Richard Kravitz, MD
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Research
Publications
2024
Reporting Health Consequences of War
Kravitz R. Reporting Health Consequences of War. JAMA 2024, 332 PMID: 39037827, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.11731.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntensive Blood Pressure Lowering in Individuals With Low Diastolic Blood Pressure and Elevated Troponin Levels in SPRINT
Smith C, Berry J, Scherzer R, de Lemos J, Nambi V, Ballantyne C, Kravitz R, Killeen A, Ix J, Shlipak M, Ascher S. Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering in Individuals With Low Diastolic Blood Pressure and Elevated Troponin Levels in SPRINT. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: e032493. PMID: 38497469, PMCID: PMC11010028, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.032493.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLower diastolic blood pressureDiastolic blood pressureHs-cTnTElevated hs-cTnTIntensive BPBlood pressureIntensive blood pressure loweringBaseline diastolic blood pressureCardiovascular diseaseElevated troponin levelsComposite end pointOptimal BP targetAll-cause deathBlood pressure loweringElevated systolic BPIntensive BP controlCardiovascular disease riskTroponin levelsBP loweringBP targetsMortality benefitPressure loweringSubgroup analysisBP controlSystolic BP
2023
Does haste make waste? Prevalence and types of errors reported after publication of studies of COVID-19 therapeutics
Chatterton B, Ascher S, Duan N, Kravitz R. Does haste make waste? Prevalence and types of errors reported after publication of studies of COVID-19 therapeutics. Systematic Reviews 2023, 12: 216. PMID: 37968691, PMCID: PMC10652527, DOI: 10.1186/s13643-023-02381-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2001
Vaginal birth after cesarean in California.
Melnikow J, Romano P, Gilbert W, Schembri M, Keyzer J, Kravitz R. Vaginal birth after cesarean in California. Obstetrics And Gynecology 2001, 98: 421-6. PMID: 11530123, DOI: 10.1016/s0029-7844(01)01448-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrial of laborCesarean rateVaginal birthNonfederal acute-care hospitalsCalifornia hospitalsReviewed medical records of womenCesarean delivery rateElective repeat cesareanAcute-care hospitalsInformed patient choiceMedical records of womenElective cesarean deliveryRecords of womenGroup of hospitalsLogistic regression modelsRepeat cesareanMethod of deliveryCesarean deliveryReviewed medical recordsPatient choiceCesareanHospitalDelivery rateRegression modelsStratified sampling