyses examining inpatient trends and factors associated with hospitalisation outcomes.

Journal article BMJ open · September 2022 ObjectivesAlthough amphetamine use is a growing health problem in the USA, there are limited data on amphetamine-related hospitalisations. The primary objective of our study was to examine trends in amphetamine-related hospitalisations in the USA ... Full text Cite

Conversion to Thoracotomy During Thoracoscopic vs Robotic Lobectomy: Predictors and Outcomes.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · August 2022 BACKGROUND: Conversion to thoracotomy during minimally invasive lobectomy for lung cancer is occasionally necessary. Differences between video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) lobectomy conversion have ... Full text Link to item Cite

Incremental effect of complications on mortality and hospital costs in adult ECMO patients.

Journal article Perfusion · July 2022 IntroductionExtracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a resource-intense modality whose usage is expanding rapidly. It is a costly endeavor and best conducted in a multidisciplinary setting. There is a growing impetus to mitigate the mortality ... Full text Cite

Sex Differences in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Techniques: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Analysis.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · June 2022 BACKGROUND: Female patients with coronary artery disease have inferior outcomes compared with male patients, including higher mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). We aimed to evaluate the association of female sex with the use of gu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Readmission Following Hospitalization for Traumatic Brain Injury: A Nationwide Study.

Journal article The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation · May 2022 ObjectiveTo determine whether sociodemographic and clinical factors were associated with nonelective readmission within 30 days of hospitalization for traumatic brain injury (TBI). Secondary objectives were to examine the effects of TBI severity o ... Full text Cite

Population-Based Study of Nonelective Postpartum Readmissions in Women With Stroke, Migraine, Multiple Sclerosis, and Myasthenia Gravis.

Journal article Neurology · April 2022 ObjectiveTo compare maternal obstetric complications and nonelective readmissions in women with common neurologic comorbidities (WWN) vs women without neurologic disorders.MethodsWe performed a retrospective cohort study of index characte ... Full text Cite

Outcomes of carotid artery stenting in patients with radiation arteritis compared with those with atherosclerotic disease.

Conference J Vasc Surg · April 2022 OBJECTIVE: Head and neck malignancies are often treated with radiotherapy (RT). Nearly 80% of patients who have undergone RT will develop carotid radiation arteritis to some degree and 29% will develop stenosis >50%. Surgery in a radiated neck has higher r ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evolving Cost-Quality Relationship in Pediatric Heart Surgery.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · March 2022 BACKGROUND: For the more than 40,000 children in the United States undergoing congenital heart surgery annually, the relationship between hospital quality and costs remains unclear. Prior studies report conflicting results and clinical outcomes have contin ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2021 Adult Cardiac Surgery Risk Models for Multiple Valve Operations.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · February 2022 BACKGROUND: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Quality Measurement Task Force has developed risk models and composite performance measures for isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), isolated aortic valve replacement (AVR), isolated mitral val ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pediatric Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in the United States: A National Inpatient Analysis.

Journal article Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation · January 2022 BackgroundTraumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI) is a debilitating neurological condition often associated with lifelong disability. Despite this, there are limited data on pediatric tSCI epidemiology in the United States.ObjectivesOur prima ... Full text Cite

Impact of ICD-9 to ICD-10 Coding Transition on Prevalence Trends in Neurology.

Journal article Neurology. Clinical practice · October 2021 ObjectiveTo determine the effect of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) to International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM ... Full text Cite

Opportunities for diabetes and peripheral artery disease-related lower limb amputation prevention in an Appalachian state: A longitudinal analysis.

Journal article Prev Med Rep · September 2021 Lower extremity amputation due to peripheral artery disease (PAD) and diabetes (DM) is a life-altering event that identifies disparities in access to healthcare and management of disease. West Virginia (WV), a highly rural state, is an ideal location to st ... Full text Link to item Cite

Anesthetic Choice for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: A National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry Analysis.

Journal article Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia · September 2021 ObjectiveThe authors evaluated the type of anesthesia administered in atrial fibrillation ablation, hypothesizing that monitored anesthesia care is used less frequently than general anesthesia.DesignA retrospective study.SettingN ... Full text Cite

Low persistence of antipsychotic therapy in Parkinson disease - intolerance, ineffectiveness, or inertia?

Conference PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY · August 2021 Link to item Cite

Transesophageal Echocardiography in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.

