Browsing by Author "Choudhry, Niteesh"
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Potentially disruptive life events: what are the immediate impacts on chronic disease management? A case-crossover analysis
Lauffenburger, Julie C; Gagne, Joshua J; Song, Zirui; Brill, Gregory; Choudhry, Niteesh K (BMJ Publishing Group, 2016)Objective: To explore the association between unexpected potentially disruptive life events in a patient or family member that may challenge an individual's ability to take medications as prescribed and the discontinuation ... -
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Use and Perioperative Bleeding and Mortality in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Cohort Study
Gagne, Joshua J; Polinski, Jennifer Milan; Rassen, Jeremy; Fischer, Michael Adam; Seeger, John; Franklin, Jessica Myers; Liu, Jun; Schneeweiss, Sebastian; Choudhry, Niteesh Kumar (Springer Science + Business Media, 2015)INTRODUCTION: Several small studies have reported inconsistent findings about the safety of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We sought to ... -
Time series analyses of the effect of FDA communications on use of prescription weight loss medications
Block, Jason Perry; Choudhry, Niteesh Kumar; Carpenter, Daniel Paul; Fischer, Michael Adam; Brennan, Troyen Anthony; Tong, A. Y.; Matlin, O. S.; Shrank, W (Wiley-Blackwell, 2014)OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of FDA safety communications regarding the weight loss medications sibutramine and orlistat. METHODS: The 2008 to 2011 pharmacy claims data from CVS Caremark were used to determine the ... -
Treat or Eat: Food Insecurity, Cost-related Medication Underuse and Unmet Needs
Berkowitz, Seth Aloisi; Seligman, Hilary K.; Choudhry, Niteesh K (Elsevier, 2014)Background: Adults with chronic disease are often unable to meet medication and/or food needs, but no study has examined the relationship between cost-related medication underuse and food insecurity in a nationally ... -
Trends in Drug Prescribing for Osteoporosis After Hip Fracture, 1995–2004
Cadarette, Suzanne M.; Katz, Jeffrey Neil; Brookhart, M; Levin, Raisa; Stedman, Margaret; Choudhry, Niteesh Kumar; Solomon, Daniel Hal (Journal of Rheumatology, 2008)Objective: To examine trends in osteoporosis drug prescribing after hip fracture from 1995 to 2004. Methods: We conducted a population-based study of enrollees in the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the ... -
Trends in Insulin Initiation and Treatment Intensification Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Patrick, Amanda; Fischer, Michael Adam; Choudhry, Niteesh Kumar; Shrank, W; Seeger, John; Liu, Jun; Avorn, Jerry Lewis; Polinski, Jennifer Milan (Springer Science + Business Media, 2014)BACKGROUND: Many patients with type 2 diabetes eventually require insulin, yet little is known about the patterns and quality of pharmacologic care received following insulin initiation. Guidelines from the American Diabetes ... -
Type of stress ulcer prophylaxis and risk of nosocomial pneumonia in cardiac surgical patients: cohort study
Bateman, Brian T; Bykov, Katsiaryna; Choudhry, Niteesh K; Schneeweiss, Sebastian; Gagne, Joshua J; Polinski, Jennifer M; Franklin, Jessica M; Doherty, Michael; Fischer, Michael A; Rassen, Jeremy A (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2013)Objective: To examine the relation between the type of stress ulcer prophylaxis administered and the risk of postoperative pneumonia in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Design: Retrospective cohort ... -
A Unified Framework for Classification of Methods for Benefit-Risk Assessment
Najafzadeh, Mehdi; Schneeweiss, Sebastian; Choudhry, Niteesh Kumar; Bykov, Katsiaryna; Kahler, Kristijan H.; Martin, Diane P.; Gagne, Joshua J (Elsevier BV, 2015)BACKGROUND: Patients, physicians, and other decision makers make implicit but inevitable trade-offs among risks and benefits of treatments. Many methods have been proposed to promote transparent and rigorous benefit-risk ...