Search Results - "Araujo, Katy L"
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Days of Delirium Are Associated with 1-Year Mortality in an Older Intensive Care Unit Population
Published in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (01-12-2009)“…Delirium is a frequent occurrence in older intensive care unit (ICU) patients, but the importance of the duration of delirium in contributing to adverse…”
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Medication Reconciliation Accuracy and Patient Understanding of Intended Medication Changes on Hospital Discharge
Published in Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM (01-11-2012)“…ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Adverse drug events after hospital discharge are common and often serious. These events may result from provider errors or patient…”
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Benzodiazepine and opioid use and the duration of intensive care unit delirium in an older population
Published in Critical care medicine (2009)“…There is a high prevalence of delirium in older medical intensive care unit (ICU) patients and delirium is associated with adverse outcomes. We need to…”
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Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Cautery-Assisted Transbronchial Forceps Biopsies: Safety and Sensitivity Relative to Transbronchial Needle Aspiration
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-05-2016)“…Background Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)–guided transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) is important in the evaluation of thoracic lymphadenopathy. Reliably…”
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A randomized trial of a physical conditioning program to enhance the driving performance of older persons
Published in Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM (01-05-2007)“…As the number of older drivers increases, concern has been raised about the potential safety implications. Flexibility, coordination, and speed of movement…”
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Feasibility study of unattended polysomnography in medical intensive care unit patients
Published in Heart & lung (01-09-2014)“…Abstract Objectives To evaluate the feasibility of using unattended, portable polysomnography (PSG) to measure sleep among patients in the medical intensive…”
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Functional status after critical illness: agreement between patient and proxy assessments
Published in Age and ageing (01-05-2015)“…assessment of baseline functional status of older patients during and after intensive care unit (ICU) admission is often hampered by challenges related to the…”
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Disability in activities of daily living, depression, and quality of life among older medical ICU survivors: a prospective cohort study
Published in Health and quality of life outcomes (05-02-2011)“…Accurate measurement of quality of life in older ICU survivors is difficult but critical for understanding the long-term impact of our treatments. Activities…”
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Sleep Disturbances and Driving Practices of Older Drivers
Published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) (01-10-2013)“…Objectives To evaluate the associations between sleep disturbances and driving practices, including driving cessation and trajectories of daily driving mileage…”
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Comprehensive quality of discharge summaries at an academic medical center
Published in Journal of hospital medicine (01-08-2013)“…BACKGROUND Discharge summaries are essential for safe transitions from hospital to home. OBJECTIVE To conduct a comprehensive quality assessment of discharge…”
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Etiologies of bilateral pleural effusions
Published in Respiratory medicine (01-02-2013)“…Summary Background To evaluate the safety, etiology and outcomes of patients undergoing bilateral thoracentesis. Methods This is a prospective cohort study of…”
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Development of a handoff evaluation tool for shift-to-shift physician handoffs: The handoff CEX
Published in Journal of hospital medicine (01-04-2013)“…BACKGROUND Increasing frequency of shift‐to‐shift handoffs coupled with regulatory requirements to evaluate handoff quality make a handoff evaluation tool…”
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A research algorithm to improve detection of delirium in the intensive care unit
Published in Critical care (London, England) (01-01-2006)“…Delirium is a serious and prevalent problem in intensive care units (ICU). The purpose of this study was to develop a research algorithm to enhance detection…”
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Multivariate graphical methods provide an insightful way to formulate explanatory hypotheses from limited categorical data
Published in Journal of clinical epidemiology (01-02-2012)“…Abstract Objective Graphical methods for generating explanatory hypotheses from limited categorical data are described and illustrated. Study Design and…”
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Sleep Disturbances and Adverse Driving Events in a Predominantly Male Cohort of Active Older Drivers
Published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) (01-10-2010)“…OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the association between sleep disturbances and adverse driving events in active older drivers. DESIGN: Longitudinal. SETTING: Clinic…”
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The Impact of Race on Intensity of Care Provided to Older Adults in the Medical Intensive Care Unit
Published in Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities (01-06-2016)“…Background African-Americans and Hispanics receive disproportionately less aggressive non-critical treatment for chronic diseases than their Caucasian…”
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Bayesian Time-Series Analysis of a Repeated-Measures Poisson Outcome With Excess Zeroes
Published in American journal of epidemiology (01-12-2011)“…In this article, the authors demonstrate a time-series analysis based on a hierarchical Bayesian model of a Poisson outcome with an excessive number of zeroes…”
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Characteristics associated with delirium in older patients in a medical intensive care unit
Published in Archives of internal medicine (1960) (13-08-2007)“…Delirium is a highly prevalent disorder among older patients in the intensive care unit. We performed a prospective cohort study of 304 patients 60 years or…”
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The use of missingness screens in clinical epidemiologic research has implications for regression modeling
Published in Journal of clinical epidemiology (01-12-2007)“…Abstract Objective Properly handling missing data is a challenge, especially when working with older populations that have high levels of morbidity and…”
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Utility of a short, telephone‐administered version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment
Published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) (01-10-2021)“…Background Because of the COVID‐19 pandemic, the ongoing D‐CARE pragmatic trial of two models of dementia care management needed to transition to all data…”
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