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Christopher Mosher

Christopher Mosher

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
christopher.mosher@duke.edu
DCRI - Durham Centre Building, 300 West Morgan St., Office 833, Durham, NC 27701
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Selected Publications

Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Hospitalizations after COPD Hospitalization among Older Adults.

Journal Article Ann Am Thorac Soc · July 17, 2024 BACKGROUND: Meta-analyses have suggested the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events is significantly higher after a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation. However, many of these studies have included a broad array of CVD events or ... Full text Link to item Cite

Telehealth Pulmonary Rehabilitation: A Call for Minimum Standards.

Journal Article Am J Respir Crit Care Med · July 15, 2024 Full text Link to item Cite

Review of the Evidence for Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD: Clinical Benefits and Cost-Effectiveness.

Journal Article Respir Care · May 28, 2024 COPD is a common and lethal chronic condition, recognized as a leading cause of death worldwide. COPD is associated with significant morbidity and disability, particularly among older adults. The disease course is marked by periods of stability and disease ... Full text Link to item Cite

Timing of Treatment Outcomes and Risk Factors for Failure of BPAP in Patients Hospitalized for COPD Exacerbation.

Journal Article Respir Care · December 2022 BACKGROUND: Patients hospitalized for COPD exacerbation have an increased risk of mortality, particularly among those who fail bi-level positive airway pressure (BPAP) for hypercapnic respiratory failure subsequently requiring invasive mechanical ventilati ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cost-effectiveness of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Among US Adults With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Journal Article JAMA Netw Open · June 1, 2022 IMPORTANCE: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) after exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is effective in reducing COPD hospitalizations and mortality while improving health-related quality of life, yet use of PR remains low. Estimates o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Risk factors for mortality in lung transplant recipients aged ≥65 years: A retrospective cohort study of 5,815 patients in the scientific registry of transplant recipients.

Journal Article J Heart Lung Transplant · January 2021 BACKGROUND: Lung transplantation is increasingly performed in recipients aged ≥65 years. However, the risk factors for mortality specific to this population have not been well studied. In lung transplant recipients aged ≥65 years, we sought to determine po ... Full text Link to item Cite

Electronic Cigarettes: A Role in Smoking Cessation?

Journal Article Am J Respir Crit Care Med · August 15, 2020 Full text Link to item Cite

Cardiovascular implications of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: A way forward together?

Journal Article Am Heart J · August 2020 Cardiovascular disease has an increased prevalence among patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Cardiovascular disease and IPF share similar symptoms with overlapping demographics and risk factors for disease development. Common cellular mediat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Time to diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in the IPF-PRO Registry.

Journal Article BMJ Open Respir Res · July 2020 BACKGROUND: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive disease with high mortality. Patient characteristics associated with diagnostic delays are not well described. METHODS: Subjects who had not been diagnosed with IPF prior to referral and rece ... Full text Link to item Cite

Post-Intensive Care Unit Psychiatric Comorbidity and Quality of Life.

Journal Article J Hosp Med · October 2017 The prevalence of psychiatric symptoms ranges from 17% to 44% in intensive care unit (ICU) survivors. The relationship between the comorbidity of psychiatric symptoms and quality of life (QoL) in ICU survivors has not been carefully examined. This study ex ... Full text Link to item Cite

Antidepressant Use and Depressive Symptoms in Intensive Care Unit Survivors.

Journal Article J Hosp Med · September 2017 Nearly 30% of intensive care unit (ICU) survivors have depressive symptoms 2-12 months after hospital discharge. We examined the prevalence of depressive symptoms and risk factors for depressive symptoms in 204 patients at their initial evaluation in the C ... Full text Link to item Cite