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Igor Choodnovskiy
Researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Publications - 12
Citations - 1777
Igor Choodnovskiy is an academic researcher from Brigham and Women's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public health & Pyuria. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 12 publications receiving 1737 citations.
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Reduction of bacteriuria and pyuria after ingestion of cranberry juice.
TL;DR: It is suggested that use of a cranberry beverage reduces the frequency of bacteriuria with pyuria in older women and prevalent beliefs about the effects of cranberry juice on the urinary tract may have microbiologic justification.
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Effects of Medicaid drug-payment limits on admission to hospitals and nursing homes.
TL;DR: Limiting reimbursement for effective drugs puts frail, low-income, elderly patients at increased risk of institutionalization in nursing homes and may increase Medicaid costs.
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Aging and the anticoagulant response to warfarin therapy.
TL;DR: The anticoagulant response to warfarin is exaggerated with advancing age, and this finding emphasizes the need for close monitoring of older patients treated withwarfarin therapy.
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Prophylactic Use of Factor VIII: an Economic Evaluation
Rhonda L. Bohn,Jerry Avorn,Robert J. Glynn,Igor Choodnovskiy,Rudy Haschemeyer,Louis M. Aledort +5 more
TL;DR: Reductions in non-factor health care costs and disability associated with prophylactic use of factor VIII in hemophilia were substantial and helped somewhat to offset the much higher costs of this regimen, and this approach may be warranted on medical rather than economic grounds.
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Constipation: assessment and management in an institutionalized elderly population.
Danielle Harari,Danielle Harari,Jerry H. Gurwitz,Jerry H. Gurwitz,Jerry Avorn,Igor Choodnovskiy,Kenneth L. Minaker +6 more
TL;DR: To examine prescribing and utilization patterns of laxatives, stool softeners, and enemas in a large, long‐term care facility, to compare self‐reports of constipation with specific, bowel‐related symptoms in residents of this facility.