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Toward Using Wearables to Remotely Monitor Cognitive Frailty in Community-Living Older Adults: An Observational Study by Razjouyan, Javad, Najafi, Bijan, Horstman, Molly, Sharafkhaneh, Amir, Amirmazaheri, Mona, Zhou, He, Kunik, Mark E, Naik, Aanand

“…Physical frailty together with cognitive impairment (Cog), known as cognitive frailty, is emerging as a strong and independent predictor of cognitive decline…”
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Wearable Sensors and the Assessment of Frailty among Vulnerable Older Adults: An Observational Cohort Study by Razjouyan, Javad, Naik, Aanand D, Horstman, Molly J, Kunik, Mark E, Amirmazaheri, Mona, Zhou, He, Sharafkhaneh, Amir, Najafi, Bijan

“…The geriatric syndrome of frailty is one of the greatest challenges facing the U.S. aging population. Frailty in older adults is associated with higher adverse…”
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Dual orexin receptor antagonists for treatment of insomnia: A systematic review and meta-analysis on randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of suvorexant and lemborexant by Khazaie, Habibolah, Sadeghi, Masoud, Khazaie, Sepideh, Hirshkowitz, Max, Sharafkhaneh, Amir

“…Recent treatment guidelines for chronic insomnia recommend pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies. One of the contemporary drug options for insomnia…”
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Determinants of Depression in the ECLIPSE Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Cohort by HANANIA, Nicola A, MÜLLEROVA, Hana, LOCANTORE, Nicholas W, VESTBO, Jørgen, WATKINS, Michael L, WOUTERS, Emiel F. M, RENNARD, Stephen I, SHARAFKHANEH, Amir

“…Depression is prevalent in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); however, its etiology and relationship to the clinical features of COPD…”
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Effect of budesonide/formoterol pMDI on COPD exacerbations: A double-blind, randomized study by Sharafkhaneh, Amir, Southard, John G, Goldman, Mitchell, Uryniak, Tom, Martin, Ubaldo J

“…Summary Background Treatment with an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) and long-acting bronchodilator is recommended for severe/very severe chronic obstructive…”
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Digital Biomarker Representing Frailty Phenotypes: The Use of Machine Learning and Sensor-Based Sit-to-Stand Test by Park, Catherine, Mishra, Ramkinker, Sharafkhaneh, Amir, Bryant, Mon S., Nguyen, Christina, Torres, Ilse, Naik, Aanand D., Najafi, Bijan

“…Since conventional screening tools for assessing frailty phenotypes are resource intensive and unsuitable for routine application, efforts are underway to…”
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Association of psychiatric disorders and sleep apnea in a large cohort by SHARAFKHANEH, Amir, GIRAY, Nilgun, RICHARDSON, Peter, YOUNG, Terry, HIRSHKOWITZ, Max

“…We conducted the present study to determine whether psychiatric disorders are commonly associated with sleep apnea in Veterans Health Administration…”
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Sentiment Analysis of Insomnia-Related Tweets via a Combination of Transformers Using Dempster-Shafer Theory: Pre- and Peri-COVID-19 Pandemic Retrospective Study by Maghsoudi, Arash, Nowakowski, Sara, Agrawal, Ritwick, Sharafkhaneh, Amir, Kunik, Mark E, Naik, Aanand D, Xu, Hua, Razjouyan, Javad

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed additional stress on population health that may result in a change of sleeping behavior. In this study, we hypothesized that…”
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Increased Risk of Radiographic Emphysema in HIV Is Associated With Elevated Soluble CD14 and Nadir CD4 by Attia, Engi F., MD, Akgün, Kathleen M., MD, Wongtrakool, Cherry, MD, Goetz, Matthew Bidwell, MD, Rodriguez-Barradas, Maria C., MD, Rimland, David, MD, Brown, Sheldon T., MD, Soo Hoo, Guy W., MD, FCCP, Kim, Joon, MD, Lee, Patty J., MD, Schnapp, Lynn M., MD, Sharafkhaneh, Amir, MD, PhD, FCCP, Justice, Amy C., MD, PhD, Crothers, Kristina, MD

“…Abstract BACKGROUND: The association between HIV and emphysema remains incompletely understood. We sought to determine whether HIV is an independent risk…”
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Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Diagnosed Using the STOP-Bang Questionnaire Scale on Postoperative Complications Following Major Cardiac Surgery: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study by Javaherforooshzadeh, Fatemeh, Amjadzadeh, Mohammadreza, Haybar, Habib, Sharafkhaneh, Amir

