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Preventing Falls in Hospitalized Patients: State of the Science by LeLaurin, Jennifer H, Shorr, Ronald I

“…Falls in hospitalized patients are a pressing patient safety concern, but there is a limited body of evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of commonly used…”
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Intensive vs Standard Blood Pressure Control and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in Adults Aged ≥75 Years: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Williamson, Jeff D, Supiano, Mark A, Applegate, William B, Berlowitz, Dan R, Campbell, Ruth C, Chertow, Glenn M, Fine, Larry J, Haley, William E, Hawfield, Amret T, Ix, Joachim H, Kitzman, Dalane W, Kostis, John B, Krousel-Wood, Marie A, Launer, Lenore J, Oparil, Suzanne, Rodriguez, Carlos J, Roumie, Christianne L, Shorr, Ronald I, Sink, Kaycee M, Wadley, Virginia G, Whelton, Paul K, Whittle, Jeffrey, Woolard, Nancy F, Wright, Jackson T, Pajewski, Nicholas M

“…IMPORTANCE: The appropriate treatment target for systolic blood pressure (SBP) in older patients with hypertension remains uncertain. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate…”
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Association Between Characteristics of Injurious Falls and Fall Preventive Interventions in Acute Medical and Surgical Units by Francis-Coad, Jacqueline, Hill, Anne-Marie, Jacques, Angela, Chandler, A Michelle, Richey, Phyllis A, Mion, Lorraine C, Shorr, Ronald I

“…Abstract Background Hospital falls remain common and approximately 30% of falls in hospital result in injury. The aims of the study were the following: (i) to…”
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Diabetes-Related Complications, Glycemic Control, and Falls in Older Adults by Schwartz, Ann V, Vittinghoff, Eric, Sellmeyer, Deborah E, Feingold, Kenneth R, Rekeneire, Nathalie de, Strotmeyer, Elsa S, Shorr, Ronald I, Vinik, Aaron I, Odden, Michelle C, Park, Seok Won, Faulkner, Kimberly A, Harris, Tamara B

“…OBJECTIVE:--Older adults with type 2 diabetes are more likely to fall, but little is known about risk factors for falls in this population. We determined…”
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Association between hypoglycemia and dementia in a biracial cohort of older adults with diabetes mellitus by Yaffe, Kristine, Falvey, Cherie M, Hamilton, Nathan, Harris, Tamara B, Simonsick, Eleanor M, Strotmeyer, Elsa S, Shorr, Ronald I, Metti, Andrea, Schwartz, Ann V

“…Hypoglycemia commonly occurs in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and may negatively influence cognitive performance. Cognitive impairment in turn can…”
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Effect of Medicare's nonpayment for Hospital-Acquired Conditions: lessons for future policy by Waters, Teresa M, Daniels, Michael J, Bazzoli, Gloria J, Perencevich, Eli, Dunton, Nancy, Staggs, Vincent S, Potter, Catima, Fareed, Naleef, Liu, Minzhao, Shorr, Ronald I

“…In 2008, Medicare implemented the Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HACs) Initiative, a policy denying incremental payment for 8 complications of hospital care,…”
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Divesting from a Scored Hospital Fall Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT): A Cluster Randomized Non‐Inferiority Trial by Morris, Meg E., Haines, Terry, Hill, Anne Marie, Cameron, Ian D., Jones, Cathy, Jazayeri, Dana, Mitra, Biswadev, Kiegaldie, Debra, Shorr, Ronald I., McPhail, Steven M.

“…Background/Objectives We investigated the impact of ceasing routine falls risk assessment tool (FRAT) completion and instead used clinical reasoning to select…”
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Helping Patients Flourish in the Midst of COVID-19 by Wu, Velyn, Shorr, Ronald I.

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Alarm with care-a de-implementation strategy to reduce fall prevention alarm use in US hospitals: a study protocol for a hybrid 2 effectiveness-implementation trial by Turner, Kea, McNett, Molly, Potter, Catima, Cramer, Emily, Al Taweel, Mona, Shorr, Ronald I, Mion, Lorraine C

“…Fall prevention alarms are commonly used among US hospitals as a fall prevention strategy despite limited evidence of effectiveness. Further, fall prevention…”
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Physical function and self-rated health status as predictors of mortality: results from longitudinal analysis in the ilSIRENTE study by Cesari, Matteo, Onder, Graziano, Zamboni, Valentina, Manini, Todd, Shorr, Ronald I, Russo, Andrea, Bernabei, Roberto, Pahor, Marco, Landi, Francesco

“…Physical function measures have been shown to predict negative health-related events in older persons, including mortality. These markers of functioning may…”
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Assisted and Unassisted Falls: Different Events, Different Outcomes, Different Implications for Quality of Hospital Care by Staggs, Vincent S., Mion, Lorraine C., Shorr, Ronald I.

