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Effect of vaccination on the case fatality rate for COVID-19 infections 2020–2021: multivariate modelling of data from the US Department of Veterans Affairs Open

Glen H. Murata, Allison Murata, Douglas J. Perkins, Heather Campbell, Jenny T. Mao , et al. · 2022

Objectives To evaluate the benefits of vaccination on the case fatality rate (CFR) for COVID-19 infections. Design, setting and participants The US Department of Veterans Affairs has 130 medical centres. We created multivariate models from…

MACE prediction using high-dimensional machine learning and mechanistic interpretation: A longitudinal cohort study in US veterans Open

Sayera Dhaubhadel, Beauty Kolade, Ruy M. Ribeiro, Kumkum Ganguly, Nicolas Hengartner , et al. · 2022

High dimensional predictive models of Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE), which includes heart attack (AMI), stroke, and death caused by cardiovascular disease (CVD), were built using four longitudinal cohorts of Veterans Administration (…

Chronic use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or acetaminophen and relationship with mortality among United States Veterans after testing positive for COVID-19 Open

Heather Campbell, Allison Murata, T. Conner, G. G. Fotieo · 2022

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and acetaminophen are among the most-frequently used medications. Although these medications have different mechanisms of action, they have similar indications and treatment duration has been …

BASELINE METABOLIC PROFILING AND RISK OF DEATH FROM COVID-19 Open

Glen H. Murata, Allison Murata, Heather Campbell, Brent Wagner, Benjamin H. McMahon , et al. · 2022

Objective To derive a predicted probability of death (PDeathLabs) based upon complete value sets for 11 clinical measurements (CM) obtained on patients prior to their diagnosis of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). PDeathLabs is intended for …

A NOVEL METHOD FOR HANDLING PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS IN PREDICTION MODELS FOR COVID-19 DEATH Open

Glen H. Murata, Allison Murata, Heather Campbell, Benjamin H. McMahon, Jenny T. Mao · 2022

Objective To derive a predicted probability of death (PDeathDx) based upon complete sets of ICD-10 codes assigned to patients prior to their diagnosis of COVID-19. PDeathDx is intended for use as a summary metric for pre-existing condition…

SUSTAINED BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF VACCINATION ON THE CASE FATALITY RATE FOR COVID-19 INFECTIONS Open

Glen H. Murata, Allison Murata, Douglas J. Perkins, Heather Campbell, Jenny T. Mao , et al. · 2022

Objective To evaluate the benefits of vaccination on the case fatality rate (CFR) for COVID-19 infections. Design Multivariate modeling of data from electronic medical records Setting 130 medical centers of the United States Department of …

A novel method for handling pre-existing conditions in multivariate prediction model development for COVID-19 death in the Department of Veterans Affairs Open

Heather Campbell, Allison Murata, Jenny T. Mao, Benjamin H. McMahon, Glen H. Murata · 2022

Many mathematical models have been proposed to predict death following the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19); all started with comorbidity subsets for this still-little understood disease. Thus, we derived a novel predicted probability o…

VA Rapidly Reduces Adverse Clinical Events Following Randomized Clinical Trial Showing Harm Open

Helen Campbell, Allison Murata, T. Conner · 2020

The VA has policies directing communication between Research, Pharmacy Benefits Management (PBM) and health care providers to decrease time between research findings and clinical practice implementation. A randomized double‐blind trial of …

Development and validation of prediction rules to target care intensification in veteran patients with diabetes Open

Heather Campbell, Allison Murata, Gerald Charlton, Glen H. Murata · 2020

Background Diabetes affects 30.3 million people in the USA. Among these people, a major risk factor for microvascular complications is having a glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) value of ≥75 mmol/mol; therefore, it would be helpful to identify …

MP33-05 A 10 YEAR ANALYSIS OF CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN AND CHRONIC NARCOTIC USE IN THE MALE VETERAN POPULATION Open

Bryan Wilson, Anthony Y. Smith, Glen H. Murata, Allison Murata, Clifford Qualis , et al. · 2019

You have accessJournal of UrologyGeneral & Epidemiological Trends & Socioeconomics: Practice Patterns, Quality of Life and Shared Decision Making I (MP33)1 Apr 2019MP33-05 A 10 YEAR ANALYSIS OF CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN AND CHRONIC NARCOTIC USE …

A 10-yr Analysis of Chronic Pelvic Pain and Chronic Opioid Therapy in the Women Veteran Population Open

Sara Cichowski, Rebecca G. Rogers, Yuko M. Komesu, Erin Murata, Clifford Qualls , et al. · 2018

The distinct pattern of prescribing shown in this cohort may mean COT is prescribed for CPP and this prescribing pattern contributes to the adverse events associated with COT. As COT is not recommended for CPP, physicians need more educati…

Military Sexual Trauma in Female Veterans is Associated With Chronic Pain Conditions Open

Sara Cichowski, Rebecca G. Rogers, Elizabeth A. Clark, Erin Murata, Allison Murata , et al. · 2017

A history of MST is associated with chronic pain diagnoses. Weaknesses of this study are those applicable to analyses of any retrospective database study. Specifically, the data are limited by the accuracy of physician coding and reporting…

Ethnic Disparities in Emergency Severity Index Scores among U.S. Veteran’s Affairs Emergency Department Patients Open

Jacob M. Vigil, Joe Alcock, Patrick Coulombe, Laurie McPherson, Mark B. Parshall , et al. · 2015

The findings suggest the possibility that subgroups of VA patients receive different ESI ratings in triage, which may have cascading, downstream consequences for patient treatment quality, satisfaction with care, and trust in the health eq…

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