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Therapeutic Anticoagulation with Heparin in Noncritically Ill Patients with Covid-19.
N Engl J Med
August 2021
From the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre at University Health Network (P.R.L., M.E.F., V.D., J.P.G., L.C.G., G.H.), the University of Toronto (P.R.L., E.C.G., A.S.S., M.E.F., V.D., R.A.F., L.C.G., G.H., M.H.), University Health Network (E.C.G., M.H.), St. Michael's Hospital Unity Health (A.S.S., Z.B., J.C.M., M.S.), Ozmosis Research (L.B., L.P.G.D., V.W.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.P.G.), Toronto, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (M. Carrier, L.A.C., D.A.F., G.L.G., D.M.S.), Institut du Savoir Montfort (Marc Carrier, G.L.G.), and the University of Ottawa (L.A.C., D.A.F., D.M.S.), Ottawa, Université Laval (A.F.T.) and CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center (A.F.T.), Quebec, QC, the University of Manitoba (B.L.H., A. Kumar, R.Z., S.A.L., D.S., G.V.-G.), CancerCare Manitoba (B.L.H., R.Z.), and St. Boniface Hospital (N.M.), Winnipeg, MB, McGill University, Montreal (S.R.K., E.G.M.), McMaster University (P.L.G.) and the Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute (P.L.G.), Hamilton, ON, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC (F.L.), the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (S. Murthy, K.R.), and the University of Alberta, Edmonton (S.D.) - all in Canada; NYU Grossman School of Medicine (J.S.B., H.R.R., J.S.H., T.C., N.M.K., S.P.), the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Heart (R.S.R.), NYU Langone Health, NYU Langone Hospital (T.C., J.M.H., E.Y.), and Bellevue Hospital (N.M.K.), New York, Montefiore Medical Center (M.N.G., H.H.B., S.C., J.T.C., R.N.) and Albert Einstein College of Medicine (M.N.G., H.H.B., B.T.G., A. Hope), Bronx, and NYU Langone Long Island, Mineola (R.D.H., A. Hindenburg) - all in New York; the University of Pittsburgh (M.D.N., B.J.M., D.T.H., M.M.B., D.C.A., A.J.K., C.M.L., K.L., S.K.M., C.W.S.), UPMC (M.D.N., B.J.M., D.C.A., K.L., S.K.M.), the Clinical Research, Investigation, and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness (CRISMA) Center, University of Pittsburgh (T.D.G.), and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (C. Horvat), Pittsburgh, and Emergency Medicine, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey (S.C.M.) - all in Pennsylvania; Instituto do Coracao, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo (J.C.N., L.C.G., F.G.L.), Avanti Pesquisa Clínica (A.S.M.), Hospital de Julho (F.O.S.), and Hospital do Coracao (F.G.Z.), Sao Paulo, Hospital do Coração de Mato Grosso do Sul and the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (M.P.), Hospital Universitário Maria Aparecida Pedrossia (D.G.S.J.), and Hospital Unimed Campo Grande (D.G.S.J.), Campo Grande, and INGOH, Clinical Research Center, Goiânia (M.O.S.) - all in Brazil; Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City (J.E., Y.S.P.G.); the University of Bristol and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (C.A.B.), Bristol, Imperial College London (A.C.G., F.A.-B., M.A.L.), Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, St. Mary's Hospital (A.C.G.), the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (B.-A.K.), University College London Hospital (R.H.), Kings Healthcare Partners (B.J.H.), the Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre (P.R.M.), Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (M.S.-H.), and King's College London (M.S.-H.), London, Oxford University (A. Beane, S.J.S.) and NHS Blood and Transplant (L.J.E., S.J.S.), Oxford, and Queen's University Belfast and Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast (D.F.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco (L.Z.K., C. Hendrickson, M.M.K., A.E.K., M.A.M., B.N.-G.), Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance (R.J.L., S. Brouwer), Global Coalition for Adaptive Research (M. Buxton) and the University of California Los Angeles (G.L.), Los Angeles, the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego (T.W.C.), and Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto (J.G.W.) - all in California; Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington (M. Cushman); Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University (Z.M., A.M.H., C.J.M., S.A.W., A. Buzgau, C.G., S.P.M., A.D.N., J.C.P., A.C.C.), and Alfred Health (A.C.C., A.D.N.), Melbourne, VIC, St. John of God Subiaco Hospital (S.A.W., E. Litton) and Fiona Stanley Hospital (E. Litton), Perth, WA, and Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA (S. Bihari) - all in Australia; the University of Illinois (K.S.K., J.R.J., J.G.Q.), Cook County Health and Rush Medical College (S. Malhotra), and the University of Chicago (J.D.P.) - all in Chicago; SOCAR Research SA, Nyon (B.-A.K.), and Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern (T.T.), Bern - all in Switzerland; Berry Consultants, Austin (R.J.L., E. Lorenzi, S.M.B., L.R.B., M.A.D., M.F., A.M., C.T.S.), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (A.P.), and Baylor Scott and White Health, Temple (R.J.W.) - all in Texas; Auckland City Hospital (C.J.M., S.P.M., R.L.P.) and the University of Auckland (R.L.P.), Auckland, and the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, Wellington (C.J.M., A.M.T.) - all in New Zealand; Vanderbilt University Medical Center (A.W.A.) and TriStar Centennial Medical Center (A.L.G.) - both in Nashville; Fédération Hospitalo Universitaire, Raymond Poincaré Hospital, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Garches (D. Annane), and Aix-Marseille University, Marseille (B.C.) - both in France; King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Y.M.A.); Nepal Mediciti Hospital, Lalitpur, and Nepal Intensive Care Research Foundation, Kathmandu (D. Aryal) - both in Nepal; Versiti Blood Research Institute, Milwaukee (L.B.K., L.J.E.), and the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (J.P.S.); National Intensive Care Surveillance-Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Colombo, Sri Lanka (A. Beane); the University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht (M. Bonten, R.E.G.S., W.B.-P.), and Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen (S. Middeldorp, F.L.V.) - both in the Netherlands; Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany (F.B.); Cleveland Clinic (A.D.) and Case Western Reserve University, the Metro Health Medical Centre (V.K.) - both in Cleveland; Ochsner Medical Center, University of Queensland-Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans (M.B.E.); Harvard Medical School (B.M.E., Y.K., N.S.R., A.B.S), Brigham and Women's Hospital (B.M.E., Y.K., S.M.H.), Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center (N.M.H.), and Massachusetts General Hospital (A.B.S., N.S.R.) - all in Boston; University of Alabama, Birmingham (S.G.); Hospital Ramón y Cajal (S.G.-M., J.L.L.-S.M., R.M.G.) and IdiPaz Research Institute, Universidad Autonoma (J.L.-S.), Madrid, and University Hospital of Salamanca-University of Salamanca-IBSAL, Salamanca (M.M.) - all in Spain; University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium (H.G.); Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark (Y.Y.G.); University of Oxford, Bangkok, Thailand (R.H.); Ascension St. John Heart and Vascular Center, Tulsa (N.H.), and the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City (N.H.); the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati (K.H.); University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (R.C.H., P.K.P.), Beaumont Health, Royal Oak, and the OUWB School of Medicine, Auburn Hills (G.B.N.) - all in Michigan; Mayo Clinic, Rochester (V.N.I.), and the Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis (M.E.P.) - both in Minnesota; Apollo Speciality Hospital-OMR, Chennai, India (D.J.); Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (A. Khan, E.S.L.); the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (A.L.K.); University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (M.E.K.); University College Dublin, Dublin (A.D.N.); University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City (L.S.); Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC (L.W.); and Emory University, Atlanta (B.J.W.).
Background: Thrombosis and inflammation may contribute to the risk of death and complications among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). We hypothesized that therapeutic-dose anticoagulation may improve outcomes in noncritically ill patients who are hospitalized with Covid-19.
Methods: In this open-label, adaptive, multiplatform, controlled trial, we randomly assigned patients who were hospitalized with Covid-19 and who were not critically ill (which was defined as an absence of critical care-level organ support at enrollment) to receive pragmatically defined regimens of either therapeutic-dose anticoagulation with heparin or usual-care pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis.
