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| Gulshan SharmaSummaryAffiliation: University of Texas Medical Branch Country: USA Publications
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Trends in end-of-life ICU use among older adults with advanced lung cancerGulshan Sharma
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, Immunology, Critical Care and Sleep, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX TX 77555 0561
Chest 133:72-8. 2008..As a result of hospice expansion in the 1990s, we hypothesized that ICU use decreased over time in older adults with advanced lung cancer...
Outpatient follow-up visit and 30-day emergency department visit and readmission in patients hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseGulshan Sharma
Department of Internal Medicine, Sealy Center of Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:1664-70. 2010..We examined the effect of early follow-up visit with patient's primary care physician (PCP) or pulmonologist following acute hospitalization on the 30-day risk of an emergency department (ER) visit and readmission...- Comanagement of hospitalized surgical patients by medicine physicians in the United StatesGulshan Sharma
Department of Internal Medicine, 301 University Blvd, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555 0561, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:363-8. 2010..We examined the extent to which comanagement is used during hospitalizations for common surgical procedures in the United States... 
The aging immune system and its relationship to the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseGulshan Sharma
Division of Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555 0561, USA
Proc Am Thorac Soc 6:573-80. 2009..This review will focus on how the aging immune system may contribute to COPD development later in life in susceptible individuals...- Continuity of outpatient and inpatient care by primary care physicians for hospitalized older adultsGulshan Sharma
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, JSA 5 112, Galveston, TX 77555 0561, USA
JAMA 301:1671-80. 2009..Little is known about the extent of continuity of care across the transition from outpatient care to hospitalization... - Continuity of care and intensive care unit use at the end of lifeGulshan Sharma
Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, Immunology, Critical Care, and Sleep, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, Room JSA 5 112, Galveston, TX 77555 0561, USA
Arch Intern Med 169:81-6. 2009..There is increasing concern about discontinuity of care across transitions (eg, from home to the hospital) and how it might affect appropriate medical management... - Effect of aging on respiratory system physiology and immunologyGulshan Sharma
Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, Immunology, Critical Care, and Sleep APICS, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555 0561, USA
Clin Interv Aging 1:253-60. 2006.... - Trends in inpatient continuity of care for a cohort of Medicare patients 1996-2006Kathlyn E Fletcher
Division of Primary Care, Clement J Zablocki VAMC and Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA
J Hosp Med 6:438-44. 2011..Little is known about how changes in health care delivery, such as the use of hospitalists, have impacted inpatient continuity... - Growth in the care of older patients by hospitalists in the United StatesYong Fang Kuo
Department of Internal Medicine and the Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555 0460, USA
N Engl J Med 360:1102-12. 2009..National and population-based information on the increase in patient care by hospitalists in the United States is lacking... - Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in a 67-year-old woman with Wegener's granulomatosisShiwan K Shah
Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:1105-8. 2010..PAP is a disease characterized by defects in macrophage-mediated processing of surfactants, leading to accumulation of periodic acid-Schiff (PAS)-positive lipoproteinaceous material within the alveolar spaces... - COPD in the elderly patientNicola A Hanania
Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 1504 Taub Loop, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Semin Respir Crit Care Med 31:596-606. 2010..Lastly, adverse effects from medications prescribed for treatment of COPD may be more pervasive in elderly patients... - Rapid response team in an academic institution: does it make a difference?Shiwan K Shah
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
Chest 139:1361-7. 2011..Although data remain contradictory, rapid response systems are implemented across US hospitals. We aimed to determine whether implementation of a rapid response team (RRT) in a tertiary academic hospital improved outcomes... - Diastolic dysfunction and COPD exacerbationGhassan H Abusaid
University of Texas, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
Postgrad Med 121:76-81. 2009..We studied whether the presence of diastolic dysfunction (DD) in this subgroup of patients is associated with longer duration of hospitalization and more frequent exacerbations... - Concurrent use of warfarin and antibiotics and the risk of bleeding in older adultsJacques Baillargeon
Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 77555, USA
Am J Med 125:183-9. 2012.... - A 39-year-old man with epigastric pain, intermittent chest pain, and progressive dyspneaRajesh V Babu
Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, Immunology, Critical Care, and Sleep Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas, Galveston, TX 77555-0561, USA
Chest 132:2012-5. 2007