scholarly journals A Contemporary Carbon Balance for the Northeast Region of the United States

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (23) ◽  
pp. 13230-13238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoliang Lu ◽  
David W. Kicklighter ◽  
Jerry M. Melillo ◽  
Ping Yang ◽  
Bernice Rosenzweig ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Carbon Balance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Northeast Region

scholarly journals Epidemiology and Factors Affecting Mortality of Hospitalized Patients with Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation in the United States

Blood ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 134 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 2404-2404
Author(s):  
Arya Mariam Roy ◽  
Manojna Konda ◽  
Akshay Goel ◽  
Appalanaidu Sasapu
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Hospitalized Patients ◽  
Northeast Region ◽  
Intravascular Coagulation

Introduction Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) is a systemic coagulopathy which leads to widespread thrombosis and hemorrhage and ultimately results in multiorgan dysfunction. DIC usually occurs as a complication of illnesses like severe sepsis, malignancies, trauma, acute pancreatitis, burns, and obstetrical complications. The prognosis and mortality of DIC depend on the etiology, however, the mortality of DIC is known to be on the higher side. The aim of the study is to analyze if gender, race, regional differences have any association with the mortality of hospitalized patients with DIC. Method The National Inpatient Sample database from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) for the year 2016 was queried for data. We identified hospital admissions for DIC with the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification diagnosis code D65. The data was analyzed with STATA 16.0 version and univariate and multivariate analysis were performed. We studied the characteristics of all such hospitalizations for the year 2016 and the factors associated with the in-hospital mortality rate (MR) of DIC. We used length of stay, cost of stay as an outcome to determine if gender, race, and location play a role in the mortality. Results A total of 8704 admissions were identified with a diagnosis of DIC during the year 2016. The mean age for admission was found to be 56.48± 0.22. The percentage of admissions in females and males did not have a notable difference (50.57% vs 49.43%). The disease specific MR for DIC was 47.7%. Admission during weekend vs weekdays did not carry a statistically significant difference in terms of MR. Females with DIC were less likely to die in the hospital when compared to males with DIC (OR= 0.906, CI 0.82 - 0.99, p= 0.031). Interestingly, African Americans (AA) with DIC admissions were found to have 24% more risk of dying when compared to Caucasians admitted with DIC (OR= 1.24, CI 1.10 - 1.39, P= 0.00), Native Americans (NA) has 67% more risk of dying when compared to Caucasians (OR= 1.67, CI 1.03 - 2.69, p= 0.035). The mortality rate of NA, AA, Caucasians with DIC was found to be 57%, 52%, 47% respectively. The MR was found to be highest in hospitals of the northeast region (52%), then hospitals in the south (47%), followed by west and mid-west (46%), p= 0.000. Patients admitted to west and mid-west were 24% less likely to die when compared to patients admitted to northeast region hospitals (OR= 0.76, p= 0.001). The average length of stay and cost of stay were also less in west and mid-west regions when compared to north east. The difference in outcomes persisted after adjusting for age, gender, race, hospital division, co-morbid conditions. Conclusion Our study demonstrated that African Americans and Native Americans with DIC have high risk of dying in the hospital. Also, there exists a difference between the mortality rate, length and cost of stay among different regions in the United States. More research is needed to elucidate the factors that might be impacting the location-based variation in mortality. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

scholarly journals Effects of contemporary land-use and land-cover change on the carbon balance of terrestrial ecosystems in the United States

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 045006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin M Sleeter ◽  
Jinxun Liu ◽  
Colin Daniel ◽  
Bronwyn Rayfield ◽  
Jason Sherba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Land Cover Change ◽  
Carbon Balance ◽  
Terrestrial Ecosystems ◽  
The United States

scholarly journals Automated delineation of cancer service areas in northeast region of the United States: A network optimization approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 100338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fahui Wang ◽  
Changzhen Wang ◽  
Yujie Hu ◽  
Julie Weiss ◽  
Jennifer Alford-Teaster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Network Optimization ◽  
The United States ◽  
Optimization Approach ◽  
Northeast Region ◽  
Cancer Service ◽  
Service Areas

Cardiac patient air medical transport in the northeast region of the united states

1998 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 297-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin C. Oberg ◽  
Christine Kociszewski ◽  
Judy Dubovsky ◽  
Gail LaPlante ◽  
Britta Lago
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cardiac Patient ◽  
Northeast Region ◽  
Medical Transport

Utilizing a Risk of Crime Measure for Recidivism Research: Moving Environmental Corrections Forward

2018 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 606-629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grant Drawve ◽  
Joel Caplan ◽  
Michael Ostermann
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Environmental Criminology ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
Northeast Region ◽  
Risk Terrain Modeling ◽  
Criminal Opportunities ◽  
Environmental Corrections ◽  
Conjunctive Analysis

The current study expands recidivism research by developing a risk of crime (ROC) measure rooted in environmental criminology, reflecting the risk of criminal opportunities, and lending itself to environmental corrections. Data were collected from a city in the Northeast region of the United States. The ROC measure was constructed through risk terrain modeling and reflected a parolee-specific neighborhood ROC. Conjunctive analysis of case configurations was utilized to explore how individual characteristics interacted with the ROC measure. Results indicated a relationship between parolees residing in an elevated ROC neighborhood and the likelihood of recidivism. The results were discussed in relation to how environmental criminology could be further integrated into environmental corrections, accounting for physical and social characteristics of the backcloth.

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