2015
Mortality among patients with pleural effusion undergoing thoracentesis
DeBiasi EM, Pisani MA, Murphy TE, Araujo K, Kookoolis A, Argento AC, Puchalski J. Mortality among patients with pleural effusion undergoing thoracentesis. European Respiratory Journal 2015, 46: 495-502. PMID: 25837039, PMCID: PMC4857137, DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00217114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongestive heart failurePleural effusionRenal failureHeart failureBenign etiologyMalignant effusionsHigh mortalityBilateral pleural effusionLong-term mortalityMortality of patientsProspective cohort studyMalignant pleural effusionBaseline characteristicsChart reviewCohort studyNonmalignant effusionsPoor prognosisHigh riskPatientsEffusionStandardised criteriaThoracentesisMortalityEtiologyFailure
2012
156
Mathews K, Jenq G, Siner J, Long E, Pisani M. 156. Critical Care Medicine 2012, 40: 1-328. DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000424376.53968.a1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchICU admissionIntermediate care unitEmergency departmentIll patientsCare unitYale-New Haven HospitalICU resource utilizationICU-level interventionsRegular medical wardRetrospective chart reviewICU adult patientsLife-saving interventionsICU arrivalICU censusICU workloadSCCM guidelinesHospital courseAdult patientsChart reviewLonger admissionsICU patientsMedical wardsICU providersHigh percentageDiagnostic guidelines
2006
A research algorithm to improve detection of delirium in the intensive care unit
Pisani MA, Araujo K, Van Ness PH, Zhang Y, Ely E, Inouye SK. A research algorithm to improve detection of delirium in the intensive care unit. Critical Care 2006, 10: r121. PMID: 16919169, PMCID: PMC1750978, DOI: 10.1186/cc5027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntensive care unitDetection of deliriumCAM-ICUChart review methodCohort studyCare unitClinical careMedical intensive care unitDelirium instrumentCAM-ICU ratingsChart-based reviewIll ICU patientsPrevalence of deliriumConfusion Assessment MethodProspective cohort studyResearch settingsDelirium statusChart reviewICU patientsDeliriumDelirium researchPatientsChart-based methodPatient safetyDiagnostic accuracy
2003
Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit: Occurrence and Clinical Course in Older Patients
McNicoll L, Pisani MA, Zhang Y, Ely EW, Siegel MD, Inouye SK. Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit: Occurrence and Clinical Course in Older Patients. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2003, 51: 591-598. PMID: 12752832, DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0579.2003.00201.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConfusion Assessment MethodOccurrence of deliriumPost-ICU periodICU stayMedical intensive care unit patientsIntensive care unit patientsOlder ICU patientsDevelopment of deliriumHalf of patientsProspective cohort studyCare unit patientsMedical chart reviewNormal mental statusBaseline functional statusSeverity of illnessIntensive care unitUniversity Teaching HospitalSurrogate interviewsHospital stayBaseline characteristicsChart reviewCohort studyFrequent complicationMedical ICUOlder patients