Background and aims The full burden of the opioid epidemic on US hospitals has not been
described. We aimed to estimate how heroin (HOD) and prescription opioid (POD) overdose‐…

Rationale: Opioid abuse is increasing, but its impact on critical care resources in the United
States is unknown. Objectives: We hypothesized that there would be a rising need for critical …

Objective: The Centers for Disease Control has recently proposed a major change in how
ventilator-associated pneumonia is defined. This has profound implications for public reporting…

Purpose The objective of this study was to quantify the rate at which newly initiated antipsychotic
therapy is continued on discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU) and describe risk …

Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, many ambulatory clinics transitioned to
telehealth, but it remains unknown how this may have exacerbated inequitable access to care. …

Importance A physician’s prior experience caring for a patient may be associated with
patient outcomes and care patterns during and after hospitalization. Objective To examine …

Aim Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is often diagnosed at a late, incurable stage.
We sought to determine whether individuals at high risk of developing PDAC could be …

Objectives To investigate patterns and predictors of use of antipsychotics in hospitalized
adults. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Academic medical center. Participants …

BACKGROUND:The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has implemented a
new, multitiered definition for ventilator-associated events (VAEs) to replace their former …

… Stevens, MD, MS 1,4 … We used linear regression models and log-linear regression
models, where a P value ≤.05 was considered statistically significant and all tests were 2-tailed …