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| Frederick A AndersonSummaryAffiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical School Country: USA Publications
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Characteristics, practice patterns, and outcomes in patients with acute hypertension: European registry for Studying the Treatment of Acute hyperTension (Euro-STAT)Alain Vuylsteke
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Papworth Everard, Cambridge, CB23 3RE, UK
Crit Care 15:R271. 2011....
Improving Practices in US Hospitals to Prevent Venous Thromboembolism: lessons from ENDORSEFrederick A Anderson
Center for Outcomes Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
Am J Med 123:1099-1106.e8. 2010....
Estimated annual numbers of US acute-care hospital patients at risk for venous thromboembolismFrederick A Anderson
Center for Outcomes Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
Am J Hematol 82:777-82. 2007..Given the existence of internationally-accepted evidence-based guidelines for prevention of VTE, research is required to establish if this patient population is receiving recommended VTE prophylaxis...- Prolonged prophylaxis in orthopedic surgery: insights from the United StatesFrederick A Anderson
Department of Surgery, Center for Outcomes Outreach, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
Semin Thromb Hemost 28:43-6. 2002..In 2000, 53% of THA patients and 47% of TKA patients received prophylaxis for longer than 21 days... - Risk factors for venous thromboembolismFrederick A Anderson
Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Circulation 107:I9-16. 2003..Nevertheless, individual risk factors, or combinations thereof, can have important implications for the type and duration of appropriate prophylaxis and should be carefully reviewed to assess the overall risk of VTE in each patient... - Risk-prediction model for ischemic stroke in patients hospitalized with an acute coronary syndrome (from the global registry of acute coronary events [GRACE])Kay Lee Park
Departments of Medicine, Surgery, and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Cardiol 110:628-35. 2012.... - Age and sex differences, and changing trends, in the use of evidence-based therapies in acute coronary syndromes: perspectives from a multinational registryHoa L Nguyen
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Coron Artery Dis 21:336-44. 2010..A limited number of studies have examined the age and sex differences, and potentially changing trends, in cardiac medication and procedure use in patients hospitalized with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS)... - Perioperative mortality for pancreatectomy: a national perspectiveJames T McPhee
Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
Ann Surg 246:246-53. 2007..To analyze in-hospital mortality after pancreatectomy using a large national database... - Comparison of characteristics, management practices, and outcomes of patients between the global registry and the gulf registry of acute coronary eventsHamza H Awad
University of Massachusetts, Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Cardiol 108:1252-8. 2011..Future studies should explore the effects of these differences on long-term prognosis and other pertinent patient outcomes... - Cardiogenic shock complicating acute coronary syndromes: insights from the Global Registry of Acute Coronary EventsHamza H Awad
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Am Heart J 163:963-71. 2012..Our secondary study objective was to describe trends in the incidence and hospital case-fatality rates (CFRs) of CS and predictors of increased hospital mortality in these high-risk patients... - Temporal trends in prevention of venous thromboembolism following primary total hip or knee arthroplasty 1996-2001: findings from the Hip and Knee RegistryFrederick A Anderson
Center for Outcomes Research, Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 365 Plantation Street, Suite 185, Worcester, MA, USA
Chest 124:349S-356S. 2003..During this same period, the proportion of patients receiving spinal/epidural anesthesia who were also administered anticoagulants as prophylaxis increased significantly... - Recent trends in clinical outcomes and resource utilization for pulmonary embolism in the United States: findings from the nationwide inpatient sampleBrian Park
Department of Surgery, Universityof Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
Chest 136:983-90. 2009..The objectives of this study were to determine recent trends in clinical outcomes and resource utilization for hospitalized patients with a clinically recognized episode of acute PE... - Young patients hospitalized with an acute coronary syndromeHamza H Awad
Department of Community Medicine, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia, USA
Coron Artery Dis 24:54-60. 2013..Limited data are available describing the magnitude, clinical features, treatment practices, and short-term outcomes of younger adults hospitalized with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS)... - Risk-assessment models for predicting venous thromboembolism among hospitalized non-surgical patients: a systematic reviewWei Huang
Department of Surgery, Center for Outcomes Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Biotech 3, One Innovation Drive, Suite 110, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
J Thromb Thrombolysis 35:67-80. 2013..Published RAMs for VTE lack generalizability and adequate validation. As electronic health records become more ubiquitous, validated dynamic RAMs are needed to assess VTE risk at the point-of-care in real time... - Prevention of venous thromboembolism after hip or knee arthroplasty: findings from a 2008 survey of US orthopedic surgeonsFrederick A Anderson
Center for Outcomes Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
J Arthroplasty 27:659-66.e5. 2012..Although there was near-unanimous agreement that routine thromboprophylaxis should be the standard practice for patients who undergo hip or knee arthroplasty, surgeons were divided as to the exact management approach... - Use of heparins in Non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromesJoel M Gore
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Mass 01655, USA
Am J Med 120:63-71. 2007..We describe the use of antithrombotic therapy in the management of patients with acute coronary syndromes... - Predictors of 90-day readmission among patients with acute severe hypertension. The cross-sectional observational Studying the Treatment of Acute hyperTension (STAT) studyJoel M Gore
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, 01605, USA
Am Heart J 160:521-527.e1. 2010..The objective of this study was to describe the frequency of rehospitalization for patients with acute severe hypertension and to identify clinical predictors of 90-day rehospitalization... - National outcomes after gastric resection for neoplasmJillian K Smith
Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worchester, MA 01605, USA
Arch Surg 142:387-93. 2007..That factors affecting outcomes of surgical resection in the treatment of gastric cancer can be identified using a large US database... - From guidelines to clinical practice: the impact of hospital and geographical characteristics on temporal trends in the management of acute coronary syndromes. The Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE)Keith A A Fox
Department of Cardiology, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH3 9YW, Scotland, UK
Eur Heart J 24:1414-24. 2003..The gap between evidence and practice is well recognized but the factors influencing this disjunction, and the extent to which such factors are modifiable, remain uncertain... - Venous thromboembolism risk and prophylaxis in the acute hospital care setting (ENDORSE study): a multinational cross-sectional studyAlexander T Cohen
King s College Hospital, London, UK
Lancet 371:387-94. 2008.... - Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in acutely ill hospitalized medical patients: findings from the International Medical Prevention Registry on Venous ThromboembolismVictor F Tapson
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Box 31175, Room 351 Bell Building, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Chest 132:936-45. 2007..Our aim was to characterize the clinical practices for VTE prophylaxis in acutely ill hospitalized medical patients enrolled in the International Medical Prevention Registry on Venous Thromboembolism (IMPROVE)... - Venous thromboembolism (VTE) in Europe. The number of VTE events and associated morbidity and mortalityAlexander T Cohen
Vascular Medicine, Department of Surgery, King s College Hospital, London, SE5 9RS, UK
Thromb Haemost 98:756-64. 2007..Given the availability of effective VTE prophylaxis, many of these events and deaths could have been prevented. These results have important implications for the allocation of healthcare resources... - Determinants and prognostic impact of heart failure complicating acute coronary syndromes: observations from the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE)Philippe Gabriel Steg
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Bichat Beaujon, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, France
Circulation 109:494-9. 2004..Few data are available on the impact of heart failure (HF) across all types of acute coronary syndromes (ACS)... - Patterns of care for adults with newly diagnosed malignant gliomaSusan M Chang
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0350, USA
JAMA 293:557-64. 2005..Patients with malignant glioma (grade III or IV) face a poor prognosis, and few evidence-based treatment guidelines are available. There is a dearth of prospective data on patterns of care for these patients... - Functional outcomes and survival in patients with high-grade gliomas in dominant and nondominant hemispheresRichard S Polin
Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20037, USA
