Insights from rapid deployment of a “virtual hospital” as standard care during the COVID-19 pandemic

K Sitammagari, S Murphy, M Kowalkowski… - Annals of internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Background: Pandemics disrupt traditional health care operations by overwhelming system
resource capacity but also create opportunities for care innovation. Objective: To describe …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is underrecognized in the primary care setting

…, N Husain, JR Kramer, M Kowalkowski… - Official journal of the …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: The prevalence and disease burden of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
are increasing. Nonetheless, little is known about the processes related to identification, …

Changes in sexual roles and quality of life for gay men after prostate cancer: challenges for sexual health providers

TL Hart, DW Coon, MA Kowalkowski… - The journal of sexual …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Gay men with prostate cancer (GMPCa) may have differential health‐related
quality of life (HRQOL) and sexual health outcomes than heterosexual men with prostate …

The relationship of reported neighborhood conditions with child mental health

AM Butler, M Kowalkowski, HA Jones, JL Raphael - Academic pediatrics, 2012 - Elsevier
Objective Although in many studies authors have documented the relationship between
neighborhood socioeconomic status and child mental health, few have examined the …

Awake prone positioning strategy for nonintubated hypoxic patients with COVID-19: a pilot trial with embedded implementation evaluation

…, S Skavroneck, B Taylor, MA Kowalkowski - Annals of the …, 2021 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Prone positioning is an appealing therapeutic strategy for nonintubated hypoxic
patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), but its effectiveness remains to be established …

Baby-MONITOR: a composite indicator of NICU quality

J Profit, MA Kowalkowski, JAF Zupancic, K Pietz… - …, 2014 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: NICUs vary in the quality of care delivered to very low
birth weight (VLBW) infants. NICU performance on 1 measure of quality only modestly …

The association between antibiotic delay intervals and hospital mortality among patients treated in the emergency department for suspected sepsis

…, B Taylor, J Ellerman, MA Kowalkowski - Critical Care …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Rapid delivery of antibiotics is a cornerstone of sepsis therapy, although time
targets for specific components of antibiotic delivery are unknown. We quantified time …

Association between adherence to recommended care and outcomes for adult survivors of sepsis

…, K Cunningham, MA Kowalkowski - Annals of the …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Postsepsis care recommendations target specific deficits experienced by sepsis
survivors in elements such as optimization of medications, screening for functional …

The effect of HIV viral control on the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in veterans with hepatitis C and HIV coinfection

JR Kramer, MA Kowalkowski, Z Duan… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: HIV increases the risk of progression to hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis among
individuals coinfected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). However, the impact of HIV-related …

Trends in resource utilization for hospitalized children with skin and soft tissue infections

MA Lopez, AT Cruz, MA Kowalkowski, JL Raphael - Pediatrics, 2013 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: To describe trends in national resource utilization for pediatric skin and soft
tissue infection (SSTI) hospitalizations. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional analysis of …