2022
Perioperative Management of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery: A Narrative Review
Carr ZJ, Yan L, Chavez-Duarte J, Zafar J, Oprea A. Perioperative Management of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery: A Narrative Review. International Journal Of General Medicine 2022, 15: 2087-2100. PMID: 35237071, PMCID: PMC8882471, DOI: 10.2147/ijgm.s266217.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisInterstitial lung diseaseIdiopathic interstitial pneumoniaIPF patientsNarrative reviewPerioperative managementHome oxygen useSafe perioperative carePostoperative pulmonary complicationsRetrospective cohort studyCardiopulmonary exercise testingOptimal perioperative managementPreoperative risk stratificationPulmonary function studiesWeb of ScienceAcute exacerbationARISCAT scorePostoperative pneumoniaPulmonary complicationsNoncardiac surgerySurgical populationCohort studyExercise testingInterstitial pneumoniaNeuraxial anesthesia
2016
Baseline Pulse Pressure, Acute Kidney Injury, and Mortality After Noncardiac Surgery
Oprea AD, Lombard FW, Liu WW, White WD, Karhausen JA, Li YJ, Miller TE, Aronson S, Gan TJ, Fontes ML, Kertai MD. Baseline Pulse Pressure, Acute Kidney Injury, and Mortality After Noncardiac Surgery. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2016, 123: 1480-1489. PMID: 27607474, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000001557.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcademic Medical CentersAcute Kidney InjuryAdultAgedAged, 80 and overArterial PressureChi-Square DistributionFemaleHumansHypertensionIncidenceLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisNorth CarolinaOdds RatioRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexSurgical Procedures, OperativeTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeConceptsPostoperative acute kidney injuryAcute kidney injuryBaseline pulse pressureNoncardiac surgeryPulse pressureKidney injuryIncidence of AKIAdvanced stageBaseline arterial blood pressureMultivariable logistic regression analysisDuke University Medical CenterPreoperative pulse pressurePerioperative risk factorsArterial blood pressureImportant independent predictorLogistic regression analysisUniversity Medical CenterRisk-adjusted modelsCardiovascular outcomesAdult patientsBlood pressureCardiac surgeryIndependent predictorsRisk factorsMedical Center
2015
Comparison Between the 2007 and 2014 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines on Perioperative Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery
Oprea AD, Fontes ML, Onaitis MW, Kertai MD. Comparison Between the 2007 and 2014 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines on Perioperative Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery. Journal Of Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2015, 29: 1639-1650. PMID: 26341877, DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2015.04.021.Peer-Reviewed Original Research