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Objective
Understanding factors driving variation in status epilepticus outcomes would be critical to improve care. We evaluated the degree to which patient and hospital characteristics explained hospital‐to‐hospital variability in intubation and postacute outcomes.
Methods
This was a retrospective cohort study of Medicare beneficiaries admitted with status epilepticus between 2009 and 2019. Outcomes...
Objective
Seizure care is a significant driver of health care costs in both emergency department (ED) and inpatient settings, but the majority of studies have focused on inpatient admissions as the only metric of health care utilization. This study aims to better characterize ED and inpatient encounters among patients with seizure to inform care and policy.
Methods
Using statewide administrative...
To determine whether neurologic consultation influences the use of therapeutic hypothermia.We identified adult patients treated for cardiac arrest from October 2009 through September 2015 at 149 academic medical centers and their affiliate hospitals using discharge diagnosis codes in Vizient database. Neurology consultation was defined as a neurologist participating in patient care at any point during...
Introduction The interval from presentation with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) to the start of antibiotic administration affects mortality in patients with sepsis. However, patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) often develop SIRS directly from their brain injury, making it a less useful indicator of infection. We therefore hypothesized that SIRS would not be a suitable trigger...
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