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Publikováno v:
Journal of Asthma. 49:178-183
Racial/ethnic disparities have been well documented in asthma. While socioeconomic status (SES) has been repeatedly implicated as a root cause, the role of limited health literacy has not been extensively studied. The purpose of this study was to exa
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Malcolm R. Sears, James E. Gern, Kevin B. Weiss, Evalyn Grant, Jonathan M. Edelman, Molly Watkins, Steven S. Smugar, Neil W. Johnston, Gang Jia, Craig A. Jones
Publikováno v:
Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. 105:174-181
Background Pediatric asthma hospitalizations peak in early autumn. Objective To determine the effectiveness of montelukast therapy in reducing the asthma burden in children when initiated prophylactically on school return. Methods This was a randomiz
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Christopher S. Lyttle, Leslie C. Grammer, Linda G. Kimmel, Laura S. Sadowski, Jennifer B. Pedicano, Lisa K. Sharp, Kevin B. Weiss, Laura M. Curtis, Catherine D. Catrambone
Publikováno v:
Journal of Asthma. 47:491-495
Urban minority populations experience increased rates of obesity and increased asthma prevalence and severity. Objective. The authors sought to determine whether obesity, as measured by body mass index (BMI), was associated with asthma quality of lif
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Laura M. Curtis, Laura S. Sadowski, Kevin B. Weiss, Leslie C. Grammer, Lori Weiselberg, Madeleine U. Shalowitz, Linda G. Kimmel, Christopher S. Lyttle, Rajesh Kumar, Romina Kee, Lisa K. Sharp, Catherine D. Catrambone, Arthur T. Evans, John J. Shannon, Jon M. Miller
Publikováno v:
Contemporary Clinical Trials. 30:246-255
Since the early 1990s, asthma burden has been recognized as a national public health concern in the United States [1]. The asthma burden has disproportionately affected persons of certain racial/ethnic backgrounds, principally African Americans [2] a
Publikováno v:
The American Journal of Medicine. 121:1008-1014
Purpose To examine the association of obesity, peripheral neuropathy, and other risk factors with the Charcot arthropathy incidence rate in a large diabetic population. Methods The Department of Veterans Affairs inpatient and outpatient administrativ
Publikováno v:
Chest. 134:38-45
Background Studies indicate that not all physicians in clinical practice use spirometry routinely in the diagnosis of COPD. Understanding the patterns of spirometry use across geographic regions in patients with newly diagnosed COPD may help to ident
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Kevin B. Weiss, Catherine D. Catrambone, James Walter, Michael F. McDermott, Richard O. Lenhardt
Publikováno v:
Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. 100:237-243
Background Patients with asthma who require emergency department (ED) care are burdened with asthma symptoms, are at risk for hospitalization, and use expensive resources. Objective To examine whether an ED-based surveillance system that characterize
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Laura M. Curtis, Kevin B. Weiss, Ramon Durazo-Arvizu, John J. Shannon, Laura S. Sadowski, Lisa K. Sharp, Giselle Mosnaim, Madeleine U. Shalowitz
Publikováno v:
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 120:1160-1165
Many Hispanics in the United States have limited English proficiency and prefer communicating in Spanish. Language barriers are known to adversely affect health care quality and outcomes.We explored the relationship between parent language preference
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Kevin B. Weiss, Alan Schwartz, Frances M. Weaver, Gordon D. Schiff, Julie H. Goldberg, Rachel Yudkowsky, Saul J. Weiner
Publikováno v:
Medical Decision Making. 27:726-734
Objectives. Clinical decision making requires 2 distinct cognitive skills: the ability to classify patients' conditions into diagnostic and management categories that permit the application of research evidence and the ability to individualize or—m
Publikováno v:
Journal of General Internal Medicine. 22:1560-1565
Exacerbations are important disease events for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as they are relatively frequent, result in significant resource use and can indicate worsening disease. Little is known about variation in COPD