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| David HymanSummaryAffiliation: Baylor College of Medicine Country: USA Publications
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Self-reported hypertension treatment practices among primary care physicians: blood pressure thresholds, drug choices, and the role of guidelines and evidence-based medicineD J Hyman
Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
Arch Intern Med 160:2281-6. 2000..Awareness of and agreement with national hypertension management guidelines, and grounding in evidence-based medicine principles, may be important determinants of practice...- Characteristics of patients with uncontrolled hypertension in the United StatesD J Hyman
Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
N Engl J Med 345:479-86. 2001..Treatment of hypertension is one of the most common clinical responsibilities of U.S. physicians, yet only one fourth of patients with hypertension have their blood pressure adequately controlled... - Poor hypertension control: let's stop blaming the patientsDavid J Hyman
Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex, USA
Cleve Clin J Med 69:793-9. 2002..Hypertension control is unlikely to improve unless physicians become more aggressive in treating mildly elevated systolic blood pressure... - Uncontrolled hypertension as a risk for coronary artery disease: patient characteristics and the role of physician interventionDavid J Hyman
Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Ben Taub Hospital, 1504 Taub Loop, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Curr Atheroscler Rep 5:131-8. 2003..Physician inaction toward elevated systolic blood pressure may be due to a reluctance to prescribe multiple drugs and/or lack of belief in the benefits of aggressive treatment to lower systolic blood pressure below 140 mm Hg... - Simultaneous vs sequential counseling for multiple behavior changeDavid J Hyman
Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77098, USA
Arch Intern Med 167:1152-8. 2007..Research has provided little information on the most effective ways to approach multiple behavior change counseling in clinical settings... - Hepatocellular cancer: a guide for the internistSameer Parikh
Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex, USA
Am J Med 120:194-202. 2007..The aim of this review is to familiarize internists in screening, diagnosis, and referral of patients with hepatocellular cancer in an appropriate and timely fashion... - Association of a culturally defined syndrome (nervios) with chest pain and DSM-IV affective disorders in Hispanic patients referred for cardiac stress testingValory N Pavlik
Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Houston, Texas 77098 3926, USA
Ethn Dis 14:505-14. 2004.... - Cardiovascular risk factors and cognitive function in adults 30-59 years of age (NHANES III)Valory N Pavlik
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77098, USA
Neuroepidemiology 24:42-50. 2005..101). We conclude that HTN in combination with DM is associated with detectable cognitive decrements in persons under age 60... - How well are we managing and monitoring high blood pressure?Valory N Pavlik
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 12:299-304. 2003.... - Relation between cognitive function and mortality in middle-aged adults: the atherosclerosis risk in communities studyValory N Pavlik
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77005, USA
Am J Epidemiol 157:327-34. 2003..97; hazard ratio 7-point DSST score increment = 0.86, 95% confidence interval: 0.80, 0.93). Cognitive function measured in middle age appears to have prognostic importance for life expectancy similar to that reported in elderly adults... - Does reducing physician uncertainty improve hypertension control?: rationale and methodsValory N Pavlik
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex 77098, USA
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2:257-63. 2009..This trial will provide data on the extent to which available technologies not widely used in primary care will change physician prescribing behavior and patient adherence to prescribed treatment... - Blood pressure control in the elderly: can you have too much of a good thing?David J Hyman
Department of Medicine, Ben Taub General Hospital, 1504 Taub Loop, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Curr Hypertens Rep 11:337-42. 2009.... - Hematochezia in the young patient: a review of health-seeking behavior, physician attitudes, and controversies in managementRashid Khan
Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, BCM Mailstop 285, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Dig Dis Sci 55:233-9. 2010..In this review, the value of clinical symptoms and the underlying risk of CRC in guiding this clinical decision will be discussed...
Research Grants
- Physician Uncertainty Reduction for Hypertension ControlDavid Hyman; Fiscal Year: 2007..The research team has collaborated with both health systems in previous studies, and is experienced in conducting hypertension control and behavioral intervention studies in the target population. ..
- Lifestyle Adherence in High CVD Risk African-AmericansDavid Hyman; Fiscal Year: 2004....
- Physician Uncertainty Reduction for Hypertension ControlDavid J Hyman; Fiscal Year: 2011..The research team has collaborated with both health systems in previous studies, and is experienced in conducting hypertension control and behavioral intervention studies in the target population. ..