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Vranas KC, Costa DK, Davis BS, Admon AJ, Zhao B, Kahn JM, Kerlin MP. Cancellation and Resumption of Elective Surgeries Over Time Across a National Sample of US Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic. [Letter to the Editor]. CHEST critical care. 2024 May 1; 2(7):100080, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chstcc.2024.100080.
Disher N, Vranas KC, Golden SE, Slatore CG, Tuepker A, Nugent S. Findings from a qualitative study about ICU physicians' wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.). 2024 Feb 28; 43(2024):19569-19580, https://doi:10.1007/s12144-024-05722-1.
Nugent SM, Golden SE, Chapa J, Tuepker A, Slatore CG, Vranas KC. "You're Socially Distant and Trying Not to Be Emotionally Distant." Physicians' Perspectives of Communication and Therapeutic Relationships in the ICU During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study. Critical care explorations. 2023 Feb 1; 5(2):e0854.
Sullivan DR, Golden SE, Disher N, Eden KB, Dieckmann NF, Vranas KC, Slatore CG. "Give Us More of a Chance to Participate in Decision Making": A Qualitative Study Evaluating a Treatment Decision Support Tool and Patients' Decision Making Experiences. [Abstract]. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. 2022 May 1;(C!02):A4863.
Vranas KC, Scott JY, Kerlin MP, Chesnutt M, Sullivan DR, Slatore CG. Variability in Intensive Care Utilization Among Patients Admitted to VA Medical Centers with Acute Respiratory Failure. [Abstract]. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. 2021 Nov 1; 201(B21):A2796.
Vranas KC, Scott JY, Kerlin MP, Sullivan DR, Slatore CG. Variability in Intensive Care Utilization among Patients Admitted to VA Medical Centers with Gastrointestinal Bleeding. [Abstract]. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. 2021 May 1;(203):A1678.
Vranas KC, Kerlin MP. Looking to the Past, Learning From the Present, and Preparing for the Future: Toward Understanding Critical Care Strain During a Global Pandemic. [Editorial]. Chest. 2021 Feb 1; 159(2):469-470.
Vranas KC, Lapidus JA, Ganzini L, Slatore CG, Sullivan DR. Association of Palliative Care Use and Setting With Health-care Utilization and Quality of Care at the End of Life Among Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer. Chest. 2020 Dec 1; 158(6):2667-2674.
Shenk JL, Vranas KC, Lin AL, Slatore CG, Sullivan DR. POLST-Discordant Care among Patients Presenting to the Hospital: A Qualitative Analysis. [Abstract]. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. 2019 May 19; A1085.
Vranas KC, Chan B, Slatore CG, Sullivan DR. The Association of Palliative Care with Indicators of Quality Cancer Care Among Patients with Advanced-Stage Lung Cancer. [Abstract]. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. 2019 May 19; A1072.
Vranas KC, Slatore CG, Kerlin MP. Telemedicine Coverage of Intensive Care Units: A Narrative Review. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2018 Nov 1; 15(11):1256-1264.
Lammers A, Slatore CG, Fromme EK, Vranas KC, Sullivan DR. Association of Early Palliative Care With Chemotherapy Intensity in Patients With Advanced Stage Lung Cancer: A National Cohort Study. Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. 2019 Feb 1; 14(2):176-183.