Anica Law, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Biography
Dr. Law is a Pulmonary and Critical Care physician, clinical epidemiologist, and health services researcher with a focus on understanding determinants of outcomes after critical illness. An unprecedented number of patients now survive the intensive care unit (ICU) but suffer severe organ dysfunction, requiring forms of long-term organ support, such as mechanical ventilation or artificial nutrition. Using both granular clinical and national claims databases, and leveraging natural experiments where feasible (e.g., policy changes), the goal of her research is to better inform decision-making during critical illness and the optimal delivery of care after acute critical illness.
Dr. Law serves as Deputy Editor at CHEST Critical Care. Within the American Thoracic Society, she is Chair of the Critical Care Assembly’s Planning Committee.
Websites
Education
- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, MD
- Harvard School of Public Health, MS
- Harvard College, AB
Publications
- Published on 6/27/2024
Homer-Bouthiette C, Shen BH, Dobie AC, Shankar DA, Pang B, Law AC, Bosch NA. Practice Patterns for Acute Asthma Exacerbation in Adult Patients Admitted to US Intensive Care Units. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Jun 27. PMID: 38935672.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/1/2024
Kearney CM, Sangani R, Shankar D, O'Connor GT, Law AC, Walkey AJ, Bosch NA. Comparative Effectiveness of Mepolizumab, Benralizumab, and Dupilumab among Patients with Difficult-to-Control Asthma: A Multicenter Retrospective Propensity-matched Analysis. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Jun; 21(6):866-874. PMID: 38241013.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/15/2024
Teja B, Berube M, Pereira TV, Law AC, Schanock C, Pang B, Wunsch H, Walkey AJ, Bosch NA. Effectiveness of Fludrocortisone Plus Hydrocortisone versus Hydrocortisone Alone in Septic Shock: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 May 15; 209(10):1219-1228. PMID: 38271488.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/7/2024
Admon AJ, Cohen-Mekelburg S, Opatrny M, Lee KT, Law AC, Gershengorn HB, Valley TS, Prescott HC, Wiktor MJ, Neeluru J, Cooke CR, Weissman GE. Two Weeks Versus One Week of Maximal Patient-Intensivist Continuity for Adult Medical Intensive Care Patients: A Two-Center Target Trial Emulation. Crit Care Med. 2024 May 07. PMID: 38713002.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/1/2024
Law AC, Bosch NA, Song Y, Tale A, Lasser KE, Walkey AJ. In-Hospital vs 30-Day Sepsis Mortality at US Safety-Net and Non-Safety-Net Hospitals. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 May 01; 7(5):e2412873. PMID: 38819826.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/22/2024
Bosch NA, Law AC, Shi Z, Jafarzadeh SR, Walkey AJ. A novel measure to summarize blood transfusion practice during critical illness. Transfusion. 2024 May; 64(5):784-788. PMID: 38515390.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/19/2024
Feeney ME, Law AC, Walkey AJ, Bosch NA. Variation in Use of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Critically Ill Patients Across the United States. Crit Care Med. 2024 Jul 01; 52(7):e365-e375. PMID: 38501933.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/1/2024
Bosch NA, Vail EA, Law AC, Homer-Bouthiette C, Walkey AJ, Moitra VK. Practice Patterns and Outcomes of Potassium Repletion Thresholds during Critical Illness. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Mar; 21(3):456-463. PMID: 38134433.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/9/2024
Rucci JM, Law AC, Bolesta S, Quinn EK, Garcia MA, Gajic O, Boman K, Yus S, Goodspeed VM, Kumar V, Kashyap R, Walkey AJ. Variation in Sedative and Analgesic Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Associated Outcomes. CHEST Crit Care. 2024 Mar; 2(1). PMID: 38576856.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2024
Shankar DA, Hawkins F, Alysandratos KD, Wilson KC, Walkey AJ, Bosch NA, Law AC. Uptake of Antifibrotics for Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 2016-2022. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Jan; 21(1):170-173. PMID: 37879035.
Read at: PubMed
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