Journal article J Am Coll Cardiol · July 13, 2021 BACKGROUND: The impact of utilization of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) at the time of isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) on clinical decision making and associated outcomes is not well understood. OBJECTIVES: The purpos ... Full text Link to item Cite

Readmission After Lobectomy for Lung Cancer: Not All Complications Contribute Equally.

Journal article Ann Surg · July 1, 2021 OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify independent predictors of hospital readmission for patients undergoing lobectomy for lung cancer. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Hospital readmission after lobectomy is associated with increased mortality. Greater ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Evolving Surgical Burden of Fontan Failure: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database

Conference Annals of Thoracic Surgery · July 1, 2021 Background: Fontan failure often requires surgical therapy in the form of Fontan revision or heart transplantation. We sought to characterize national trends in the surgical burden of Fontan failure and identify risk factors for adverse outcomes. Methods: ... Full text Cite

The Evolving Surgical Burden of Fontan Failure: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · July 2021 BACKGROUND: Fontan failure often requires surgical therapy in the form of Fontan revision or heart transplantation. We sought to characterize national trends in the surgical burden of Fontan failure and identify risk factors for adverse outcomes. METHODS: ... Full text Link to item Cite

Diaphragm Paralysis After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: An STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database Study.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · July 2021 BACKGROUND: Previous single-center studies of diaphragm paralysis (DP) after pediatric cardiac surgery report incidence of 0.3% to 12.8% and associate DP with respiratory complications, prolonged ventilation and length of stay, and mortality. To better def ... Full text Link to item Cite

Factors Associated With Successful Postoperative Day One Discharge After Anatomic Lung Resection.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · July 2021 BACKGROUND: There are no criteria to estimate the risk of early discharge after anatomic lung resection. We hypothesized that demographic, clinical, and surgical variables could be used to predict successful postoperative day 1 (POD1) discharge after anato ... Full text Link to item Cite

Multiple sclerosis hospitalizations among users of oral disease-modifying therapies.

Journal article Multiple sclerosis and related disorders · July 2021 BackgroundOral disease-modifying therapies, namely dimethyl fumarate, fingolimod and teriflunomide, have become standard treatments for multiple sclerosis. Clinical trials demonstrated a reduction in annual relapse rate, but real-world data is lac ... Full text Cite

Complications after Ravitch versus Nuss repair of pectus excavatum: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) General Thoracic Surgery Database analysis.

Journal article Surgery · June 2021 BACKGROUND: There are conflicting reports in the literature comparing outcomes after open Ravitch and minimally invasive Nuss procedures for pectus excavatum repair, and there is relatively little data available comparing the outcomes of these procedures p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Low continuation of antipsychotic therapy in Parkinson disease - intolerance, ineffectiveness, or inertia?

Journal article BMC neurology · June 2021 BackgroundAntipsychotics are used in Parkinson disease (PD) to treat psychosis, mood, and behavioral disturbances. Commonly used antipsychotics differ substantially in their potential to worsen motor symptoms through dopaminergic receptor blockade ... Full text Cite

Hospital Magnet Status Associates With Inpatient Safety in Parkinson Disease.

Journal article The Journal of neuroscience nursing : journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses · June 2021 AbstractBACKGROUND: Persons with Parkinson disease (PD) have complex care needs that may benefit from enhanced nursing care provided in Magnet-designated hospitals. Our primary objective was to determine whether an association exists between hospi ... Full text Cite

Survival and Health Care Use After Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease.

Journal article The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques · May 2021 ObjectivesTo compare long-term survival of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with deep brain stimulation (DBS) to matched controls, and examine whether DBS was associated with differences in injurious falls, long-term care, and home care.Metho ... Full text Cite

Low Persistence of Antipsychotic Therapy in Parkinson Disease – Intolerance, Ineffectiveness, or Inertia?

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A nationwide analysis of maternal morbidity and acute postpartum readmissions in women with epilepsy.

Journal article Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · April 2021 ObjectiveTo compare maternal delivery hospitalization characteristics and postpartum outcomes in women with epilepsy (WWE) versus women without common neurological comorbidities.MethodsWe performed a retrospective cohort analysis of index ... Full text Cite

Tracheal surgery for airway anomalies associated with increased mortality in pediatric patients undergoing heart surgery: Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database analysis.

