Predicting hospital-acquired acute kidney injury--a case-controlled studyPaul E Drawz
Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
Ren Fail 30:848-55. 2008
..In conclusion, a simple model based on readily available data stratifies patients according to their risk of developing HAKI and may guide clinical decision making and provide a basis for further research into HAKI...
Impact of a chronic kidney disease registry and provider education on guideline adherence--a cluster randomized controlled trialPaul E Drawz
Nephrology and Hypertension, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 12:62. 2012
..The goal of this study was to evaluate the impact of provider education and access to a CKD registry on guideline adherence...
- Hypertension guideline adherence among nursing home patients
Paul E Drawz
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
J Gen Intern Med 24:499-503. 2009
..Adherence to hypertension guidelines in the outpatient setting is low...
- Cardiovascular risk assessment: addition of CKD and race to the Framingham equation
Paul E Drawz
MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
Am Heart J 164:925-31.e2. 2012
..The purpose of the study was to evaluate whether the addition of CKD and race to the Framingham equation improves risk stratification in hypertensive patients...
- Is nocturnal blood pressure reduction the secret to reducing the rate of progression of hypertensive chronic kidney disease?
Rupal Mehta
Department of Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Curr Hypertens Rep 13:378-85. 2011
..Reducing nighttime BP may slow the progression of chronic kidney disease and may be the key to linking the treatment of hypertension with improved renal outcomes...
- Blood pressure measurement: clinic, home, ambulatory, and beyond
Paul E Drawz
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 60:449-62. 2012
..Finally, estimating central aortic pressures and pulse wave velocity are 2 of the newer methods for assessing blood pressure and hypertension-related target-organ damage...
- Metabolic complications in elderly adults with chronic kidney disease
Paul E Drawz
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 60:310-5. 2012
..To determine whether elderly adults with a low glomerular filtration rate (GFR) are at risk for anemia, hyperkalemia, acidosis, and hyperphosphatemia...
- Effective antimicrobial stewardship in a long-term care facility through an infectious disease consultation service: keeping a LID on antibiotic use
Robin L P Jump
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center GRECC, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 33:1185-92. 2012
..We determined the impact of the LID service on antimicrobial use and Clostridium difficile infections at the LTCF...
- Nighttime hospital blood pressure--a predictor of death, ESRD, and decline in GFR
Paul E Drawz
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Case Western Reserve University, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Ren Fail 32:1036-43. 2010
..In conclusion, nighttime systolic BP in hospitalized patients is an independent predictor of important clinical outcomes such as a composite of death, ESRD, or a 50% decline in GFR...
