The Association between Prevalence of Peritoneal Dialysis versus Hemodialysis and Patients’ Distance to Dialysis-Providing Facilities.

Link: https://doi.org/10.34067/KID.0004762021 Authors: Pattharanitima, Pattharawin; El Shamy, Osama; Chauhan, Kinsuk; Saha, Aparna; Wen, Huei Hsun; Sharma, Shuchita; Uribarri, Jaime; Chan, Lili Abstract: Accessibility to dialysis facilities plays a central role when deciding on a patient’s long-term dialysis modality. Studies investigating the effect of distance to nearest dialysis-providing unit on modality choice have yielded conflicting results.…

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Using Deep-Learning Algorithms to Simultaneously Identify Right and Left Ventricular Dysfunction From the Electrocardiogram.

Link: https://doi.org/S1936-878X(21)00627-6 Authors: Vaid, Akhil; Johnson, Kipp W; Badgeley, Marcus A; Somani, Sulaiman S; Bicak, Mesude; Landi, Isotta; Russak, Adam; Zhao, Shan; Levin, Matthew A; Freeman, Robert S; Charney, Alexander W; Kukar, Atul; Kim, Bette; Danilov, Tatyana; Lerakis, Stamatios; Argulian, Edgar; Narula, Jagat; Nadkarni, Girish N; Glicksberg, Benjamin S Abstract: This study sought to develop…

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Factors Associated With Longitudinal Psychological and Physiological Stress in Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Observational Study Using Apple Watch Data.

Link: https://doi.org/10.2196/31295 Authors: Hirten, Robert P; Danieletto, Matteo; Tomalin, Lewis; Choi, Katie Hyewon; Zweig, Micol; Golden, Eddye; Kaur, Sparshdeep; Helmus, Drew; Biello, Anthony; Pyzik, Renata; Calcagno, Claudia; Freeman, Robert; Sands, Bruce E; Charney, Dennis; Bottinger, Erwin P; Murrough, James W; Keefer, Laurie; Suarez-Farinas, Mayte; Nadkarni, Girish N; Fayad, Zahi A Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has…

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Machine Learning Prediction of Death in Critically Ill Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019.

Link: https://doi.org/10.1097/CCE.0000000000000515 Authors: Churpek, Matthew M; Gupta, Shruti; Spicer, Alexandra B; Hayek, Salim S; Srivastava, Anand; Chan, Lili; Melamed, Michal L; Brenner, Samantha K; Radbel, Jared; Madhani-Lovely, Farah; Bhatraju, Pavan K; Bansal, Anip; Green, Adam; Goyal, Nitender; Shaefi, Shahzad; Parikh, Chirag R; Semler, Matthew W; Leaf, David E; , Abstract: Critically ill patients with coronavirus…

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Obesity, inflammatory and thrombotic markers, and major clinical outcomes in critically ill patients with COVID-19 in the US.

Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.23245 Authors: Friedman, Allon N; Guirguis, John; Kapoor, Rajat; Gupta, Shruti; Leaf, David E; Timsina, Lava R; , Abstract: This study aimed to determine whether obesity is independently associated with major adverse clinical outcomes and inflammatory and thrombotic markers in critically ill patients with COVID-19. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality in adults with…

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Performance of crisis standards of care guidelines in a cohort of critically ill COVID-19 patients in the United States.

Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2021.100376 Authors: Jezmir, Julia L; Bharadwaj, Maheetha; Chaitoff, Alexander; Diephuis, Bradford; Crowley, Conor P; Kishore, Sandeep P; Goralnick, Eric; Merriam, Louis T; Milliken, Aimee; Rhee, Chanu; Sadovnikoff, Nicholas; Shah, Sejal B; Gupta, Shruti; Leaf, David E; Feldman, William B; Kim, Edy Y; , Abstract: Many US states published crisis standards of care (CSC) guidelines…

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Identification of Distinct Clinical Subphenotypes in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19.

Link: https://doi.org/S0012-3692(21)00874-6 Authors: Vasquez, Charles R; Gupta, Shruti; Miano, Todd A; Roche, Meaghan; Hsu, Jesse; Yang, Wei; Holena, Daniel N; Reilly, John P; Schrauben, Sarah J; Leaf, David E; Shashaty, Michael G S; , Abstract: Subphenotypes have been identified in patients with sepsis and ARDS and are associated with different outcomes and responses to therapies.…

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Thrombosis, Bleeding, and the Observational Effect of Early Therapeutic Anticoagulation on Survival in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19.

Link: https://doi.org/10.7326/M20-6739 Authors: Al-Samkari, Hanny; Gupta, Shruti; Leaf, Rebecca Karp; Wang, Wei; Rosovsky, Rachel P; Brenner, Samantha K; Hayek, Salim S; Berlin, Hanna; Kapoor, Rajat; Shaefi, Shahzad; Melamed, Michal L; Sutherland, Anne; Radbel, Jared; Green, Adam; Garibaldi, Brian T; Srivastava, Anand; Leonberg-Yoo, Amanda; Shehata, Alexandre M; Flythe, Jennifer E; Rashidi, Arash; Goyal, Nitender; Chan, Lili;…

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Hyperglycemia is Associated With Increased Mortality in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19.

Link: https://doi.org/S1530-891X(21)00005-7 Authors: Mazori, Alon Y; Bass, Ilana Ramer; Chan, Lili; Mathews, Kusum S; Altman, Deena R; Saha, Aparna; Soh, Howard; Wen, Huei Hsun; Bose, Sonali; Leven, Emily; Wang, Jing Gennie; Mosoyan, Gohar; Pattharanitima, Pattharawin; Greco, Giampaolo; Gallagher, Emily J Abstract: To explore the relationship between hyperglycemia in the presence and absence of diabetes mellitus…

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AKI Treated with Renal Replacement Therapy in Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19.

Link: https://doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2020060897 Authors: Gupta, Shruti; Coca, Steven G; Chan, Lili; Melamed, Michal L; Brenner, Samantha K; Hayek, Salim S; Sutherland, Anne; Puri, Sonika; Srivastava, Anand; Leonberg-Yoo, Amanda; Shehata, Alexandre M; Flythe, Jennifer E; Rashidi, Arash; Schenck, Edward J; Goyal, Nitender; Hedayati, S Susan; Dy, Rajany; Bansal, Anip; Athavale, Ambarish; Nguyen, H Bryant; Vijayan, Anitha; Charytan,…

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