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Improving Care Transitions for Hospitalized Veterans Discharged to Skilled Nursing Facilities: A Focus on Polypharmacy and Geriatric Syndromes.

Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland)

Mixon AS, Yeh VM, Simmons S, Powers J, Ely EW, Schnelle J, Vasilevskis EE.
PMID: 31023987
Geriatrics (Basel). 2019 Feb 09;4(1). doi: 10.3390/geriatrics4010019.

Geriatric syndromes and polypharmacy are common in older patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and increase 30-day readmission risk. In a U.S.A. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)-funded Quality Improvement study to improve care transitions from the VA hospital...

Shed-MEDS: pilot of a patient-centered deprescribing framework reduces medications in hospitalized older adults being transferred to inpatient postacute care.

Therapeutic advances in drug safety

Petersen AW, Shah AS, Simmons SF, Shotwell MS, Jacobsen JML, Myers AP, Mixon AS, Bell SP, Kripalani S, Schnelle JF, Vasilevskis EE.
PMID: 30181860
Ther Adv Drug Saf. 2018 Jun 15;9(9):523-533. doi: 10.1177/2042098618781524. eCollection 2018 Sep.

BACKGROUND: Polypharmacy is common in hospitalized older adults. Deprescribing interventions are not well described in the acute-care setting. The objective of this study was to describe a hospital-based, patient-centered deprescribing protocol (Shed-MEDS) and report pilot results.METHODS: This was a...

2013: updates in delirium.

The Neurohospitalist

Vasilevskis EE, Ely EW.
PMID: 24707331
Neurohospitalist. 2014 Apr;4(2):58-60. doi: 10.1177/1941874414524796.

No abstract available.

Multicenter International Cohort Validation of a Modified Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score Using the Richmond Agitation-sedation Scale.

Annals of surgery

Rakhit S, Wang L, Lindsell CJ, Hosay MA, Stewart JW, Owen GD, Frutos-Vivar F, Peñuelas O, Esteban A, Anzueto AR, Raymondos K, Rios F, Thille AW, González M, Du B, Maggiore SM, Matamis D, Abroug F, Amin P, Zeggwagh AA, Ely EW, Vasilevskis EE, Patel MB.
PMID: 33201122
Ann Surg. 2020 Dec 14; doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004484. Epub 2020 Dec 14.

OBJECTIVE: In a multicenter, international cohort, we aimed to validate a modified Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (mSOFA) using the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale, hypothesized as comparable to the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)-based Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA).SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: The...

Randomized Cloud Seeding in Santa Barbara.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Neyman J, Scott EL, Vasilevskis M.
PMID: 17745675
Science. 1960 Apr 15;131(3407):1073-8. doi: 10.1126/science.131.3407.1073.

No abstract available.

Neuroimaging in delirious intensive care unit patients: a preliminary case series report.

Psychiatry (Edgmont (Pa. : Township))

Morandi A, Gunther ML, Vasilevskis EE, Girard TD, Hopkins RO, Jackson JC, Pandharipande P, Ely EW.
PMID: 20941349
Psychiatry (Edgmont). 2010 Sep;7(9):28-33.

Objective. There exists uncertainty regarding the role of magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of intensive care unit delirious patients. This case series describes preliminary magnetic resonance imaging findings obtained because of delirium, subsequent in-hospital clinical decisions, and post-discharge...

Update in Hospital Medicine: Evidence Published in 2016.

Annals of internal medicine

Vasilevskis EE.
PMID: 28358957
Ann Intern Med. 2017 Apr 04;166(7):W33-W39. doi: 10.7326/M17-0132. Epub 2017 Mar 30.

No abstract available.

The authors reply.

Critical care medicine

Vasilevskis EE, Ely EW, Girard TD.
PMID: 27182878
Crit Care Med. 2016 Jun;44(6):e451-2. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001748.

No abstract available.

Best Definitions of Multimorbidity to Identify Patients With High Health Care Resource Utilization.

Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes

Aubert CE, Schnipper JL, Roumet M, Marques-Vidal P, Stirnemann J, Auerbach AD, Zimlichman E, Kripalani S, Vasilevskis EE, Robinson E, Fletcher GS, Aujesky D, Limacher A, Donzé J.
PMID: 32055770
Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2020 Jan 14;4(1):40-49. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2019.09.002. eCollection 2020 Feb.

OBJECTIVE: To compare different definitions of multimorbidity to identify patients with higher health care resource utilization.PATIENTS AND METHODS: We used a multinational retrospective cohort including 147,806 medical inpatients discharged from 11 hospitals in 3 countries (United States, Switzerland, and...

Sources of medication omissions among hospitalized older adults with polypharmacy.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Shah AS, Hollingsworth EK, Shotwell MS, Mixon AS, Simmons SF, Vasilevskis EE.
PMID: 34967444
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Dec 30; doi: 10.1111/jgs.17629. Epub 2021 Dec 30.

BACKGROUND: Hospitalized older adults have a high prevalence of polypharmacy and medication inaccuracies. Gathering the best possible medication history (BPMH) is necessary to accurately identify each medication for multimorbid older adults. The objective was to describe a multipronged approach...

The Danger of Delirium: Comment on "Delirium and Long-term Cognitive Trajectory Among Persons With Dementia".

Archives of internal medicine

Vasilevskis EE, Ely EW.
PMID: 22911486
Arch Intern Med. 2012 Sep 24;172(17):1331-2. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.3414.

No abstract available.

Effects of a National Quality Improvement Collaborative on ABCDEF Bundle Implementation.

American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses

Balas MC, Tan A, Pun BT, Ely EW, Carson SS, Mion L, Barnes-Daly MA, Vasilevskis EE.
PMID: 34972842
Am J Crit Care. 2022 Jan 01;31(1):54-64. doi: 10.4037/ajcc2022768.

BACKGROUND: The ABCDEF bundle (Assess, prevent, and manage pain and Delirium; Both spontaneous awakening and breathing trials; Choice of analgesia/sedation; Early mobility; and Family engagement) improves intensive care unit outcomes, but adoption into practice is poor.OBJECTIVE: To assess the...

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