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Cost-effectiveness of low-molecular-weight heparin for secondary prophylaxis of cancer-related venous thromboembolismDrahomir Aujesky
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Thromb Haemost 93:592-9. 2005..However, because of the substantial pharmacy costs of extended low-molecular-weight heparin prophylaxis in the US, this treatment is relatively expensive compared with warfarin...- A prediction rule to identify low-risk patients with pulmonary embolismDrahomir Aujesky
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:169-75. 2006..A simple prognostic model could help identify patients with pulmonary embolism who are at low risk of death and are candidates for outpatient treatment... - Oral anticoagulation strategies after a first idiopathic venous thromboembolic eventDrahomir Aujesky
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Am J Med 118:625-35. 2005..We used decision analysis to evaluate clinical and economic outcomes of different anticoagulation strategies with warfarin... - Using randomized controlled trial data, the agreement between retrospectively and prospectively collected data comprising the pneumonia severity index was substantialDrahomir Aujesky
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 58:357-63. 2005..To assess the agreement between prospectively and retrospectively determined variables comprising the Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI), assignment to PSI risk class, and designation as low risk, based on these two methods of data collection... - Prospective comparison of three validated prediction rules for prognosis in community-acquired pneumoniaDrahomir Aujesky
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Am J Med 118:384-92. 2005.... - Cost-effectiveness of low-molecular-weight heparin for treatment of pulmonary embolismDrahomir Aujesky
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Chest 128:1601-10. 2005..Low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) appears to be safe and effective for treating pulmonary embolism (PE), but its cost-effectiveness has not been assessed... - Gender differences in 30-day mortality for patients hospitalized with acute pulmonary embolismSonya Borrero
University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 16:1165-70. 2007..We compared 30-day mortality for men and women hospitalized with PE using a large statewide database... - Thrombolytic therapy and mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolismSaid A Ibrahim
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Department of Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:2183-90; discussion 2191-2. 2008..In the management of acute pulmonary embolism, the prevalence of thrombolytic therapy is uncertain, and its benefits compared with standard anticoagulation remain a subject of debate... - Racial differences in 30-day mortality for pulmonary embolismSaid A Ibrahim
Veterans Administration Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA 15240, USA
Am J Public Health 96:2161-4. 2006..We used a large statewide database to compare 30-day mortality (defined as death within 30 days from the date of latest hospital admission) for Black and White patients who were hospitalized because of pulmonary embolism... - Reasons why emergency department providers do not rely on the pneumonia severity index to determine the initial site of treatment for patients with pneumoniaDrahomir Aujesky
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Clin Infect Dis 49:e100-8. 2009..We identified the reasons why ED providers hospitalize low-risk patients or manage higher-risk patients as outpatients... - Risk of falls and major bleeds in patients on oral anticoagulation therapyJacques Donzé
Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02120 1613, USA
Am J Med 125:773-8. 2012..We aimed to evaluate whether patients on oral anticoagulation with high falls risk have an increased risk of major bleeding... - Comparison of two clinical prediction rules and implicit assessment among patients with suspected pulmonary embolismIsabelle Chagnon
Division of Angiology and Hemostasis, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
Am J Med 113:269-75. 2002..The Geneva rule appears to be more accurate when combined with clinical judgment, although it does not apply to inpatients... - Pharmacological thromboembolic prophylaxis in a medical ward: room for improvementDrahomir Aujesky
Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
J Gen Intern Med 17:788-91. 2002..Quality of care interventions, such as the development of local guidelines, might improve the appropriateness of pharmacological thromboembolic prophylaxis in medical inpatients... - Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism by multidetector CT alone or combined with venous ultrasonography of the leg: a randomised non-inferiority trialMarc Righini
Division of Angiology and Hemostasis, Geneva University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
Lancet 371:1343-52. 2008..We compared this combination with a strategy in which both a negative venous ultrasonography of the leg and MSCT were needed to exclude pulmonary embolism... - Diagnosing pulmonary embolism in outpatients with clinical assessment, D-dimer measurement, venous ultrasound, and helical computed tomography: a multicenter management studyArnaud Perrier
