2016
Use of Self-Matching to Control for Stable Patient Characteristics While Addressing Time-Varying Confounding on Treatment Effect: A Case Study of Older Intensive Care Patients
Han L, Pisani MA, Araujo KL, Allore HG. Use of Self-Matching to Control for Stable Patient Characteristics While Addressing Time-Varying Confounding on Treatment Effect: A Case Study of Older Intensive Care Patients. International Journal Of Statistics In Medical Research 2016, 5: 8-16. PMID: 27123153, PMCID: PMC4844076, DOI: 10.6000/1929-6029.2016.05.01.2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDelirium severity scoresIntensive care unitSeverity scoreOld intensive care patientsIntensive care patientsOlder medical patientsDose of haloperidolStable patient characteristicsICU stayBaseline characteristicsAcute outcomesPatient characteristicsCare patientsCare unitMeasures of exposureMedical patientsAntipsychotic medicationFull cohortPatientsStable baselineAnalytic sampleTreatment effectsHaloperidolCohortScores
2015
Association of Cumulative Dose of Haloperidol With Next-Day Delirium in Older Medical ICU Patients*
Pisani MA, Araujo KL, Murphy TE. Association of Cumulative Dose of Haloperidol With Next-Day Delirium in Older Medical ICU Patients*. Critical Care Medicine 2015, 43: 996-1002. PMID: 25746748, PMCID: PMC4400211, DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000000863.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical ICU patientsNext-day deliriumTime-dependent confoundingICU patientsCumulative doseMedical ICUNonintubated patientsOdds ratioConfusion Assessment MethodTreatment of deliriumDose of haloperidolAge 60 yearsEfficacy of haloperidolRoute of administrationAcademic medical centerImportant clinical covariatesICU stayIntubated patientsClinical covariatesObservational studyHigher oddsMedical CenterDeliriumPatientsHaloperidol