Resource use for cholecystectomy with versus without cholangiography: A multicenter, propensity-matched analysis
CONCLUSION: Compared with laparoscopic cholecystectomy without intraoperative cholangiography, cholecystectomy with intraoperative cholangiography was associated with decreased resource use, which was primarily attributable to decreased incidence and the earlier timing of…
Clinical Courses of Acute Kidney Injury in Hospitalized Patients: A Multistate Analysis
CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrate multistate modeling framework’s utility as a mechanism for a better understanding of the clinical course of AKI with the potential to facilitate treatment and resource planning.
Computable Phenotypes to Characterize Changing Patient Brain Dysfunction in the Intensive Care Unit
In the United States, more than 5 million patients are admitted annually to ICUs, with ICU mortality of 10%-29% and costs over $82 billion. Acute brain dysfunction status, delirium, is…