Journal article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · March 2021 OBJECTIVES: Airway anomalies are common in children with cardiac disease but with an unquantified impact on outcomes. We sought to define the association between airway anomalies and tracheal surgery with cardiac surgery outcomes using the Society of Thora ... Full text Link to item Cite

Updating an Empirically Based Tool for Analyzing Congenital Heart Surgery Mortality.

Journal article World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg · March 2021 OBJECTIVES: STAT Mortality Categories (developed 2009) stratify congenital heart surgery procedures into groups of increasing mortality risk to characterize case mix of congenital heart surgery providers. This update of the STAT Mortality Score and Categor ... Full text Link to item Cite

Neurodegenerative disease is associated with increased incidence of epilepsy: a population based study of older adults.

Journal article Age and ageing · January 2021 ObjectiveTo determine the incidence of epilepsy among Medicare beneficiaries with a new diagnosis of Alzheimer dementia (AD) or Parkinson disease (PD).MethodsRetrospective cohort study of Medicare beneficiaries with an incident diagnosis ... Full text Cite

Trends in the Surgical Treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome in the United States.

Journal article JAMA network open · December 2020 ImportanceOptic nerve sheath fenestration (ONSF) and cerebrospinal fluid shunting are sometimes used to treat pseudotumor cerebri syndrome (PTCS), but their use patterns are unknown.ObjectivesTo investigate the frequency of surgical PTCS ... Full text Cite

Does hospitalization for thromboembolism improve oral anticoagulant adherence in patients with atrial fibrillation?

Journal article Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA · November 2020 BackgroundIt is not known how medication adherence changes after hospitalization for a sentinel thromboembolic event.ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to examine the impact of hospitalization for ischemic stroke or thromboembolism on ... Full text Cite

National Variation in Congenital Heart Surgery Outcomes.

Journal article Circulation · October 6, 2020 BACKGROUND: Optimal strategies to improve national congenital heart surgery outcomes and reduce variability across hospitals remain unclear. Many policy and quality improvement efforts have focused primarily on higher-risk patients and mortality alone. Imp ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of Hospitalization and Medication Switching on Post-discharge Adherence to Oral Anticoagulants in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.

Journal article Pharmacotherapy · October 2020 BackgroundAdherence to chronic medications remains poor in practice. There is limited evidence on how hospitalization affects post-discharge adherence to oral anticoagulants (OACs) in individuals with atrial fibrillation. The aim of this study was ... Full text Cite

Estimating Resource Utilization in Congenital Heart Surgery.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · September 2020 BACKGROUND: Optimal methods to assess resource utilization in congenital heart surgery remain unclear. We compared traditional cost-to-charge ratio methods with newer standardized cost methods that aim to more directly assess resources consumed. METHODS: C ... Full text Link to item Cite

The effect of rurality on the risk of primary amputation is amplified by race.

Conference J Vasc Surg · September 2020 OBJECTIVE: Primary amputation (ie, without attempted revascularization) is a devastating complication of peripheral artery disease. Racial disparities in primary amputation have been described; however, rural disparities have not been well investigated. Th ... Full text Link to item Cite

Distressed communities are associated with worse outcomes after coronary artery bypass surgery.

Conference The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · August 2020 ObjectivesAlthough low socioeconomic status has been associated with increased risk of complications after cardiac surgery, analyses have typically focused on insurance status, race, or median income. We sought to determine if the Distressed Commu ... Full text Cite

Self-reported vision and hallucinations in older adults: results from two longitudinal US health surveys.

Journal article Age and ageing · August 2020 BackgroundVision loss may be a risk factor for hallucinations, but this has not been studied at the population level.MethodsTo determine the association between self-reported vision loss and hallucinations in a large community-based sampl ... Full text Cite

A contemporary analysis of goiters undergoing surgery in the United States.

Journal article American journal of surgery · August 2020 IntroductionWe identified disparities and at-risk populations among patients with goiters undergoing thyroidectomy.Materials and methodsThe National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database was queried for patients with goiter who underwent thyroi ... Full text Cite

Unplanned Readmissions of Children With Epilepsy in the United States.

Journal article Pediatric neurology · July 2020 BackgroundThe burden and characteristics of unplanned readmission after epilepsy-related discharge in children in the United States is not known.MethodsWe undertook a retrospective cohort study of children aged one to 17 years discharged ... Full text Cite

Readmissions after hospital care for meningitis in the United States.

