2024
Patient factors associated with unplanned sedation after intra-articular lidocaine for shoulder dislocation
Wright D, Sherak R, Seo L, Parhar A, Baloescu C. Patient factors associated with unplanned sedation after intra-articular lidocaine for shoulder dislocation. JEM Reports 2024, 3: 100093. DOI: 10.1016/j.jemrpt.2024.100093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntra-articular lidocaineIV sedationAdverse eventsShoulder dislocationRate of procedural complicationsRetrospective observational cohort studyQuantity of opioidsAcute anterior shoulder dislocationED length of stayAnterior shoulder dislocationObservational cohort studyPatient-level factorsMultivariate logistic regressionShoulder dislocation reductionAcademic hospital systemLength of stayAssociated with greater ratesComplication rateProcedural complicationsAdult patientsProspective studyUnivariate analysisIntravenous sedationCohort studyED lengthSOFA score performs worse than age for predicting mortality in patients with COVID-19
Sherak R, Sajjadi H, Khimani N, Tolchin B, Jubanyik K, Taylor R, Schulz W, Mortazavi B, Haimovich A. SOFA score performs worse than age for predicting mortality in patients with COVID-19. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0301013. PMID: 38758942, PMCID: PMC11101117, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCrisis standards of careIn-hospital mortalityIntensive care unitAcademic health systemSequential Organ Failure Assessment scoreCohort of intensive care unitSequential Organ Failure AssessmentStandard of careLogistic regression modelsMortality predictionPredicting in-hospital mortalityHealth systemUnivariate logistic regression modelCrisis standardsDisease morbidityCOVID-19
2023
Effects of correction rate for severe hyponatremia in the intensive care unit on patient outcomes.
Kinoshita T, Mlodzinski E, Xiao Q, Sherak R, Raines NH, Celi LA. Effects of correction rate for severe hyponatremia in the intensive care unit on patient outcomes. J Crit Care 2023, 77: 154325. PMID: 37187000, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2023.154325.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchYale Emergency Scholars (YES) Program: A model for expanding emergency medicine research capacity
Yang D, Panthagani K, Ryus C, Nelson A, Wright D, Sherak R, Bernstein S, D'Onofrio G. Yale Emergency Scholars (YES) Program: A model for expanding emergency medicine research capacity. Academic Emergency Medicine 2023, 30: 1179-1182. PMID: 37436420, DOI: 10.1111/acem.14777.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Association Between ICU-Acquired Hypernatremia and In-Hospital Mortality: Data From the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III and the Electronic ICU Collaborative Research Database.
Olsen MH, Møller M, Romano S, Andersson J, Mlodzinski E, Raines NH, Sherak R, Jeppesen AN. Association Between ICU-Acquired Hypernatremia and In-Hospital Mortality: Data From the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III and the Electronic ICU Collaborative Research Database. Critical Care Explorations 2020, 2: e0304. PMID: 33354677, PMCID: PMC7746205, DOI: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000000304.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Disaster Metrics: Evaluation of de Boer's Disaster Severity Scale (DSS) Applied to Earthquakes
Bayram JD, Zuabi S, McCord CM, Sherak RA, Hsu EB, Kelen GD. Disaster Metrics: Evaluation of de Boer's Disaster Severity Scale (DSS) Applied to Earthquakes. Prehospital And Disaster Medicine 2014, 30: 22-27. PMID: 25544545, DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x14001393.Peer-Reviewed Original Research