Browsing Duke Faculty Articles by Subject "outcomes"

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Bayesian Learning in Sparse Graphical Factor Models via Variational Mean-Field Annealing

West, Mike (MICROTOME PUBL, 2010)

We describe a class of sparse latent factor models, called graphical factor models (GFMs), and relevant sparse learning algorithms for posterior mode estimation. Linear, Gaussian GFMs have sparse, orthogonal factor loadings ...
Communication Practices in Physician Decision-Making for an Unstable Critically Ill Patient with End-Stage Cancer

Alexander, Stewart; Garrigues, Sarah K. (MARY ANN LIEBERT INC, 2010)

Background: Shared decision-making has become the standard of care for most medical treatments. However, little is known about physician communication practices in the decision making for unstable critically ill patients ...
Hand Hygiene Noncompliance and the Cost of Hospital-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection

Cummings, Keith L.; Anderson, Deverick (UNIV CHICAGO PRESS, 2010)

BACKGROUND. Hand hygiene noncompliance is a major cause of nosocomial infection. Nosocomial infection cost data exist, but the effect of hand hygiene noncompliance is unknown. OBJECTIVE. To estimate methicillin-resistant ...
Hodgkin lymphoma treatment with ABVD in the US and the EU: neutropenia occurrence and impaired chemotherapy delivery

Culakova, Eva; Lyman, Gary (BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, 2010)

Background: In newly diagnosed patients with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) the effect of doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine and dacarbazine (ABVD)-related neutropenia on chemotherapy delivery is poorly documented. The aim of this ...
Prenatal Protease Inhibitor Use and Risk of Preterm Birth among HIV-Infected Women Initiating Antiretroviral Drugs during Pregnancy

Livingston, Elizabeth (UNIV CHICAGO PRESS, 2010)

Background. Conflicting results have been reported among studies of protease inhibitor (PI) use during pregnancy and preterm birth. Uncontrolled confounding by indication may explain some of the differences among studies. ...
Prospective Surveillance for Invasive Fungal Infections in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients, 2001-2006: Overview of the Transplant-Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET) Database

Alexander, Barbara (UNIV CHICAGO PRESS, 2010)

Background. The incidence and epidemiology of invasive fungal infections (IFIs), a leading cause of death among hematopoeitic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients, are derived mainly from single-institution retrospective ...