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Delay in Antibiotic Administration Is Associated With Mortality Among Septic Shock Patients With Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia.
Corl K, Zeba F, Caffrey A, Hermenau M, Lopes V, Phillips G, Merchant R, Levy M, LaPlante K. Delay in Antibiotic Administration Is Associated With Mortality Among Septic Shock Patients With Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia. Critical Care Medicine 2020, 48: 525-532. PMID: 32205599, DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004212.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsS. aureus bacteremiaStaphylococcus aureus bacteremiaSeptic shock patientsSeptic shockAntibiotic administrationShock patientsMethicillin-sensitive S. aureus bacteremiaMethicillin-resistant S. aureusThirty-day mortalityTiming of antibioticsAssociated with mortalityVeterans Affairs Health SystemThirty-dayRetrospective analysisBacteremiaEmergency department presentationsMultivariate analysisOdds ratioPatientsEmergency departmentAntibioticsMortalityAdministrationOddsHealth systemAssociation of prescription opioid use on mortality and hospital length of stay in the intensive care unit
Hardy N, Zeba F, Ovalle A, Yanac A, Nzugang-Noutonsi C, Abadier M, Ovalle A, Chahin A. Association of prescription opioid use on mortality and hospital length of stay in the intensive care unit. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0250320. PMID: 33886667, PMCID: PMC8061930, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250320.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcademic Medical CentersAnalgesics, OpioidCase-Control StudiesCritical CareElectronic Health RecordsFemaleHospital MortalityHumansIntensive Care UnitsLength of StayLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedOpioid-Related DisordersPatient ReadmissionRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsUnited StatesConceptsPrescription opioid useIntensive care unitIntensive care unit admissionAssociation of prescription opioid useOpioid usePrescribed opioidsPatients prescribed chronic opioidsAccurate medication reconciliationRisk of hospital readmissionIncreased risk of hospital readmissionLongitudinal retrospective cohort studyAcademic medical centerCare unitCritical care settingHospital lengthAssociated with increased hospital lengthMedication reconciliationHospital stayTertiary-care academic medical centerCare settingsHospital length of stayRetrospective cohort studyAssociated with increased mortalityLength of stayNon-prescription opioid use
2023
A 56-Year-Old Man With Progressive Subacute Hypoxemia
Steinberg A, Zeba F, Rassias A, Mota P. A 56-Year-Old Man With Progressive Subacute Hypoxemia. CHEST Journal 2023, 164: e169-e172. PMID: 38070964, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.06.042.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Performance of a 25% Inferior Vena Cava Collapsibility in Detecting Fluid Responsiveness When Assessed by Novice Versus Expert Physician Sonologists
Corl K, Azab N, Nayeemuddin M, Schick A, Lopardo T, Zeba F, Phillips G, Baird G, Merchant R, Levy M, Blaivas M, Abbasi A. Performance of a 25% Inferior Vena Cava Collapsibility in Detecting Fluid Responsiveness When Assessed by Novice Versus Expert Physician Sonologists. Journal Of Intensive Care Medicine 2019, 35: 1520-1528. PMID: 31610729, PMCID: PMC7153972, DOI: 10.1177/0885066619881123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPoint-of-care ultrasoundInferior vena cava collapsibilityVena cava collapsibilityDetect fluid responsivenessPhysician sonologistsFluid responsivenessCutoff valueAssess fluid responsivenessIntravenous fluid resuscitationProspective observational studyPoint-of-care ultrasound imagingExpert sonologistFluid respondersCardiac indexFluid resuscitationFluid bolusSonologistsNovice sonologistsObservational studyNoninvasive meansCIVCPatientsTest performanceResponseBolus
2018
A Double Whammy: Lactobacillus acidophilus Bacteremia and Subsequent Lactobacillus rhamnosus Prosthetic Valve Infective Endocarditis in an Elderly Diabetic Patient.
Zeba F, Yirerong J, Assali M, Tewary G, Noska A. A Double Whammy: Lactobacillus acidophilus Bacteremia and Subsequent Lactobacillus rhamnosus Prosthetic Valve Infective Endocarditis in an Elderly Diabetic Patient. Rhode Island Medical Journal 2018, 101: 32-35. PMID: 30384517.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProsthetic valve infective endocarditisInfective endocarditisLactobacillus bacteremiaAortic root abscessIntra-abdominal abscessAortic valve replacementIV antibiotic therapyPopulation of patientsElderly diabetic patientsRoot abscessAntibiotic therapyValve replacementBacteremiaClinical significanceDiabetic patientsOrgan transplantationEndocarditisComorbid conditionsPeriod of rehabilitationPatientsPenicillin GAbscessDisease conditionsMalignancyPeritonitis