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| Erica M C D'AgataSummaryAffiliation: Harvard University Country: USA Publications
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Nursing home characteristics associated with tube feeding in advanced cognitive impairmentSusan L Mitchell
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged Research and Training Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02131, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 51:75-9. 2003..To identify nursing homes factors associated with the use of tube feeding in advanced cognitive impairment...
Challenges in assessing nursing home residents with advanced dementia for suspected urinary tract infectionsErika D Agata
Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
J Am Geriatr Soc 61:62-6. 2013..To describe the presentation of suspected urinary tract infections (UTIs) in nursing home (NH) residents with advanced dementia and how they align with minimum criteria to justify antimicrobial initiation...- Efficacy of infection control interventions in reducing the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms in the hospital settingErika M C D'Agata
Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e30170. 2012..However, screening for asymptomatic MDRO colonization among patients who are not receiving antimicrobials is of minimal value in reducing the spread of MDRO... - Modeling antibiotic resistance in hospitals: the impact of minimizing treatment durationErika M C D'Agata
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Theor Biol 249:487-99. 2007.... - Modeling the invasion of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus into hospitalsErica M C D'Agata
Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Clin Infect Dis 48:274-84. 2009..If true, this event would have serious consequences, because CA-MRSA infections in hospitals would occur among a more debilitated, older patient population... - Patterns of antimicrobial use among nursing home residents with advanced dementiaErika D'Agata
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:357-62. 2008..Nursing home residents with advanced dementia are at high risk of infections and antimicrobial exposure near the end of life. Detailed studies quantifying antimicrobial prescribing practices among these residents have not been performed... - The importance of addressing multidrug resistance and not assuming single-drug resistance in case-control studiesErika M C D'Agata
Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 27:670-4. 2006.... - A mathematical model quantifying the impact of antibiotic exposure and other interventions on the endemic prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococciErika M C D'Agata
Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Infect Dis 192:2004-11. 2005..A model was developed to quantify the contribution of antibiotic exposure and of other modifiable factors to the dissemination of VRE in the hospital setting... - Decisions to hospitalize nursing home residents dying with advanced dementiaJennifer L Lamberg
Hebrew SeniorLife, Research and Training Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02131, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:1396-401. 2005..Thus, hospital transfers are common near the end of life. The finding that DNH orders are associated with patient and surrogate factors can help clinicians identify cases in which decisions to forgo hospitalizations may be facilitated... - Associations between end-of-life discussions, patient mental health, medical care near death, and caregiver bereavement adjustmentAlexi A Wright
Department of Medical Oncology and Center for Psycho Oncology and Palliative Care Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 550 Shields Warren, 44 Binney St, Boston, MA 02115, USA
JAMA 300:1665-73. 2008..Talking about death can be difficult. Without evidence that end-of-life discussions improve patient outcomes, physicians must balance their desire to honor patient autonomy against a concern of inflicting psychological harm... 
Multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria in a long-term care facility: prevalence and risk factorsAurora Pop-Vicas
Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts02215, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:1276-80. 2008..To quantify the prevalence, risk factors, and mode of transmission associated with colonization by multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria (MDRGN) in the long-term care (LTC) setting...- Occurrence and treatment of suspected pneumonia in long-term care residents dying with advanced dementiaJen Hau Chen
Hebrew SeniorLife, Research and Training Institute and Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02131, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 54:290-5. 2006..To describe the occurrence and management of suspected pneumonia in end-stage dementia and to identify factors associated with aggressiveness of antibiotic treatment... - Health care proxy grief symptoms before the death of nursing home residents with advanced dementiaDan K Kiely
Hebrew Senior Life, Institute for Aging Research, Center for Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 16:664-73. 2008.... - Depressive symptom trajectories and associated risks among bereaved Alzheimer disease caregiversBaohui Zhang
Center for Psycho Oncology and Palliative Care Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 16:145-55. 2008..The present study sought to determine if subgroups of bereaved AD caregivers follow distinctive depressive symptom trajectories and the characteristics associated with membership in depressive symptom subgroups... - A 93-year-old man with advanced dementia and eating problemsSusan L Mitchell
Harvard Medical School and Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
JAMA 298:2527-36. 2007.... - Healthcare proxies of nursing home residents with advanced dementia: decisions they confront and their satisfaction with decision-makingJane L Givens
Division of Gerontology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:1149-55. 2009..To describe the medical decisions confronting healthcare proxies (HCPs) of nursing home (NH) residents with advanced dementia and to identify factors associated with greater decision-making satisfaction... - Concerns about end-of-life care and support for euthanasiaJane L Givens
Division of Gerontology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 38:167-73. 2009..Future work can evaluate whether alleviating these concerns may reduce the perceived desire for euthanasia by patients near the end of life... - Medicare expenditures among nursing home residents with advanced dementiaKeith S Goldfeld
Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Arch Intern Med 171:824-30. 2011..To our knowledge, Medicare expenditures have not been extensively described in this population... - Prediction of 6-month survival of nursing home residents with advanced dementia using ADEPT vs hospice eligibility guidelinesSusan L Mitchell
The Hebrew Senior Life, Institute for Aging Research, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
JAMA 304:1929-35. 2010..Estimating life expectancy is challenging in advanced dementia, potentially limiting the use of hospice care in these patients... - Antipsychotic and benzodiazepine use among nursing home residents: findings from the 2004 National Nursing Home SurveyDavid G Stevenson
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 18:1078-92. 2010..To document the extent and appropriateness of use of antipsychotics and benzodiazepines among nursing home residents using a nationally representative survey... - Survival and comfort after treatment of pneumonia in advanced dementiaJane L Givens
Division of Gerontology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:1102-7. 2010..The objective of this study was to examine the effect of antimicrobial treatment for suspected pneumonia on survival and comfort in patients with advanced dementia... - The influence of nursing home culture on the use of feeding tubesRuth Palan Lopez
MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing, Boston, MA 02129 4557, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:83-8. 2010..Studies suggest that organizational features of NHs are associated with this practice, but underlying reasons for these associations are poorly understood... - Use of video to facilitate end-of-life discussions with patients with cancer: a randomized controlled trialAreej El-Jawahri
Departments of Medicine, Neurology and Cancer Center, and Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Staniford St, 9th Floor, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Clin Oncol 28:305-10. 2010..To determine whether the use of a goals-of-care video to supplement a verbal description can improve end-of-life decision making for patients with cancer... - The clinical course of advanced dementiaSusan L Mitchell
Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research, Boston, MA 02131, USA
N Engl J Med 361:1529-38. 2009..Dementia is a leading cause of death in the United States but is underrecognized as a terminal illness. The clinical course of nursing home residents with advanced dementia has not been well described... - Family oversight and the quality of nursing home care for residents with advanced dementiaDavid C Grabowski
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, 180 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Med Care 47:568-74. 2009..One relatively understudied factor in the provision of NH care is the role of private oversight and monitoring by family members and friends... - The advanced dementia prognostic tool: a risk score to estimate survival in nursing home residents with advanced dementiaSusan L Mitchell
Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02131, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 40:639-51. 2010..Estimating life expectancy is challenging in advanced dementia... - A national study of the location of death for older persons with dementiaSusan L Mitchell
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged Research and Training Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02131, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:299-305. 2005..To describe where older Americans with dementia die and to compare the state health system factors related to the location of dementia-related deaths with those of cancer and all other conditions in this population... - The influence of outpatient comprehensive geriatric assessment on survival: a meta-analysisHsu Ko Kuo
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged, Research and Training Institute, 1200 Centre Street, Boston, MA 02131, USA
Arch Gerontol Geriatr 39:245-54. 2004..Future researches of outpatient CGA should focus on coordinated and standardized measurement of outcomes related to functional status, institutionalization rate, and quality of life... - Advanced dementia research in the nursing home: the CASCADE studySusan L Mitchell
Hebrew Senior Life Institute for Aging Research, Department of Medicine of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 20:166-75. 2006..The CASCADE experience establishes the feasibility of conducting rigorous, multisite dementia NH research, and the described methodology serves as a detailed reference for subsequent CASCADE publications as results from the study emerge... - The validity and reliability of scales for the evaluation of end-of-life care in advanced dementiaDan K Kiely
Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research, Boston, MA, USA
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 20:176-81. 2006..81). The results of this study demonstrate that the 3 EOLD scales demonstrate "internal consistency" reliability and demonstrate convergent validity, and further establish their utility in palliative care dementia research... - Estimating prognosis for nursing home residents with advanced dementiaSusan L Mitchell
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged Research and Training Institute, The Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02131, USA
JAMA 291:2734-40. 2004..Survival varies for patients with advanced dementia, and accurate prognostic tools have not been developed. A small proportion of patients admitted to hospice have dementia, in part because of the difficulty in predicting survival... - Decisions to forgo hospitalization in advanced dementia: a nationwide studySusan L Mitchell
Hebrew SeniorLife, Institute for Aging Research and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02131, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:432-8. 2007..To examine the prevalence and factors associated with decisions to forgo hospitalization in nursing home (NH) residents with advanced dementia... - Tube-feeding versus hand-feeding nursing home residents with advanced dementia: a cost comparisonSusan L Mitchell
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged Research and Training Institute, Department of Medicine of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division on Aging, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02131, USA
J Am Med Dir Assoc 5:S22-9. 2004..To compare the costs associated with caring for severely demented residents nursing homes with and without feeding tubes... - Dying with advanced dementia in the nursing homeSusan L Mitchell
Research and Training Institute, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged, Boston, MA 02131, USA
Arch Intern Med 164:321-6. 2004..Nursing homes are important providers of end-of-life care to persons with advanced dementia... - Hospice care for patients with dementiaSusan L Mitchell
Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts 02131, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 34:7-16. 2007..These data suggest that the evaluation of hospice care for older patients is generally high, and does not vary with respect to terminal diagnoses... - Clinical and organizational factors associated with feeding tube use among nursing home residents with advanced cognitive impairmentSusan L Mitchell
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged Research and Training Institute, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Division on Aging, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02131, USA
JAMA 290:73-80. 2003..Empiric data and expert opinion suggest that use of feeding tubes is not beneficial for older persons with advanced dementia. Previous research has shown a 10-fold variation in this practice across the United States... - Tube-feeding versus hand-feeding nursing home residents with advanced dementia: a cost comparisonSusan L Mitchell
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged Research and Training Institute, the Department of Medicine of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and the Division on Aging, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02131, USA
J Am Med Dir Assoc 4:27-33. 2003..To compare the costs associated with caring for severely demented residents nursing homes with and without feeding tubes... - Terminal care for persons with advanced dementia in the nursing home and home care settingsSusan L Mitchell
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged Research and Training Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Palliat Med 7:808-16. 2004..Many older persons with advanced dementia receive terminal care in nursing homes, others remain in the community with home care services... - Using video images to improve the accuracy of surrogate decision-making: a randomized controlled trialAngelo E Volandes
General Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Am Med Dir Assoc 10:575-80. 2009..Unfortunately, multiple studies have shown that surrogates' knowledge of patient preferences is poor. We hypothesized that a video decision tool would improve concordance between patients and their surrogates for end-of-life preferences... - Video decision support tool for advance care planning in dementia: randomised controlled trialAngelo E Volandes
General Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Staniford Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
BMJ 338:b2159. 2009..To evaluate the effect of a video decision support tool on the preferences for future medical care in older people if they develop advanced dementia, and the stability of those preferences after six weeks... - Terminal trajectories of functional decline in the long-term care settingJen Hau Chen
Hebrew SeniorLife, Institute for Aging Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 62:531-6. 2007..Little is known about the terminal trajectories of functional decline among long-term care (LTC) residents dying with different diseases... - Nurses' perspectives on feeding decisions for nursing home residents with advanced dementiaRuth Palan Lopez
MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing, Boston, MA 02129 4557, USA
J Clin Nurs 19:632-8. 2010..To develop a broad understanding of nursing beliefs, knowledge and roles in feeding decisions for nursing home residents with advanced dementia... - Prediction of 6-month mortality in nursing home residents with advanced dementia: validity of a risk scoreJenny T van der Steen
Department of Nursing Home Medicine, EMGO Institute of the VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Am Med Dir Assoc 8:464-8. 2007..We aim to validate a risk score that uses Minimum Data Set (MDS) to estimate 6-month mortality for nursing home residents with advanced dementia... - Financial incentives for placing feeding tubes in nursing home residents with advanced dementiaSusan L Mitchell
J Am Geriatr Soc 51:129-31. 2003 - Physicians' intentions and use of three patient decision aidsIan D Graham
Ottawa Health Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, ON, Canada
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 7:20. 2007..The purpose of this study was to describe physicians' perceptions of three decision aids, their expressed intent to use them, and their subsequent use of them... - Hospice care for patients with dementia: does volume make a difference?Susan C Miller
Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Department of Community Health, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 35:283-91. 2008..Further study is needed to understand the nonintuitive negative association between higher volume and lower satisfaction. This study emphasizes the need for examination of quality outcomes by profit status... - Bereaved family members' evaluation of hospice care: what factors influence overall satisfaction with services?Ramona L Rhodes
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 35:365-71. 2008..02, CI=1.92-2.13). These four key processes of care appear to significantly influence an "excellent" rating of overall satisfaction with hospice care... - Satisfaction with end-of-life care for nursing home residents with advanced dementiaSharon E Engel
School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30306, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 54:1567-72. 2006..To identify factors associated with satisfaction with care for healthcare proxies (HCPs) of nursing home (NH) residents with advanced dementia... - Do financial incentives of introducing case mix reimbursement increase feeding tube use in nursing home residents?Joan M Teno
Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Department of Community Health, The Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:887-90. 2008..To determine whether adoption of Medicaid case mix reimbursement is associated with greater prevalence of feeding tube use in nursing home (NH) residents... - Oral cobalamin remains medicine's best kept secretIan D Graham
Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Room 2 008, Administrative Services Building, 1053 Carling Ave, Ottawa, Ont, Canada K1Y 4E9
Arch Gerontol Geriatr 44:49-59. 2007..Strategies to promote the use of oral cobalamin should be directed at educating physicians of its efficacy and providing them with prescribing information on where it can be purchased... - Cholecystoenterostomy for treatment of extrahepatic biliary tract obstruction in cats: 22 cases (1994-2003)Nicole J Buote
Department of Clinical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, MA 01536, USA
J Am Vet Med Assoc 228:1376-82. 2006..However, the overall prognosis for cats with EHBTO undergoing cholecystoenterostomy must be considered guarded to poor, and the incidence of perioperative complications is high... - Extensive small bowel resection in dogs and cats: 20 cases (1998-2004)Stephanie C Gorman
Department of Clinical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, MA 01536, USA
J Am Vet Med Assoc 228:403-7. 2006..The amount of intestine resected was not associated with outcome. These data may be useful in providing prognostic information in cases of extensive small intestinal resection... - Liver lobe torsion in dogs: 13 cases (1995-2004)Susanna G Hinkle Schwartz
Department of Clinical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, MA 01536, USA
J Am Vet Med Assoc 228:242-7. 2006..Abdominal ultrasonography with Doppler assessment may be useful in establishing the diagnosis. The long-term outcome for dogs that survive the hospitalization period is excellent...