2022
Clinical and virologic factors associated with outcomes of COVID‐19 before and after vaccination among Veterans: Retrospective analysis from six New England states
Lee M, Cosentino D, Kyriakides TC, Cavallaro T, Stack G, Gupta S. Clinical and virologic factors associated with outcomes of COVID‐19 before and after vaccination among Veterans: Retrospective analysis from six New England states. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2022, 17: 534-538. PMID: 35661577, PMCID: PMC9348310, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.12852.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19Intensive care unit admissionVeterans Administration Healthcare SystemCare unit admissionNonpsychiatric hospitalizationsVirologic factorsFull vaccinationUnit admissionICU careClinical outcomesPoor outcomeMean ageRetrospective analysisD614G mutationHealthcare systemVeteransNew England statesHospitalizationOlder cohortOutcomesViral epidemiologyVaccinationDemographic factorsG mutationAge
2020
SARS-CoV-2 detection in setting of viral swabs scarcity: Are MRSA swabs and viral swabs equivalent?
Federman DG, Gupta S, Stack G, Campbell SM, Peaper DR, Dembry LM, Fisher A, Tarabar AF, Kozal M, Ruser CB. SARS-CoV-2 detection in setting of viral swabs scarcity: Are MRSA swabs and viral swabs equivalent? PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0237127. PMID: 32756602, PMCID: PMC7406068, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237127.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMRSA swabsViral swabSARS-CoV-2 PCR testingCopan ESwabSevere acute respiratory syndromeMRSA nasal swabSARS-CoV-2 assayAcute respiratory syndromeCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2SARS-CoV-2 detectionNasopharyngeal swabsCoronavirus 2Nasal swabsRespiratory syndromePCR testingSwab collectionSwabsSwab samplesCepheid Xpert XpressXpert XpressWidespread testingCollection kitHealthcare systemViral mediaHospital preparedness for COVID-19 pandemic: experience from department of medicine at Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System
Gupta S, Federman DG. Hospital preparedness for COVID-19 pandemic: experience from department of medicine at Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System. Postgraduate Medicine 2020, 132: 489-494. PMID: 32331509, PMCID: PMC7212542, DOI: 10.1080/00325481.2020.1761668.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare SystemPandemic coronavirus disease 2019Healthcare systemCoronavirus disease 2019Department of MedicineSurge of patientsMore patientsHealthcare workersDisease 2019Hospital preparednessEpidemiologic predictionsPandemic preparednessHospital systemCOVID-19PatientsCOVID-19 pandemicPandemicHospitalPreparednessCare