Publications by authors named "Jacqueline W Ragheb"
Background: The objective of this study was to determine whether postoperative pager alerts to the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP), a delirium prevention service, would accelerate program enrollment for older surgical patients. This study also tested feasibility of family care partner interventions for delirium prevention.
Methods: This single-center, pilot clinical trial factorially randomized 57 non-cardiac surgical patients ≥70 years of age to 4 arms: (1) standard care, (2) pager alerts to accelerate HELP enrollment, (3) family care partner-based delirium prevention interventions, or (4) a combined arm with both HELP and family interventions.
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- The study aimed to assess how often physicians agree on preoperative heart failure (HF) diagnoses among patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgery and to identify characteristics of patients where disagreements occur.
- Conducted at an academic center, the research involved detailed chart reviews of 1,018 patients from a larger group of 40,659, with adjudications made by a team of specialized physicians.
- Results showed an overall high agreement rate of 91.1% among physicians, but disagreements were noted more frequently in patients with fewer guideline-defined HF diagnostic criteria, indicating potential areas for improved diagnosis standards.
Background: Telehealth has gained popularity, particularly in the COVID-19 era. The use of telehealth is now being applied to preoperative evaluation clinics in an effort to overcome barriers to antenatal anesthesia assessment of high-risk obstetrical patients.
Objectives: The objective of this study is to determine if the quality of antenatal anesthesia telehealth consults of high-risk obstetric patients is comparable to in-person encounters.
Delirium is a common and serious complication of major surgery for older adults. Postoperative social and behavioral support (e.g.
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