2018
Is Posthospital Syndrome a Result of Hospitalization-Induced Allostatic Overload?
Goldwater DS, Dharmarajan K, McEwan BS, Krumholz HM. Is Posthospital Syndrome a Result of Hospitalization-Induced Allostatic Overload? Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2018, 13 PMID: 29813141, DOI: 10.12788/jhm.2986.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosthospital syndromeAllostatic overloadAutonomic nervous systemMultiple organ systemsHospital dischargeInflammatory markersAdverse eventsHospital readmissionAdrenal axisAdverse outcomesPlausible etiologyPathophysiologic consequencesElevated riskNervous systemNarrative reviewOrgan systemsEnhanced vulnerabilityElevated levelsHospital environmentTraditional hospital environmentSyndromeMaladaptive statesOverloadOutcomesPossible mechanism
2015
Trajectories of risk after hospitalization for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, or pneumonia: retrospective cohort study
Dharmarajan K, Hsieh AF, Kulkarni VT, Lin Z, Ross JS, Horwitz LI, Kim N, Suter LG, Lin H, Normand SL, Krumholz HM. Trajectories of risk after hospitalization for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, or pneumonia: retrospective cohort study. The BMJ 2015, 350: h411. PMID: 25656852, PMCID: PMC4353309, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h411.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionRetrospective cohort studyHeart failureRisk of deathMyocardial infarctionFirst readmissionAbsolute riskOlder patientsCohort studyRelative riskMedicare feeService beneficiariesRisk of readmissionGeneral elderly populationGeneral older populationRisk trajectoriesHigh-risk periodHospital dischargeHospital admissionDischarge diagnosisAdverse outcomesReadmissionHospitalizationTrajectories of riskElderly population