Physician

Internal Medicine

Norman A. Desbiens is an expert in the field of Internal Medicine. He went to medical school at Harvard Medical School. Harvard Medical School is a top medical university. Harvard Medical School is ranked 1/12 in Research/PrimaryCare. Norman Desbiens is also a published doctor. He has 94 publication published. The most recent publication is: Preference for comfort care does not affect the pain experience of seriously ill patients. The SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for...

Publications

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• An "education for life" requirement to promote lifelong learning in an internal medicine residency program.
• A departmental experience in promoting oral and poster presentations.
• Simplifying the diagnosis and management of pulseless electrical activity in adults: a qualitative review.
• Let medicine lead the way beyond the registration of clinical trials: registering hypotheses.
• Simplifying the diagnosis and management of pulseless electrical activity in adults: A qualitative review*
• Research status of case reports for medical school institutional review boards.
• Ancient Japanese medicine in the Tale of Genji.
• Tennessee helps clinicians with end-of-life care issues.
• Unraveling the effect of age on outcomes in the intensive care unit.
• Comments on Thavendiranathan et al. Do blood tests cause anemia in hospitalized patients?
• A 5-year experience with influenza prevention and containment in a program of all-inclusive care for elderly adults.
• Public perceptions of alcohol use by physicians.
• The presence of hypotheses in the medical literature.
• A novel use for the word "trend" in the clinical trial literature.
• Temporal trends over ten years in formal inpatient gastroenterology consultations at an inner city hospital.
• Deciding on anticoagulating the oldest old with atrial fibrillation: insights from cost-effectiveness analysis.
• Mortality and length of stay in teaching vs nonteaching hospitals.
• Short- and long-term survival after cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• In randomized controlled trials, should subjects in both placebo and drug groups be expected to guess that they are taking drug 50% of the time?
• Perceptions by family members of the dying experience of older and seriously ill patients. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Out...
• Surrogates' agreement with patients' resuscitation preferences: effect of age, relationship, and SUPPORT intervention. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences fo...
• Patient characteristics associated with care by a cardiologist among adults hospitalized with severe congestive heart failure. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understa...
• Hypomagnesemia in patients entering the ICU.
• The Merci Retrieval System for acute stroke: the Southeast Regional Stroke Center experience.
• Aspirin and risk of hemorrhagic stroke.
• Patient age and decisions to withhold life-sustaining treatments from seriously ill, hospitalized adults. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Pref...
• The covariance decomposition of the probability score and its use in evaluating prognostic estimates. SUPPORT Investigators.
• Generalizability of clinical studies conducted at tertiary care medical centers: a population-based analysis.
• Functional status among survivors of in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation. SUPPORT Investigators Study to Understand Progress and Preferences for Outcomes and Ris...
• Participation of nurses in decision making for seriously ill adults.
• Surrogates' predictions of seriously ill patients' resuscitation preferences.
• The stability of DNR orders on hospital readmission. The SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments.
• The SUPPORT prognostic model. Objective estimates of survival for seriously ill hospitalized adults. Study to understand prognoses and preferences for outcomes and ris...
• Surrogate and physician understanding of patients' preferences for living permanently in a nursing home.
• A prognostic model for patients with end-stage liver disease.
• Do formal advance directives affect resuscitation decisions and the use of resources for seriously ill patients? SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses a...
• Predicting future functional status for seriously ill hospitalized adults. The SUPPORT prognostic model.
• How well do surrogates assess the pain of seriously ill patients?
• Should all patients with atrial fibrillation be screened with echocardiography?
• Insights about dying from the SUPPORT project. The Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments.
• The relationship of nausea and dyspnea to pain in seriously ill patients.
• Patients with DNR orders in the operating room: surgery, resuscitation, and outcomes. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes...
• Is economic hardship on the families of the seriously ill associated with patient and surrogate care preferences? SUPPORT Investigators.
• Depressed mood and survival in seriously ill hospitalized adults. The SUPPORT Investigators.
• Withholding versus withdrawing life-sustaining treatment: patient factors and documentation associated with dialysis decisions.
• Do advance directives provide instructions that direct care? SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment.
• Prediction of survival for older hospitalized patients: the HELP survival model. Hospitalized Elderly Longitudinal Project.
• Pain during hospitalization is associated with continued pain six months later in survivors of serious illness. The SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognose...
