2022
Early Palliative Care Consultation Reduces Length Of Stay And Cost In Patients Hospitalized With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
Esstman B, Cyr P, Wakefield D, Soucier R, Tabtabai S. Early Palliative Care Consultation Reduces Length Of Stay And Cost In Patients Hospitalized With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2022, 28: s39-s40. DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.03.106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPalliative care consultationLength of stayEarly palliative care involvementAssociated with increased health care costsNon-cancer diagnosesPalliative care involvementReduce length of staySt Francis HospitalAcute decompensated heart failureHealth care costsReduced quality of lifeQuality of lifePredictors of length of stayAssociated with reduced lengthCare consultationPalliative careHigher severity of illnessCare involvementProlonged length of stayMedian length of staySeverity of illnessCare costsIn-hospital mortalityPractice advisoryAssociated with decreased LOS
2017
Acoustic speech analysis of patients with decompensated heart failure: A pilot study
Murton O, Daher M, Cunningham T, Verkouw K, Tabtabai S, Steiner J, Hillman R, Dec G, Ausiello D, Mehta D. Acoustic speech analysis of patients with decompensated heart failure: A pilot study. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2017, 142: 2639-2640. DOI: 10.1121/1.5014673.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHeart failureIntracardiac filling pressuresDecompensated heart failureImpaired cardiac functionMean length of stayAverage weight lossLength of stayPeripheral edemaCardiac functionPrevent decompensationFilling pressurePatientsDecompensationMonitoring patientsEdemaWeight lossMean lengthInpatient treatmentEarly indicatorPilot studyChronic conditionsAcoustic speech analysisTreatment
2015
National Trends in Hospitalizations for Patients With Single-Ventricle Anatomy
Tabtabai S, Yeh D, Stefanescu A, Kennedy K, Yeh R, Bhatt A. National Trends in Hospitalizations for Patients With Single-Ventricle Anatomy. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2015, 116: 773-778. PMID: 26100589, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.05.053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical co-morbiditiesSingle-ventricleHeart failureManagement of HFCo-morbiditiesCost of careSV anatomyAdult hospitalsCohort of patientsNationwide Inpatient SampleLength of stayIncreased cost of careReduce costs of careAnatomy patientsInternational Classification of DiseasesAtrial arrhythmiasCoexisting hypertensionRenal diseaseInhospital mortalityLiver diseaseClassification of DiseasesPatientsImprove outcomesInpatient SampleYounger age