Journal article American journal of infection control · July 2020 BackgroundOur objectives were to (1) characterize patient and clinical characteristics of adults hospitalized with meningitis; (2) describe meningitis hospitalization outcomes, including 30- and 90-day readmissions; and (3) determine whether clini ... Full text Cite

Comorbid disease drives short-term hospitalization outcomes in patients with multiple sclerosis.

Journal article Neurology. Clinical practice · June 2020 ObjectiveReadmission is used as a quality indicator and is the primary target outcome for disease-modifying therapy (DMT) for multiple sclerosis (MS). However, data on readmissions for patients with MS are limited.MethodsUsing the US Nati ... Full text Cite

Geographic variation in amputation rates among patients with diabetes and/or peripheral arterial disease in the rural state of West Virginia identifies areas for improved care.

Conference J Vasc Surg · May 2020 OBJECTIVE: Amputation is a devastating but preventable complication of diabetes and peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Multiple studies have focused on disparities in amputation rates based on race and socioeconomic status, but few focus on amputation tren ... Full text Link to item Cite

Risk Analysis and Outcomes of Postoperative Renal Failure After Aortic Valve Surgery in the United States.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · April 2020 BACKGROUND: Postoperative renal failure (RF) compromises early outcomes in cardiac surgery. In contrast, long-term survival and progression of RF after aortic valve replacement (AVR) with or without coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) remain undefi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of postoperative complications and outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting.

Journal article Am Heart J · April 2020 BACKGROUND: The long-term effects of postoperative complications following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are unknown. METHODS: Medicare-linked records from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database were queried for isolated C ... Full text Link to item Cite

Acute readmission following deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson's disease: A nationwide analysis.

Journal article Parkinsonism Relat Disord · January 2020 INTRODUCTION: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery is an efficacious, underutilized treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD). Studies of DBS post-operative outcomes are often restricted to data from a single center and consider DBS in isolation. National est ... Full text Link to item Cite

Inpatient gastrostomy in Huntington's disease: Nationwide analysis of utilization and outcomes compared to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Journal article Clinical parkinsonism & related disorders · January 2020 BackgroundHuntington's disease (HD) causes dysphagia and dementia, both of which are risk factors for malnutrition. Gastrostomy is used to sustain enteral intake in neurodegenerative diseases and specifically improves outcomes in ALS, but its indi ... Full text Cite

Parkinson Disease Associated Differences in Elective Orthopedic Surgery Outcomes: A National Readmissions Database Analysis.

Journal article Journal of Parkinson's disease · January 2020 BackgroundAdvances in the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD) have allowed for improvements in mortality and quality survival, making the management of comorbid conditions of aging, such as osteoarthritis, crucial.ObjectiveTo determine ... Full text Cite

Congenital Heart Surgery Outcomes in Turner Syndrome: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Analysis.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · November 2019 BACKGROUND: Turner syndrome (TS) is a genetic syndrome characterized by monosomy X (45,XO) in phenotypic females and is commonly associated with congenital heart disease. We sought to describe the distribution, mortality, and morbidity of congenital heart ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Study of Practice Behavior for Endotracheal Intubation Site for Children With Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Surgery: Impact of Endotracheal Intubation Site on Perioperative Outcomes-An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society Database.

Journal article Anesth Analg · October 2019 BACKGROUND: In adults undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery, oral intubation is typically preferred over nasal intubation due to reduced risk of sinusitis and infection. In children, nasal intubation is more common and sometimes preferred due to percei ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Refining The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Mortality Risk Model With Enhanced Risk Adjustment for Chromosomal Abnormalities, Syndromes, and Noncardiac Congenital Anatomic Abnormalities.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · August 2019 BACKGROUND: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Mortality Risk Model adjusts not only for procedure and age group pairings but also for additional patient factors, including the binary presence or absence of a chromosomal abn ... Full text Link to item Cite

Postoperative Transcatheter Interventions in Children Undergoing Congenital Heart Surgery.

Journal article Circ Cardiovasc Interv · June 2019 Background Postoperative transcatheter interventions (TCIs) are performed after congenital heart surgery to treat residual or recurrent anatomic lesions. We used the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database to evaluate rates of postop ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adverse Drug Events as a Reason for Adult Hospitalization: A Nationwide Readmission Study.

