2023
Cost-Effectiveness of Rapid Hemosil Versus in-House and Send-out ADAMTS13 Activity Testing in the Care of Patients with Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Allen C, Ito S, Butt A, Purcell A, Richmond R, Cuker A, Goshua G. Cost-Effectiveness of Rapid Hemosil Versus in-House and Send-out ADAMTS13 Activity Testing in the Care of Patients with Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura. Blood 2023, 142: 368. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-184927.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImmune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpuraTherapeutic plasma exchangeIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioThrombotic thrombocytopenic purpuraPLASMIC scoreIncremental net monetary benefitProbabilistic sensitivity analysesPlasma exchangeThrombocytopenic purpuraMedical intensive care unitADAMTS13 activity testingIntensive care unitCare of patientsActivity levelsHigh pretest probabilityClinical trial dataCost-effectiveness ratioCost-effectiveness evaluationDeterministic sensitivity analysesNet monetary benefitEmpiric treatmentAdverse eventsPrimary outcomeIll adultsCare unitCross-cultural comparison of continuous deep sedation for advanced cancer patients in East Asian countries: prospective cohort study.
Yang C, Chen P, Mori M, Morita T, Cheng S, Suh S, Kim S, Yokomichi N, Imai K, Ito S, Yamaguchi T, Hiratsuka Y, Tsuneto S, Maeda S. Cross-cultural comparison of continuous deep sedation for advanced cancer patients in East Asian countries: prospective cohort study. Japanese Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2023, 53: 714-721. PMID: 37114920, DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyad037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContinuous deep sedationPractice of continuous deep sedationPrevalence of continuous deep sedationPalliative care unitAdvanced cancer patientsProspective cohort studyDeep sedationPhysician discomfortPhysician practicesPsychological symptomsSedation practicesCohort studyAdvanced cancerCompare clinical characteristicsClinical practiceCare unitCancer patientsPhysiciansSedative administrationQuantitative studyTarget symptomsPrevalenceClinical characteristicsNon-sedated groupCross-cultural comparisons
2021
Incidence and associated factors of sudden unexpected death in advanced cancer patients: A multicenter prospective cohort study
Ito S, Morita T, Uneno Y, Taniyama T, Matsuda Y, Kohara H, Maeda I, Nakayama T, Mori M, Investigators T. Incidence and associated factors of sudden unexpected death in advanced cancer patients: A multicenter prospective cohort study. Cancer Medicine 2021, 10: 4939-4947. PMID: 34114364, PMCID: PMC8290229, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.4030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInpatient hospices/palliative care unitsAdvanced cancer patientsProspective cohort studyCohort studyPalliative care physiciansCare unitCancer patientsFunctional status assessmentSudden unexpected deathOccurrence of sudden unexpected deathMulticenter prospective cohort studyFamily caregiversHospice/palliative careCare physiciansUnexpected deathMedical staffFunctional declineMale sexKarnofsky PSStatus assessmentPhysiciansSudden deathDeathIncidencePatients