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Laura P Sands

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1 Diagnosis-related group-adjusted hospital costs are higher in older medical patients with lower functional status. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003 1.79
2 The last 2 years of life: functional trajectories of frail older people. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003 1.74
3 The relationship of indwelling urinary catheters to death, length of hospital stay, functional decline, and nursing home admission in hospitalized older medical patients. J Am Geriatr Soc 2007 1.63
4 The role of postoperative analgesia in delirium and cognitive decline in elderly patients: a systematic review. Anesth Analg 2006 1.58
5 Postoperative delirium: the importance of pain and pain management. Anesth Analg 2006 1.52
6 Variation in care for nonmelanoma skin cancer in a private practice and a veterans affairs clinic. Med Care 2004 1.51
7 A systematic review of the separate and combined effects of energy restriction and exercise on fat-free mass in middle-aged and older adults: implications for sarcopenic obesity. Nutr Rev 2010 1.43
8 Prediction of mortality in community-living frail elderly people with long-term care needs. J Am Geriatr Soc 2007 1.40
9 Attitudes toward the autopsy--an 8-state survey. MedGenMed 2006 1.28
10 Hospital readmission among older adults who return home with unmet need for ADL disability. Gerontologist 2012 1.20
11 The effect of shared medical visits on knowledge and self-care in patients with heart failure: a pilot study. Heart Lung 2008 1.19
12 An Update on Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction. Adv Anesth 2010 1.12
13 Dual use of bladder anticholinergics and cholinesterase inhibitors: long-term functional and cognitive outcomes. J Am Geriatr Soc 2008 1.07
14 Are preoperative depressive symptoms associated with postoperative delirium in geriatric surgical patients? J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2005 1.06
15 Does postoperative delirium limit the use of patient-controlled analgesia in older surgical patients? Anesthesiology 2009 1.04
16 Insufficient help for activity of daily living disabilities and risk of all-cause hospitalization. J Am Geriatr Soc 2012 1.01
17 The effects of postoperative pain and its management on postoperative cognitive dysfunction. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2007 1.01
18 Brief report: preoperative frailty in older surgical patients is associated with early postoperative delirium. Anesth Analg 2011 0.99
19 Apolipoprotein E e4 allele increases the risk of early postoperative delirium in older patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. Anesthesiology 2007 0.99
20 A music intervention to reduce anxiety before vascular angiography procedures. J Vasc Nurs 2006 0.98
21 Impact of patient selection criteria on prevalence estimates and prevalence of diagnosed dementia in a Medicaid population. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 2007 0.97
22 The relation of autopsy rate to physicians' beliefs and recommendations regarding autopsy. Am J Med 2004 0.97
23 Volume of home- and community-based Medicaid waiver services and risk of hospital admissions. J Am Geriatr Soc 2009 0.96
24 Does preoperative risk for delirium moderate the effects of postoperative pain and opiate use on postoperative delirium? Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2013 0.93
25 Effect of guided imagery with relaxation on health-related quality of life in older women with osteoarthritis. Res Nurs Health 2006 0.93
26 Concomitant use of anticholinergics with acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in Medicaid recipients with dementia and residing in nursing homes. J Am Geriatr Soc 2009 0.93
27 Whey protein supplementation does not affect exercise training-induced changes in body composition and indices of metabolic syndrome in middle-aged overweight and obese adults. J Nutr 2012 0.91
28 No-shows to primary care appointments: subsequent acute care utilization among diabetic patients. BMC Health Serv Res 2012 0.87
29 Cost of health care and quality outcomes of patients at nurse-managed clinics. Nurs Econ 2008 0.85
30 Prediction of postoperative pain using path analysis in older patients. J Anesth 2011 0.84
31 Reports of financial disability predict functional decline and death in older patients discharged from the hospital. J Gen Intern Med 2005 0.83
32 Unsteadiness reported by older hospitalized patients predicts functional decline. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003 0.83
33 Incremental dementia-related expenditures in a medicaid population. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2012 0.82
34 I will if you will: similarity in married partners' readiness to change health risk behaviors. Health Educ Behav 2011 0.80
35 Adult day health center participation and health-related quality of life. Gerontologist 2010 0.78
36 "Great expectations" of adoptive parents: theory extension through structural equation modeling. Nurs Res 2013 0.77
37 Long-term cognitive decline: is there a link to surgery and anesthesia? Anesthesiology 2009 0.77
38 Social cognition in nursing home residents with and without cognitive impairment. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2006 0.77
39 Effect of pre- and postdischarge interventions on breastfeeding outcomes and weight gain among premature infants. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 2010 0.76
40 Does using a femoral nerve block for total knee replacement decrease postoperative delirium? BMC Anesthesiol 2012 0.76
41 Impact of missing data on analysis of postoperative cognitive decline (POCD). Appl Nurs Res 2013 0.75
42 Predictors of summer sun safety practice intentions among rural high school students. Am J Health Behav 2010 0.75
43 Assessment of social cognition in frail older adults and its association with social functioning in the nursing home. Gerontologist 2003 0.75
44 Perioperative Gabapentin Does Not Reduce Postoperative Delirium in Older Surgical Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Anesthesiology 2017 0.75
45 Skin-related quality of life in HIV-infected patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy. J Cutan Med Surg 2002 0.75