Early Neurologic Recovery, Practice Pattern Variation, and the Risk of Endotracheal Intubation Following Established Status Epilepticus.
Neurology
May 2021
From the Division of Clinical Neurophysiology and Division of Neurocritical Care (E.S.R.), Department of Neurology, and Department of Pharmacy (M.E.B.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Department of Public Health Sciences (J.J.E., J.I.), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston; Departments of Emergency Medicine (A.J.R., R.S.) and Pediatrics (A.J.R.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Department of Emergency Medicine (T.E.T.), The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus; Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (M.H.), Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Department of Pediatrics (D.G.T.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Division of Emergency Medicine (L.B.), Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, OH; Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (P.J.O.), Department of Pediatrics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX; Department of Neurosciences (R.H.L.), Inova Health System, Falls Church, VA; Department of Emergency Medicine (J.B.M.), Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (R.W.H.), Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA; Feinberg School of Medicine (T.P.B.), Northwestern University and Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL; Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (J.C.C., L.D.C.), College of Pharmacy and Center for Orphan Drug Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Department of Neurology (D.H.L.), University of California, San Francisco; Department of Neurology (J.K.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Montefiore Medical Center (S.S.), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY; and Division of Emergency Medicine (J.M.C.), Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC.
Objective: To quantify the association between early neurologic recovery, practice pattern variation, and endotracheal intubation during established status epilepticus, we performed a secondary analysis within the cohort of patients enrolled in the Established Status Epilepticus Treatment Trial (ESETT).
Methods: We evaluated factors associated with the endpoint of endotracheal intubation occurring within 120 minutes of ESETT study drug initiation. We defined a blocked, stepwise multivariate regression, examining 4 phases during status epilepticus management: (1) baseline characteristics, (2) acute treatment, (3) 20-minute neurologic recovery, and (4) 60-minute recovery, including seizure cessation and improving responsiveness.
Noninvasive Management of Pediatric Isolated, Condylar Fractures: Less Is More?
Plast Reconstr Surg
February 2021
From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine; and Rush Medical College of Rush University.
Background: The purpose of this study was to examine injury patterns in pediatric mandibular condylar fractures and to propose and evaluate the validity of an institutional treatment algorithm for such fractures.
Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted on pediatric patients who presented to the authors' institution with isolated mandibular condylar fractures between 1990 and 2016. Patients were categorized by dentition, and information regarding demographics, injury characteristics, management, and complications was compiled.
Etiology and Determinants of In-Hospital Survival in Patients Resuscitated After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in an Urban Medical Center.
Am J Cardiol
September 2020
University of California, San Francisco, Moffitt Hospital 11th Floor Cardiology Division, San Francisco, CA. Electronic address:
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a leading cause of mortality globally. The goals of this study were to describe common causes of OHCA in an urban US medical center, identify predictive factors for survival, and to assess whether neurological status upon return of spontaneous circulation might be predictive of outcomes: 124 consecutive patients aged 18 years and older with OHCA admitted at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center were studied. All patients resuscitated in the field with return of spontaneous circulation then transferred to the emergency department were included.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSNMMI Procedure Standard/EANM Guideline for Gated Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiography.
J Nucl Med Technol
June 2020
Department of Radiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois.
The purpose of this document is to assist nuclear medicine practitioners in recommending, performing, interpreting, and reporting the results of gated equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography (ERNA).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAdvance Care Planning for African American Caregivers of Relatives With Dementias: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.
Am J Hosp Palliat Care
June 2021
Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science, College of Nursing, 3463University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Background And Objectives: African-American family caregivers may have insufficient knowledge to make informed end-of-life (EOL) decisions for relatives with dementias. Advance Care Treatment Plan (ACT-Plan) is a community-based education intervention to enhance knowledge of dementia and associated EOL medical treatments, self-efficacy, intentions, and behavior (written EOL care plan). This study evaluated efficacy of the intervention compared to attention control.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNuclear cardiology in the literature: A selection of recent, original research papers.
J Nucl Cardiol
December 2019
Division of Cardiology, Cook County Health and Rush Medical College, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, 1901 W. Harrison Street, Suite 3620, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
The Incisura.
