Introduction to propensity scores

Introduction to causal diagrams for confounder selection

(2014) Elizabeth J. Williamson et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Use of Lung Allografts from Brain-Dead Donors after Cardiopulmonary Arrest and Resuscitation

(2013) Anthony W. Castleberry et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Influence of Previous Use of Inhaled Corticoids on the Development of Pleural Effusion in Community-acquired Pneumonia

(2013) Jacobo Sellares et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Costs and Health Outcomes Associated With Primary vs Secondary Care After an Asthma-Related Hospitalization

(2013) Mohsen Sadatsafavi et al.   CHEST

Efficacy of Single-Dose Antibiotic Against Early-Onset Pneumonia in Comatose Patients Who Are Ventilated

(2013) Jordi Vallés et al.   CHEST

Use of Intermittent Pneumatic Compression and Not Graduated Compression Stockings Is Associated With Lower Incident VTE in Critically Ill Patients

(2013) Yaseen M. Arabi et al.   CHEST

Interpretation of commonly used statistical regression models

(2013) Jessica Kasza et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1)–induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

(2012) Tài Pham et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Incidence and Cost of Pneumonia in Medicare Beneficiaries

(2012) Cindy Parks Thomas et al.   CHEST

Radiotherapy and chemotherapy for elderly patients with stage I–II unresected lung cancer

(2012) Juan P. Wisnivesky et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

One-to-many propensity score matching in cohort studies

(2012) Jeremy A. Rassen et al.   PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY

Tobacco smoke exposure and allergic sensitization in children: A propensity score analysis

(2012) SUZANNE L. HAVSTAD et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Corticosteroid Treatment in Critically Ill Patients with Pandemic Influenza A/H1N1 2009 Infection

(2011) Sung-Han Kim et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Early Corticosteroids in Severe Influenza A/H1N1 Pneumonia and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

(2011) Christian Brun-Buisson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Inhaled Glucocorticoids during Pregnancy and Offspring Pediatric Diseases

(2011) Marion Tegethoff et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Postoperative Complications in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

(2011) Roop Kaw et al.   CHEST

Guideline-concordant therapy and outcomes in healthcare-associated pneumonia

(2011) R. T. Attridge et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Weight Trimming and Propensity Score Weighting

(2011) Brian K. Lee et al.   PLoS One

Propensity scores: From naïve enthusiasm to intuitive understanding

(2011) Elizabeth Williamson et al.   STATISTICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH

Factors influencing asthma remission: a longitudinal study from childhood to middle age

(2011) J. A. Burgess et al.   THORAX

Invited Commentary: Positivity in Practice

(2010) D. Westreich et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Relationship of Vancomycin Minimum Inhibitory Concentration to Mortality in Patients With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Hospital-Acquired, Ventilator-Associated, or Health-care-Associated Pneumonia

(2010) Nadia Z. Haque et al.   CHEST

Survival Following Lobectomy and Limited Resection for the Treatment of Stage I Non-small Cell Lung Cancer ≤ 1 cm in Size

(2010) Max Kates et al.   CHEST

Inhaled corticosteroid use is associated with lower mortality for subjects with COPD and hospitalised with pneumonia

(2010) R. Malo de Molina et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Unpredictable bias when using the missing indicator method or complete case analysis for missing confounder values: an empirical example

(2010) Mirjam J. Knol et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

The role of the c-statistic in variable selection for propensity score models

(2010) Daniel Westreich et al.   PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY

Matching Methods for Causal Inference: A Review and a Look Forward

(2010) Elizabeth A. Stuart   STATISTICAL SCIENCE

Fluoroquinolone Resistance inMycobacterium tuberculosis

(2009) Rose A. Devasia et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Effectiveness of Treatments for Severe Sepsis

(2009) Ricard Ferrer et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Effectiveness of Radiation Therapy for Elderly Patients with Unresected Stage I and II Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

(2009) Juan P. Wisnivesky et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Nosocomial Pneumonia Risk and Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis

(2009) Todd A. Miano et al.   CHEST

Epidemiology and Outcomes of Clostridium difficile -Associated Disease Among Patients on Prolonged Acute Mechanical Ventilation

(2009) Marya D. Zilberberg et al.   CHEST

Outcomes of Patients Ventilated With Synchronized Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation With Pressure Support

(2009) Guillermo Ortiz et al.   CHEST

Survival Following Sublobar Resection for Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With or Without Adjuvant External Beam Radiation Therapy

(2009) Justin Rineer et al.   CHEST

Thrombocytopenia and Thrombocytosis at Time of Hospitalization Predict Mortality in Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

(2009) Mehdi Mirsaeidi et al.   CHEST

Impact of influenza vaccination on mortality risk among the elderly

(2009) R. H. H. Groenwold et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Study of prone positioning to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia in hypoxaemic patients

(2009) R. Mounier et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Propensity score estimation with missing values using a multiple imputation missingness pattern (MIMP) approach

(2009) Yongming Qu et al.   STATISTICS IN MEDICINE

Balance diagnostics for comparing the distribution of baseline covariates between treatment groups in propensity-score matched samples

(2009) Peter C. Austin   STATISTICS IN MEDICINE

Dietary patterns in pregnancy and respiratory and atopic outcomes in childhood

(2009) S O Shaheen et al.   THORAX

Misunderstandings between experimentalists and observationalists about causal inference

(2008) Kosuke Imai et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY SERIES A-STATISTICS IN SOCIETY

Evaluating uses of data mining techniques in propensity score estimation: a simulation study

(2008) Soko Setoguchi et al.   PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY

Assessing balance in measured baseline covariates when using many-to-one matching on the propensity-score

(2008) Peter C. Austin   PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY

Goodness-of-fit diagnostics for the propensity score model when estimating treatment effects using covariate adjustment with the propensity score

(2008) Peter C. Austin   PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY

A critical appraisal of propensity-score matching in the medical literature between 1996 and 2003

(2007) Peter C. Austin   STATISTICS IN MEDICINE