2022
Staffing models in the cardiac intensive care unit
Quien M, Thomas A, Ludmir J, Miller PE. Staffing models in the cardiac intensive care unit. Current Opinion In Critical Care 2022, 28: 453-459. PMID: 35757936, DOI: 10.1097/mcc.0000000000000958.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsCardiac intensive care unitIntensive care unitCare unitContemporary cardiac intensive care unitsModern cardiac intensive care unitMechanical circulatory supportSick patient populationFuture multicenter studiesStaffing modelsPreponderance of dataShock teamRespiratory failureIll patientsCirculatory supportMulticenter studyCardiac arrestPatient populationCardiac intensivistsIll populationMortalityRecent evidenceIntensivistsPatientsRecent dataPopulationRelation of Ischemic Heart Disease to Outcomes in Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Biondi M, Jain S, Fuery M, Thomas A, Ali T, Alviar CL, Desai NR, Miller PE. Relation of Ischemic Heart Disease to Outcomes in Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2022, 176: 24-29. PMID: 35606175, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.04.034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIschemic heart diseaseVentilator-free daysHeart diseaseHistory of IHDImpact of IHDAcute respiratory distress syndromePredictors of mortalityRespiratory distress syndromeSeverity of illnessMultivariable logistic regressionMultivariable adjustmentSecondary outcomesDistress syndromeOrgan failurePrimary outcomeClinical outcomesIll subgroupStudy criteriaTreatment paradigmClinical trialsARDS severityPatientsHigh mortalityEnd pointMortality
2021
TCT-290 Safety and Efficacy of the Supreme Biodegradable Polymer Sirolimus-Eluting Stent in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus: Results From the PIONEER III Clinical Trial
Thomas A, Kereiakes D, Leon M, Baumbach A, Windecker S, Pietras C, Dressler O, Issever M, Curtis M, Bertolet B, Zidar J, Smits P, Diaz V, Mclaurin B, Cequier A, Takahashi A, Amoroso G, Kakuta T, Carney R, Saito S, Lansky A. TCT-290 Safety and Efficacy of the Supreme Biodegradable Polymer Sirolimus-Eluting Stent in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus: Results From the PIONEER III Clinical Trial. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2021, 78: b119. DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.09.1143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchForgone Medical Care Associated With Increased Health Care Costs Among the U.S. Heart Failure Population
Thomas A, Valero-Elizondo J, Khera R, Warraich HJ, Reinhardt SW, Ali HJ, Nasir K, Desai NR. Forgone Medical Care Associated With Increased Health Care Costs Among the U.S. Heart Failure Population. JACC Heart Failure 2021, 9: 710-719. PMID: 34391737, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2021.05.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failureHealth care utilizationHealth care costsHealth care expendituresCare utilizationCare costsMedical careMore emergency department visitsTotal health care costsCare expendituresAnnual health careAnnual inpatient costsPrevalence of patientsEmergency department visitsMedical Expenditure Panel SurveyOverall health care spendingHF patientsElderly patientsCare AssociatedDepartment visitsFailure populationInpatient costsHealth care spendingLeading causePatientsElectronic health record risk score provides earlier prognostication of clinical outcomes in patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit
Kunitomo Y, Thomas A, Chouairi F, Canavan ME, Kochar A, Khera R, Katz JN, Murphy C, Jentzer J, Ahmad T, Desai NR, Brennan J, Miller PE. Electronic health record risk score provides earlier prognostication of clinical outcomes in patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit. American Heart Journal 2021, 238: 85-88. PMID: 33891906, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2021.04.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac intensive care unitIntensive care unitRothman IndexCare unitRisk scoreModern cardiac intensive care unitSequential Organ Failure Assessment scoreOrgan Failure Assessment scoreElectronic health recordsCICU mortalityCICU patientsSOFA scoreCICU admissionClinical outcomesEarly prognosticationObservational studyPrognostic abilityAssessment scoresOutcome predictionHealth recordsGood calibrationSuperior discriminationPatientsAdmissionScores