Increasing Prevalence of Frailty and Its Association with Readmission and Mortality Among Hospitalized Patients with IBD.

By Amir Safavi | January 1, 2021 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-020-06746-w Authors: Faye, Adam S; Wen, Timothy; Soroush, Ali; Ananthakrishnan, Ashwin N; Ungaro, Ryan; Lawlor, Garrett; Attenello, Frank J; Mack, William J; Colombel, Jean-Frederic; Lebwohl, Benjamin Abstract: Although age is often used as a clinical risk stratification tool, recent data have suggested that adverse outcomes are driven by frailty rather than chronological age. In…

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Augmented intelligence with natural language processing applied to electronic health records for identifying patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease at risk for disease progression.

By Amir Safavi | July 6, 2019 |

Link: https://doi.org/S1386-5056(19)30269-2 Authors: Van Vleck, Tielman T; Chan, Lili; Coca, Steven G; Craven, Catherine K; Do, Ron; Ellis, Stephen B; Kannry, Joseph L; Loos, Ruth J F; Bonis, Peter A; Cho, Judy; Nadkarni, Girish N Abstract: Electronic health record (EHR) systems contain structured data (such as diagnostic codes) and unstructured data (clinical documentation). Clinical insights…

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National Landscape of Unplanned 30-Day Readmissions in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation.

By Amir Safavi | April 11, 2018 |

Link: https://doi.org/S0002-9149(18)30852-X Authors: Patel, Shanti; Poojary, Priti; Pawar, Sumeet; Saha, Aparna; Patel, Achint; Chauhan, Kinsuk; Correa, Ashish; Mondal, Pratik; Mahajan, Kanika; Chan, Lili; Ferrandino, Rocco; Mehta, Dhruv; Agarwal, Shiv Kumar; Annapureddy, Narender; Patel, Jignesh; Saunders, Paul; Crooke, Gregory; Shani, Jacob; Ahmad, Tariq; Desai, Nihar; Nadkarni, Girish N; Shetty, Vijay Abstract: The number of patients with…

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