Timing of invasive mechanical ventilation and death in critically ill adults with COVID-19: A multicenter cohort study.

By Amir Safavi | June 28, 2023 |

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…

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Unmasking Fracture Risk in Type 2 Diabetes: The Association of Longitudinal Glycemic Hemoglobin Level and Medications.

By Amir Safavi | March 5, 2023 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgab882 Authors: Wang, Bowen; Wang, Zehai; Poundarik, Atharva A; Zaki, Mohammed J; Bockman, Richard S; Glicksberg, Benjamin S; Nadkarni, Girish N; Vashishth, Deepak Abstract: Fracture risk is underestimated in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D). To investigate the longitudinal relationship of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and common medications on fracture risk in people with T2D.…

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Major cardiovascular events and subsequent risk of kidney failure with replacement therapy: a CKD Prognosis Consortium study.

By Amir Safavi | March 5, 2023 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac825 Authors: Mark, Patrick B; Carrero, Juan J; Matsushita, Kunihiro; Sang, Yingying; Ballew, Shoshana H; Grams, Morgan E; Coresh, Josef; Surapaneni, Aditya; Brunskill, Nigel J; Chalmers, John; Chan, Lili; Chang, Alex R; Chinnadurai, Rajkumar; Chodick, Gabriel; Cirillo, Massimo; de Zeeuw, Dick; Evans, Marie; Garg, Amit X; Gutierrez, Orlando M; Heerspink, Hiddo J L; Heine,…

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Factors Associated With Death in Critically Ill Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 in the US.

By Amir Safavi | March 5, 2023 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3596 Authors: Gupta, Shruti; Hayek, Salim S; Wang, Wei; Chan, Lili; Mathews, Kusum S; Melamed, Michal L; Brenner, Samantha K; Leonberg-Yoo, Amanda; Schenck, Edward J; Radbel, Jared; Reiser, Jochen; Bansal, Anip; Srivastava, Anand; Zhou, Yan; Sutherland, Anne; Green, Adam; Shehata, Alexandre M; Goyal, Nitender; Vijayan, Anitha; Velez, Juan Carlos Q; Shaefi, Shahzad; Parikh, Chirag…

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Association Between Early Treatment With Tocilizumab and Mortality Among Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19.

By Amir Safavi | March 5, 2023 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.6252 Authors: Gupta, Shruti; Wang, Wei; Hayek, Salim S; Chan, Lili; Mathews, Kusum S; Melamed, Michal L; Brenner, Samantha K; Leonberg-Yoo, Amanda; Schenck, Edward J; Radbel, Jared; Reiser, Jochen; Bansal, Anip; Srivastava, Anand; Zhou, Yan; Finkel, Diana; Green, Adam; Mallappallil, Mary; Faugno, Anthony J; Zhang, Jingjing; Velez, Juan Carlos Q; Shaefi, Shahzad; Parikh, Chirag…

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Hospital-Level Variation in Death for Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19.

By Amir Safavi | March 5, 2023 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202012-4547OC Authors: Churpek, Matthew M; Gupta, Shruti; Spicer, Alexandra B; Parker, William F; Fahrenbach, John; Brenner, Samantha K; Leaf, David E; , Abstract: Variation in hospital mortality has been described for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but the factors that explain these differences remain unclear. Our objective was to utilize a large, nationally representative dataset…

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Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate, Albuminuria, and Adverse Outcomes: An Individual-Participant Data Meta-Analysis.

By Amir Safavi | March 5, 2023 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2023.17002 Authors: , ; Grams, Morgan E; Coresh, Josef; Matsushita, Kunihiro; Ballew, Shoshana H; Sang, Yingying; Surapaneni, Aditya; Alencar de Pinho, Natalia; Anderson, Amanda; Appel, Lawrence J; Ärnlöv, Johan; Azizi, Fereidoun; Bansal, Nisha; Bell, Samira; Bilo, Henk J G; Brunskill, Nigel J; Carrero, Juan J; Chadban, Steve; Chalmers, John; Chen, Jing; Ciemins, Elizabeth; Cirillo,…

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