• Providing Quantitative Information and a Nudge to Undergo Stool Testing in a Colorectal Cancer Screening Decision Aid: A Randomized Clinical Trial 

  Schwartz, Peter H.; Perkins, Susan M.; Schmidt, Karen K.; Muriello, Paul F.; Althouse, Sandra; Rawl, Susan M. (SAGE, 2017-08-01)

  Background. Guidelines recommend that patient decision aids should provide quantitative information about probabilities of potential outcomes, but the impact of this information is unknown. Behavioral economics suggests ...
• Design, recruitment outcomes, and sample characteristics of the Strategies for Prescribing Analgesics Comparative Effectiveness (SPACE) trial 

  Krebs, Erin E.; Jensen, Agnes C.; Nugent, Sean; DeRonne, Beth; Rutks, Indulis; Leverty, David; Gravely, Amy; Noorbaloochi, Siamak; Bair, Matthew J.; Kroenke, Kurt (Elsevier, 2017-11)

  This manuscript describes the study protocol, recruitment outcomes, and baseline participant characteristics for the Strategies for Prescribing Analgesics Comparative Effectiveness (SPACE) trial. SPACE is a pragmatic ...
• The Role of TGFβ in Bone-Muscle Crosstalk 

  Regan, Jenna N.; Trivedi, Trupti; Guise, Theresa A.; Waning, David L. (Springer, 2017-02)

  Purpose of Review The role of bone-derived factors in regulation of skeletal muscle function is an important emerging aspect of research into bone-muscle crosstalk. Implications for this area of research are far reaching ...
• Tobacco and alcohol as risk factors for pancreatic cancer 

  Korc, Murray; Jeon, Christie Y.; Edderkaoui, Mouad; Pandol, Stephen J.; Petrov, Maxim S. (Elsevier, 2017)

  Pancreatic cancer is projected to become the leading cause of cancer deaths by 2050. The risk for pancreatic cancer may be reduced by up to 27% by modifying lifestyle risk factors, most notably tobacco smoking. Based on ...
• Genetic diseases resulting from disordered FGF23/klotho biology 

  Econs, Michael J. (Elsevier, 2017-07)
• Causes of hospital admission in β-thalassemia (CHAT) in Lebanon from 1995 to 2015: A pilot retrospective study from a tertiary care center 

  Saliba, Antoine N.; Moukhadder, Hassan M.; Harb, Afif; Beydoun, Hassan; Bou-Fakhredin, Rayan; Taher, Ali T. (Wiley, 2017)
• Performance Characteristics of Vibration-Controlled Transient Elastography for Evaluation of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease 

  Vuppalanchi, Raj; Siddiqui, Mohammad S.; Van Natta, Mark L.; Hallinan, Erin; Brandman, Danielle; Kowdley, Kris; Neuschwander-Tetri, Brent A.; Loomba, Rohit; Dasarathy, Srinivas; Abdelmalek, Manal; Doo, Edward; Tonascia, James A.; Kleiner, David E.; Sanyal, Arun J.; Chalasani, Naga (Wiley, 2017)

  Background: Vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE) estimates liver stiffness measurement (LSM) and controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) which are noninvasive assessments of hepatic fibrosis and steatosis ...
• Effect of Etelcalcetide vs Cinacalcet on Serum Parathyroid Hormone in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis With Secondary Hyperparathyroidism A Randomized Clinical Trial 

  Block, Geoffrey A.; Bushinsky, David A.; Cheng, Sunfa; Cunningham, John; Dehmel, Bastian; Drueke, Tilman B.; Ketteler, Markus; Kewalramani, Reshma; Martin, Kevin J.; Moe, Sharon M.; Patel, Uptal D.; Silver, Justin; Sun, Yan; Wang, Hao; Chertow, Glenn M. (AMA, 2017-01)

  Importance Secondary hyperparathyroidism contributes to extraskeletal calcification and is associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Control is suboptimal in the majority of patients receiving hemodialysis. ...
• Effect of Etelcalcetide vs Placebo on Serum Parathyroid Hormone in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis With Secondary Hyperparathyroidism 

  Block, Geoffrey A.; Bushinsky, David A.; Cunningham, John; Drueke, Tilman B.; Ketteler, Markus; Kewalramani, Reshma; Martin, Kevin J.; Mix, Christian; Moe, Sharon M.; Patel, Uptal D.; Silver, Justin; Spiegel, David M.; Sterling, Lulu; Walsh, Liron; Chertow, Glenn M. (AMA, 2017-01)

