2024
SOFA score performs worse than age for predicting mortality in patients with COVID-19
Sherak R, Sajjadi H, Khimani N, Tolchin B, Jubanyik K, Taylor R, Schulz W, Mortazavi B, Haimovich A. SOFA score performs worse than age for predicting mortality in patients with COVID-19. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0301013. PMID: 38758942, PMCID: PMC11101117, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCrisis standards of careIn-hospital mortalityIntensive care unitAcademic health systemSequential Organ Failure Assessment scoreCohort of intensive care unitSequential Organ Failure AssessmentStandard of careLogistic regression modelsMortality predictionPredicting in-hospital mortalityHealth systemUnivariate logistic regression modelCrisis standardsDisease morbidityCOVID-19
2023
National Survey of Emergency Medicine Physicians: Access, Barriers, and Attitudes for Palliative Care in the Emergency Department (Sci241)
George N, Wallingford G, Rosenthal M, Neugarten C, Ouchi K, Jubanyik K, Manfredi R, Crandall C, Fullerton L. National Survey of Emergency Medicine Physicians: Access, Barriers, and Attitudes for Palliative Care in the Emergency Department (Sci241). Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2023, 65: e662. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.02.291.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPalliative careEmergency departmentEmergency physiciansPC consultationMajority of EPsLife symptom managementPalliative care consultantsPalliative care educationEmergency medicine physiciansMost emergency physiciansInadequate trainingMedian ageSymptom managementPC servicesEmergency providersObjective PatientsMedicine physiciansCare consultantsSerious illnessAdvanced directivesHealth systemEP utilizationMajority of respondentsFuture interventionsCare education