2023
Delirium among people aging with and without HIV: Role of alcohol and Neurocognitively active medications
Akgün K, Krishnan S, Tate J, Bryant K, Pisani M, Re V, Rentsch C, Crothers K, Gordon K, Justice A, team F. Delirium among people aging with and without HIV: Role of alcohol and Neurocognitively active medications. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2023, 71: 1861-1872. PMID: 36786300, PMCID: PMC10258127, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18265.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-ConsumptionActive medicationAlcohol useOdds ratioRelative riskDose-response associationDate of admissionSeverity of illnessIndependent dose-response associationsRace/ethnicityInpatient deliriumIndex dateMedication exposureRole of alcoholHIV statusMultivariable analysisMedication countNeurocognitive dysfunctionUnderappreciated causeDeliriumHigh incidencePWHMedicationsPWOHLogistic regression
2021
Sociodemographic and clinical correlates of gabapentin receipt with and without opioids among a national cohort of patients with HIV
Oldfield BJ, Li Y, Vickers-Smith R, Becker WC, Barry DT, Crystal S, Gordon KS, Kerns RD, Rentsch CT, Marshall BDL, Edelman EJ. Sociodemographic and clinical correlates of gabapentin receipt with and without opioids among a national cohort of patients with HIV. AIDS Care 2021, 34: 1053-1063. PMID: 34114904, PMCID: PMC8664891, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2021.1939851.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid useHigh dosesSelf-reported opioid useVeterans Aging Cohort StudyHigh-dose opioidsMean daily doseAging Cohort StudyHigh-dose benzodiazepinesNational prospective cohortOpioid doseOpioid receiptCohort studyFoot painProspective cohortDaily doseIndependent predictorsChronic painPain interferenceClinical variablesClinical correlatesNational cohortMultinomial logistic regressionPWHLogistic regressionOpioids