2013
Patterns of Opiate, Benzodiazepine, and Antipsychotic Drug Dosing in Older Patients in a Medical Intensive Care Unit
Pisani MA, Bramley K, Vest MT, Akgün KM, Araujo KL, Murphy TE. Patterns of Opiate, Benzodiazepine, and Antipsychotic Drug Dosing in Older Patients in a Medical Intensive Care Unit. American Journal Of Critical Care 2013, 22: e62-e69. PMID: 23996429, PMCID: PMC4309662, DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2013835.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical intensive care unitIntensive care unitOlder patientsCare unitNursing shiftsHigh dosesEvening shiftsNight shiftsYale-New Haven HospitalEvening nursing shiftsPatients 60 yearsRoute of administrationImportant clinical covariatesMean ageClinical covariatesPsychoactive medicationsDrug dosingRandom effects Poisson modelDose levelsPatientsHaloperidolTotal dosesLorazepamSleep deprivationFentanyl
2011
Bayesian Time-Series Analysis of a Repeated-Measures Poisson Outcome With Excess Zeroes
Murphy TE, Van Ness PH, Araujo KL, Pisani MA. Bayesian Time-Series Analysis of a Repeated-Measures Poisson Outcome With Excess Zeroes. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2011, 174: 1230-1237. PMID: 22025357, PMCID: PMC3254157, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr252.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosterior predictive simulationsExcess zerosBayesian modelBayesian time series analysisPredictive simulationsHierarchical Bayesian modelPoisson outcomesPosterior distributionTime series analysisBayesian frameworkRelated resultsStatistical factorsBayesian analysisRandom effects Poisson modelFrequentistZerosPoisson modelSmall samplesExcessive numberAutocorrelationSimulationsTime series techniquesModelPeriodicity