Posts by Amir Safavi
Natural Language Processing Can Automate Extraction of Barrett’s Esophagus Endoscopy Quality Metrics.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.11.23292529 Authors: Soroush, Ali; Diamond, Courtney J; Zylberberg, Haley M; May, Benjamin; Tatonetti, Nicholas; Abrams, Julian A; Weng, Chunhua Abstract: To develop an automated natural language processing (NLP) method for extracting high-fidelity Barrett’s Esophagus (BE) endoscopic surveillance and treatment data from the electronic health record (EHR). Patients who underwent BE-related endoscopies between 2016 and…
Read MoreExamining patient perspectives on low-value care: Findings from a survey on preoperative testing for cataract surgery.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.18494 Authors: Ahmadi, Alast; Duval, Victor F; Bartlett, John D; Hofer, Ira S; Mafi, John; Villaflores, Chad Wes A; Sarkisian, Catherine A Abstract:
Read MoreDeep Learning on Electrocardiograms for Prediction of In-hospital Intradialytic Hypotension in Patients with ESKD.
Link: https://doi.org/10.34067/KID.0000000000000208 Authors: Vaid, Akhil; Takkavatakarn, Kullaya; Divers, Jasmin; Charytan, David M; Chan, Lili; Nadkarni, Girish N Abstract: Intradialytic hypotension is common in patients who are on hemodialysis. We applied deep learning techniques to ECGs to predict patients at risk of IDH. The performance of the model was good with an AUC of 0.763 and…
Read MoreTiming of invasive mechanical ventilation and death in critically ill adults with COVID-19: A multicenter cohort study.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285748 Authors: Green, Adam; Rachoin, Jean-Sebastien; Schorr, Christa; Dellinger, Phil; Casey, Jonathan D; Park, Isabel; Gupta, Shruti; Baron, Rebecca M; Shaefi, Shahzad; Hunter, Krystal; Leaf, David E; , Abstract: To investigate if the timing of initiation of invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) for critically ill patients with COVID-19 is associated with mortality. The data for…
Read MoreResearching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) adult study protocol: Rationale, objectives, and design.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286297 Authors: Horwitz, Leora I; Thaweethai, Tanayott; Brosnahan, Shari B; Cicek, Mine S; Fitzgerald, Megan L; Goldman, Jason D; Hess, Rachel; Hodder, S L; Jacoby, Vanessa L; Jordan, Michael R; Krishnan, Jerry A; Laiyemo, Adeyinka O; Metz, Torri D; Nichols, Lauren; Patzer, Rachel E; Sekar, Anisha; Singer, Nora G; Stiles, Lauren E; Taylor, Barbara…
Read MoreInteratrial Block Association With Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients Without a History of Atrial Fibrillation.
Link: https://doi.org/S2405-500X(23)00254-2 Authors: Lampert, Joshua; Power, David; Havaldar, Shreyas; Govindarajulu, Usha; Kawamura, Iwanari; Maan, Abhishek; Miller, Marc A; Menon, Kartikeya; Koruth, Jacob; Whang, William; Bagiella, Emilia; Bayes-Genis, Antoni; Musikantow, Daniel; Turagam, Mohit; Bayes de Luna, Antoni; Halperin, Jonathan; Dukkipati, Srinivas R; Vaid, Akhil; Nadkarni, Girish; Glicksberg, Benjamin; Fuster, Valentin; Reddy, Vivek Y Abstract: Interatrial block…
Read MoreProteomic characterization of acute kidney injury in patients hospitalized with SARS-CoV2 infection.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-023-00307-8 Authors: Paranjpe, Ishan; Jayaraman, Pushkala; Su, Chen-Yang; Zhou, Sirui; Chen, Steven; Thompson, Ryan; Del Valle, Diane Marie; Kenigsberg, Ephraim; Zhao, Shan; Jaladanki, Suraj; Chaudhary, Kumardeep; Ascolillo, Steven; Vaid, Akhil; Gonzalez-Kozlova, Edgar; Kauffman, Justin; Kumar, Arvind; Paranjpe, Manish; Hagan, Ross O; Kamat, Samir; Gulamali, Faris F; Xie, Hui; Harris, Joceyln; Patel, Manishkumar; Argueta, Kimberly;…
Read MoreGenome-wide association study of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection in the Million Veteran Program.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-023-01420-z Authors: Klarin, Derek; Devineni, Poornima; Sendamarai, Anoop K; Angueira, Anthony R; Graham, Sarah E; Shen, Ying H; Levin, Michael G; Pirruccello, James P; Surakka, Ida; Karnam, Purushotham R; Roychowdhury, Tanmoy; Li, Yanming; Wang, Minxian; Aragam, Krishna G; Paruchuri, Kaavya; Zuber, Verena; Shakt, Gabrielle E; Tsao, Noah L; Judy, Renae L; Vy, Ha My…
Read MoreA foundational vision transformer improves diagnostic performance for electrocardiograms.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-023-00840-9 Authors: Vaid, Akhil; Jiang, Joy; Sawant, Ashwin; Lerakis, Stamatios; Argulian, Edgar; Ahuja, Yuri; Lampert, Joshua; Charney, Alexander; Greenspan, Hayit; Narula, Jagat; Glicksberg, Benjamin; Nadkarni, Girish N Abstract: The electrocardiogram (ECG) is a ubiquitous diagnostic modality. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) applied towards ECG analysis require large sample sizes, and transfer learning approaches for biomedical…
Read MoreEvaluation of Plasma Biomarkers to Predict Major Adverse Kidney Events in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19.
Link: https://doi.org/S0272-6386(23)00648-0 Authors: Menez, Steven; Coca, Steven G; Moledina, Dennis G; Wen, Yumeng; Chan, Lili; Thiessen-Philbrook, Heather; Obeid, Wassim; Garibaldi, Brian T; Azeloglu, Evren U; Ugwuowo, Ugochukwu; Sperati, C John; Arend, Lois J; Rosenberg, Avi Z; Kaushal, Madhurima; Jain, Sanjay; Wilson, F Perry; Parikh, Chirag R; , Abstract: Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are at increased…
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