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
2014
Mortality of Hospitalized Patients with Pleural Effusions
Kookoolis AS, Puchalski JT, Murphy TE, Araujo KL, Pisani MA. Mortality of Hospitalized Patients with Pleural Effusions. Journal Of Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine 2014, 4: 184. PMID: 25977841, PMCID: PMC4428160, DOI: 10.4172/2161-105x.1000184.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSeverity of illnessShort-term survival benefitPleural effusionSurvival benefitPulmonary diseaseYale-New Haven HospitalTerm survival benefitMedical servicesCause mortalityHazard ratioHospital admissionHospitalized patientsMedical patientsMalignant effusionsMedical recordsMedical populationsProtective effectHigh riskPatientsEffusionThoracentesesLarger studyMortalityIllnessOne-year