2020
Underuse of statins for secondary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events among ambulatory surgical patients
Schonberger RB, Vallurupalli V, Matlin H, Blitz D, Nwozuzu A, Barron B, Zhang Y, Dai F, Jacoby D, Nasir K, Bardia A. Underuse of statins for secondary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events among ambulatory surgical patients. Preventive Medicine Reports 2020, 18: 101085. PMID: 32368435, PMCID: PMC7190748, DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAmbulatory surgical patientsCardiovascular disease eventsAtherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseSurgical patientsSecondary preventionCardiovascular diseaseDisease eventsHigh-intensity statin doseLong-term cardiovascular morbidityAtherosclerotic cardiovascular disease eventsMultivariable logistic regression analysisNon-surgical populationUnderuse of statinsTertiary care hospitalRetrospective observational studySubset of patientsPatients age 40High-risk groupLogistic regression analysisAmbulatory surgical centerReferral periodStatin doseStatin underuseCardiovascular morbidityStatin therapy
2015
Balancing Model Performance and Simplicity to Predict Postoperative Primary Care Blood Pressure Elevation
Schonberger RB, Dai F, Brandt CA, Burg MM. Balancing Model Performance and Simplicity to Predict Postoperative Primary Care Blood Pressure Elevation. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2015, 121: 632-641. PMID: 26214552, PMCID: PMC4545382, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000000860.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinic blood pressureBlood pressureNet reclassification indexSurgical patientsReclassification indexLong-term cardiovascular morbidityBlood pressure thresholdBroader public health effortsPreoperative blood pressureBlood pressure elevationComplex logistic regression modelLong-term morbidityBlood pressure readingsPerioperative blood pressureOutpatient clinic followBlood pressure measurementsRole of anesthesiologistsPublic health effortsPossible beneficial effectsLongitudinal patient careLogistic regression modelsCardiovascular morbidityClinic followHypertension historyHypertensive range
This site is protected by hCaptcha and its Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply