2023
Variation in hospital use of cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator among eligible patients and association with clinical outcomes
Chui P, Lan Z, Freeman J, Enriquez A, Khera R, Akar J, Masoudi F, Ong E, Curtis J. Variation in hospital use of cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator among eligible patients and association with clinical outcomes. Heart Rhythm 2023, 20: 1000-1008. PMID: 36963741, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2023.03.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEligible patientsICD RegistryCardiac resynchronizationNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryCRT-D implantationCRT-D useHospital-level outcomesStrong guideline recommendationsHospital-level variationPatient-level outcomesIntraclass correlation coefficientQuality improvement effortsHospital mortalityGuideline indicationsReadmission ratesSelect patientsClinical outcomesGuideline recommendationsHospital variationHospital ratesUse of CRTHospital levelHospital usePatientsCase mix
2016
Hospital Variation in Time to Epinephrine for Nonshockable In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Khera R, Chan PS, Donnino M, Girotra S. Hospital Variation in Time to Epinephrine for Nonshockable In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Circulation 2016, 134: 2105-2114. PMID: 27908910, PMCID: PMC5173427, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.116.025459.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital cardiac arrestEpinephrine administrationCardiac arrestFunctional recoveryHospital variationNonshockable rhythmsHospital ratesSurvival rateRisk-standardized survival ratesIn-Hospital Cardiac ArrestHospital-level outcomesRisk-standardized ratesDose of epinephrineMedian survival rateOdds of delayHigh rateGuidelines-ResuscitationAdult patientsOverall survivalWorse survivalSimilar patientsLowest quartileImproved outcomesHospitalPatients