Publications by authors named "Chia Chi Loh"

The objective is to study factors that increase the likelihood of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in hospitalized adult non-elderly patients with pneumonia compared to other medical inpatients and to understand the utilization rate of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for AMI in inpatients with pneumonia and its related impact on hospitalization stay and cost. A population-based study was conducted using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS, 2019) with adult non-elderly inpatients (age 18-65 years) with a medical condition as their primary diagnosis and a co-diagnosis of pneumonia during hospitalization stay. This study sample was divided by the primary diagnosis of AMI versus other medical conditions (non-AMI).

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Objectives The primary goal of this study is to explore demographic and comorbid factors that increase the hospitalization risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients with vasculitis along with the utilization rate of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)/angioplasty. Additionally, we aim to study the prevalence of AMI in vasculitis inpatients based on geographical distribution. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) in 2019 involving 33,210 inpatients hospitalized on emergency-based admissions with a co-diagnosis of vasculitis, subdivided into cohorts without AMI (N = 31,790) and with AMI (N = 1,420) as the primary diagnosis.

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Objectives The objective is to study the demographic and geographical factors that increase the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) in inpatients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and evaluate the mortality risk and hospitalization outcomes in terms of length of stay (LOS) and cost of care in patients with CRC in UC. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study using the nationwide inpatient sample (NIS, 2019). We included 78,835 inpatients (age 15-65 years) hospitalized on emergency-based admissions with a primary diagnosis of UC.

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Objective To delineate the differences in demographic characteristics and hospitalization outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction by comorbid acute kidney injury (AKI) and to explore the risk factors for in-hospital mortality due to AKI in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) inpatients. Methods We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study using a nationwide inpatient sample and included 77,585 adult inpatients with AMI and further divided by the presence of a co-diagnosis of AKI. A logistic regression model was used to evaluate the odds ratio (OR) of the association between in-hospital mortality and AKI and other comorbidities.

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This study aims to assess the role of vitamin D on systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and its effects on systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index (SLEDAI), anti-double-stranded DNA (anti-dsDNA), C3, C4, and fatigue in patients with SLE. A systemic search was conducted using three electronic databases, i.e.

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Objective In this study, we aimed to explore the association of demographic characteristics and comorbidities with the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in cancer inpatients, as well as to delineate the mortality risk in cancer inpatients with VTE. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis based on the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) 2012-2014, involving 339,395 inpatients with a primary diagnosis of cancer subdivided into cohorts without VTE (n=331,695) and with VTE (n=7,700). We used a binomial logistic regression model to evaluate the odds ratio (OR) of demographics, comorbidities, and in-hospital mortality rate with respect to cancer inpatients with VTE.

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