CREST​ NETWORK

2023

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Clinical outcomes in hospitalized plasma and platelet transfusion recipients prior to and following widespread blood donor SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination.

Roubinian NH, Green J, Liu VX, Lee C, Mark DG, Vinson DR, et al, for the NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-IV-P (REDS-IV).

Transfusion.  2023 Dec 06. Online ahead of print.

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Disposition of emergency department patients with acute pulmonary embolism after ambulance arrival.

Rouleau SG, Campbell AR, Huang J, Reed ME, Vinson DR; on behalf of the KP CREST Network.

J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2023;4:e13068.

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Risk factors for recurrent emergency care utilization for flares in inflammatory bowel disease

Hassid BG, Wei J, Sax D, Velayos FS.

Acad Emerg Med. 2023 Oct 24. Online ahead of print.

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Physicians’ Perceptions of Clinical Decision Support to Treat Patients With Heart Failure in the ED.

Casey SD, Reed ME, LeMaster CH, Mark DG, Gaskin J, Norris RP, Sax DR.

JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(11):e2344393.

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Outcomes of home treatment of acute pulmonary embolism in clinically relevant patient subgroups: a systematic review and individual-patient data meta-analysis.

Luijten D, Douillet D, Tromeur C, Penaloza A, Hugli O, Barco S, Bledsoe J, den Exter P, Font C, Huisman M, Chang K, Kline J, Konstantinides S, Luijken K, Otero R, Sanchez O, Vinson D, van Smeden M, Roy P, Klok E.

Res Pract Thromb Haemost. 2023;7(S2):100657 [abstract OC 40.2].

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Accuracy of medical student measurements of CT right-to-left ventricular diameter in patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

Durant EJ, Fetterolf SM, Engelhart DC, Farshidpour LS, Shan J, Hung YY, Chang JC, Roudsari BS, Vinson DR. 

J Med Educ Curric Dev. 2023; 10.1177/23821205231213218.

Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, New Orleans, May 2022.

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Subsegmental PE: When to withhold anticoagulation?: A recalibration of the role of structured surveillance may change care

​Vinson DR, Rouleau SG, Ballard DW.

Emerg Med News. 2023;45(11B):10.1097.

 

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Implementation and effectiveness of a physician-focused peer support program

Tolins ML, Rana JS, Lippert S, LeMaster C, Kimura YF, Sax DR.

PLOS ONE. 2023 Nov 1. Online ahead of print.

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Risk of Serious Bacterial Infections in Febrile Infants Aged 7-90 Days With COVID-19

Greenhow T, Somers M, Zhang J, Nguyen T, Vinson D, Mark D, Rauchwerger A, Reed M, Ballard D.

Ann Emerg Med. 2023;82(4S):S75-76 [abstract 167].

 

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Patterns of Chemical Restraint Use for Emergency Department Patients With Acute Mental Health Distress

Lippert S, Yu R, Tucker LY, Rabbani J, Rauchwerger A, Kene M.

Ann Emerg Med. 2023;82(4S):S111 [abstract 245].

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Developing Clinical Risk Prediction Models for Worsening Heart Failure Events and Death by Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction

Parikh RV, Go AS, Bhatt AS, Tan TC, Allen AR, Feng KY, Hamilton SA, Tai AS, Fitzpatrick JK, Lee KK, Adatya S, Avula HR, Sax DR, Shen X, Cristino J, Sandhu AT, Heidenreich PA, Ambrosy AP.

J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Sep 30. Online ahead of print.

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Embolism laterality and highest heart rate predict hospitalization of emergency department patients with acute, low-risk pulmonary embolism.

Casey SD, Zekar L, Somers MJ, Westafer LM, Reed ME, Vinson DR.

Ann Emerg Med. 2023;82(3):369-380. 

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Barriers and facilitators to the outpatient management of low-risk pulmonary embolism from the emergency department

Westafer LM, Jessen E, Boccio E, Zampi M, Casey SD, Lindenauer PK, Vinson DR.

Ann Emerg Med. 2023;82(3):381-393.

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Diagnostic performance of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I in a multicenter US emergency department cohort.

