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Group B streptococcal colonization and the risk of pre-eclampsiaZ D Mulla
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Paul L Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USA
Epidemiol Infect 141:1089-98. 2013..69, 95% CI 0.66-0.72) in Texas. In two large statewide analyses, GBS carriage was inversely associated with pre-eclampsia. A sensitivity analysis revealed that misclassification of GBS status is not a likely explanation of our findings...- Fetal sex pairing and adverse perinatal outcomes in twin gestationsZuber D Mulla
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Paul L Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, El Paso, TX 79905, USA
Ann Epidemiol 23:7-12. 2013..To assess the association between fetal sex pairing in twin pregnancies and adverse perinatal and infant outcomes... 
Elevated antiphospholipid antibody titers and adverse pregnancy outcomes: analysis of a population-based hospital datasetJames Nodler
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 9:11. 2009....- Outcomes of patients hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure: does nesiritide make a difference?Richard J Carroll
1Adventist Health System, LaGrange, Illinois, USA
BMC Cardiovasc Disord 7:37. 2007..Our goal was to evaluate the impact of nesiritide treatment on four outcomes among adults hospitalized for congestive heart failure (CHF) during a three-year period... - Correlates of length of stay, cost of care, and mortality among patients hospitalized for necrotizing fasciitisZ D Mulla
Division of Epidemiology, University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston, El Paso, TX 79905, USA
Epidemiol Infect 135:868-76. 2007..39, P=0.04). Age > or =44 years was the most powerful predictor of prolonged LOS, elevated TC, and an increased risk of hospital mortality in patients suffering from NF... 
Descriptive and clinical epidemiology of preeclampsia and eclampsia in FloridaZuber D Mulla
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, El Paso, Texas 79905, USA
Ethn Dis 17:736-41. 2007..To calculate preeclampsia/eclampsia rates for Florida and identify risk factors for prolonged length of stay (PLOS) among women hospitalized throughout Florida for preeclampsia/eclampsia and discharged in 2001...- Clinical and epidemiologic features of invasive group A streptococcal infections in childrenZuber D Mulla
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79905, USA
Pediatr Int 49:355-8. 2007..The objective of this study was to describe the clinical and epidemiologic features of children hospitalized for IGASI in Florida, USA, during a 4-year period... - Hospitalizations for anaphylaxis in Florida: epidemiologic analysis of a population-based datasetZuber D Mulla
Division of Epidemiology, The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston, Tex, USA
Int Arch Allergy Immunol 144:128-36. 2007..Previous epidemiologic studies of anaphylaxis have been single-institution investigations. The objective of this study was to determine the annual hospital discharge rate and risk factors for anaphylaxis outcomes throughout Florida... - Multiple imputation for missing laboratory data: an example from infectious disease epidemiologyZuber D Mulla
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Paul L Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 4800 Alberta Ave, El Paso, TX 79905, USA
Ann Epidemiol 19:908-14. 2009..To present multiple imputation (MI) as an appropriate method to address missing values for a laboratory parameter (serum albumin) in an epidemiologic study... - Risk factors for a prolonged length of stay in women hospitalized for preeclampsia in TexasZuber D Mulla
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas 79905, USA
Hypertens Pregnancy 29:54-68. 2010..To identify correlates of a prolonged length of stay (PLOS) in women hospitalized for preeclampsia/eclampsia in Texas, USA... - Anaphylaxis in the obstetric patient: analysis of a statewide hospital discharge databaseZuber D Mulla
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Paul L Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas 79905, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 104:55-9. 2010..Previous reports of anaphylaxis during pregnancy typically have involved single institutions and a few cases... - Spline regression in clinical researchZ D Mulla
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine at El Paso, 4800 Alberta Ave, El Paso, Texas 79905, USA
West Indian Med J 56:77-9. 2007..Spline regression was used to assess the dose-response association between serum albumin and hospital mortality... - Hospitalizations of children and young adults from peanut-induced anaphylaxis in TexasZuber D Mulla
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Paul L Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX, USA
South Med J 104:322-4. 2011.... - Hospitalizations for pelvic inflammatory disease in Texas. A population-based analysisBrandon J Miller
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Paul L Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, Texas 79905, USA
J Reprod Med 55:367-72. 2010..To calculate pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) hospitalization rates for Texas and identify risk factors for prolonged length of stay (PLOS) among women hospitalized for PID throughout Texas and discharged during a 2-year period... - Invasive group A streptococcal disease and intensive care unit admissionsZuber D Mulla
Epidemiology Discipline, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, El Paso, Texas 79902, USA
Intensive Care Med 28:1822-4. 2002..To determine the clinical epidemiology of invasive group A streptococcal disease (IGASD) and identify predictors of admissions into an intensive care unit (ICU)... - Gastrointestinal symptomatology as a predictor of severe outcomes of invasive group A streptococcal infectionsO M Khateeb
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Paul L Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USA
Epidemiol Infect 138:534-41. 2010..Clinicians who are treating young individuals presumed to be in the early stages of invasive GAS disease should take note of GI symptoms and remain vigilant for the development of a GAS necrotizing soft-tissue infection... - Health insurance and the development of diabetic complicationsNina E Flavin
Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USA
