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Keogh KA, Dolin P, Kielar D, Shavit A, Rowell J, Edmonds C, Meyers J, Esterberg E, Nham T, Chen SY. Pulmonary and cardiovascular involvement and persistent damage in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis: a retrospective analysis of US health insurance claims data. Poster presented at the CHEST 2024; October 9, 2024. Boston, MA. [abstract] Chest. 2024 Oct; 166(4, Suppl):A5373-A57.

Ayad M, Karanth S, Patel B. A quality improvement initiative to determine the outcomes of creating an automated repeat lactate order in sepsis patients with lactate levels greater than or equal 2 mmol/l. Poster presented at the CHEST 2018 Annual Meeting; October 2018. [abstract] Chest. 2018 Oct; 154(4):321A. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.08.294

Calderwood MS, Kawai AT, Jin R, Lee GM. Centers for medicare and medicaid services hospital-acquired conditions policy for central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and cather-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) shows minimal impact on hospital reimbursement. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Aug;39(8):897-901. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.137

Simou E, Leonardi-Bee J, Britton J. The effect of alcohol consumption on the risk of ARDS: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Chest. 2018 Jul;154(1):58-68. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.11.041

Hsu HE, Kawai AT, Wang R, Jentzsch MS, Rhee C, Horan K, Jin R, Goldmann D, Lee GM. The impact of the Medicaid healthcare-associated condition program on mediastinitis following coronary artery bypass graft. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Jun;39(6):694-700. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.69

Sanchez-de-la-Torre A, Soler X, Barbe F, Flores M, Maisel A, Malhotra A, Rue M, Bertran S, Aldoma A, Worner F, Valls J, Lee CH, Turino C, Galera E, De Batlle J, Sanchez-de-la-Torre M, Spanish Sleep Network. Cardiac troponin levels in patients with acute coronary syndrome and sleep apnea: a pilot study. Chest. 2018 Feb;153(2):329-38. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.06.046

Donohue J, Ganapathy V, Davenport E, Nelson L, Zhao X. COPD-related hospitalizations associated with arformoterol tartrate treatment among patients receiving concomitant tiotropium (TIO) therapy: post hoc analyses from a 52-week randomized, controlled study. Poster presented at the CHEST 2016 Annual Meeting; October 24, 2016. Los Angeles, CA. [abstract] Chest. 2016 Oct; 150(4_S). doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.08.990

Calderwood MS, Vaz LE, Tse Kawai A, Jin R, Rett MD, Grant PS, Lee GM. Impact of hospital operating margin on central line-associated bloodstream infections following Medicare's hospital-acquired conditions payment policy. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Jan;37(1):100-3. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.250

Olsen MA, Nickel KB, Fox IK, Margenthaler JA, Ball KE, Mines D, Wallace AE, Fraser VJ. Incidence of surgical site infection following mastectomy with and without immediate reconstruction using private insurer claims data. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Aug;36(8):907-14. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.108

Kawai AT, Calderwood MS, Jin R, Soumerai SB, Vaz LE, Goldmann D, Lee GM. Impact of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services hospital-acquired conditions policy on billing rates for 2 targeted healthcare-associated infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Aug;36(8):871-7. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.86

Vaz LE, Kleinman KP, Kawai AT, Jin R, Kassler WJ, Grant PS, Rett MD, Goldmann DA, Calderwood MS, Soumerai SB, Lee GM. Impact of Medicare's Hospital-Acquired Condition policy on infections in safety net and non-safety net hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Jun;36(6):649-55. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.38.

Olsen MA, Nickel KB, Wallace AE, Mines D, Fraser VJ, Warren DK. Stratification of surgical site infection by operative factors and comparison of infection rates after hernia repair. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Mar;36(3):329-35. doi: 10.1017/ice.2014.44

Warren DK, Nickel KB, Wallace AE, Mines D, Fraser VJ, Olsen MA. Can additional information be obtained from claims data to support surgical site infection diagnosis codes? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Oct;35(S3):S124-32. doi: 10.1086/677830

Wong-Sefidan I, Byrtek M, Zhou X, Dawson K, Friedberg J, Flowers CR, Zelenetz A, Reid E. Non-clinical factors drive imaging patterns after induction therapy of follicular lymphoma (FL): report from the National LymphoCare Study (NLCS). Poster presented at the 2013 12th International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma; June 2013. Lugano, Switzerland. [abstract] Hematol Oncol. 2013 Jun 17; 31(S1):255.

Chirila C, Earnshaw SR, Black L, McDade CL, Roskell NS, Shannon PR, Montorsi F, Andriole GL. Economic analysis: randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial of dutasteride in men at high risk for prostate cancer. J Cancer Sci Ther. 2011;S3(004). doi: 10.4172/1948-5956.S3-004

Rodriguez E, Ferrer J, Marti S, Zock JP, Plana E, Morell F. Impact of occupational exposure on severity of COPD. Chest. 2008 Dec;134(6):1237-43.

Massanari M, Sacco P, Kianifard F, Maykut R, Zeldin R. Addition of omalizumab improved measures of impairment associated with moderate-severe persistent asthma. Poster presented at the American College of Chest Physicians; October 2008. Philadelphia, PA. [abstract] Chest. 134(4_MeetingAbstracts):95001.

Nathan RA, Yancey SW, Waitkus-Edwards K, Prillaman BA, Stauffer JL, Philpot E, Dorinsky PM, Nelson HS. Fluticasone propionate nasal spray is superior to montelukast for allergic rhinitis while neither affects overall asthma control. Chest. 2005 Oct;128(4):1910-20. doi: 10.1378/chest.128.4.1910

Johannes CB, Schneider GA, Dube TJ, Alfredson TD, Davis KJ, Walker AM. The risk of nonvertebral fracture related to inhaled corticosteroid exposure among adults with chronic respiratory disease. Chest. 2005 Jan 1;127(1):89-97.