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Irena Stijacic Cenzer
Researcher at University of California, San Francisco
Publications - 62
Citations - 3049
Irena Stijacic Cenzer is an academic researcher from University of California, San Francisco. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 44 publications receiving 2240 citations. Previous affiliations of Irena Stijacic Cenzer include Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich & Veterans Health Administration.
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Loneliness in older persons: a predictor of functional decline and death.
TL;DR: Among participants who were older than 60 years, loneliness was a predictor of functional decline and death, and was associated with all outcome measures.
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Functional impairment and hospital readmission in Medicare seniors.
S. Ryan Greysen,Irena Stijacic Cenzer,Irena Stijacic Cenzer,Andrew D. Auerbach,Kenneth E. Covinsky,Kenneth E. Covinsky +5 more
TL;DR: Functional impairment is associated with increased risk of 30-day all-cause hospital readmission in Medicare seniors, especially those admitted for heart failure, myocardial infarction, or pneumonia.
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Social Isolation and Loneliness Among San Francisco Bay Area Older Adults During the COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place Orders.
Ashwin A. Kotwal,Ashwin A. Kotwal,Julianne Holt-Lunstad,Rebecca L. Newmark,Irena Stijacic Cenzer,Alexander K. Smith,Alexander K. Smith,Kenneth E. Covinsky,Kenneth E. Covinsky,Danielle P. Escueta,Jina M. Lee,Carla Perissinotto +11 more
TL;DR: Physical distancing during the COVID‐19 pandemic may have unintended, detrimental effects on social isolation and loneliness among older adults and unmet health needs related to changes in social interactions are investigated.
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Half Of Older Americans Seen In Emergency Department In Last Month Of Life; Most Admitted To Hospital, And Many Die There
Alexander K. Smith,Ellen P. McCarthy,Ellen J. Weber,Irena Stijacic Cenzer,John Boscardin,Jonathan Fisher,Kenneth E. Covinsky +6 more
TL;DR: Emergency department use in the last months of life for patients age sixty-five or older who died while enrolled in a longitudinal study of older adults in the period 1992-2006 is examined.
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Geriatric Syndromes in Older HIV-Infected Adults.
Meredith Greene,Kenneth E. Covinsky,Victor Valcour,Yinghui Miao,Joy Madamba,Harry Lampiris,Irena Stijacic Cenzer,Jeffrey N. Martin,Steven G. Deeks +8 more
TL;DR: Geriatric syndromes are common in older HIV-infected adults and treatment of comorbidities and early initiation of antiretroviral therapy may help to prevent development of these age-related complications.