Search Results - "Wallace, Anna E"
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Immune globulins and thrombotic adverse events as recorded in a large administrative database in 2008 through 2010
Published in Transfusion (Philadelphia, Pa.) (01-10-2012)“…BACKGROUND: Thrombotic events (TEs) are rare but often serious adverse events that could occur after administration of immune globulin (IG) products. Our study…”
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Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infection After Cholecystectomy
Published in Open forum infectious diseases (2017)“…There are limited data on risk factors for surgical site infection (SSI) after open or laparoscopic cholecystectomy. A retrospective cohort of commercially…”
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Comparison of Wound Complications After Immediate, Delayed, and Secondary Breast Reconstruction Procedures
Published in JAMA surgery (20-09-2017)“…Few data are available concerning surgical site infection (SSI) and noninfectious wound complications (NIWCs) after delayed (DR) and secondary reconstruction…”
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Use of Quantile Regression to Determine the Impact on Total Health Care Costs of Surgical Site Infections Following Common Ambulatory Procedures
Published in Annals of surgery (01-02-2017)“…OBJECTIVE:To determine the impact of surgical site infections (SSIs) on health care costs following common ambulatory surgical procedures throughout the cost…”
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Increased Distance to a Liver Transplant Center Is Associated With Higher Mortality for Patients With Chronic Liver Failure
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Health Care Resource Utilization and Exacerbation Rates in Patients with COPD Stratified by Disease Severity in a Commercially Insured Population
Published in Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy (01-02-2019)“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and is associated with substantial economic burden. There is a lack of…”
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Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Have Highest Rates of Wait-listing for Liver Transplantation Among Patients With End-Stage Liver Disease
Published in Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology (01-11-2016)“…Background & Aims Despite recent attention to differences in access to livers for transplantation, research has focused on patients already on the wait list…”
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Increased Risk of Surgical Site Infection Among Breast-Conserving Surgery Re-excisions
Published in Annals of surgical oncology (01-06-2015)“…Purpose The aim of this study was to determine the risk of surgical site infection (SSI) after primary breast-conserving surgery (BCS) versus re-excision among…”
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Incidence of Surgical Site Infection Following Mastectomy With and Without Immediate Reconstruction Using Private Insurer Claims Data
Published in Infection control and hospital epidemiology (01-08-2015)“…The National Healthcare Safety Network classifies breast operations as clean procedures with an expected 1%-2% surgical site infection (SSI) incidence. We…”
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Development of a Risk Prediction Model to Individualize Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infection After Mastectomy
Published in Annals of surgical oncology (01-08-2016)“…Background Little data are available regarding individual patients’ risk of surgical site infection (SSI) following mastectomy with or without immediate…”
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Effect of Noninfectious Wound Complications after Mastectomy on Subsequent Surgical Procedures and Early Implant Loss
Published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons (01-05-2016)“…Noninfectious wound complications (NIWCs) after mastectomy are not routinely tracked and data are generally limited to single-center studies. Our objective was…”
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Validation of ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes for Surgical Site Infection and Noninfectious Wound Complications After Mastectomy
Published in Infection control and hospital epidemiology (01-03-2017)“…BACKGROUND Few studies have validated ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes for surgical site infection (SSI), and none have validated coding for noninfectious wound…”
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Stratification of surgical site infection by operative factors and comparison of infection rates after hernia repair
Published in Infection control and hospital epidemiology (01-03-2015)“…To investigate whether operative factors are associated with risk of surgical site infection (SSI) after hernia repair. Retrospective cohort study. Patients…”
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Prevalence and Predictors of Postdischarge Antibiotic Use Following Mastectomy
Published in Infection control and hospital epidemiology (01-09-2017)“…OBJECTIVE Survey results suggest that prolonged administration of prophylactic antibiotics is common after mastectomy with reconstruction. We determined…”
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Modification of claims-based measures improves identification of comorbidities in non-elderly women undergoing mastectomy for breast cancer: a retrospective cohort study
Published in BMC health services research (16-08-2016)“…Accurate identification of underlying health conditions is important to fully adjust for confounders in studies using insurer claims data. Our objective was to…”
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Can Additional Information Be Obtained from Claims Data to Support Surgical Site Infection Diagnosis Codes?
Published in Infection control and hospital epidemiology (01-10-2014)“…Objective. International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) diagnosis codes are increasingly used to identify…”
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Obstetric and Parental Psychiatric Variables as Potential Predictors of Autism Severity
Published in Journal of autism and developmental disorders (01-09-2008)“…Associations between obstetric and parental psychiatric variables and subjects’ Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) and Autism Diagnostic Observation…”
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Bayesian estimation of the accuracy of ICD-9-CM- and CPT-4-based algorithms to identify cholecystectomy procedures in administrative data without a reference standard
Published in Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (01-03-2016)“…Purpose To estimate the accuracy of two algorithms to identify cholecystectomy procedures using International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition, Clinical…”
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The Effect of Non-Infectious Wound Complications after Mastectomy on Subsequent Surgical Procedures and Early Implant Loss
Published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons (05-02-2016)“…Abstract Background Non-infectious wound complications (NIWCs) following mastectomy are not routinely tracked and data are generally limited to single-center…”
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Use of Population‐based Data to Demonstrate How Waitlist‐based Metrics Overestimate Geographic Disparities in Access to Liver Transplant Care
Published in American journal of transplantation (01-10-2016)“…Liver allocation policies are evaluated by how they impact waitlisted patients, without considering broader outcomes for all patients with end‐stage liver…”
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