“…PurposeObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common and often undiagnosed condition in patients undergoing major surgeries, including cardiac surgery. This…”
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Validation of a Natural Language Processing Algorithm for the Extraction of the Sleep Parameters from the Polysomnography Reports by Rahman, Mahbubur, Nowakowski, Sara, Agrawal, Ritwick, Naik, Aanand, Sharafkhaneh, Amir, Razjouyan, Javad

“…Background: There is a need to better understand the association between sleep and chronic diseases. In this study we developed a natural language processing…”
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Weight and metabolic effects of CPAP in obstructive sleep apnea patients with obesity by Garcia, Jose M, Sharafkhaneh, Hossein, Hirshkowitz, Max, Elkhatib, Rania, Sharafkhaneh, Amir

“…Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with obesity, insulin resistance (IR) and diabetes. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) rapidly mitigates…”
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The association between OSA and glycemic control in diabetes by Mehrdad, Mojtaba, Azarian, Mehrnaz, Sharafkhaneh, Amir, Alavi, Ali, Leili, Ehsan Kazemnezhad, Rad, Afagh Hassanzadeh, Dalili, Setila

“…Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common sleep-realted respiratory disorder. It is frequently comorbid with cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and…”
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Acute bronchodilator responsiveness and health outcomes in COPD patients in the UPLIFT trial by Hanania, Nicola A, Sharafkhaneh, Amir, Celli, Bartolome, Decramer, Marc, Lystig, Ted, Kesten, Steven, Tashkin, Donald

“…Debate continues as to whether acute bronchodilator responsiveness (BDR) predicts long-term outcomes in COPD. Furthermore, there is no consensus on a threshold…”
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Risk indexes for exacerbations and hospitalizations due to COPD by Niewoehner, Dennis E, Lokhnygina, Yuliya, Rice, Kathryn, Kuschner, Ware G, Sharafkhaneh, Amir, Sarosi, George A, Krumpe, Peter, Pieper, Karen, Kesten, Steven

“…The ability to predict exacerbations in patients with COPD might permit more rational use of preventive interventions. Our objective was to develop risk…”
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Resolution of Sleepwalking Behavior after Initiation of Sodium Oxybate in a Patient with Narcolepsy Type 2 by Hesselbacher, Sean, Sharafkhaneh, Amir

“…A 44-year-old male veteran with long-standing excessive daytime sleepiness was diagnosed with Narcolepsy Type 2. The patient was unable to tolerate effective…”
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Habitual Sleep Duration and the Colonic Mucosa-Associated Gut Microbiota in Humans—A Pilot Study by Agrawal, Ritwick, Ajami, Nadim J., Malhotra, Sonal, Chen, Liang, White, Donna L., Sharafkhaneh, Amir, Hoffman, Kristi L., Graham, David Y., El-Serag, Hashem B., Petrosino, Joseph F., Jiao, Li

“…We examined the association between the colonic adherent microbiota and nocturnal sleep duration in humans. In a cross-sectional study, 63 polyp-free adults…”
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Remote Physical Frailty Monitoring- The Application of Deep Learning-Based Image Processing in Tele-Health by Zahiri, Mohsen, Wang, Changhong, Gardea, Manuel, Nguyen, Hung, Shahbazi, Mohammad, Sharafkhaneh, Amir, Ruiz, Ilse Torres, Nguyen, Christina K., Bryant, Monthaporn S., Najafi, Bijan

“…Remote screening physical frailty (PF) may assist in triaging patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who are in clinical priorities to…”
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Assessing Smoking Status and Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Machine Learning Approach among Veterans by Nono Djotsa, Alice B S, Helmer, Drew A, Park, Catherine, Lynch, Kristine E, Sharafkhaneh, Amir, Naik, Aanand D, Razjouyan, Javad, Amos, Christopher I

“…The role of smoking in the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection is unclear. We used a retrospective cohort design to study data from veterans' Electronic Medical…”
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Elevated Risk of Chronic Respiratory Conditions within 60 Days of COVID-19 Hospitalization in Veterans by Park, Catherine, Razjouyan, Javad, Hanania, Nicola A, Helmer, Drew A, Naik, Aanand D, Lynch, Kristine E, Amos, Christopher I, Sharafkhaneh, Amir

“…SARS-CoV-2 infection prominently affects the respiratory system, and patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are at an increased risk of developing respiratory…”
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