2022
Physical Activity Among Patients With Intracardiac Remote Monitoring Devices Before, During, and After COVID-19–Related Restrictions
Lu Y, Jones PW, Murugiah K, Caraballo C, Massey DS, Mahajan S, Ahmed R, Bader EM, Krumholz HM. Physical Activity Among Patients With Intracardiac Remote Monitoring Devices Before, During, and After COVID-19–Related Restrictions. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2022, 79: 309-310. PMID: 35057917, PMCID: PMC8763290, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.11.010.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Engagement With COVID-19 Public Health Measures in the United States: A Cross-sectional Social Media Analysis from June to November 2020
Massey D, Huang C, Lu Y, Cohen A, Oren Y, Moed T, Matzner P, Mahajan S, Caraballo C, Kumar N, Xue Y, Ding Q, Dreyer R, Roy B, Krumholz H. Engagement With COVID-19 Public Health Measures in the United States: A Cross-sectional Social Media Analysis from June to November 2020. Journal Of Medical Internet Research 2021, 23: e26655. PMID: 34086593, PMCID: PMC8218897, DOI: 10.2196/26655.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSARS-CoV-2 Infection Hospitalization Rate and Infection Fatality Rate Among the Non-Congregate Population in Connecticut
Mahajan S, Caraballo C, Li SX, Dong Y, Chen L, Huston SK, Srinivasan R, Redlich CA, Ko AI, Faust JS, Forman HP, Krumholz HM. SARS-CoV-2 Infection Hospitalization Rate and Infection Fatality Rate Among the Non-Congregate Population in Connecticut. The American Journal Of Medicine 2021, 134: 812-816.e2. PMID: 33617808, PMCID: PMC7895685, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.01.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfection hospitalization rateInfection fatality rateHospitalization ratesFatality rateSeroprevalence estimatesSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodiesSARS-CoV-2 antibodiesConnecticut Hospital AssociationNon-Hispanic black peopleProportion of deathsCoronavirus disease 2019Total infected individualsTotal hospitalizationsAdverse outcomesNon-congregate settingsHigh burdenDisease 2019Prevalence studyMost subgroupsInfected individualsHospitalizationOlder peopleHospital AssociationConnecticut DepartmentDeath
2020
SalivaDirect: A simplified and flexible platform to enhance SARS-CoV-2 testing capacity
Vogels CBF, Watkins AE, Harden CA, Brackney DE, Shafer J, Wang J, Caraballo C, Kalinich CC, Ott IM, Fauver JR, Kudo E, Lu P, Venkataraman A, Tokuyama M, Moore AJ, Muenker MC, Casanovas-Massana A, Fournier J, Bermejo S, Campbell M, Datta R, Nelson A, Team Y, Anastasio K, Askenase M, Batsu M, Bickerton S, Brower K, Bucklin M, Cahill S, Cao Y, Courchaine E, DeIuliis G, Earnest R, Geng B, Goldman-Israelow B, Handoko R, Khoury-Hanold W, Kim D, Knaggs L, Kuang M, Lapidus S, Lim J, Linehan M, Lu-Culligan A, Martin A, Matos I, McDonald D, Minasyan M, Nakahata M, Naushad N, Nouws J, Obaid A, Odio C, Oh J, Omer S, Park A, Park H, Peng X, Petrone M, Prophet S, Rice T, Rose K, Sewanan L, Sharma L, Shaw A, Shepard D, Smolgovsky M, Sonnert N, Strong Y, Todeasa C, Valdez J, Velazquez S, Vijayakumar P, White E, Yang Y, Dela Cruz C, Ko A, Iwasaki A, Krumholz H, Matheus J, Hui P, Liu C, Farhadian S, Sikka R, Wyllie A, Grubaugh N. SalivaDirect: A simplified and flexible platform to enhance SARS-CoV-2 testing capacity. Med 2020, 2: 263-280.e6. PMID: 33521748, PMCID: PMC7836249, DOI: 10.1016/j.medj.2020.12.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency use authorizationSARS-CoV-2 testingSARS-CoV-2 screeningSARS-CoV-2 testing capacitySupply chain shortagesHospital cohortNasopharyngeal swabsHealthy individualsDrug AdministrationHigh positive agreementQRT-PCR assaysDiagnostic testsU.S. FoodSafe reopeningTesting capacityGlobal healthPositive agreementFast GrantLower ratesSalivaNucleic acid extractionSwabsValid alternativeAssay costsCollection tubesCOVID-19 infections and outcomes in a live registry of heart failure patients across an integrated health care system
Caraballo C, McCullough M, Fuery MA, Chouairi F, Keating C, Ravindra NG, Miller PE, Malinis M, Kashyap N, Hsiao A, Wilson FP, Curtis JP, Grant M, Velazquez EJ, Desai NR, Ahmad T. COVID-19 infections and outcomes in a live registry of heart failure patients across an integrated health care system. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0238829. PMID: 32997657, PMCID: PMC7526909, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238829.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failure patientsIntegrated health care systemHeart Failure RegistryHealth care systemFailure patientsCOVID-19 infectionCare systemCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2 infectionReal-time registryRenin-angiotensin blockersRetrospective chart reviewCoronary artery diseaseRisk of deathCOVID-19 testingAngiotensin blockersMultiple comorbiditiesRespiratory failureChart reviewSymptomatic patientsArtery diseaseHeart failureComorbid conditionsPatient mortalityClinical management