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Christopher M Murtaugh

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Beissner K, Brooks G, Neville K, Trachtenberg M, Murtaugh C, Reid M
Home Healthc Now . 2020 May; 38(3):147-153. PMID: 32358442
Pain is a common problem for patients receiving home care, often limiting mobility and contributing to functional decline. Pharmacological pain management is common, but all drugs bring some risk of...
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Courtright K, Jordan L, Murtaugh C, Barron Y, Deb P, Moore S, et al.
JAMA Netw Open . 2020 Feb; 3(2):e200038. PMID: 32101307
Importance: Despite a growing recognition of the increased mortality risk among sepsis survivors, little is known about the patterns of end-of-life care among this population. Objective: To describe patterns of...
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Bowles K, Murtaugh C, Jordan L, Barron Y, Mikkelsen M, Whitehouse C, et al.
J Am Med Dir Assoc . 2019 Dec; 21(1):84-90.e2. PMID: 31837933
Objective: To profile the characteristics of growing numbers of sepsis survivors receiving home healthcare (HHC) by type of sepsis before, during, and after a sepsis hospitalization and identify characteristics significantly...
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Deb P, Murtaugh C, Bowles K, Mikkelsen M, Khajavi H, Moore S, et al.
Med Care . 2019 Jul; 57(8):633-640. PMID: 31295191
Background: There is little evidence to guide the care of over a million sepsis survivors following hospital discharge despite high rates of hospital readmission. Objective: We examined whether early home...
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Yang K, Colorito K, Bowles K, Woomer G, Murtaugh C
Home Health Care Serv Q . 2019 Apr; 38(3):182-193. PMID: 31021714
The purpose of the study was to obtain exploratory, descriptive information that would provide insights into the barriers to and facilitators of the implementation of fall prevention programs in home...
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Riegel B, Huang L, Mikkelsen M, Kutney-Lee A, Hanlon A, Murtaugh C, et al.
J Am Geriatr Soc . 2018 Dec; 67(3):520-526. PMID: 30500988
Background/objectives: New or worsened disabilities in functional, cognitive, or mental health following an intensive care unit (ICU) stay are referred to as post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). PICS has not been...
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Gelfman L, Barron Y, Moore S, Murtaugh C, Lala A, Aldridge M, et al.
JACC Heart Fail . 2018 Aug; 6(9):780-789. PMID: 30098966
Objectives: This study sought to: 1) identify the predictors of hospice enrollment for patients with heart failure (HF); and 2) determine the impact of hospice enrollment on health care use....
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Reid M, Henderson Jr C, Trachtenberg M, Beissner K, Bach E, Barron Y, et al.
J Am Geriatr Soc . 2017 Mar; 65(8):1667-1675. PMID: 28276061
Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioral pain self-management (CBPSM) protocol delivered by physical therapists (PTs) for use by older adults with activity-limiting pain receiving home care. Design: A...
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Beissner K, Bach E, Murtaugh C, Trifilio M, Henderson Jr C, Barron Y, et al.
Home Healthc Now . 2017 Feb; 35(2):105-112. PMID: 28157776
Activity-limiting pain is common among older home care patients and pain management is complicated by the high prevalence of physical frailty and multimorbidity in the home care population. A comparative...
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Murtaugh C, Beissner K, Barron Y, Trachtenberg M, Bach E, Henderson Jr C, et al.
Clin J Pain . 2016 Aug; 33(4):300-309. PMID: 27518494
Objectives: To describe racial/ethnic group differences in pain presentation and the prevalence of psychosocial factors among patients admitted to home health care, and to determine the extent of racial/ethnic group...