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Chemotherapy was not associated with cognitive decline in older adults with breast and colorectal cancer: findings from a prospective cohort study
(2012-10)
OBJECTIVES:
: This study tested 2 hypotheses: (1) chemotherapy increases the rate of cognitive decline in breast and colorectal cancer patients beyond what is typical of normal aging and (2) chemotherapy results in ...
Despite variation in volume, Veterans Affairs hospitals show consistent outcomes among patients with non-postoperative mechanical ventilation
(2012-09)
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the relationship between volume of nonoperative mechanically ventilated patients receiving care in a specific Veterans Health Administration hospital and their mortality.
DESIGN:
Retrospective cohort ...
Innate Pathways Shape Sarcoidosis Signaling: From Bugs to Drugs
(American Thoracic Society, 2011)
Limiting the spread of highly resistant hospital-acquired microorganisms via critical care transfers: a simulation study
(Springer, 2011-10)
Purpose
Hospital-acquired infections with highly resistant organisms are an important problem among critically ill patients. Control of these organisms has largely focused within individual hospitals. We examine the ...
The Impact of Residents, Interns, and Attendings on Inpatient Laboratory Ordering Patterns: A Report From One University's Hospitalist Service
(2011-01)
Purpose: To examine the laboratory test ordering patterns of interns to determine the effects of more senior residents' and attendings' supervision on trainees' patterns and residents' perceptions of control in test ...
Survivorship Will Be the Defining Challenge of Critical Care in the 21st Century
(2010-08-03)
In an invited editorial, I argue that critical care is facing a cross-roads. We can now save many patients lives. But we need to broaden our sense of our mission to include understanding, caring for, and improving, the ...
Interhospital Transfers Among Medicare Beneficiaries Admitted for Acute Myocardial Infarction at Nonrevascularization Hospitals
(American Heart Asociation, 2010-09)
Background—Patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who are admitted to hospitals without coronary
revascularization are frequently transferred to hospitals with this capability, yet we know little about the basis ...
The anti-fibrotic actions of plasminogen activation occur via upregulation of prostaglandin E2 synthesis in humans and mice
(American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2010)