• Preferences for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• Should physicians be allowed to use alcohol while on call?
• Dying with lung cancer or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: insights from SUPPORT. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatme...
• Living and dying with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• A prospective study of patient-physician communication about resuscitation.
• Outcomes and cost-effectiveness of initiating dialysis and continuing aggressive care in seriously ill hospitalized adults. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand ...
• Prognosis-based futility guidelines: does anyone win? SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment.
• Stress in caregivers of hospitalized oldest-old patients.
• Seriously ill hospitalized adults: do we spend less on older patients? Support Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preference for Outcomes and Risks of Tr...
• The effect of nutritional supplementation on survival in seriously ill hospitalized adults: an evaluation of the SUPPORT data. Study to Understand Prognoses and Prefer...
• The symptom burden of seriously ill hospitalized patients. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcome and Risks of Treatment.
• Preference for comfort care does not affect the pain experience of seriously ill patients. The SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for...
• Pain and suffering in seriously ill hospitalized patients.
• Factors associated with use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in seriously ill hospitalized adults.
• Family satisfaction with end-of-life care in seriously ill hospitalized adults.
• Dying with acute respiratory failure or multiple organ system failure with sepsis.
• The illusion of end-of-life resource savings with advance directives. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Tr...
• Pain in the oldest-old during hospitalization and up to one year later. HELP Investigators. Hospitalized Elderly Longitudinal Project.
• Pain and satisfaction with pain control in seriously ill hospitalized adults: findings from the SUPPORT research investigations. For the SUPPORT investigators. Study t...
• Advance directives for seriously ill hospitalized patients: effectiveness with the patient self-determination act and the SUPPORT intervention. SUPPORT Investigators. ...
• Prior capacity of patients lacking decision making ability early in hospitalization: implications for advance directive administration. The SUPPORT Investigators. Stud...
• Patient preferences for communication with physicians about end-of-life decisions. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preference for Outcomes and...
• Outcomes following acute exacerbation of severe chronic obstructive lung disease. The SUPPORT investigators (Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes...
• Resource use and survival of patients hospitalized with congestive heart failure: differences in care by specialty of the attending physician. SUPPORT Investigators. S...
• Are aggressive treatment strategies less cost-effective for older patients? The case of ventilator support and aggressive care for patients with acute respiratory fail...
• The impact of serious illness on patients' families. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment.
• Choices of seriously ill patients about cardiopulmonary resuscitation: correlates and outcomes. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences fo...
• Outcomes and cost-effectiveness of ventilator support and aggressive care for patients with acute respiratory failure due to pneumonia or acute respiratory distress sy...
• Patient empowerment and feedback did not decrease pain in seriously ill hospitalized adults.
• The effectiveness of right heart catheterization in the initial care of critically ill patients. SUPPORT Investigators.
• A comparison of generalist and pulmonologist care for patients hospitalized with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: resource intensity, hospital costs, and ...
• Age-related differences in care preferences, treatment decisions, and clinical outcomes of seriously ill hospitalized adults: lessons from SUPPORT.
• The reporting of statistics in medical educational studies: an observational study.
• Residency applicants misinterpret their United States Medical Licensing Exam Scores.
• Discrimination against international medical graduates in the United States residency program selection process.
• Outcomes up to 5 years after severe, acute respiratory failure.
• Evaluation of a labeling system to indicate the presence of an advance directive in a hospital medical record.
• Doctors'' perceptions of drinking alcohol while on call: questionnaire survey.
• Cost effectiveness of aggressive care for patients with nontraumatic coma.
• Case report: A giant leg abscess in a patient with dementia.
• Use of IM narcotic injections in hospitalized patients with IV access: causing pain to relieve pain.
• The simultaneous occurrence of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary and arterial embolization.
• Determinants of prescribing meperidine compared to morphine in hospitalized patients.
• Internal medicine residents do not accurately assess their medical knowledge.
• Does reporting estimated glomerular filtration rate affect ordering of timed urine collections?

Schools

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• Harvard Medical School

• Beth Israel Hospital

• Boston City Hospital

• Harvard University

Doctors Specialties

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• Critical Care Medicine
• Geriatric Medicine
• Internal Medicine

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Harvard Medical School

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