Mark DG, Huang J, Lee KK, Sax DR, Kene MV, Ballard DW, Vinson DR, Reed ME.

JACC Adv. 2023;2(7):100558.

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CA FIRST (California Febrile Infant Risk Stratification Tool) algorithm development in a learning health system.

Greenhow TL, Nguyen THP, Young BR, Somers MJ, Huang J, Alabaster AL, Vinson DR, Mark DG, Van Winkle PJ, Sharp AL, Reed ME, Shan J, Zhang JY, Rauchwerger AS, Ballard DW.

Perm J. 2023 Aug 10 [online ahead of print].

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Prevalence of and eligibility for surveillance without anticoagulation for lower-risk patients with acute subsegmental pulmonary embolism.

Rouleau SG, Balasubramanian MJ, Huang J, Antognini T, Reed ME, Vinson DR.

JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(8):e2326898.

 

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Medical therapy for patients presenting with acute heart failure in emergency departments in a large integrated healthcare system.  

​Rana J, Huang J, Mark D, Reed M, Sax DS.

Presented at the ESC Preventive Cardiology Congress, Malaga, Spain, 2023. 

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Automated analysis of unstructured clinical assessments improves emergency department triage performance: a retrospective deep learning analysis.

Sax DS, Warton EM, Sofrygin O, Mark DG, Ballard DW, Kene MV, Vinson DR, Reed ME.

J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2023;4:e13003.

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New strategies show promise for concussion.

Ballard D, Vinson D.

Emerg Med News. 2023;45(6):16-17.

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Atrial fibrillation triggered by cold drinks: increasing clinician and patient awareness [letter].

Vinson DR, Campbell AR, Qiao E.

Proc (Baylor Univ Med Cent). 2023;36(4):540-541.

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Validation of the Oakland Score among emergency department patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding.

Bouvet S, Zhang JY, Rauchwerger AS, Somers MJ, Merchant M, Sax DR.

Acad Emerg Med. 2023;30(S1):367-368 [abstract 792].

Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Austin, May 2023

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Increased use of computed tomographic cerebral angiography vs lumbar puncture for headache workups: 2015-2021.

Mark DG, Horton BH, Reed ME.

Acad Emerg Med. 2023;30(S1):38 [abstract 65].

Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Austin, May 2023

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Surveillance for low-risk patients with subsegmental PE: prevalence and eligibility.

Rouleau SG, Balasubramanian MJ, Antognini TX, Huang J, Reed ME, Vinson DR.

Acad Emerg Med. 2023;30(S1):328-329 [abstract 705].

Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Austin, May 2023

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Stroke prophylaxis action after US emergency department diagnosis and discharge of atrial fibrillation patients.

Kea B, Warton M, Kinney E, Kutz C, Ballard DW, Reed ME, Vinson DR.

Acad Emerg Med. 2023;30(S1):15-16 [abstract 18].

Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Austin, May 2023

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Co-administering long-acting oral with intravenous bolus rate reducers in treating rapid atrial fibrillation.

Vinson DR, Warton M, Hofmann ER, Durant EJ, Rauchwerger AS, Zhang JY, Reed ME, Mark DG.

Acad Emerg Med. 2023;30(S1):63 [abstract 119].

Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Austin, May 2023

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Automated measures of mis-triage to assess accuracy of the Emergency Severity Index among pediatric patients.

Zhang JY, Warton M, Reed ME. Rauchwerger AS, Vitale-McDowell TJ, McGauhey KR, Ballard DW, Kene MV, Sax DR.

Acad Emerg Med. 2023;30(S1):233 [abstract 491].

Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Austin, May 2023

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Letter to the editor: “Clinical controversies in the management of acute pulmonary embolism: Evaluation of four important but controversial aspects of acute pulmonary embolism management that are still subject of debate and research.”

Casey SD, Rouleau SG, Vinson DR, Roubinian NH.

Expert Rev Respir Med. 2023 May 13. Online ahead of print.

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Developing Consensus on Clinical Outcomes for Children with Mild Pneumonia: A Delphi Study

Florin TA, Melnikow J, Gosdin M, Ciuffetelli R, Benedetti J, Ballard DW, Gausche-Hill M, Kronman MP, Martin LA, Mistry RD, Neuman MI, Palazzi DL, Patel SJ, Self WH, Shah SS, Shah SN, Sirota S, Cruz AT, Ruddy R, Gerber JS, Kuppermann N.

