2019
Assessing Patterns of Palliative Care Referral and Location of Death in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Sixteen-Year Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study
Zou RH, Nouraie M, Chen X, Saul MI, Kaminski N, Gibson KF, Kass DJ, Lindell KO. Assessing Patterns of Palliative Care Referral and Location of Death in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Sixteen-Year Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2019, 22: 538-544. PMID: 30615545, PMCID: PMC7869870, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2018.0400.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisSpecialty referral centerIPF patientsPalliative careLocation of deathPC referralHospice deathsReferral centerPulmonary fibrosisLife discussionsCenter retrospective cohort studyPalliative care referralTotal outpatient visitsCharlson Comorbidity IndexRetrospective cohort studyFatal lung diseasePatient-provider relationshipComorbidity indexHospital deathSevere comorbiditiesTransplant recipientsCare referralCohort studyMedian survivalClinical factors
2016
Right atrial pressure/pulmonary artery wedge pressure ratio: A more specific predictor of survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension
Fares WH, Bellumkonda L, Tonelli AR, Carson SS, Hassoun PM, Trow TK, Herzog EL, Kaminski N, Kholdani CA, Zhang L, Zhou Y, Hammel JP, Dweik RA. Right atrial pressure/pulmonary artery wedge pressure ratio: A more specific predictor of survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2016, 35: 760-767. PMID: 26856665, DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.12.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary arterial hypertensionHemodynamic variablesArterial hypertensionCohort 2Cohort 1Accurate prognostic variableRelative prognostic valueSpecific predictorsCurrent prognostic modelsMultivariable regression modelsPAH registryPAH patientsHazard ratioPAH cohortReferral centerPrognostic valueMean ageClinical trialsClinical prognosticationPrognostic variablesSeparate cohortDisease statusFatal diseasePrognostic modelSecondary analysis