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2025
Effect of Peer Mentorship on Hospitalizations among Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial.
Golestaneh L, Kim R, Roach C, Norris K, Fox A, Melamed M, Cavanaugh K. Effect of Peer Mentorship on Hospitalizations among Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2025 PMID: 40232855, DOI: 10.1681/asn.0000000709.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatient participationPeer mentorshipUsual careEmergency departmentPragmatic Randomized Controlled TrialPromote self-managementControlled TrialsPrimary outcomePeer mentoring interventionTreat analysisIncidence rate ratiosEffects of peer mentoringCost of careRates of hospitalizationRandomized Controlled TrialsReduce hospitalization ratesSelf-ManagementIntervention periodED visitsTelephone contactTelephone callsRate ratiosHospitalization ratesPeer mentoringCare
2023
Developing and Evaluating the DiabetesXcel Mobile Application for Adult Patients With Type 2 Diabetes.
Berlot A, Chen P, Kaur S, Mowrey W, Mahali L, Gonzalez J, Wylie-Rosett J, Golestaneh L, Jariwala S. Developing and Evaluating the DiabetesXcel Mobile Application for Adult Patients With Type 2 Diabetes. Clinical Diabetes 2023, 42: 232-242. PMID: 38694246, PMCID: PMC11060611, DOI: 10.2337/cd23-0034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProceedings of a Workshop to Promote Community Health Worker Interventions in Nephrology
Novick T, Cervantes L, Golestaneh L, Osuna M, Cruz E, Baqueiro L, Argentina M, Sandoval A, Brown A, Reyna F, Rosas S, Camacho C, Shen J. Proceedings of a Workshop to Promote Community Health Worker Interventions in Nephrology. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2023, 34: 1812-1818. PMID: 37729392, PMCID: PMC10631597, DOI: 10.1681/asn.0000000000000210.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity health workersCHW interventionsCHW programsCommunity health worker interventionEffectiveness of CHW interventionsFacilitators of program successLatinx individualsHealth worker interventionPrevalence of CKDCare navigationHealth workersTrauma-informed approachBurden of kidney failureSystemic barriersWorker interventionLatinx populationWhite populationProgram successKidney diseaseInterventionParticipantsNegative outcomesLatinxOutcomesWorkshopDiabetic Kidney Disease An Update
Gupta S, Dominguez M, Golestaneh L. Diabetic Kidney Disease An Update. 2023, 107: 689-705. PMID: 37258007, DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2023.03.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiabetic kidney diseaseKidney diseaseManagement of diabetic kidney diseaseEnd-stage kidney diseaseChronic kidney diseaseGlobal health burdenPrimary care settingMechanisms of diabetic kidney diseaseAggressive managementPublic health challengePathophysiological mechanismsDiabetic nephropathyEarly recognitionClinical trialsCare settingsTherapeutic interventionsHealth burdenHealth challengesDiseaseDiagnostic termsNephropathyUnited StatesFeasibility of a Peer Mentor Training Program for Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: An Educational Program Evaluation
Golestaneh L, Golovey R, Navarro-Torres M, Roach C, Lantigua-Reyes N, Umeukeje E, Fox A, Melamed M, Cavanaugh K. Feasibility of a Peer Mentor Training Program for Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: An Educational Program Evaluation. Kidney Medicine 2023, 5: 100630. PMID: 37139080, PMCID: PMC10149397, DOI: 10.1016/j.xkme.2023.100630.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMentor training programTraining programPeer mentor training programSelf-EfficacyProgram evaluationEducation program evaluationSelf-efficacy scoresSelf-efficacy surveyMentoring participantsAssessment of acceptabilityKnowledge scoresPost-trainingSociodemographic questionnaireHigher knowledgePeer mentorshipComplete attendanceMentorship skillsReduce hospitalizationsOutcome variablesTraining contentPatient schedulingPre-programTraining moduleParticipantsAnalysis of feasibilityExtreme Heat Can Exacerbate Disproportionate Burden of Severe Kidney Disease in Historically Marginalized Communities
