Scholars@Duke
Jessie Gu

Jessie Gu

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
jessie.gu@duke.edu
DUMC Box 102359, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Publications

An App Platform-Facilitated Collaborative Palliative Care Intervention for Outpatients With Interstitial Lung Disease: A Pilot Randomized Trial.

Journal Article Am J Hosp Palliat Care · August 19, 2024 Rationale: Outpatients with interstitial lung disease often experience serious symptoms, yet infrequently receive palliative care. Objective: To determine the feasibility and clinical impact of a mobile application (PCplanner) in an outpatient setting. Met ... Full text Link to item Cite

Trajectories of Palliative Care Needs in the ICU and Long-Term Psychological Distress Symptoms.

Journal Article Crit Care Med · January 1, 2023 OBJECTIVES: While palliative care needs are assumed to improve during ICU care, few empiric data exist on need trajectories or their impact on long-term outcomes. We aimed to describe trajectories of palliative care needs during ICU care and to determine i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of diagnostic guidelines on the diagnosis of hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Journal Article Frontiers in Medicine · January 1, 2023 Introduction: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an immune-mediated interstitial lung disease from exposure to environmental antigens. Diagnosing HP could be challenging. The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) and American Thoracic Society/Japa ... Full text Cite

Addressing Unmet Needs Among Family Members of Critically Ill Patients: The ICUconnect Randomized Clinical Trial

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · 2023 Cite

Palliative care phenotypes among critically ill patients and family members: intensive care unit prospective cohort study.

Journal Article BMJ Support Palliat Care · September 27, 2022 OBJECTIVE: Because the heterogeneity of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) and family members represents a challenge to palliative care delivery, we aimed to determine if distinct phenotypes of palliative care needs exist. METHODS: Prospective cohort ... Full text Link to item Cite

Assessment of Clinical Palliative Care Trigger Status vs Actual Needs Among Critically Ill Patients and Their Family Members.

Journal Article JAMA Netw Open · January 4, 2022 IMPORTANCE: Palliative care consultations in intensive care units (ICUs) are increasingly prompted by clinical characteristics associated with mortality or resource utilization. However, it is not known whether these triggers reflect actual palliative care ... Full text Link to item Cite

Comparison of CHEST and ATS/JRS/ALAT Guidelines in Diagnosing Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · 2022 Cite

Improving racial disparities in unmet palliative care needs among intensive care unit family members with a needs-targeted app intervention: The ICUconnect randomized clinical trial.

Journal Article Contemp Clin Trials · April 2021 INTRODUCTION: The technologies used to treat the millions who receive care in intensive care unit (ICUs) each year have steadily advanced. However, the quality of ICU-based communication has remained suboptimal, particularly concerning for Black patients a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Palliative Care Triggers vs Actual Unmet Needs Among ICU Patients and Family Members

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · 2021 Cite

Operationalizing needs-focused palliative care for older adults in intensive care units: Design of and rationale for the PCplanner randomized clinical trial.

Journal Article Contemp Clin Trials · November 2020 INTRODUCTION: The number of older adults who receive life support in an intensive care unit (ICU), now 2 million per year, is increasing while survival remains unchanged. Because the quality of ICU-based palliative care is highly variable, we developed a m ... Full text Link to item Cite

Knowledge and Perceptions Regarding Palliative Care Among Religious Leaders in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya: Survey and Focus Group Analysis.

Journal Article Am J Hosp Palliat Care · October 2020 Spirituality and religion are at the core of Kenyan life. Pastoral leaders play a key role in shaping the individual and community's response to living with chronic and life-threatening illnesses. Involvement of religious leaders would therefore be critica ... Full text Link to item Cite

Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis in the southeastern United States: an assessment of how clinicians reached the diagnosis.

Journal Article BMC Pulm Med · February 5, 2020 BACKGROUND: Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (cHP) is a disease caused by exposure to inhaled environmental antigens. Diagnosis of cHP is influenced by the awareness of the disease prevalence, which varies significantly in different regions, and how cl ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite