2019
The quality of medication optimization among patients with transient ischemic attack or minor stroke
Myers J, Bravata D, Sico J, Myers L, Chaturvedi S, Cheng E, Baye F, Zillich A. The quality of medication optimization among patients with transient ischemic attack or minor stroke. JACCP JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CLINICAL PHARMACY 2019, 3: 36-46. DOI: 10.1002/jac5.1149.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransient ischemic attackVeterans Health AdministrationMedication optimizationMinor strokeEligible patientsIschemic attackEmergency departmentAmerican Heart Association/American Stroke Association guidelinesGreater baseline disease severityAmerican Stroke Association guidelinesMultivariable logistic regression modelRecurrent vascular eventsVHA emergency departmentBaseline disease severityMinor stroke patientsPast medical historyEvidence-based guidelinesHigh-risk populationLogistic regression modelsMedication changesVascular eventsRetrospective cohortStroke patientsIndex eventInpatient stay
2016
Have clinicians adopted the use of brain MRI for patients with TIA and minor stroke?
Chaturvedi S, Ofner S, Baye F, Myers LJ, Phipps M, Sico JJ, Damush T, Miech E, Reeves M, Johanning J, Williams LS, Arling G, Cheng E, Yu Z, Bravata D. Have clinicians adopted the use of brain MRI for patients with TIA and minor stroke? Neurology 2016, 88: 237-244. PMID: 27927939, PMCID: PMC5272790, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000003503.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTIA/minor strokeDays of presentationMinor strokeDiffusion-weighted imagingPrevious guidelinesHospital complexityCoronary artery diseaseMinor stroke patientsVeterans Affairs hospitalPreferred imaging modalityUse of MRISubset of hospitalsFacility-level variablesPerformance of MRINational Health SystemPrior strokeSymptom durationChart abstractionArtery diseaseBlood pressureHeart failureNeurologic consultationStroke patientsAtrial fibrillationClinical variables