Scholars@Duke
Amanda Brucker

Amanda Brucker

Biostatistician, Senior
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

Selected Publications

Accessibility of diabetes education in the United States: barriers, policy implications, and the road ahead.

Journal Article Health Aff Sch · August 2024 Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) programs are an effective, yet underutilized, resource to improve health outcomes and behaviors for people with diabetes. We examined the attendance and referral rates for people with diabetes to DSMES ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevention of contamination after endotracheal intubation using a dedicated sleeve.

Journal Article J Thorac Dis · September 28, 2023 BACKGROUND: Contamination of work surfaces by used laryngoscopes after endotracheal intubation is a serious infection control concern but no strategies are available to address it. We assessed if contamination of the surfaces after endotracheal intubation ... Full text Link to item Cite

Use of Structured Electronic Health Records Data Elements for the Development of Computable Phenotypes to Identify Potential Adverse Events Associated with Intravenous Immunoglobulin Infusion.

Journal Article Drug Saf · March 2023 INTRODUCTION: Detection of adverse reactions to drugs and biologic agents is an important component of regulatory approval and post-market safety evaluation. Real-world data, including insurance claims and electronic health records data, are increasingly u ... Full text Link to item Cite

Efficacy of Transcendental Meditation to Reduce Stress Among Health Care Workers: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal Article JAMA Netw Open · September 1, 2022 IMPORTANCE: Health care workers (HCWs) have been experiencing substantial stress and burnout, and evidence-based mitigation strategies are needed. Transcendental Meditation (TM) is a mantra meditation practice with potential efficacy in reducing stress. OB ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

A Daily, Respiratory Therapist Assessment of Readiness to Liberate From Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

Journal Article Crit Care Explor · December 2021 UNLABELLED: We assessed the effect of implementing a protocol-directed strategy to determine when patients can be liberated from venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation duration, time to initiation of first swe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Low utilisation of bronchoscopy to assess COVID-19 respiratory infection: a multicenter experience.

Journal Article BMJ Open Respir Res · July 2021 OBJECTIVE: For the diagnosis of COVID-19, the yield of nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs is unclear, and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is obtained to confirm the diagnosis. We assessed the utilisation of bronchoscopy for COVID-19 diagnosis in a multicenter study an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Implementation and Continuous Monitoring of an Electronic Health Record Embedded Readmissions Clinical Decision Support Tool.

Journal Article J Pers Med · August 26, 2020 Unplanned hospital readmissions represent a significant health care value problem with high costs and poor quality of care. A significant percentage of readmissions could be prevented if clinical inpatient teams were better able to predict which patients w ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association test using Copy Number Profile Curves (CONCUR) enhances power in rare copy number variant analysis.

Journal Article PLoS computational biology · May 2020 Copy number variants (CNVs) are the gain or loss of DNA segments in the genome that can vary in dosage and length. CNVs comprise a large proportion of variation in human genomes and impact health conditions. To detect rare CNV associations, kernel-based me ... Full text Cite

Relationship Between Optimism and Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Angina Pectoris.

Journal Article Am J Cardiol · May 1, 2019 Greater optimism regarding recovery from chronic illness is associated with improved quality of life and clinical outcomes. We performed a post-hoc analysis on the association between optimism and outcomes in Ranolazine in Patients with Incomplete Revascul ... Full text Link to item Cite

Size of Anterior Wall Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated by Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in United States Versus Europe/Australia Versus India (from the CRISP-AMI Randomized Controlled Trial).

Journal Article Am J Cardiol · April 1, 2019 International variability in infarct size following acute anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction without shock treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been little studied. Patients enrolled in the Counterpulsation to Reduce I ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sex differences in long-term outcomes of patients across the spectrum of coronary artery disease.

Journal Article Am Heart J · December 2018 BACKGROUND: Patients with nonobstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) have worse outcomes compared with those without CAD; however, few studies have compared the intermediate- and long-term impact of CAD severity as a function of patient sex. METHODS: We ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical and Echocardiographic Predictors of Outcomes in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension.

Journal Article Am J Cardiol · September 1, 2018 In pulmonary hypertension (PH), measurement of various echocardiographic parameters that assess right heart function is recommended by current clinical guidelines. Limited data exists on the combined value of clinical and echocardiographic parameters in pr ... Full text Link to item Cite