Mary J. Kwasny
Northwestern University
135 Papers
329 Citations
Mary J. Kwasny is an academic researcher from Northwestern University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 118 publications. Previous affiliations of Mary J. Kwasny include Rush University & Quest Diagnostics.
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Papers
Atrial fibrillation or flutter on initial electrocardiogram is associated with worse outcomes in patients admitted for worsening heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: findings from the EVEREST Trial.
Robert J. Mentz,Matthew Chung,Mihai Gheorghiade,Peter S. Pang,Mary J. Kwasny,Andrew P. Ambrosy,Muthiah Vaduganathan,Christopher M. O'Connor,Karl Swedberg,Faiez Zannad,Marvin A. Konstam,Aldo P. Maggioni +11 more
TL;DR: AF/AFL on initial ECG in patients hospitalized with HF with reduced ejection fraction is associated with lower use of evidence-based therapies and increased mortality and rehospitalization compared to patients in SR.
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Laughter is the best medicine: The Second City ® improvisation as an intervention for Parkinson's disease
Danny Bega,Pamela Palmentera,Abby Wagner,Matt Hovde,Becca Barish,Mary J. Kwasny,Tanya Simuni +6 more
TL;DR: A novel improvisation program can be well-attended, enjoyable, and improve ADL measures among patients with PD of varying ages and disease severity.
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Exploring User Learnability and Learning Performance in an App for Depression: Usability Study.
Colleen Stiles-Shields,Enid Montague,Emily G. Lattie,Stephen M. Schueller,Mary J. Kwasny,David C. Mohr +5 more
- 11 Aug 2017
TL;DR: Evaluating the learnability and learning performance of users following initial use of Thought Challenger suggests that apps are capable of providing users with opportunities for learning of intervention skills.
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Histopathology predictors of medically refractory ulcerative colitis.
Joshua Melson,Deborah Giusto,Mary J. Kwasny,Peter Eichenseer,Shriram Jakate,Ali Keshavarzian +5 more
TL;DR: Medically refractory ulcerative colitis was associated with initial biopsy findings of severe cryptitis, lymphoid follicles, and erosions, and Refractory disease was not predicted by the severity or extent of endoscopic findings.
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The effect of depression and anxiety symptom severity on clinical outcomes and app use in digital mental health treatments: Meta-regression of three trials.
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of symptom severity on depression and anxiety outcomes and app use across three trials of a guided digital mental health treatments (DMHT), IntelliCare, were examined.
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