  Importance Secondary hyperparathyroidism contributes to extraskeletal complications in chronic kidney disease. Objective To evaluate the effect of the intravenous calcimimetic etelcalcetide on serum parathyroid hormone ...
• Religion and Spirituality in Surrogate Decision Making for Hospitalized Older Adults 

  Geros-Willfond, Kristin N.; Ivy, Steven S.; Montz, Kianna; Bohan, Sara E.; Torke, Alexia M. (Springer, 2016-06)

  We conducted semi-structured interviews with 46 surrogate decision makers for hospitalized older adults to characterize the role of spirituality and religion in decision making. Three themes emerged: (1) religion as a guide ...
• The Importance of Palliative Care for Dementia 

  Irwin, Scott A.; Shega, Joseph W.; Sachs, Greg A. (Elsevier, 2017)
• High yield of synchronous lesions in referred patients with large lateral spreading colorectal tumors 

  Bick, Benjamin L.; Ponugoti, Prasanna L.; Rex, Douglas K. (Elsevier, 2017-01)

  Background and Aims There are few data on the prevalence of synchronous colorectal lesions in patients who have large lateral spreading tumors (LLSTs). We sought to describe the rate of synchronous lesions found in ...
• Risk of cancer in small and diminutive colorectal polyps 

  Ponugoti, Prasanna L.; Cummings, Oscar W.; Rex, Douglas K. (Elsevier, 2017-01)

  The prevalence of cancer in small and diminutive polyps is relevant to “resect and discard” and CT colonography reporting recommendations. We evaluated a prospectively collected colonoscopy polyp database to identify ...
• Recommendations on Surveillance and Management of Biallelic Mismatch Repair Deficiency (BMMRD) Syndrome: A Consensus Statement by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer 

  Durno, Carol; Boland, C. Richard; Cohen, Shlomi; Dominitz, Jason A.; Giardiello, Frank M.; Johnson, David A.; Kaltenbach, Tonya; Levin, T. R.; Lieberman, David; Robertson, Douglas J.; Rex, Douglas K. (Elsevier, 2017-05)

  The US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer, with invited experts, developed a consensus statement and recommendations to assist health care providers with appropriate management of patients with biallelic mismatch ...
• Regional center for complex colonoscopy: yield of neoplasia in patients with prior incomplete colonoscopy 

  Bick, Benjamin L.; Vemulapalli, Krishna C.; Rex, Douglas K. (Elsevier, 2016-06)

  Background and Aims Incomplete colonoscopy increases the risk of incident proximal colon cancer postcolonoscopy. Incomplete colonoscopy is often followed by barium enema or CT colonography. We sought to describe the ...
• Yield of a second screening colonoscopy 10 years after an initial negative examination in average-risk individuals 

  Ponugoti, Prasanna L.; Rex, Douglas K. (Elsevier, 2017-01)

  Background and Aims Current guidelines recommend screening colonoscopy at 10-year intervals in average-risk individuals who had baseline screening colonoscopy (no polyps or only hyperplastic polyps ≤5 mm in the recto-sigmoid ...
• Narrow-band imaging versus white light for the detection of proximal colon serrated lesions: a randomized, controlled trial 

  Rex, Douglas K.; Clodfelter, Ryan; Rahmani, Farrah; Fatima, Hala; James-Stevenson, Toyia N.; Tang, John C.; Kim, Hak Nam; McHenry, Lee; Kahi, Charles J.; Rogers, Nicholas A.; Helper, Debra J.; Sagi, Sashidhar V.; Kessler, William R.; Wo, John M.; Fischer, Monika; Kwo, Paul Y. (Elsevier, 2016-01)

  Background The value of narrow-band imaging (NBI) for detecting serrated lesions is unknown. Objective To assess NBI for the detection of proximal colon serrated lesions. Design Randomized, controlled ...
• Recurrence rates after EMR of large sessile serrated polyps 

  Rex, Kevin D.; Vemulapalli, Krishna C.; Rex, Douglas K. (Elsevier, 2015-09)

  Background Little is known regarding the recurrence rate after EMR of large (≥20 mm) sessile serrated adenoma/polyps (SSA/Ps). Objective To compare the recurrence rate among SSA/Ps and conventional adenomas in ...
• How I Approach Retroflexion and Prevention of Right-Sided Colon Cancer Following Colonoscopy 

  Rex, Douglas K. (Nature, 2016)
• Pharmacotherapy for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease 

  Gawrieh, Samer; Chalasani, Naga (Thieme Publishing Group, 2015-08)

  Lifestyle modifications and optimization of the management of cardiometabolic comorbidities are currently the mainstay of treatment for patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Pharmacotherapy to halt or reverse ...

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