Chambers E, Norris K, Levano S, Golestaneh L. Extreme Heat Can Exacerbate Disproportionate Burden of Severe Kidney Disease in Historically Marginalized Communities. Clinical Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2023, 18: 1089-1091. PMID: 36758149, PMCID: PMC10564337, DOI: 10.2215/cjn.0000000000000113.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Care Gaps in Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitor and Renin Angiotensin System Inhibitor Prescriptions for Patients with Diabetic Kidney Disease
Rikin S, Deccy S, Zhang C, Crandall J, Deng Y, Golestaneh L. Care Gaps in Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitor and Renin Angiotensin System Inhibitor Prescriptions for Patients with Diabetic Kidney Disease. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2022, 38: 1599-1605. PMID: 36352203, PMCID: PMC10212863, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-022-07863-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCare gapsHealth systemSodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitorsDiabetic kidney diseaseCotransporter-2 inhibitorsPrimary care sitesPrimary care patientsIntegrated health systemImprove patient careNon-Hispanic race/ethnicityMultivariate logistic regression modelKidney diseaseClinical factorsLogistic regression modelsSGLT2i prescriptionCare sitesRacial/ethnic disparitiesAssociated with patientsCare patientsBlood pressureHispanic race/ethnicityPatient careProgression to end-stage kidney diseaseRenin-angiotensin system inhibitors prescriptionUnder-prescribedModulation of the Association Between Age and Death by Risk Factor Burden in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19
Sunderraj A, Cho C, Cai X, Gupta S, Mehta R, Isakova T, Leaf D, Srivastava A, Walther C, Anumudu S, Arunthamakun J, Kopecky K, Milligan G, McCullough P, Nguyen T, Shaefi S, Krajewski M, Shankar S, Pannu A, Valencia J, Waikar S, Kibbelaar Z, Athavale A, Hart P, Upadhyay S, Vohra I, Oyintayo A, Green A, Rachoin J, Schorr C, Shea L, Edmonston D, Mosher C, Shehata A, Cohen Z, Allusson V, Bambrick-Santoyo G, Bhatti N, Mehta B, Williams A, Brenner S, Walters P, Go R, Rose K, Hernán M, Zhou A, Kim E, Lisk R, Chan L, Mathews K, Coca S, Altman D, Saha A, Soh H, Wen H, Bose S, Leven E, Wang J, Mosoyan G, Nadkarni G, Pattharanitima P, Gallagher E, Friedman A, Guirguis J, Kapoor R, Meshberger C, Kelly K, Parikh C, Garibaldi B, Corona-Villalobos C, Wen Y, Menez S, Malik R, Cervantes C, Gautam S, Mallappallil M, Ouyang J, John S, Yap E, Melaku Y, Mohamed I, Bajracharya S, Puri I, Thaxton M, Bhattacharya J, Wagner J, Boudourakis L, Nguyen H, Ahoubim A, Thomas L, Sirganagari D, Guru P, Kashani K, Tehranian S, Zhou Y, Bergl P, Rodriguez J, Shah J, Gupta M, Kumar P, Lazarous D, Kassaye S, Melamed M, Johns T, Mocerino R, Prudhvi K, Zhu D, Levy R, Azzi Y, Fisher M, Yunes M, Sedaliu K, Golestaneh L, Brogan M, Kumar N, Chang M, Thakkar J, Raichoudhury R, Athreya A, Farag M, Schenck E, Cho S, Plataki M, Alvarez-Mulett S, Gomez-Escobar L, Pan D, Lee S, Krishnan J, Whalen W, Charytan D, Macina A, Chaudhry S, Wu B, Modersitzki F, Srivastava A, Leidner A, Martinez C, Kruser J, Wunderink R, Hodakowski A, Velez J, Price-Haywood E, Matute-Trochez L, Hasty A, Mohamed M, Avasare R, Zonies D, Leaf D, Gupta S, Sise M, Newman E, Abu Omar S, Pokharel K, Sharma S, Singh H, Correa S, Shaukat T, Kamal O, Wang W, Yang H, Boateng J, Lee M, Strohbehn I, Li J, Mueller A, Redfern R, Cairl N, Naimy G, Abu-Saif A, Hall D, Bickley L, Rowan C, Madhani-Lovely F, Cruz V, Hess K, Jacobs A, Peev V, Reiser J, Byun J, Vissing A, Kapania E, Post Z, Patel N, Hermes J, Sutherland A, Patrawalla