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The Sarcoidosis Health Questionnaire: a new measure of health-related quality of lifeChristopher E Cox
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 168:323-9. 2003..The SHQ alone was sensitive to differences in HRQL based on the number of involved organ systems. In conclusion, we have developed a self-completed HRQL questionnaire for U.S. patients with sarcoidosis...- Expectations and outcomes of prolonged mechanical ventilationChristopher E Cox
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Crit Care Med 37:2888-94; quiz 2904. 2009..Prolonged mechanical ventilation provision is increasing markedly despite poor patient outcomes. Misunderstanding prognosis in the prolonged mechanical ventilation decision-making process could provide an explanation for this phenomenon... - Cost-effectiveness of ultrasound in preventing femoral venous catheter-associated pulmonary embolismChristopher E Cox
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 168:1481-7. 2003..In summary, ultrasound screening may improve outcomes among the critically ill with femoral venous catheters at acceptable costs and could complement venous thrombosis primary prevention programs... - Health-related quality of life of persons with sarcoidosisChristopher E Cox
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Chest 125:997-1004. 2004..To describe the health-related quality of life (HRQL) and mental health of persons with sarcoidosis, as well as to assess physician-patient agreement about the presence of sarcoidosis symptoms... - Economic evaluation of propofol and lorazepam for critically ill patients undergoing mechanical ventilationChristopher E Cox
Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Crit Care Med 36:706-14. 2008..Therefore, we aimed to determine the cost-effectiveness of the most commonly used sedatives prescribed for mechanically ventilated critically ill patients... - An economic evaluation of prolonged mechanical ventilationChristopher E Cox
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Crit Care Med 35:1918-27. 2007..Therefore, we aimed to determine the lifetime societal value of prolonged mechanical ventilation... - SarcoidosisChristopher E Cox
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3221, Room 275, MSRB, Research Drive, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Med Clin North Am 89:817-28. 2005..Improving access to care and addressing other disparities in health care may help to bridge the gap in health outcomes observed between patients... - Differences in one-year health outcomes and resource utilization by definition of prolonged mechanical ventilation: a prospective cohort studyChristopher E Cox
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Crit Care 11:R9. 2007..To better understand the implications of PMV provision, we compared one-year health outcomes between two common definitions of PMV as well as between PMV patients and those ventilated for shorter periods of time... - Surviving critical illness: acute respiratory distress syndrome as experienced by patients and their caregiversChristopher E Cox
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Crit Care Med 37:2702-8. 2009..However, the experiences of acute respiratory distress syndrome survivors have not been reported... - One-year trajectories of care and resource utilization for recipients of prolonged mechanical ventilation: a cohort studyMark Unroe
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Ann Intern Med 153:167-75. 2010..Little is known about the patterns of care as patients transition from acute care hospitals to postacute care facilities or about the associated resource utilization... - Increase in tracheostomy for prolonged mechanical ventilation in North Carolina, 1993-2002Christopher E Cox
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Durham, NC, USA
Crit Care Med 32:2219-26. 2004..Although in-hospital mortality, length of stay, and charges per patient fell over time, the overall resource utilization of prolonged mechanical ventilation patients increased dramatically... - Surrogates' perceptions about feeding tube placement decisionsCarmen L Lewis
Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 5039 Old Clinic Building 229, CB 7110, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7110, USA
Patient Educ Couns 61:246-52. 2006..2) To determine surrogates' perceptions of the information they received to make this decision... - Expectations and outcomes of gastric feeding tubesTimothy S Carey
The Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
Am J Med 119:527.e11-6. 2006..To compare expected outcomes with actual outcomes from tube feeding in adult patients... - Chronic critical illnessJudith E Nelson
Department of Medicine, Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 182:446-54. 2010.... - A prognostic model for one-year mortality in patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilationShannon S Carson
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Crit Care Med 36:2061-9. 2008..Our objective was to develop and validate a prognostic model for 1-yr mortality in patients ventilated for 21 days or more... - The changing epidemiology of mechanical ventilation: a population-based studyShannon S Carson
Department of Medicine and the Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7020, USA
J Intensive Care Med 21:173-82. 2006..4% to 34.4%, and discharges to nursing homes grew from 7.3% to 10.7%. The incidence of mechanical ventilation is increasing, and the increase is associated with a higher burden of comorbidities and fewer discharges to home... - Current teaching and evaluation methods in critical care medicine: has the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education affected how we practice and teach in the intensive care unit?Saumil M Chudgar
Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Crit Care Med 37:49-60. 2009..To determine the impact of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education mandates for duty hours and competencies on instruction, evaluation, and patient care in intensive care units in the United States... - The effect of thalidomide on corticosteroid-dependent pulmonary sarcoidosisMarc A Judson
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis 23:51-7. 2006..Few patients can tolerate doses of greater than 100 mg/day. Thalidomide may have been corticosteroid-sparing in a subgroup of these patients... - Trends in the use of feeding tubes in North Carolina hospitalsCarmen L Lewis
Department of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:1034-8. 2004..The purpose of this study is to determine whether the use of feeding tubes has continued to increase through the 1990s despite these widely publicized concerns... - Effectiveness of medical resident education in mechanical ventilationChristopher E Cox
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 167:32-8. 2003..Residency programs should emphasize evidence-based learning objectives to guide mechanical ventilation instruction...
Research Grants
- Measuring /Improving Quality of Life in Acute Lung InjuryChristopher Cox; Fiscal Year: 2007..These results will inform clinical trial outcomes measures as well as highlight targets for interventions designed to improve survivors' HRQL. ..