Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, July 31, 2015

Gupta T, Harikrishnan P, Kolte D, et al. Outcomes of acute myocardial infarction in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Am J Med  2015 Aug;128(8):879-87.e1. [Uses 2003-2011 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Coe TM, Chang DC, Sicklick JK. Small bowel volvulus in the adult populace of the United States: results from a population-based study. Am J Surg  2015 Aug;210(2):201-10.e2. [Uses 1998-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Reinke CE, Sonnenberg EM, Karakousis GC, Fraker DL, Kelz RR. Variation in cost of total thyroidectomy across the United States, 2007 to 2008. Am J Surg 2015 Aug 210(2):302-8. [Uses 2007-2008 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Ruiz M, Bottle A, Aylin PP. The Global Comparators project: international comparison of 30-day in-hospital mortality by day of the week. BMJ Qual Saf  2015 Aug; 24(8):492-504. [Uses HCUP Clinical Classifications Software (CCS).] Select to access the abstract.

Peterson C, Xu L, Florence C, Parks SE. Annual cost of U.S. hospital visits for pediatric abusive head trauma. Child Maltreat  2015 Aug;20(3):162-9. [Uses 2006-2011 HCUP NIS and Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Alghnam S, Wegener ST, Bhalla K, et al. Long-term outcomes of individuals injured in motor vehicle crashes: a population-based study. Injury  2015 Aug;46(8):1503-8. [Uses 2000-2002 MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Hwang GS, Young MT, Hanna MH, et al. Colorectal surgery in Parkinson's disease-outcomes and predictors of mortality. Int J Colorectal Dis  2015 Aug;30(8):1051-8. [Uses 2007-2011 HCUP NIS data.]  Select to access the abstract.

Mahmoudi E, Jensen GA, Tarraf W. Effects of Medicare Part D on racial/ethnic disparities in hospital utilization among seniors. J Aging Health  2015 Aug;27(5):797-826. [Uses 2002-2009 MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Enayatollahi MA, Novack TA, Maltenfort MG, et al. In-hospital morbidity and mortality following total joint arthroplasty in patients with hemoglobinopathies. J Arthroplasty  2015 Aug;30(8):1308-12. [Uses 1993-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Attenello FJ, Wen T, Huang C, et al. Evaluation of weekend admission on the prevalence of hospital acquired conditions in patients receiving thoracolumbar fusions. J Clin Neurosci  2015 Aug;22(8):1349-54. [Uses 2002-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Jean RE, Gibson CD, Jean RA, et al. Obstructive sleep apnea and acute respiratory failure: an analysis of mortality risk in patients with pneumonia requiring invasive mechanical ventilation. J Crit Care  2015 Aug;30(4):778-83. [Uses 2009-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Soley-Bori M, Soria-Saucedo R, Ryan CM, et al. Functional status and hospital readmissions using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. J Gen Intern Med  2015 Jul;30(7):965-72. [Uses 2003-2011 MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Perdue PW, Rosenbaum YA, Perfetti DC, et al. What are the risk factors for hardware removal after tibia or fibula fracture? J Long Term Eff Med Implants  2015;25(4):329-36. [Uses 1998-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

McCutcheon BA, Chang DC, Marcus L, et al. Treatment biases in traumatic neurosurgical care: a retrospective study of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 1998 to 2009. J Neurosurg  2015 Aug; 123(2):406-14. [Uses 1998-2009 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Nuno M, Pelissier L, Varshneya K, Adamo MA, Drazin D. Outcomes and factors associated with infant abusive head trauma in the US. J Neurosurg Pediatr  2015 Jul 31:1-8; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2000, 2003, 2006, and 2009 HCUP Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID) data.]  Select to access the abstract.

Patrick SW, Davis MM, Lehmann CU, et al. Increasing incidence and geographic distribution of neonatal abstinence syndrome: United States 2009 to 2012. J Perinatol  2015 Aug;35(8):650-5. [Uses 2009-2012 HCUP NIS and KID data.] Select to access the abstract.

Meyer C, Sukumar S, Sood A, et al. Inpatients hypospadias care: trends and outcomes from the American Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Korean J Urol  2015 Aug;56(8):594-600. [Uses 1998-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Desai SV, Fang CH, Raikundalia MD, et al. Impact of postoperative pneumonia following pituitary surgery. Laryngoscope  2015 Aug;125(8):1792-7. [Uses 2002-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Leininger LJ, Saloner B, Wherry LR. Predicting high-cost pediatric patients: Derivation and validation of a population-based model. Med Care  2015 Aug;53(8):729-35. [Uses 2001-2011 MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Kopp BT, Nicholson L, Paul G, et al. Geographic variations in cystic fibrosis: an analysis of the U.S. CF Foundation Registry. Pediatr Pulmonol  2015 Aug;50(8):754-62. [Uses 2007-2012 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Michet CJ, Achenbach SJ, Crowson CS, et al. Hospitalization rates and utilization among patients with giant cell arteritis: a population-based study from 1987 to 2012. Semin Arthritis Rheum   2015 Aug;45(1):70-4. [Uses HCUP CCS.] Select to access the abstract.

Norton RP, Bianco K, Klifto C, et al. Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: an analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database. Spine  2015 Aug 1;40(15):1219-27. [Uses 2001-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Zapf MA, Kothari AN, Markossian T, et al. The "weekend effect" in urgent general operative procedures. Surgery  2015 Aug;158(2):508-14. [Uses 2007-2010 HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID) data for Florida.] Select to access the abstract.

Santos CA, Brennan DC, Yusen RD, et al. Incidence, risk factors and outcomes of delayed-onset cytomegalovirus disease in a large retrospective cohort of lung transplant recipients. Transplantation  2015 Aug;99(8):1658-66. [Uses 2004-2010 HCUP SID data for California, Florida, and New York and AHRQ’s Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.