2016
Inpatient Palliative Care for Neurological Disorders: Lessons from a Large Retrospective Series
Liu Y, Kline D, Aerts S, Youngwerth JM, Kutner JS, Sillau S, Kluger BM. Inpatient Palliative Care for Neurological Disorders: Lessons from a Large Retrospective Series. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2016, 20: 59-64. PMID: 27898260, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2016.0240.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProportion of patientsGoals of careChronic diagnosesAdvance directivesPalliative careNeurological diagnosisNeurological patientsNeurological disordersHospital-based palliative careInpatient palliative care servicesInpatient palliative care consultationPalliative care consult serviceCommon patient populationInpatient palliative carePalliative care consultationPalliative care servicesRetrospective case seriesTime of consultationLarge retrospective seriesProportion of peopleHospital neurologistsIschemic strokeCase seriesCommon diagnosisRetrospective series
2014
Determinants of Objectively Measured Physical Functional Performance in Early to Mid‐stage Parkinson Disease
Kluger BM, Brown RP, Aerts S, Schenkman M. Determinants of Objectively Measured Physical Functional Performance in Early to Mid‐stage Parkinson Disease. PM&R 2014, 6: 992-998. PMID: 24880056, PMCID: PMC4247341, DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2014.05.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMid-stage Parkinson's diseaseUnified Parkinson's Disease Rating ScalePhysical functional performanceDisease Rating ScaleParkinson's diseaseNonmotor symptomsFunctional limitationsContinuous Scale Physical Functional Performance TestTertiary academic medical centerCognitive functionParkinson's Disease Rating ScaleCross-sectional baseline dataFunctional performance outcomesMid-stage diseaseProfound functional limitationsRandomized clinical trialsModerate Parkinson's diseaseAcademic medical centerFunctional performance testsOverall cognitive statusFunctional performanceCS-PFPStepwise linear regression modelAdvanced diseaseRegression models