“…Many hospitals classify inpatient falls as assisted (if a staff member is present to ease the patient’s descent or break the fall) or unassisted for quality…”
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Unit‐level variation in bed alarm use in US hospitals by Staggs, Vincent S., Turner, Kea, Potter, Catima, Cramer, Emily, Dunton, Nancy, Mion, Lorraine C., Shorr, Ronald I.

“…Bed and chair alarms are widely used in hospitals, despite lack of effectiveness and unintended negative consequences. In this cross‐sectional, observational…”
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Nursing Skill Mix, Nurse Staffing Level, and Physical Restraint Use in US Hospitals: a Longitudinal Study by Staggs, Vincent S., Olds, Danielle M., Cramer, Emily, Shorr, Ronald I.

“…Background Although it is plausible that nurse staffing is associated with use of physical restraints in hospitals, this has not been well established. This…”
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Syncope, Hypotension, and Falls in the Treatment of Hypertension: Results from the Randomized Clinical Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial by Sink, Kaycee M., Evans, Gregory W., Shorr, Ronald I., Bates, Jeffrey T., Berlowitz, Dan, Conroy, Molly B., Felton, Deborah M., Gure, Tanya, Johnson, Karen C., Kitzman, Dalane, Lyles, Mary F., Servilla, Karen, Supiano, Mark A., Whittle, Jeff, Wiggers, Alan, Fine, Lawrence J.

“…Objective To determine predictors of serious adverse events (SAEs) involving syncope, hypotension, and falls, with particular attention to age, in the Systolic…”
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Central Nervous System Medication Burden and Risk of Recurrent Serious Falls and Hip Fractures in Veterans Affairs Nursing Home Residents by Aspinall, Sherrie L., Springer, Sydney P., Zhao, Xinhua, Cunningham, Francesca E., Thorpe, Carolyn T., Semla, Todd P., Shorr, Ronald I., Hanlon, Joseph T.

“…Objectives To examine the association between central nervous system (CNS) medication dosage burden and risk of serious falls, including hip fractures, in…”
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Fall Prevention Practices and Implementation Strategies: Examining Consistency Across Hospital Units by Turner, Kea, Staggs, Vincent S., Potter, Catima, Cramer, Emily, Shorr, Ronald I., Mion, Lorraine C.

“…OBJECTIVEOur study examines how consistently fall prevention practices and implementation strategies are used by U.S. hospitals. METHODSWe conducted a…”
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In-Hospital Sequelae of Injurious Falls in 24 Medical/Surgical Units in Four Hospitals in the United States by Hill, Anne-Marie, Jacques, Angela, Chandler, A. Michelle, Richey, Phyllis A., Shorr, Ronald I.

“…Up to 50% of patient falls in the hospital result in injury. This study was conducted to determine whether injurious falls were associated with increased…”
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Drug Burden Index Score and Functional Decline in Older People by Hilmer, Sarah N., MD, PhD, Mager, Donald E., PharmD, PhD, Simonsick, Eleanor M., PhD, Ling, Shari M., MD, Windham, B. Gwen, MD, Harris, Tamara B., MD, MS, Shorr, Ronald I., MD, MS, Bauer, Douglas C., MD, MPH, Abernethy, Darrell R., MD, PhD

“…Abstract Background The Drug Burden Index (DBI), a measure of exposure to anticholinergic and sedative medications, has been independently associated with…”
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Dosing profiles of concurrent opioid and benzodiazepine use associated with overdose risk among US Medicare beneficiaries: group‐based multi‐trajectory models by Lo‐Ciganic, Wei‐Hsuan, Hincapie‐Castillo, Juan, Wang, Ting, Ge, Yong, Jones, Bobby L., Huang, James L., Chang, Ching‐Yuan, Wilson, Debbie L., Lee, Jeannie K., Reisfield, Gary M., Kwoh, Chian K., Delcher, Chris, Nguyen, Khoa A., Zhou, Lili, Shorr, Ronald I., Guo, Jingchuan, Marcum, Zachary A., Harle, Christopher A., Park, Haesuk, Winterstein, Almut, Yang, Seonkyeong, Huang, Pei‐Lin, Adkins, Lauren, Gellad, Walid F.

“…Background and aims One‐third of opioid (OPI) overdose deaths involve concurrent benzodiazepine (BZD) use. Little is known about concurrent opioid and…”
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Concordance Between Anticholinergic Burden Scales by Naples, Jennifer G., Marcum, Zachary A., Perera, Subashan, Gray, Shelly L., Newman, Anne B., Simonsick, Eleanor M., Yaffe, Kristine, Shorr, Ronald I., Hanlon, Joseph T.

“…Objectives To evaluate concordance of five commonly used anticholinergic scales. Design Cross‐sectional secondary analysis. Setting Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,…”
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