2020
Comorbid vision and cognitive impairments in older adults hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction
Whitson HE, Hajduk AM, Song X, Geda M, Tsang S, Brush J, Chaudhry SI. Comorbid vision and cognitive impairments in older adults hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction. Journal Of Multimorbidity And Comorbidity 2020, 10: 2235042x20940493. PMID: 32728552, PMCID: PMC7366400, DOI: 10.1177/2235042x20940493.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute myocardial infarctionCognitive impairmentVision impairmentAMI patientsMyocardial infarctionOlder AMI patientsProspective cohort studyComorbid cognitive impairmentCognitive status scoresAMI presentationOlder patientsADL declineCohort studyGeriatric syndromesStatus scoreDaily livingAdjusted modelPatientsVision statusCI groupTelephone interviewsOlder adultsImpairmentInfarctionHigh rate
2016
Restricting Symptoms Before and After Admission to Hospice
Cheraghlou S, Gahbauer EA, Leo-Summers L, Stabenau HF, Chaudhry SI, Gill TM. Restricting Symptoms Before and After Admission to Hospice. The American Journal Of Medicine 2016, 129: 754.e7-754.e15. PMID: 26968471, PMCID: PMC4914433, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.02.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivities of Daily LivingAgedAged, 80 and overChest PainCognitive DysfunctionCohort StudiesDepressionDiarrheaDizzinessDyspneaEdemaFatigueFemaleHospice CareHospicesHumansIndependent LivingLongitudinal StudiesMaleMemory DisordersMuscle WeaknessMusculoskeletal PainNauseaPatient AdmissionPrevalenceProspective StudiesSleep Wake DisordersUnited StatesUrologic DiseasesVision DisordersVomitingConceptsHospice admissionEnd of lifeDistressing symptomsMean numberCommunity-dwelling older personsMonthly telephone interviewsOngoing cohort studyMonths of lifeEffect of hospiceHospice treatmentAdmission diagnosisEarly referralMedian durationCohort studySymptom prevalenceSuch symptomsSymptom increasesAdmissionPsychological symptomsSymptomsOlder personsRestricted activityHospiceTelephone interviewsPrevalence
2015
Do Non-Clinical Factors Improve Prediction of Readmission Risk? Results From the Tele-HF Study
Krumholz HM, Chaudhry SI, Spertus JA, Mattera JA, Hodshon B, Herrin J. Do Non-Clinical Factors Improve Prediction of Readmission Risk? Results From the Tele-HF Study. JACC Heart Failure 2015, 4: 12-20. PMID: 26656140, PMCID: PMC5459404, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2015.07.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReadmission ratesPatient-reported informationHeart failureHealth statusReadmission riskC-statisticRisk scorePsychosocial variablesMedical record abstractionWeeks of dischargeReadmission risk modelNon-clinical factorsCandidate risk factorsReadmission risk predictionRecord abstractionClinical variablesPatient interviewsMedical recordsRisk factorsPatientsPsychosocial informationPsychosocial characteristicsTelephone interviewsRisk predictionScoresPhysicians' perceptions of the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) risk score in older adults with acute myocardial infarction
Feder SL, Schulman-Green D, Geda M, Williams K, Dodson JA, Nanna MG, Allore HG, Murphy TE, Tinetti ME, Gill TM, Chaudhry SI. Physicians' perceptions of the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) risk score in older adults with acute myocardial infarction. Heart & Lung 2015, 44: 376-381. PMID: 26164651, PMCID: PMC4567390, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2015.05.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial Infarction (TIMI) risk scoreRisk scoreOlder adultsMyocardial infarctionMedian sample ageTIMI risk scoreRisk stratification modelSemi-structured telephone interviewsRisk factorsNew risk modelAMI treatmentPhysicians' perceptionsMortality riskClinical experienceClinical practiceStratification modelTelephone interviewsAdultsThrombolysisInfarctionConstant comparative methodPhysiciansScoresQualitative study