Medical Clinic 1, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland
Am J Med 116:291-9. 2004..To evaluate a diagnostic strategy for pulmonary embolism that combined clinical assessment, plasma D-dimer measurement, lower limb venous ultrasonography, and helical computed tomography (CT)... - African American race was associated with an increased risk of complications following venous thromboembolismDrahomir Aujesky
Division of Internal Medicine, the Clinical Epidemiology Center, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
J Clin Epidemiol 60:410-6. 2007..Limited data exist on the quality of care for patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE), and it is unknown whether the processes and outcomes of care for this illness differ between African Americans and whites... - Validation of a risk score identifying patients with acute pulmonary embolism, who are at low risk of clinical adverse outcomeMathieu R Nendaz
Medical Clinic 1, Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
Thromb Haemost 91:1232-6. 2004..Whether this score remains accurate and useful in clinical practice should be determined in a prospective multicentre validation study... - Prognostic value of D-dimer in patients with pulmonary embolismDrahomir Aujesky
Division of Internal Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Thromb Haemost 96:478-82. 2006.... - Prediction of pulmonary embolism in the emergency department: the revised Geneva scoreGregoire Le Gal
Brest University Hospital, Brest, France
Ann Intern Med 144:165-71. 2006..Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism requires clinical probability assessment. Implicit assessment is accurate but is not standardized, and current prediction rules have shortcomings... - Value of D-dimer testing for the exclusion of pulmonary embolism in patients with previous venous thromboembolismGregoire Le Gal
Department of Internal Medicine and Chest Diseases, Brest University Hospital, Brest, France
Arch Intern Med 166:176-80. 2006.... - Derivation and validation of a prognostic model for pulmonary embolismDrahomir Aujesky
Division of General Internal Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Center, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 172:1041-6. 2005..An objective and simple prognostic model for patients with pulmonary embolism could be helpful in guiding initial intensity of treatment... - Clinical usefulness of D-dimer testing in cancer patients with suspected pulmonary embolismMarc Righini
Division of Angiology and Hemostasis, Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, 24 Rue Micheli du Crest, CH 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
Thromb Haemost 95:715-9. 2006..Increasing the cut-off value of D-dimer in cancer patients might increase the test's clinical usefulness... - Exclusion of pulmonary embolism using C-reactive protein and D-dimer. A prospective comparisonDrahomir Aujesky
Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Lausanne, Switzerland
Thromb Haemost 90:1198-203. 2003..Standard CRP tests alone or combined with clinical probability assessment cannot safely exclude PE... - Validation of a model to predict adverse outcomes in patients with pulmonary embolismDrahomir Aujesky
Division of General Internal Medicine, The University Outpatient Clinic and The Clinical Epidemiology Center, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Eur Heart J 27:476-81. 2006..To validate a model for quantifying the prognosis of patients with pulmonary embolism (PE). The model was previously derived from 10 534 US patients... - Length of hospital stay and postdischarge mortality in patients with pulmonary embolism: a statewide perspectiveDrahomir Aujesky
Division of Internal Medicine, University of Lausanne, Service de Medecine Interne, BH 10 622, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
Arch Intern Med 168:706-12. 2008..Although reducing LOS is likely to save costs, the effects on patient safety are unclear. We sought to identify patient and hospital factors associated with LOS and assess whether LOS was associated with postdischarge mortality... - Hospital volume and patient outcomes in pulmonary embolismDrahomir Aujesky
Division of Internal Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
CMAJ 178:27-33. 2008..For patients with pulmonary embolism, the relation between the number of patients treated in a hospital (volume) and patient outcome is unknown... - [Oral anticoagulation and the risk of major bleeding]Monica Cosma Rochat
Service de médecine interne BH10 622, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne
Rev Med Suisse 3:2461-2, 2464-5. 2007..The role of clinical prediction rules for major bleeding is discussed... - Clinical usefulness of D-dimer depending on clinical probability and cutoff value in outpatients with suspected pulmonary embolismMarc Righini
Division of Angiology and Hemostasis, Geneva University Hospital, 24, Rue Micheli du Crest, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
Arch Intern Med 164:2483-7. 2004.... - Does guideline adherence for empiric antibiotic therapy reduce mortality in community-acquired pneumonia?Drahomir Aujesky
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 172:655-6. 2005
Research Grants
- Identifying Low-Risk Patients with Pulmonary EmbolismDrahomir Aujesky; Fiscal Year: 2005..abstract_text> ..