South Med J 102:805-9. 2009..The objective of this study was to determine if there is an association between health insurance status and the outcome of complications among a group of diabetic patients admitted to a teaching hospital on the Texas-Mexico border... - Invasive group A streptococcal disease: race, hypotension, and immunogeneticsZuber D Mulla
Division of Epidemiology and Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston, El Paso, Texas 79902, USA
Ethn Dis 15:S5-63-6. 2005..To determine if there was an association between race and the incidence of hypotension among patients hospitalized for invasive group A streptococcal disease (IGASD)... - Prevalence of gestational fasting and postload single dysglycemia in Mexican-American women and their relative significance in identifying carbohydrate intoleranceRamaswami Kalamegham
Department of Pathology, Paul L Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas 79905, USA
Am J Perinatol 27:697-704. 2010..Isolated dysglycemia, similar to GDM, is prevalent in Mexican-American women. The minimal impact of 3-hour PG supports a 2-hour OGTT. But our results question the use of an "OGTT protocol without a first-hour specimen.".. - Coccidioidomycosis infection in a predominantly Hispanic populationMiguel Angel Pena Ruiz
Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 4801 Alberta Ave, El Paso, TX 79905, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1111:122-8. 2007..05). Coccidioiomycosis is not as frequent in El Paso, and for that matter in Texas, as in other states, but still has to be taken into consideration both in HIV and in diabetic patients... - Blunt trauma as a risk factor for group A streptococcal necrotizing fasciitisZiyad B Nuwayhid
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79905, USA
Ann Epidemiol 17:878-81. 2007..We conducted two case-control studies to determine whether nonpenetrating trauma is a risk factor for either NF or severe cellulitis caused by GAS... - A case-control study of asthma and ovarian cancerWafic M ElMasri
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Paul L Foster School of Medicine, El Paso, Texas Cancer Research Training Award Fellow, National Cancer Institute NIH NCI, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Arch Environ Occup Health 65:101-5. 2010..62, 95% CI: 0.45-0.87, p = .005). The results of this statewide exploratory study suggest that individuals with asthma may have a lower risk of developing ovarian cancer than nonasthmatics... - Season of birth and the risk of uveal melanomaZuber D Mulla
Paul L Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 16:74-7. 2009..To determine whether the risk of choroid and ciliary body melanoma varies according to season of birth... - Treatment options in the management of necrotising fasciitis caused by Group A StreptococcusZuber D Mulla
University of Texas Houston School of Public Health, 1100 North Stanton Street, Suite 110, El Paso, TX 79902, USA
Expert Opin Pharmacother 5:1695-700. 2004..Intravenous immunoglobulin appears to be a promising adjunctive therapy in the management of GAS NF. Consultations with surgeons and infectious disease specialists are imperative... - Iron deficiency and Helicobacter pylori infection in the United StatesVictor M Cardenas
Division of Epidemiology, University of Texas School of Public Health, El Paso, USA
Am J Epidemiol 163:127-34. 2006..4, 95% CI: 0.9, 2.0) after controlling for relevant covariates. In the United States, H. pylori infection was associated with iron deficiency/IDA regardless of the presence or absence of peptic ulcer disease... - Epidemiology of invasive group a streptococcal infection in the United StatesZuber D Mulla
Clin Infect Dis 46:482-3. 2008 - Hospitalizations for anaphylaxis in Florida: analysis of month of dischargeMichael R Simon
Int Arch Allergy Immunol 146:89-90. 2008 - Invasive group A Streptococcus diseaseZuber D Mulla
Clin Infect Dis 35:1453. 2002 - Comment on Fox et al's presentation of two invasive group A streptococcal (GAS) infectionsZuber D Mulla
J Emerg Med 24:473-4. 2003 - Invasive group A streptococcal infections in FloridaZuber D Mulla
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
South Med J 96:968-73. 2003..Several previous studies of invasive Group A streptococcal (GAS) disease have been hindered by small sample sizes (< or = 100 patients) and limited generalizability... - Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and hypotension among patients hospitalized for invasive Group A streptococcal diseaseZuber D Mulla
Ann Epidemiol 13:543-4. 2003 - Group A streptococcal infections in long-term care facilitiesZuber D Mulla
Am J Infect Control 33:375-6. 2005 - Group A streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis: reducing the risk of unwarranted litigationZuber D Mulla
Am J Emerg Med 23:578-9. 2005 - Group A streptococcal pneumoniaZuber D Mulla
Arch Intern Med 163:2101; author reply 2101-2. 2003 - Hospitalization for nontraumatic disorders of the eye and ocular adnexa: analysis of the Florida agency for health care administration data setZuber D Mulla
Discipline of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, El Paso Regional Campus, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA
Arch Ophthalmol 122:262-6. 2004..An opportunity exists to improve hospital efficiency and improve eye care by targeting the patients at highest risk for prolonged hospital stay... - Mortality associated with nesiritideRichard J Carroll
Am Heart J 153:e43; author reply e45. 2007 - Clinical pathway care improves outcomes among patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumoniaLoran D Hauck
Adventist Health System, Orlando, FL, USA
Ann Epidemiol 14:669-75. 2004..20; 95% CI, 0.12-0.33). CONCLUSIONS: Patients who were placed on pneumonia clinical pathway care were much more likely than non-pathway patients to have favorable outcomes of care... - A report of a breast cancer cluster among employees of an elementary schoolZuber D Mulla
Breast J 11:162-3. 2005 - Therapies for necrotising fasciitisMichael H Young
St Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, USA
Expert Opin Biol Ther 6:155-65. 2006.... - Comments regarding "pain and a purple lesion"David M Aronoff
Am J Med 120:e15; author reply e17. 2007 - Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and group A streptococcal infectionDavid M Aronoff
Emerg Infect Dis 12:1291. 2006