Representation of women and racial minorities in SGLT2 inhibitors and heart failure clinical trials.

Background: Inadequate representation of women and racial minorities in heart failure (HF) clinical trials continues to limit the generalizability of the results. This could create a disparity in treatment for future heart failure therapies and devices. The study aims to assess the representation of women and racial minorities in recent heart failure studies involving sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors.

Emergency Department Utilization by Patients With Eating Disorders: A National Population-Based Study.

Background There is a scarcity of national United States (U.S) data on emergency department (ED) utilization by patients with eating disorders. This study aims to determine the most common reasons for ED visits of patients with eating disorders, as well as baseline characteristics of patients who present due to eating disorders.

Lung involvement in systemic sclerosis is associated with adverse hospital outcomes: insights from the National Inpatient Sample.

This study aimed to compare outcomes of systemic sclerosis (SSc) hospitalizations with and without lung involvement. The primary outcome was inpatient mortality while secondary outcomes were hospital length of stay (LOS) and total hospital charge. Data were abstracted from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) 2016 and 2017 database.

Renal Involvement in Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis Increases Economic Health Care Burden: Insights From the National Inpatient Sample Database.

Background This study aims to compare outcomes of hospitalizations of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) with and without renal involvement. The primary outcome was inpatient mortality, whereas secondary outcomes were hospital length of stay (LOS) and total hospital charge. Methods Data were abstracted from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) 2016 and 2017 databases.

An Analysis of Rheumatoid Arthritis Hospitalizations.

Background We used a large United States (US) population-based database to analyze the reasons for hospitalization of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Methods The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code was used to search for hospitalizations in 2017 in the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database with RA as the principal or secondary diagnosis. The reasons for hospitalization were divided into 19 categories based on their principal discharge ICD-10 diagnosis code.

Reasons for Hospitalization of Psoriasis Patients: A Report From the National Inpatient Sample.

Background We used a large United States population-based database to analyze the reasons for hospitalization of psoriasis patients. Methods International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision (ICD-10) code was used to identify hospitalizations in National Inpatient Sample (NIS) 2017 with a principal or secondary diagnosis of psoriasis. The reasons for hospitalization were divided into 19 categories based on their principal discharge ICD-10 diagnosis code.

Psoriatic Arthritis Hospitalization Is Associated with Increased Health Care Charges: A Report from the National Inpatient Sample.

Background: This study aims to compare the outcomes of psoriasis hospitalizations with and without joint involvement. The primary outcome was inpatient mortality, while secondary outcomes were hospital length of stay (LOS) and total hospital charges.

Methods: Data were abstracted from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) 2016 and 2017 databases.