Publications by authors named "W J Book"
Article Synopsis
- The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database is a major global resource on congenital heart surgeries, but lacks data on complications, comorbidities, and long-term patient outcomes.
- This study assessed how effectively this database could be linked to hospital electronic health records in North Carolina and Georgia, using both indirect and direct identifiers.
- Results showed that indirect linkage matched 79% of admissions, while direct methods achieved up to 99.5% success, demonstrating the effectiveness of integrating surgical data with electronic records for better patient care insights.
Background: Product shortages and a lack of qualified providers to manage care may impact the safety and efficacy of parenteral nutrition (PN). This survey assessed the frequency and extent to which limitations to PN-related access affects patients.
Methods: Outpatient/patients receiving home PN were surveyed.
Background: Despite advances in treatment and survival, individuals with congenital heart defects (CHD) have a higher risk of heart failure (HF) compared to the general population.
Objective: To evaluate comorbidities associated with HF in patients with CHD with a goal of identifying potentially modifiable risk factors that may reduce HF-associated morbidity and mortality.
Methods: Five surveillance sites in the United States linked population-based healthcare data and vital records.
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Usage and Death by Neighborhood Poverty Among Individuals With Congenital Heart Defects, 4 US Surveillance Sites, 2011 to 2013.
J Am Heart Assoc
June 2024
Background: Socioeconomic factors may lead to a disproportionate impact on health care usage and death among individuals with congenital heart defects (CHD) by race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic factors. How neighborhood poverty affects racial and ethnic disparities in health care usage and death among individuals with CHD across the life span is not well described.
Methods And Results: Individuals aged 1 to 64 years, with at least 1 CHD-related () code were identified from health care encounters between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2013, from 4 US sites.
Background: The 2018 anatomic physiologic (AP) classification American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC) Guidelines for Adults with Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) encompasses both native and post-operative anatomy and physiology to guide care management. As some physiologic conditions and post-operative states lack specific International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 9- Clinical Modification (CM) and 10-CM codes, an ICD code-based classification approximating the ACHD AP classification is needed for population-based studies.
Methods: A total of 232 individuals, aged ≥ 18 years at the time of a health encounter between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2019 and identified with at least one of 87 ICD codes for a congenital heart defect were validated through medical chart review.