Journal article The Annals of pharmacotherapy · June 2019 BackgroundAdverse drug events (ADEs) are common; however, there are limited data on the impact of ADEs on post-discharge outcomes.ObjectivesTo identify ADEs responsible for readmission within 6 months of hospital discharge in the United S ... Full text Cite

Elective Aortic Root Replacement in North America: Analysis of STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · May 2019 BACKGROUND: Unlike coronary artery bypass and aortic and mitral valve procedures, there is no predictive risk model for aortic root replacement procedures. As a first step toward development of a risk model, this study analyzed The Society of Thoracic Surg ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical Outcomes of Mitral Valve Reoperations in the United States: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · March 2019 BACKGROUND: This study evaluated outcomes of reoperative mitral valve surgery (MVS) in the United States. METHODS: Adults undergoing isolated MVS with prior open-heart operation in The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) National Database between July 2011 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Contemporary Surgical Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in the United States.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · February 2019 BACKGROUND: The primary surgical therapy for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with obstruction is septal myectomy (SM). The current outcomes of SM with and without concomitant mitral operations in the United States was examined using The Society of Thoracic Sur ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sociodemographic Factors Associated With Hospital Care for Pediatric Migraine: A National Study Using the Kids' Inpatient Dataset.

Journal article Pediatric neurology · February 2019 BackgroundAlthough migraine often starts in childhood or adolescence, hospital care for migraine in children is not well described. We examined patient and hospital characteristics associated with hospital care for migraine among children in the U ... Full text Cite

Understanding nationwide readmissions after thyroid surgery.

Journal article Surgery · February 2019 BackgroundThe 30-day readmission rate is increasingly utilized as a metric of quality that impacts reimbursement. To date, there are no nationally representative data on readmission rates after thyroid surgery. We aimed to determine national readm ... Full text Cite

Readmission after seizure discharge in a nationally representative sample.

Journal article Neurology · January 2019 ObjectiveTo determine the 30-day readmission rate after seizure-related discharge in a nationally representative sample, as well as patient, clinical, and hospital characteristics associated with readmission.MethodsRetrospective cohort st ... Full text Cite

Continuous EEG is associated with favorable hospitalization outcomes for critically ill patients.

Journal article Neurology · January 2019 ObjectiveTo characterize continuous EEG (cEEG) use patterns in the critically ill and to determine the association with hospitalization outcomes for specific diagnoses.MethodsWe performed a retrospective cross-sectional study with Nationa ... Full text Cite

Collaborative Quality Improvement Reduces Postoperative Pneumonia After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery.

Journal article Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes · November 2018 BACKGROUND: To date, studies evaluating outcome improvements associated with participation in physician-led collaboratives have been limited by the absence of a contemporaneous control group. We examined post cardiac surgery pneumonia rates associated with ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association between medication-related adverse events and non-elective readmission in acute ischemic stroke.

Journal article BMC neurology · November 2018 BackgroundThere is limited data on the effects of medication-related adverse events occurring during inpatient stays for stroke. The objectives of our study were to characterize reasons for acute readmission after acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and d ... Full text Cite

Outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with myocardial infarction, cardiogenic shock and unresponsive neurological state: analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database.

Conference Eur J Cardiothorac Surg · October 1, 2018 OBJECTIVES: Previous studies have demonstrated a 20% mortality rate among patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for cardiogenic shock. However, outcomes following CABG for cardiogenic shock in patients who are neurologically u ... Full text Link to item Cite

Readmissions After Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke in the United States: A Nationwide Analysis.

Journal article Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association · October 2018 ObjectiveMechanical thrombectomy after acute ischemic stroke has been shown to improve clinical outcomes. Data on short-term hospitalization outcomes after thrombectomy are needed. Our objective was to quantify 30- and 90-day readmissions after th ... Full text Cite

Surgical Management and Outcomes of Ebstein Anomaly in Neonates and Infants: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Analysis.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · September 2018 BACKGROUND: Ebstein anomaly (EA) encompasses a broad spectrum of morphology and clinical presentation. Those who are symptomatic early in infancy are generally at highest risk, but there are limited data regarding multicentric practice patterns and outcome ... Full text Link to item Cite

Isolated Mitral Valve Surgery: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Analysis.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · September 2018 BACKGROUND: Data from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database were analyzed to identify trends in patient characteristics and outcomes of mitral valve operations in North America. METHODS: All patients with isolated primary mitral v ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Incidence and Consequence of Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · July 2018 BACKGROUND: The goal of this study was to determine the relationship of prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM) with long-term survival and to assess whether growing concern about PPM has resulted in a decreased incidence over time. METHODS: Using The Society of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sex disparities in health and health care utilization after Parkinson diagnosis: Rethinking PD associated disability.

