Publications – Page 2

Prone Positioning and Survival in Mechanically Ventilated Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019-Related Respiratory Failure.

Author(s): Mathews KS, Soh H, Shaefi S, Wang W, Bose S, Coca S, Gupta S, Hayek SS, Srivastava A, Brenner SK, Radbel J, Green A, Sutherland A, Leonberg-Yoo A, Shehata A, Schenck EJ, Short SAP, Hernán MA, Chan L, Leaf DE, STOP-COVID Investigators.Journal: Crit Care MedPMID: 33595960 August 2021

Therapies for patients with respiratory failure from coronavirus disease 2019 are urgently needed. Early implementation of prone positioning ventilation improves…

Study Designs for Extending Causal Inferences From a Randomized Trial to a Target Population.

Author(s): Dahabreh IJ, Haneuse SJA, Robins JM, Robertson SE, Buchanan AL, Stuart EA, Hernán MAJournal: Am J EpidemiolPMID: 33324969 August 2021

In this article, we examine study designs for extending (generalizing or transporting) causal inferences from a randomized trial to a…

Safety of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Setting.

Author(s): Barda N, Dagan N, Ben-Shlomo Y, Kepten E, Waxman J, Ohana R, Hernán MA, Lipsitch M, Kohane I, Netzer D, Reis BY, Balicer RDJournal: N Engl J MedPMID: 34432976 August 2021

Preapproval trials showed that messenger RNA (mRNA)-based vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) had a good safety…

Estimating the effect of nutritional interventions using observational data: the American Heart Association’s 2020 Dietary Goals and mortality.

Author(s): Chiu YH, Chavarro JE, Dickerman BA, Manson JE, Mukamal KJ, Rexrode KM, Rimm EB, Hernán MAJournal: Am J Clin NutrPMID: 34041538 August 2021

Because randomized trials of sustained dietary changes are sometimes impractical for long-term outcomes, the explicit emulation of a (hypothetical) target…

Causal analyses of existing databases: no power calculations required.

Author(s): Hernán MAJournal: J Clin EpidemiolPMID: 34461211 August 2021

Observational databases are often used to study causal questions. Before being granted access to data or funding, researchers may need…