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Barriers and facilitators to the outpatient management of low-risk pulmonary embolism from the emergency department.

Westafer LM, Jessen E, Boccio E, Zampi M, Casey SD, Lindenauer PK, Vinson DR.

Ann Emerg Med. 2023 April 12. Online ahead of print.

Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, New Orleans, May 2022.

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Bilateral Emboli and Highest Heart Rate Predict Hospitalization of Emergency Department Patients With Acute, Low-Risk Pulmonary Embolism

Casey SD, Zekar L, Somers MJ, Westafer LM, Reed ME, Vinson DR.

Ann Emerg Med. 2023 Apr 5 [online ahead of print].

To be presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Austin, May 2023

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Clinical decision support to Optimize Care of patients with Atrial Fibrillation or flutter in the Emergency department: protocol of a stepped-wedge cluster randomized pragmatic trial (O’CAFÉ trial).

Vinson DR, Rauchwerger AS, Karadi CA, Shan J, Zhang JY, Warton EM, Ballard DW, Mark DG, Hofmann ER, Cotton DM, Durant EJ, Lin JS, Sax DR, Poth LS, Bouvet SC, Gamboa SH, Ghiya MS, Kene MV, Ganapathy A, Whiteley PM, Babakhanian L, Kwok E, Solomon MD, Go AS, Reed ME, & on behalf of the Kaiser Permanente CREST Network.

Trials. 2023;24:246.

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Evaluation of the emergency severity index in US emergency departments for the rate of mistriage.

Sax DR, Warton EM, Mark DG, Vinson DR, Kene MV, Ballard DW, McGaughey KR, Vitale TJ, Beardsley A, Pines JM, Reed ME, Kaiser Permanente CREST Network Investigators.

JAMA Netw Open. 2023; 6(3):e233404.

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CT Use Reduction In Ostensive Ureteral Stone (CURIOUS).

Durant EJ, Engelhart DC, Ma AA, Warton EM, Arasu V, Bernal RM, Rauchwerger AS, Reed ME, Vinson DR.

Am J Emerg Med. 2023;67:168-175.

Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, New Orleans, May 2022

 

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Risk of venous thromboembolism in non-respiratory and respiratory presentations of COVID-19 in critically ill patients.

Roubinian NH, Vinson DR, Pai AP, Myers LC, Skarbinski J, Lee C, Mark DG, Liu VX.

Chest. 2023;164(1):215-218.

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Review of pulmonary embolism.

Vinson DR, Sperling JD, Roubinian NH.

JAMA. 2023;329(7):593.

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Bilateral tubal pregnancies presenting 11 days apart: a case report.

Farshidpour LS, Vinson DR, Durant EJ.

Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med. 2023;7(1):11-15.

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Mortality Following Diagnosis of Nontraumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage Within an Integrated “Hub-and-Spoke” Neuroscience Care Model: Is Spoke Presentation Noninferior to Hub Presentation?

Mark DG, Huang J, Sonne DC, Rauchwerger AS, Reed ME.

Neurocrit Care. 2023 Jan 4. Online ahead of print.

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Using AAP guidelines to manage febrile infants without C-reactive protein and procalcitonin.

Nguyen THP, Young BR, Alabaster A, Vinson DR, Mark DG, Van Winkle PJ, Sharp AL, Shan J, Rauchwerger AS, Greenhow T, Ballard DW.

Pediatrics. 2023;151(1):e2022058495.

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Risk of posthospital venous thromboembolism in patients with COVID-19 varies by SARS-CoV-2 period and vaccination status.

Roubinian NH, Vinson DR, Knudson-Fitzpatrick TW, Mark DG, Skarbinski J, Lee C, Liu VX, Pai AP.

Blood Adv. 2023;7(1):141-144. 

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CTEPH: A Kaiser Permanente Northern California experience

Kong J, Hardwick A, Jiang SF, Sun K, Vinson DR, McGlothlin DP, Goh CH.

Thromb Res. 2023;221:130-136.