Publications by authors named "E Furuya"
Importance: Long-term nursing home stay or death (long-term NH stay or death), defined as new long-term residence in a nursing home or death following hospital discharge, is an important patient-centered outcome.
Objective: To examine whether the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with changes in long-term NH stay or death among older adults with sepsis, and whether these changes were greater in individuals from racial and ethnic minoritized groups.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This cross-sectional study used patient-level data from the Medicare Provider Analysis and Review File, the Master Beneficiary Summary File, and the Minimum Data Set.
Article Synopsis
- Marginalized populations, especially racial and ethnic minorities, faced worse health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in hospitals under strain.
- The study aimed to understand the impact of hospital conditions on older patients with sepsis, comparing those from minority groups with White individuals.
- Results showed that during high COVID-19 patient weeks, White patients' risk of poor outcomes nearly doubled, while minority groups also experienced significant increases in mortality and morbidity, indicating larger disparities in healthcare access and outcomes.
Driving under the influence (DUI) remains an important threat to public health in the United States, and a substantial literature has evaluated the effectiveness of state-mandated penalties. Researchers have overlooked accelerated use of obscured fees and surcharges levied by local and state court systems added to penalties in the past 15 years. We present data regarding DUI penalties for offenders with a blood alcohol content (BAC of 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOutcomes among patients with bacteremia enrolled in a postdischarge outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy program at an academic medical center.
Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol
October 2022
We compared patients with bacteremia enrolled in outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy monitoring program (OPAT-MP) upon hospital discharge with patients not enrolled. OPAT-MP patients were more likely to attend infectious diseases follow-up appointments. OPAT-related emergency room visits and/or readmissions were more common among non-OPAT-MP patients, but differences were not statistically significant.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: We aimed to evaluate the pediatric fosphenytoin dosing regimen, including optimal timing for the measurement of total serum phenytoin concentration (C).
Methods: We retrospectively investigated pediatric patients with status epilepticus or seizure clusters treated with fosphenytoin between April 2013 and March 2018. Two C measurements were analyzed, one 2-4 h after the loading dose and another before the second dose.