Alan N Peiris

Summary

Affiliation: East Tennessee State University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Testing for vitamin D deficiency in veterans-is there a seasonal bias?
    Alan N Peiris
    Mountain Home VAMC, Mountain Home, TN 37684, USA
    J Am Med Dir Assoc 11:128-31. 2010
  2. ncbi Are 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels adequately monitored following evidence of vitamin D insufficiency in veterans?
    Alan N Peiris
    Medical Service 111, VA Medical Center, Mountain Home, TN 37684, USA
    Mil Med 175:453-6. 2010
  3. ncbi The relationship of vitamin D deficiency to health care costs in veterans
    Alan N Peiris
    Mountain Home VAMC, Medicine Service 111, Mountain Home, TN 37684, USA
    Mil Med 173:1214-8. 2008
  4. ncbi Vitamin D deficiency: an increasing concern in peripheral arterial disease
    Vamsi C Gaddipati
    East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37684, USA
    J Am Med Dir Assoc 11:308-11. 2010
  5. ncbi Relationship between vitamin D status and ICU outcomes in veterans
    Jason D McKinney
    Mountain Home VAMC, Mountain Home, TN 37684, USA
    J Am Med Dir Assoc 12:208-11. 2011
  6. ncbi Vitamin D deficiency: implications for acute care in the elderly and in patients with chronic illness
    Dima A Youssef
    Mountain Home VAMC Medicine Service, Mountain Home Department of Internal Medicine, James H Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37684, USA
    Geriatr Gerontol Int 11:395-407. 2011

Collaborators

  • Beth A Bailey
  • Reena Kuriacose
  • Dima A Youssef
  • Jason D McKinney
  • Vamsi C Gaddipati
  • Della C Cutchins
  • Adel M El Abbassi
  • Todd Manning
  • Prith Peiris
  • Shalini Chhabra
  • Linda H Garrett
  • Rebecca Copeland

Detail Information

Publications6

  1. ncbi Testing for vitamin D deficiency in veterans-is there a seasonal bias?
    Alan N Peiris
    Mountain Home VAMC, Mountain Home, TN 37684, USA
    J Am Med Dir Assoc 11:128-31. 2010
    ..The present study was undertaken to determine if a seasonal bias was present for vitamin D testing among Northeast Tennessee veterans, in whom vitamin D deficiency is common...
  2. ncbi Are 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels adequately monitored following evidence of vitamin D insufficiency in veterans?
    Alan N Peiris
    Medical Service 111, VA Medical Center, Mountain Home, TN 37684, USA
    Mil Med 175:453-6. 2010
    ..In the patients with follow-up 25(OH)D levels, 90% eventually achieved a serum level of 30 ng/mL or greater. Veterans with vitamin D insufficiency have inadequate serial monitoring of 25(OH)D concentrations...
  3. ncbi The relationship of vitamin D deficiency to health care costs in veterans
    Alan N Peiris
    Mountain Home VAMC, Medicine Service 111, Mountain Home, TN 37684, USA
    Mil Med 173:1214-8. 2008
    ..The serum level of vitamin D was also related to health care costs, although to a lesser extent. Vitamin D deficiency is closely linked to increased health care costs in veterans...
  4. ncbi Vitamin D deficiency: an increasing concern in peripheral arterial disease
    Vamsi C Gaddipati
    East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37684, USA
    J Am Med Dir Assoc 11:308-11. 2010
    ..This review tries to examine this entity...
  5. ncbi Relationship between vitamin D status and ICU outcomes in veterans
    Jason D McKinney
    Mountain Home VAMC, Mountain Home, TN 37684, USA
    J Am Med Dir Assoc 12:208-11. 2011
    ..Vitamin D has immunomodulating and antimicrobial properties through antimicrobial peptides such as cathelicidin...
  6. ncbi Vitamin D deficiency: implications for acute care in the elderly and in patients with chronic illness
    Dima A Youssef
    Mountain Home VAMC Medicine Service, Mountain Home Department of Internal Medicine, James H Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37684, USA
    Geriatr Gerontol Int 11:395-407. 2011
    ..In this review, we discuss the role of vitamin D deficiency and potential benefits in treating this deficiency focusing on the implications for managing acute illness in elderly patients and those with an underlying chronic illness...