2023
Easing Suffering for ICU Patients and Their Families: Evidence and Opportunities for Primary and Specialty Palliative Care in the ICU
Doherty C, Feder S, Gillespie-Heyman S, Akgün K. Easing Suffering for ICU Patients and Their Families: Evidence and Opportunities for Primary and Specialty Palliative Care in the ICU. Journal Of Intensive Care Medicine 2023, 39: 715-732. PMID: 37822226, DOI: 10.1177/08850666231204305.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurrogate decision makersPalliative needsCritical illnessICU patientsPalliative medicineIntensive care unit admissionChronic critical illnessPalliative medicine teamsPost-ICU disabilitySpecialty palliative careCare unit admissionTransitions of careImprovement of patientsAdvanced practice nursesFamily-centered carePerson-centred careUnit admissionICU carePalliative supportPalliative carePractice nursesPalliative principlesMedicine teamPatientsICUTime to Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer in Patients Undergoing Lung Cancer Screening
Bernstein E, DeRycke E, Han L, Bastian L, Bade B, Lerz K, Kravetz J, Carino M, Rose M, Akgun K, Cain H. Time to Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer in Patients Undergoing Lung Cancer Screening. 2023, a2734-a2734. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2023.207.1_meetingabstracts.a2734.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
The Quality of Telehealth-Delivered Palliative Care During the Initial COVID-19 Pandemic Surge (S530)
Soliman A, Akgün K, Coffee J, Kapo J, Morrison L, Blatt L, Schulman-Green D, Feder S. The Quality of Telehealth-Delivered Palliative Care During the Initial COVID-19 Pandemic Surge (S530). Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2022, 63: 921-922. PMCID: PMC9001042, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.02.153.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPC consultationDiscussion of goalsPalliative carePandemic surgeSerious illnessFamily understandingCOVID-19 pandemic surgeLarge hospitalsInitial pandemic surgeInpatient PC consultationsQuality of telehealthPercent of patientsPalliative care servicesPrimary cancer diagnosisAssessment of patientsEarly COVID-19 pandemicCOVID-19 infection ratesCOVID-19 ratesElectronic health recordsMedian timePC servicesMean ageInitial consultationInterdisciplinary carePatients
2021
Palliative Care During a Pandemic
Feder S, Schulman-Green D, Akgün K. Palliative Care During a Pandemic. Respiratory Medicine 2021, 345-372. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-81788-6_18.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCare deliveryLung diseasePalliative careSevere acute respiratory syndromeChronic lung diseasePalliative care deliveryAcute respiratory syndromeDisease careRespiratory pathogensRespiratory syndromeFamily caregiversHealthcare providersPrevious pandemicsCarePatient autonomyDiseasePalliative communicationVirus pandemicPandemicDeliveryPatientsProvidersSyndromeCaregivers
2020
End-of-Life Care Quality Varies Among Facilities in the Department of Veterans Affairs for Patients with Heart Failure (S732)
Feder S, Ersek M, Kutney-Lee A, Luhrs C, Bastian L, Akgun K. End-of-Life Care Quality Varies Among Facilities in the Department of Veterans Affairs for Patients with Heart Failure (S732). Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2020, 59: 546-547. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.12.294.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Lung Disease in Older Patients with HIV
Akgün K, Crothers K. Lung Disease in Older Patients with HIV. Respiratory Medicine 2011, 227-252. PMCID: PMC7120014, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-727-3_12.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsNoninfectious pulmonary diseasesChronic obstructive pulmonary diseasePneumocystis jirovecii pneumoniaPulmonary arterial hypertensionPulmonary diseaseOpportunistic infectionsAntiretroviral therapyBacterial pneumoniaLung diseasePulmonary opportunistic infectionsCombination antiretroviral therapyObstructive pulmonary diseaseArterial hypertensionJirovecii pneumoniaOlder patientsLung cancerSuccessful treatmentHIVPatientsDisease accountDiseaseLimited dataPneumoniaSignificant proportionTreatment