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Gastroesophageal reflux symptoms are not sufficient to guide esophageal function testing in lung transplant candidates.
(Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases
of the Esophagus, 2018-05)
Gastroesophageal reflux disease and esophageal dysmotility are prevalent in patients
with advanced lung disease and are associated with graft dysfunction following lung
transplantation. As a result, many transplant centers ...
Potential Cost-effectiveness of Early Identification of Hospital-acquired Infection in Critically Ill Patients.
(Ann Am Thorac Soc, 2016-03)
RATIONALE: Limitations in methods for the rapid diagnosis of hospital-acquired infections
often delay initiation of effective antimicrobial therapy. New diagnostic approaches
offer potential clinical and cost-related improvements ...
Polymorphisms in Fibronectin Binding Proteins A and B among Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Isolates Are Not Associated with Arthroplasty Infection.
(PLoS One, 2015)
BACKGROUND: Nonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in fibronectin binding
protein A (fnbA) of Staphylococcus aureus are associated with cardiac device infections.
However, the role of fnbA SNPs in S. aureus ...
Steps to Health employee weight management randomized control trial: short-term follow-up results.
(J Occup Environ Med, 2015-02)
OBJECTIVE: To present the short-term follow-up findings of the Steps to Health study,
a randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of two employee weight management
programs offered within Duke University and the Health ...
Nurse-led behavioral management of diabetes and hypertension in community practices: a randomized trial.
(J Gen Intern Med, 2015-05)
BACKGROUND: Several trials have demonstrated the efficacy of nurse telephone case
management for diabetes (DM) and hypertension (HTN) in academic or vertically integrated
systems. Little is known about the real-world potency ...
Persistent high serum bicarbonate and the risk of heart failure in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD): A report from the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) study.
(Journal of the American Heart Association, 2015-04-20)
Serum bicarbonate varies over time in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, and this
variability may portend poor cardiovascular outcomes. The aim of this study was to
conduct a time-updated longitudinal analysis to evaluate ...
Genome-wide association study of perioperative myocardial infarction after coronary artery bypass surgery.
(BMJ Open, 2015-05-06)
OBJECTIVES: Identification of patient subpopulations susceptible to develop myocardial
infarction (MI) or, conversely, those displaying either intrinsic cardioprotective
phenotypes or highly responsive to protective interventions ...
Renal systems biology of patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome.
(Kidney Int, 2015-10)
A systems biology approach was used to comprehensively examine the impact of renal
disease and hemodialysis (HD) on patient response during critical illness. To achieve
this, we examined the metabolome, proteome, ...
Torsemide versus furosemide in heart failure patients: insights from Duke University Hospital.
(J Cardiovasc Pharmacol, 2015-05)
Furosemide has historically been the primary loop diuretic in heart failure patients
despite data suggesting potential advantages with torsemide. We used the Duke Echocardiography
Lab Database to investigate patients admitted ...
Relief and Recurrence of Congestion During and After Hospitalization for Acute Heart Failure: Insights From Diuretic Optimization Strategy Evaluation in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (DOSE-AHF) and Cardiorenal Rescue Study in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (CARESS-HF).
(Circ Heart Fail, 2015-07)
BACKGROUND: Congestion is the most frequent cause for hospitalization in acute decompensated
heart failure. Although decongestion is a major goal of acute therapy, it is unclear
how the clinical components of congestion ...