Journal article Parkinsonism & related disorders · March 2018 ObjectiveTo examine sex differences and trends in comorbid disease and health care utilization in individuals with newly diagnosed Parkinson disease (PD).DesignRetrospective cohort study.ParticipantsOver 133,000 Medicare benefici ... Full text Cite

Post-operative Cardiac Catheterization in Children Undergoing Congenital Heart Surgery: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database

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Hospitalizations of Children with Huntington's Disease in the United States.

Journal article Movement disorders clinical practice · September 2017 BackgroundJuvenile Huntington's disease (JHD) is a childhood-onset neurodegenerative disorder. Although it is caused by the same pathologic expansion of CGA repeats as adult-onset Huntington's disease, JHD has distinct clinical features. Most clin ... Full text Cite

Utilization of rehabilitation therapy services in Parkinson disease in the United States.

Journal article Neurology · September 2017 ObjectiveTo examine rehabilitation therapy utilization for Parkinson disease (PD).MethodsWe identified 174,643 Medicare beneficiaries with a diagnosis of PD in 2007 and followed them through 2009. The main outcome measures were annual rec ... Full text Cite

Progressive rural-urban disparity in acute stroke care.

Journal article Neurology · January 2017 ObjectiveTo explore rural-urban differences and trends in tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) utilization among acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients and examine the association between primary stroke center (PSC) growth and geographic disparity in ... Full text Cite

Hospital care for mental health and substance abuse conditions in Parkinson's disease.

Journal article Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · December 2016 ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to examine mental health conditions among hospitalized individuals with Parkinson's disease in the United States.MethodsThis was a serial cross-sectional study of hospitalizations of individuals ag ... Full text Cite

Patient safety events in hospital care of individuals with epilepsy.

Journal article Epilepsia · August 2016 Objectives(1) To describe patient adverse events (PAEs) experienced by hospitalized individuals with epilepsy and examine the association of an epilepsy diagnosis on risk of specific PAEs; (2) to examine the impact of a PAE on (a) length of stay ( ... Full text Cite

Associations Between Cardiovascular Events and Nonergot Dopamine Agonists in Parkinson's Disease.

Journal article Movement disorders clinical practice · May 2016 BackgroundKnowledge of possible cardiovascular risks from Parkinson's disease (PD) medications is critical to informing safe and effective treatment decisions. The objective of our study was to determine whether PD patients treated with nonergot d ... Full text Cite

Hospital care for mental health and substance abuse in children with epilepsy.

Journal article Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · April 2016 BackgroundReducing the burden of pediatric mental illness requires greater knowledge of mental health and substance abuse (MHSA) outcomes in children who are at an increased risk of primary psychiatric illness. National data on hospital care for p ... Full text Cite

Demographics, disparities, and outcomes in substernal goiters in the United States.

Journal article American journal of surgery · April 2016 BackgroundDisparities distinguishing patients with substernal goiters from nonsubsternal goiters have not been thoroughly described.MethodsThe National Inpatient Sample database was used to compare patients who underwent substernal thyroi ... Full text Cite

Associations between Anticholinergic Burden and Adverse Health Outcomes in Parkinson Disease.

Journal article PloS one · January 2016 BackgroundElderly adults should avoid medications with anticholinergic effects since they may increase the risk of adverse events, including falls, delirium, and cognitive impairment. However, data on anticholinergic burden are limited in subpopul ... Full text Cite

Nursing home and end-of-life care in Parkinson disease.

Journal article Neurology · August 2015 ObjectiveTo examine long-term care facility (LTCF or nursing home) use and end-of-life care for individuals with Parkinson disease (PD).MethodsIn this nationwide retrospective cohort study, we compared LTCF and hospice utilization among M ... Full text Cite

Trends in inpatient antiparkinson drug use in the USA, 2001-2012.

Journal article European journal of clinical pharmacology · August 2015 PurposeAlthough therapeutic options and clinical guidelines for Parkinson's disease (PD) have changed significantly in the past 15 years, prescribing trends in the USA remain unknown. The purpose of this population-based cohort study was to examin ... Full text Cite

Vascular Complications Increase Hospital Charges and Mortality in Adult Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the United States.

Journal article Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) who suffer vascular complications frequently accrue additional procedures and costs. We sought to evaluate the effect of ECMO-related vascular complications on hospital charges and in-hospital mortalit ... Full text Link to item Cite