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National survey of hospital strategies to reduce heart failure readmissions: findings from the Get With the Guidelines-Heart Failure registryRobb D Kociol
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
Circ Heart Fail 5:680-7. 2012..Reducing 30-day heart failure readmission rates is a national priority. Yet, little is known about how hospitals address the problem and whether hospital-based processes of care are associated with reductions in readmission rates...- B-type natriuretic peptide level and postdischarge thrombotic events in older patients hospitalized with heart failure: insights from the Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National RegistryRobb D Kociol
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
Am Heart J 163:994-1001. 2012..Associations between BNP level and thromboembolic events in patients with HF without atrial fibrillation (AF) are not well studied... - Pharmacologic prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism and 30-day outcomes among older patients hospitalized with heart failure: an analysis from the ADHERE national registry linked to Medicare claimsRobb D Kociol
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Clin Cardiol 34:682-8. 2011..Although pharmacologic prophylaxis regimens have reduced VTE risk in medically ill patients, associations with early postdischarge adverse clinical outcomes among patients with heart failure are unknown... - Associations of patient demographic characteristics and regional physician density with early physician follow-up among medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with heart failureRobb D Kociol
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Am J Cardiol 108:985-91. 2011..Strategies are needed to ensure access among vulnerable populations to this supply-sensitive resource... - Markers of decongestion, dyspnea relief, and clinical outcomes among patients hospitalized with acute heart failureRobb D Kociol
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA
Circ Heart Fail 6:240-5. 2013.... - Generalizability and longitudinal outcomes of a national heart failure clinical registry: Comparison of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry (ADHERE) and non-ADHERE Medicare beneficiariesRobb D Kociol
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
Am Heart J 160:885-92. 2010..Clinical registries are used increasingly to analyze quality and outcomes, but the generalizability of findings from registries is unclear... 
Admission, discharge, or change in B-type natriuretic peptide and long-term outcomes: data from Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF) linked to Medicare claimsRobb D Kociol
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
Circ Heart Fail 4:628-36. 2011..It is unknown if admission, discharge, or change from admission to discharge BNP measure is the most important predictor of long-term outcomes...- Long-term outcomes of medicare beneficiaries with worsening renal function during hospitalization for heart failureRobb D Kociol
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
Am J Cardiol 105:1786-93. 2010..12, 95% confidence interval 1.04 to 1.20) but not readmission or total inpatient costs. In conclusion, worsening RF in patients hospitalized with HF was independently associated with long-term mortality... - International variation in and factors associated with hospital readmission after myocardial infarctionRobb D Kociol
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, PO Box 17969, Durham, NC 27715, USA
JAMA 307:66-74. 2012..Recently, 30-day readmission rates have been proposed as a metric for care of patients with STEMI. However, international rates and predictors of 30-day readmission after STEMI have not been studied... - Troponin elevation in heart failure prevalence, mechanisms, and clinical implicationsRobb D Kociol
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 56:1071-8. 2010..Ultimately, this information might allow physicians to guide therapy, choose appropriate therapeutics, and improve HF outcomes...