Cardiol Rev
February 2020
From the Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL.
Analysis of the arterial pressure waveform remains useful in modern practice to assess alterations that may indicate significant abnormalities of cardiovascular parameters. The recognition of abnormalities of the incisura and dicrotic wave should alert the clinician to seek specific etiologic factors. Understanding the physiological origins of the incisura and dicrotic notch enhance its clinical utility in accurately diagnosing abnormal hemodynamic states.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe association of imaging equipment age with other quality metrics and successful laboratory accreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission.
Echocardiography
September 2019
Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Background: Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) accreditation is granted or delayed depending on the fulfillment of several quality metrics. Investing in up-to-date equipment might reflect a commitment to quality.
Methods: Data from echocardiography (n = 3079) and nuclear cardiology (n = 1835) accreditation applications submitted between 2012 and 2014 were evaluated to determine the mean age of laboratory equipment.
Underdosing of Benzodiazepines in Patients With Status Epilepticus Enrolled in Established Status Epilepticus Treatment Trial.
Acad Emerg Med
August 2019
Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy and Center for Orphan Drug Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Coexistence of cardiac amyloidosis with coronary artery disease and the challenges in medical management.
J Nucl Cardiol
June 2019
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Nuclear cardiology in the literature: A selection of recent original research papers.
J Nucl Cardiol
December 2018
Division of Cardiology, Cook County Health and Hospitals System and Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, USA.
Intersectin-1s deficiency in pulmonary pathogenesis.
Respir Res
September 2017
Department of Pharmacology and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Rush University Medical Center and Rush Medical College, 1750 W. Harrison Street, 1535 Jelke, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
Intersectin-1s (ITSN-1s), a multidomain adaptor protein, plays a vital role in endocytosis, cytoskeleton rearrangement and cell signaling. Recent studies have demonstrated that deficiency of ITSN-1s is a crucial early event in pulmonary pathogenesis. In lung cancer, ITSN-1s deficiency impairs Eps8 ubiquitination and favors Eps8-mSos1 interaction which activates Rac1 leading to enhanced lung cancer cell proliferation, migration and metastasis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSmoking, HIV, and risk of pregnancy loss.
AIDS
February 2017
aDepartment of Epidemiology, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina bDepartment of Medicine, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County and Rush Medical College cHektoen Institute of Medicine/The CORE Center, Cook County Health & Hospital Systems, Chicago, Illinois dDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Health Services, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California eDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavior Neurobiology, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama fAlbert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, New York gDepartment of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California hDivision of Infectious Diseases, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia iDepartment of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia jState University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York kDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland lDivision of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida mDepartment of Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Objective: Cigarette smoking during pregnancy increases risks of poor pregnancy outcomes including miscarriage and stillbirth (pregnancy loss), but the effect of smoking on pregnancy loss among HIV-infected women has not been explored. Here, investigated the impact of smoking on risk of pregnancy loss among HIV-positive and HIV-negative women, and estimated the potential impact of realistic smoking cessation interventions on risk of pregnancy loss among HIV-positive women.
Design: We analyzed pregnancy outcomes in HIV-positive and HIV-negative participants in the Women's Interagency HIV Study between 1994 and 2014.
The "May Be Appropriate" PCI: Ambiguities in the Appropriate Use Classification.
J Invasive Cardiol
November 2016
Advocate Illinois Medical Center and Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL 60614 USA.
Rac1-mediated cytoskeleton rearrangements induced by intersectin-1s deficiency promotes lung cancer cell proliferation, migration and metastasis.
Mol Cancer
September 2016
Department of Pharmacology and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Rush University Medical Center and Rush Medical College, 1750 W. Harrison Street, 1535 Jelke, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
Background: The mechanisms involved in lung cancer (LC) progression are poorly understood making discovery of successful therapies difficult. Adaptor proteins play a crucial role in cancer as they link cell surface receptors to specific intracellular pathways. Intersectin-1s (ITSN-1s) is an important multidomain adaptor protein implicated in the pathophysiology of numerous pulmonary diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImpact of End-Stage Renal Disease and Acute Kidney Injury on ICU Outcomes in Patients With Sepsis.
