2023
Developing Validated Tools to Identify Pulmonary Embolism in Electronic Databases: Rationale and Design of the PE-EHR+ Study
Bikdeli B, Lo Y, Khairani C, Bejjani A, Jimenez D, Barco S, Mahajan S, Caraballo C, Secemsky E, Klok F, Hunsaker A, Aghayev A, Muriel A, Wang Y, Hussain M, Appah-Sampong A, Lu Y, Lin Z, Aneja S, Khera R, Goldhaber S, Zhou L, Monreal M, Krumholz H, Piazza G. Developing Validated Tools to Identify Pulmonary Embolism in Electronic Databases: Rationale and Design of the PE-EHR+ Study. Thrombosis And Haemostasis 2023, 123: 649-662. PMID: 36809777, PMCID: PMC11200175, DOI: 10.1055/a-2039-3222.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsElectronic Health RecordsHumansInternational Classification of DiseasesPredictive Value of TestsPulmonary EmbolismReproducibility of ResultsConceptsElectronic health recordsNLP algorithmNatural language processing toolsLanguage processing toolsPrincipal discharge diagnosisICD-10 codesDischarge diagnosisNLP toolsChart reviewHealth systemProcessing toolsYale New Haven Health SystemPatient identificationElectronic databasesHealth recordsData validationHigh-risk PEPulmonary Embolism ResearchSecondary discharge diagnosisIdentification of patientsManual chart reviewNegative predictive valueCodeRadiology reportsAlgorithm
2022
Short-Term Outcomes After Myopericarditis Related to COVID-19 Vaccination
Pareek M, Steele J, Asnes J, Baldassarre L, Casale L, Desai N, Elder R, Faherty E, Ferguson I, Fishman R, Ghazizadeh Z, Glick L, Hall E, Khera R, Kokkinidis D, Kwan J, O'Marr J, Schussheim A, Tuohy E, Wang Y, Spatz E, Jacoby D, Miller E. Short-Term Outcomes After Myopericarditis Related to COVID-19 Vaccination. JACC Cardiovascular Imaging 2022, 15: 2002-2005. PMID: 36357140, PMCID: PMC9094612, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2022.03.026.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical Notes
2019
Diagnostic and prognostic utility of cardiac troponin in post-cardiac arrest care
Agusala V, Khera R, Cheeran D, Mody P, Reddy PP, Link MS. Diagnostic and prognostic utility of cardiac troponin in post-cardiac arrest care. Resuscitation 2019, 141: 69-72. PMID: 31201884, DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.06.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedFemaleHeart ArrestHumansMaleMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisRetrospective StudiesSurvival RateTroponin TConceptsLeft ventricular systolic dysfunctionIschemic etiologyInitial cTnTPeak cTnTCardiac troponinPost-cardiac arrest settingRetrospective single-center registryPost-cardiac arrest careVentricular systolic dysfunctionSingle-center registryTroponin T testingSystolic dysfunctionCenter registryConsecutive patientsSpontaneous circulationArrest carePrognostic utilityCardiac arrestMean agePatient outcomesExpert adjudicationEtiologyCTnTDiagnostic testsT-testingAdministrative Billing Codes for Identifying Patients With Cardiac Arrest
DeZorzi C, Boyle B, Qazi A, Luthra K, Khera R, Chan PS, Girotra S. Administrative Billing Codes for Identifying Patients With Cardiac Arrest. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2019, 73: 1598-1600. PMID: 30922482, PMCID: PMC6625314, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.01.030.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Role of D-dimer Assays in the Diagnostic Evaluation of Pulmonary Embolism
Jain S, Khera R, Suneja M, Gehlbach B, Kuperman E, Lopez F. Role of D-dimer Assays in the Diagnostic Evaluation of Pulmonary Embolism. The American Journal Of The Medical Sciences 2015, 350: 501-507. PMID: 25719981, DOI: 10.1097/maj.0000000000000405.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedDiagnosis, DifferentialFibrin Fibrinogen Degradation ProductsHumansMalePneumoniaPredictive Value of TestsPulmonary EmbolismConceptsDiagnosis of PEPulmonary embolismClinical featuresD-dimerDiagnostic algorithmPositive D-dimer testNonspecific clinical featuresSimple noninvasive testD-dimer testD-dimer assayClinician suspicionInitial imagingAlternative diagnosesElderly menNoninvasive testsClinical algorithmDiagnostic evaluationChest imagingDiagnosisEmbolismLittle valueImagingComorbiditiesPneumoniaPatients