Factors influencing palliative care referral for hospitalised patients with heart failure: an exploratory, randomised, multi-institutional survey of hospitalists and cardiologists
Abedini NC, Guo G, Hummel SL, Bozaan D, Beasley M, Cowger J, Chopra V. Factors influencing palliative care referral for hospitalised patients with heart failure: an exploratory, randomised, multi-institutional survey of hospitalists and cardiologists. BMJ Open 2020, 10: e040857. PMID: 33323440, PMCID: PMC7745336, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040857.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPalliative care referralAdvanced heart failureHeart failureOutpatient cardiologistCare referralProvider specialtyReferral decisionsAcute heart failure exacerbationPredictive marginsAdvance care planning documentationMichigan chapterPrior hospital admissionsHeart failure exacerbationAcute renal failureInpatient palliative carePalliative care deliveryCare planning documentationPalliative care guidelinesNumber of patientsAdvance care planningRenal failureSecondary outcomesHospital admissionPrimary outcomeIllness severityHeart failure documentation in outpatients with diabetes and volume overload: an observational cohort study from the Diabetes Collaborative Registry
Arnold SV, Jones PG, Beasley M, Cordova J, Goyal A, Fonarow GC, Seman L. Heart failure documentation in outpatients with diabetes and volume overload: an observational cohort study from the Diabetes Collaborative Registry. Cardiovascular Diabetology 2020, 19: 212. PMID: 33308233, PMCID: PMC7733267, DOI: 10.1186/s12933-020-01190-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failureHeart failure diagnosisT2D patientsLoop diureticsVolume overloadLower body mass indexDiabetes Collaborative RegistryGuideline-directed therapyLoop diuretic prescriptionProspective US registryChronic kidney diseaseObservational cohort studyCoronary artery diseasePrimary care cliniciansBody mass indexType 2 diabetesHierarchical logistic regression modelsLogistic regression modelsDiuretic prescriptionT2D medicationsCohort studyDevastating complicationArtery diseaseBackgroundHeart failureClinical courseSequencing Quadruple Therapy for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: Does It Really Matter?
Hu J, Schwann A, Tan J, Nuqali A, Riello R, Beasley M. Sequencing Quadruple Therapy for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: Does It Really Matter? Cardiology Clinics 2023, 41: 511-524. PMID: 37743074, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2023.06.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReduced ejection fractionEjection fractionHeart failureChronic kidney diseaseQuadruple therapyTarget dosingTherapy initiationAtrial fibrillationKidney diseaseSpecial populationsMedicationsConventional sequencesTolerabilityBradycardiaPatientsFailureFibrillationDosingTherapyInitiationDiseaseDosesGDMT