2020
D‐CARE: The Dementia Care Study: Design of a Pragmatic Trial of the Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness of Health System–Based Versus Community‐Based Dementia Care Versus Usual Dementia Care
Reuben DB, Gill TM, Stevens A, Williamson J, Volpi E, Lichtenstein M, Jennings LA, Tan Z, Evertson L, Bass D, Weitzman L, Carnie M, Wilson N, Araujo K, Charpentier P, Meng C, Greene EJ, Dziura J, Liu J, Unger E, Yang M, Currie K, Lenoir KM, Green A, Abraham S, Vernon A, Samper‐Ternent R, Raji M, Hirst RM, Galloway R, Finney GR, Ladd I, Rahm AK, Borek P, Peduzzi P. D‐CARE: The Dementia Care Study: Design of a Pragmatic Trial of the Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness of Health System–Based Versus Community‐Based Dementia Care Versus Usual Dementia Care. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2020, 68: 2492-2499. PMID: 32949145, PMCID: PMC8086629, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16862.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-based dementia careUsual careClinical trial sitesDementia careHealth systemCaregiver unmet needsNursing home placement ratesClinical health systemsDementia care specialistsUnit of randomizationQuality of lifeCost effectivenessDementia Care StudyPrimary outcomeClinical benefitSuperiority trialFunctional statusPragmatic trialCaregiver dyadsCare specialistsComprehensive careCaregiver distressCare studiesMedicare claimsNurse practitioners
2014
The Effect of Modified Ultrafiltration on Angiopoietins in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Operations
Lang SM, Syed MA, Dziura J, Rocco E, Kirshbom P, Bhandari V, Giuliano JS. The Effect of Modified Ultrafiltration on Angiopoietins in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Operations. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2014, 98: 1699-1704. PMID: 25258157, PMCID: PMC4253712, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.06.053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntensive care unit admissionCare unit admissionModified ultrafiltrationUnit admissionCardiopulmonary bypassAngpt-2Interleukin-8Proinflammatory mediatorsClinical benefitAngpt-2 concentrationsInterleukin-10 levelsProspective cohort studySystemic inflammatory responseChildren 18 yearsEnzyme-linked immunosorbentCohort studyAntiinflammatory mediatorsInterleukin-10Inflammatory responseAngiopoietin-2Angpt-1Cardiothoracic operationsPatient's bloodAdmissionCytokine removal