A, Finkel D, Danek B, Arikapudi S, Paer J, Cangialosi P, Liotta M, Radbel J, Puri S, Sunderram J, Scharf M, Ahmed A, Berim I, Vatson J, Anand S, Levitt J, Garcia P, Boyle S, Song R, Zhang J, Woo S, Deng X, Katz-Greenberg G, Senter K, Sharshir M, Rusnak V, Ali M, Bansal A, Podoll A, Chonchol M, Sharma S, Burnham E, Douin D, Rashidi A, Hejal R, Judd E, Latta L, Tolwani A, Albertson T, Adams J, Chang S, Beutler R, Schulze C, Macedo E, Rhee H, Liu K, Jotwani V, Koyner J, Shah C, Jaikaransingh V, Toth-Manikowski S, Joo M, Lash J, Neyra J, Chaaban N, Elias M, Ahmad Y, Iardino A, Au E, Sharma J, Sosa M, Taldone S, Contreras G, De La Zerda D, Gershengorn H, Shukla B, Fornoni A, Ferreira T, Hayek S, Blakely P, Berlin H, Azam T, Shadid H, Pan M, Hayer P, Meloche C, Feroze R, Kaakati R, Perry D, Bitar A, Anderson E, Padalia K, Donnelly J, Admon A, Flythe J, Tugman M, Chang E, Brown B, Leonberg-Yoo A, Spiardi R, Miano T, Roche M, Vasquez C, Bansal A, Ernecoff N, Kapoor S, Verma S, Chen H, Kovesdy C, Molnar M, Azhar A, Hedayati S, Nadamuni M, Shastri S, Willett D, Short S, Renaghan A, Enfield K, Bhatraju P, Malik A, Semler M, Vijayan A, Joy C, Li T, Goldberg S, Kao P, Schumaker G, Goyal N, Faugno A, Schumaker G, Hsu C, Tariq A, Meyer L, Kshirsagar R, Weiner D, Jose A, Christov M, Griffiths J, Gupta S, Kapoor A, Wilson P, Arora T, Ugwuowo U. Modulation of the Association Between Age and Death by Risk Factor Burden in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19. Critical Care Explorations 2022, 4: e0755. PMID: 36050992, PMCID: PMC9426819, DOI: 10.1097/cce.0000000000000755.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchICU factorsIll patientsRisk factorsEffect modificationCOVID-19Older ageRisk factor burdenCritically ill patientsMulticenter cohort studyMultivariable logistic regressionRisk of deathLogistic regression modelsKey risk factorsInhospital mortalityCohort studyMultiplicative interaction termIll adultsPrimary outcomeAdverse outcomesPrimary exposureICU bedsComorbiditiesPatientsLogistic regressionAdditional studiesDoes comorbidity burden explain the higher COVID-19 mortality risk among men? A retrospective cross-sectional analysis of a well-defined cohort of patients in Bronx, New York
Vasa A, Kini M, Neugarten J, Bellin E, Golestaneh L. Does comorbidity burden explain the higher COVID-19 mortality risk among men? A retrospective cross-sectional analysis of a well-defined cohort of patients in Bronx, New York. BMJ Open 2022, 12: e063862. PMID: 36581961, PMCID: PMC9437736, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063862.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMontefiore Health SystemMortality riskComorbidity burdenCOVID-19 mortality riskOdds of in-hospital deathPre-COVID-19Retrospective cross-sectional analysisLower body mass indexSecondary outcome measuresCross-sectional analysisMale mortality riskOdds of deathBody mass indexHealth systemInnate sex differencesIn-Hospital DeathIn-Hospital MortalityHospitalised menCOVID-19 periodMale mortalityNew YorkCOVID-19 deathsMale deathsCohort populationCOVID-19Associations of Dysnatremia with COVID-19 Status and Mortality
Liu D, Mowrey W, Fisher M, Basalely A, McCarthy J, Kumar N, Thakkar J, Azzi Y, Brogan M, Golestaneh L, Reidy K, Chen W. Associations of Dysnatremia with COVID-19 Status and Mortality. Kidney360 2022, 3: 1323-1331. PMID: 36176656, PMCID: PMC9416846, DOI: 10.34067/kid.0001062022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevalence of hypernatremiaAssociated with mortalityAssociation of dysnatremiaCOVID-19 statusAssociated with high mortalityCOVID-19-negative patientsMedian Follow-UpTertiary care centerHigher risk of mortalityRetrospective observational studyCox proportional hazards modelsAssociated with hypernatremiaCOVID-19 positive patientsRisk of mortalityProportional hazards model
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