2024
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital-based heart failure care in New South Wales, Australia: a linked data cohort study
McIntyre D, Quintans D, Kazi S, Min H, He W, Marschner S, Khera R, Nassar N, Chow C. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital-based heart failure care in New South Wales, Australia: a linked data cohort study. BMC Health Services Research 2024, 24: 1364. PMID: 39516863, PMCID: PMC11545568, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-11840-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failure careNew South WalesHospital admissionHealth service utilisationAdministrative health recordsPrimary diagnosis of heart failureData cohort studyRate of admissionPre-pandemicHealth of patientsSouth WalesCOVID-19 pandemicHospital utilisationService utilisationHealth recordsED presentationsMortality dataDiagnosis of heart failureCOVID-19 burdenEmergency departmentCohort studyPrimary diagnosisData collectionCareAustralian data
2021
Repeated cross-sectional analysis of hydroxychloroquine deimplementation in the AHA COVID-19 CVD Registry
Bradley SM, Emmons-Bell S, Mutharasan RK, Rodriguez F, Gupta D, Roth G, Gluckman TJ, Shah RU, Wang TY, Khera R, Peterson PN, Das S. Repeated cross-sectional analysis of hydroxychloroquine deimplementation in the AHA COVID-19 CVD Registry. Scientific Reports 2021, 11: 15097. PMID: 34302004, PMCID: PMC8302649, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-94203-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19Use of hydroxychloroquineActive COVID-19Cross-sectional analysisRandomized trialsIneffective therapyNational registryMedian useClinical careClinical informationDeimplementationU.S. hospitalsOverall proportionLittle dataHydroxychloroquineFurther studiesPatientsRegistryTherapyHospitalTrialsCareAtherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, and Financial Toxicity Among Adults in the United States
Valero-Elizondo J, Chouairi F, Khera R, Grandhi GR, Saxena A, Warraich HJ, Virani SS, Desai NR, Sasangohar F, Krumholz HM, Esnaola NF, Nasir K. Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, and Financial Toxicity Among Adults in the United States. JACC CardioOncology 2021, 3: 236-246. PMID: 34396329, PMCID: PMC8352280, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccao.2021.02.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCost-related medication nonadherenceFinancial toxicityMedication nonadherenceNational Health Interview SurveyAtherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseMedical billsHealth Interview SurveyCancer careASCVDCardiovascular diseaseHigh burdenHigher oddsElderly populationCancerInterview SurveyFood insecurityCareNonadherenceSignificant proportionAdultsToxicityHigh financial distressPatientsPrevalenceDisease
2018
Managing Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators at End-of-Life: Practical Challenges and Care Considerations
Khera R, Pandey A, Link MS, Sulistio MS. Managing Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators at End-of-Life: Practical Challenges and Care Considerations. The American Journal Of The Medical Sciences 2018, 357: 143-150. PMID: 30665495, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjms.2018.11.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsManagement of ICDsLife-saving therapyImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorFinal common pathwayPatient-centered approachICD shocksCardiopulmonary arrestMalignant arrhythmiasPalliative carePatient deathCare considerationsCardioverter defibrillatorLife carePatient's lifeAppropriate managementMedical interventionsICDCommon pathwayNatural deathPatientsDeathNumber of peopleCarePainArrhythmias
2013
Gender bias in child care and child health: global patterns
Khera R, Jain S, Lodha R, Ramakrishnan S. Gender bias in child care and child health: global patterns. Archives Of Disease In Childhood 2013, 99: 369. PMID: 24344176, DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-303889.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical careLife-saving medical carePreventive careImportant contributing factorChild healthPediatric healthcareOverall healthSporadic reportsChildhood ailmentsFemale childrenHealthcare expendituresCareGender ratioYoung girlsContributing factorNumber of girlsGirlsHealthChild careGender-based discriminationSex-selective abortionOutpatientsInpatientsPercentageParental neglect