Publications by authors named "L C Donovan"
Rationale: Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in rural areas experience inequitable access to care.
Objective: To assess whether rural residence is associated with receipt of recommended post-discharge COPD care.
Methods: We conducted a cohort study of all U.
Article Synopsis
- - Falls are a common and serious issue for individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), leading to higher rates of illness, death, and health care costs; identifying medication factors that increase fall risk is critical for prevention strategies.
- - A study analyzed health records of over 8,200 COPD patients who died between 2014-2018, finding that 30% had experienced an injurious fall in the two years prior, with 65% taking fall-risk increasing drugs (FRIDs).
- - The research indicates a higher likelihood of falls among patients prescribed certain medications like anticonvulsants and antipsychotics, suggesting a need for collaboration among healthcare providers to review and adjust medication use for better safety outcomes.
Premise: The use of hybrid breeding systems to increase crop yields has been the cornerstone of modern agriculture and is exemplified in the breeding and improvement of cultivated sunflower (Helianthus annuus). However, it is poorly understood what effect supporting separate breeding pools in such systems, combined with continued selection for yield, may have on leaf ecophysiology and specialized metabolite variation.
Methods: We analyzed 288 lines of cultivated H.
Importance: The Medicare Competitive Bidding Program (CBP), a policy that reduced durable medical equipment prices, was implemented starting in 2011. Legislation introduced in 2024 aims to remove supplemental oxygen from the CBP because of concerns that recent decreases in oxygen prescribing are due to lower prices set by the CBP, which may have decreased supply and, in turn, limited oxygen access for patients with chronic lung diseases. However, low-value prescribing of oxygen is also prevalent in practice, and decreased oxygen prescription rates may not have necessarily caused harm.
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