J Intensive Care Med
August 2017
1 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Rush University Medical Center and Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, USA.
Purpose: To report the characteristics and outcomes of patients with sepsis in the intensive care unit (ICU) with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and acute kidney injury (AKI) compared to patients with nonkidney injury (non-KI).
Methods: Retrospective study of all patients with sepsis admitted to the ICU of a university hospital within a 12-month time period. Data were obtained from the University Health Consortium database and a chart review of the electronic medical records.
The Economic Imperatives Underlying the Occupational Health Hazards of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.
Circ Cardiovasc Interv
April 2016
From the Cardiology Department, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, and Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL.
The Correlation Between Cigarette Smoking and Other Risk Factors With Coronary Stenosis Composition.
J Invasive Cardiol
August 2015
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois USA.
Clinical Reasoning: An unusual diagnostic triad. Susac syndrome, or retinocochleocerebral vasculopathy.
Neurology
July 2015
From the Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (A.W.F., M.J.H., H.E.M.) and Neurology and Rehabilitation (A.V., L.A.Z., H.E.M.), University of Illinois at Chicago; and Rush Medical College (C.L.K.), Chicago, IL.
Gender-Based Violence and HIV in Rwanda: Respecting Women's Voices.
J Womens Health (Larchmt)
September 2015
3 WE-ACTx , Chinle, New Mexico.
Device-guided slow-paced respiration for menopausal hot flushes: a randomized controlled trial.
Obstet Gynecol
May 2015
Departments of Medicine, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; and Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois.
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of device-guided slow-paced respiration for reducing the frequency and severity of menopausal hot flushes.
Methods: Perimenopausal or postmenopausal women reporting four or more hot flushes per day were recruited into a parallel-group, randomized trial of slow-paced respiration using a portable guided-breathing device. Women were randomly assigned to use a standard device to practice slowing their resting breathing rate to less than 10 breaths per minute for at least 15 minutes everyday or use an identical-appearing control device programmed to play relaxing nonrhythmic music while monitoring spontaneous breathing.
Patterns of coping strategy use and relationships with psychosocial health in adolescents with spinal cord injury.
J Pediatr Psychol
June 2015
Shriners Hospitals for Children, Philadelphia, PA, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Chicago, IL, Marquette University, Department of SCI Research, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Chicago, IL, University of Illinois, Department of Research, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Philadelphia, PA, Thomas Jefferson University, and Rush Medical College Shriners Hospitals for Children, Philadelphia, PA, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Chicago, IL, Marquette University, Department of SCI Research, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Chicago, IL, University of Illinois, Department of Research, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Philadelphia, PA, Thomas Jefferson University, and Rush Medical College.
Objective: To investigate patterns of coping among adolescents with spinal cord injury (SCI).
Methods: Youth aged 13-18 years with SCI completed measures of participation, quality of life (QOL), mental health symptoms, and coping. A hierarchical agglomerative cluster analysis using Ward's method was conducted.
Ventilator Liberation for High-Risk-for-Failure Patients: Improving Value of the Spontaneous Breathing Trial.
Respir Care
February 2015
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Rush University Medical Center and Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois.
Several patient populations have been identified as high risk for extubation failure despite successful completion of a spontaneous breathing trial (SBT). Extubation failure and subsequent need for emergent re-intubation have been associated with increased morbidity and mortality. In this review, we discuss ways to optimize the value and performance of the SBT in a subgroup of high-risk patients (elderly, cardiac, and/or respiratory failure) to reduce the rate of extubation failure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInferior vena cava diameter change after intravenous furosemide in patients diagnosed with acute decompensated heart failure.
J Clin Ultrasound
March 2015
Department of Medicine, Cook County Hospital and Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL.
Purpose: Measurement of the inferior vena cava (IVC) diameters may improve decision-making for patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure. Nevertheless, little is known about how the IVC is affected by loop diuretics. We sought to determine if bolus infusions of intravenous furosemide affect IVC diameters measured by hand-carried ultrasonography.
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