Association of hepatitis C virus seropositivity with inflammatory markers and heart failure in persons with coronary heart disease: data from the Heart and Soul studyJudith I Tsui
Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Card Fail 15:451-6. 2009
..How hepatitis C virus (HCV) affects coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors and outcomes is largely unknown...
- Escitalopram is associated with reductions in pain severity and pain interference in opioid dependent patients with depressive symptoms
Judith I Tsui
Boston University School of Medicine Boston Medical Center, 801 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Pain 152:2640-4. 2011
..This study of opioid-dependent patients with depressive symptoms found that treatment with escitalopram was associated with clinically meaningful reductions in pain severity and pain interference during the first 3 months of therapy...
- Hepatitis C virus infection is associated with painful symptoms in HIV-infected adults
Judith I Tsui
Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
AIDS Care 24:820-7. 2012
..Research is needed to explore the association between HCV infection and pain, and to determine whether HCV treatment is an effective intervention...
- Sociodemographic trends in national ambulatory care visits for hepatitis C virus infection
Judith I Tsui
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine Boston Medical Center, 801 Massachusetts Ave, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Dig Dis Sci 54:2694-8. 2009
..86) and patients on Medicaid vs. non-Medicaid (3.49; 1.79-6.80). Our results show that HCV-associated ambulatory care visits are increasing, with a greater proportion of visits occurring among non-white patients and Medicaid recipients...
- Chronic pain and hepatitis C virus infection in opioid dependent injection drug users
Judith I Tsui
Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Addict Dis 30:91-7. 2011
..34; 95% confidence interval=0.06 to 4.62; p=0.04). Hepatitis C may be a cause for chronic pain and discomfort intolerance that is overlooked among injection drug users dependent on opioids...
Association of hepatitis C seropositivity with increased risk for developing end-stage renal diseaseJudith I Tsui
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco General Hospital, CA 94124, USA
Arch Intern Med 167:1271-6. 2007
..We undertook this study to determine whether having a positive HCV test result was associated with an increased risk for developing treated end-stage renal disease (ESRD)...
- Prevalence and long-term effects of occult hepatitis B virus infection in HIV-infected women
Judith I Tsui
Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Clin Infect Dis 45:736-40. 2007
..CD4 cell counts of <200 cells/mm3 were more common among occult HBV-infected women than among those without occult HBV infection. Aminotransferase levels did not appear to be associated with being positive for HBV DNA...
- Risk behaviors after hepatitis C virus seroconversion in young injection drug users in San Francisco
Judith I Tsui
Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 105:160-3. 2009
..This study prospectively examined young injection drug users (IDU) to determine if behaviors changed after they were made aware of HCV seroconversion...
