Case-crossover assessment of the modifying effects of home medication use on acute kidney-related morbidity due to elevated ambient heat exposure in Atlanta, GA, from 2013 to 2019.

Background: Elevated ambient temperatures increase the risk for acute kidney-related morbidity, and medication use may increase vulnerability to heat exposure. This study examines whether medication use, and combination medication use (ie, polypharmacy), modifies the risk for temperature-related volume depletion (VD) and acute kidney injury (AKI).

Methods: This study uses patient-level emergency department (ED) visit data from four Atlanta-area hospitals during the warm season from 2013 to 2019.

Assessment of census-tract level socioeconomic position as a modifier of the relationship between short-term PM exposure and cardiovascular emergency department visits in Missouri.

Introduction: Ambient particulate matter ≤ 2.5 µm in aerodynamic diameter (PM) exposure elevates the risk for cardiovascular disease morbidity (CVDM). The aim of this study is to characterise which area-level measures of socioeconomic position (SEP) modify the relationship between PM exposure and CVDM in Missouri at the census-tract (CT) level.

A feasibility study to assess social stress and social support in patients enrolled in a cannabidiol (CBD) compassionate access program.

Cannabidiol (CBD) trials offer an opportunity to examine social factors that shape outcomes of patients with treatment-resistant epilepsy. Prior research of patients treated with CBD for epilepsy describes financial struggles of these patients/families and the association between socioeconomic status and patient-centered outcomes. However, social determinants of health in this population are still poorly understood, mainly due to data scarcity.