J Neurosurg 102:276-83. 2005.... - Magnitude of and risk factors for in-hospital and postdischarge stroke in patients with acute coronary syndromes: findings from a Global Registry of Acute Coronary EventsAndrzej Budaj
Postgraduate Medical School, Grochowski Hospital, Grenadierow 51 59, 04 073 Warsaw, Poland
Circulation 111:3242-7. 2005..This study examined the incidence and outcomes of hemorrhagic and nonhemorrhagic stroke and risk factors associated with stroke in patients with ACS... - Invasive vs non-invasive treatment in acute coronary syndromes and prior bypass surgeryEnrique P Gurfinkel
ICyCC Fundación Favaloro, Av Belgrano 1746 1093 Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Int J Cardiol 119:65-72. 2007..We evaluated the association between invasive and non-invasive management and hospital and 6-month outcomes in patients with a prior coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) who experienced an acute coronary syndrome... - Patterns of use and potential impact of early beta-blocker therapy in non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction with and without heart failure: the Global Registry of Acute Coronary EventsMichael Emery
The University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0477, USA
Am Heart J 152:1015-21. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Many eligible patients do not receive early BB therapy. Treatment with early BBs may have a beneficial impact on hospital and 6-month mortality in all patients, including those presenting with heart failure... - Decline in rates of death and heart failure in acute coronary syndromes, 1999-2006Keith A A Fox
Cardiovascular Research, Division of Medical and Radiological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
JAMA 297:1892-900. 2007.... - Impact of in-hospital revascularization on survival in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome and congestive heart failurePhilippe Gabriel Steg
INSERM U 698, Recherche Clinique en Athérothrombose, Universite Paris VII, Centre Hospitalier Bichat Claude Bernard, 46 rue Henri Huchard, 75877 Paris, Cedex 18, France
Circulation 118:1163-71. 2008..The aims of this study were to describe the use of revascularization in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome and CHF and to analyze its impact on survival... - Time course of events in acute coronary syndromes: implications for clinical practice from the GRACE registryKeith A A Fox
Cardiovascular Research, Division of Medical and Radiological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med 5:580-9. 2008..The time course of events after acute coronary syndromes might influence the timing and duration of therapeutic interventions. We investigated the impact of risk status and ST-segment category at presentation... - Physician compliance with guidelines for deep-vein thrombosis prevention in total hip and knee arthroplastyRichard J Friedman
Charleston Orthopedic Associates, Charleston, SC 29414, USA
Curr Med Res Opin 24:87-97. 2008..Our objective was to analyze data from the multinational Global Orthopaedic Registry (GLORY) to evaluate the compliance of surgeons with the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) guidelines for VTE prevention... - Comparison of utilization of statin therapy at hospital discharge and six-month outcomes in patients with an acute coronary syndrome and serum low-density lipoprotein>or=100 mg/dl versus<100 mg/dlFrederick A Spencer
Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and Coronary Care Unit, Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Am J Cardiol 100:913-8. 2007.... - Use of proven therapies in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes according to evidence-based risk stratificationGustavo B F Oliveira
Dante Pazzanese Institute of Cardiology, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Am Heart J 153:493-9. 2007..Our objective was to evaluate the relationship between risk stratification and therapeutic decision making in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes... - Relationship of ST elevation in lead aVR with angiographic findings and outcome in non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromesAndrew T Yan
Division of Cardiology, St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, and Canadian Heart Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Am Heart J 154:71-8. 2007..Limited data suggest that ST elevation (ST elevation) in aVR is associated with higher mortality and more extensive coronary artery disease in the setting of non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes (ACS)... - Baseline characteristics, management practices, and in-hospital outcomes of patients hospitalized with acute coronary syndromes in the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE)Philippe Gabriel Steg
Hopital Bichat, Paris, France
Am J Cardiol 90:358-63. 2002..0001), and recurrent angina with ST-segment changes occurred before discharge in 10%, 10%, and 9% of patients, respectively (p = 0.2644). GRACE provides a detailed and comprehensive global description of the spectrum of patients with ACS...