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| Brydon J B GrantSummaryAffiliation: University at Buffalo Country: USA Publications
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Association between anemia and quality of life in a population sample of individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseGokul Krishnan
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA
BMC Pulm Med 6:23. 2006..However, there is little evidence regarding the association of anemia with HRQL in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...- Post-graduation migration intentions of students of Lebanese medical schools: a survey studyElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, NY, USA
BMC Public Health 8:191. 2008..Given that residency training abroad is a critical step in the migration of physicians, the objective of this study was to survey students of Lebanese medical schools about their intentions to train abroad and their post training plans... 
Relation between lung function and RBC distribution width in a population-based studyBrydon J B Grant
Veterans Affairs Western New York Health Care System, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Buffalo, New York 14215, USA
Chest 124:494-500. 2003..Since an increased RBC distribution width (RDW) has been associated with nutritional deficiencies, we postulated that RDW has an inverse relation to pulmonary function. The purpose of this study was to test this hypothesis...- Oxidative stress and pulmonary function in the general populationHeather M Ochs-Balcom
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Am J Epidemiol 162:1137-45. 2005..These results suggest that oxidative stress may be associated with airflow limitation in men, and that gender differences may exist in the relation of oxidative stress to pulmonary function... - Evidence for a positive association between pulmonary function and wine intake in a population-based studyHolger J Schunemann
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14214 3000, USA
Sleep Breath 6:161-73. 2002..We analyzed the relation of beverage-specific alcohol intake with forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC) in a random sample of 1555 residents of Western New York, USA... 
Hypoxemia in patients on chronic opiate therapy with and without sleep apneaMohammed Mogri
Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
Sleep Breath 13:49-57. 2009..Since we did not have a direct measure of hypoventilation we used hypoxemia as an indirect measure reasoning that significant hypoventilation would not occur in the absence of hypoxemia...- Lung function in relation to intake of carotenoids and other antioxidant vitamins in a population-based studyHolger J Schunemann
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, 207 Farber Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Am J Epidemiol 155:463-71. 2002..Their findings support the hypothesis that carotenoids, vitamin C, and vitamin E may play a role in respiratory health and that carotenoids other than beta-carotene may be involved... - Airway bacterial concentrations and exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseSanjay Sethi
Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System 151, 3495 Bailey Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 176:356-61. 2007..Bacterial concentrations are higher during exacerbation than during stable disease; however, these studies are cross sectional and devoid of strain typing... - Association between plasma endothelin-1 levels and Cheyne-Stokes respiration in patients with congestive heart failureAli A El-Solh
Department of Medicine, James P Nolan Clinical Research Center, Erie County Medical Center 124215, USA
Chest 121:1928-34. 2002.... - Brief report: Internal medicine residents', attendings', and nurses' perceptions of the night float systemElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:494-7. 2006..Residency training programs use the night float system increasingly to meet the new resident work hour regulations... - Controlled trial of a patient-completed history questionnaire: effects on quality of documentation and patient and physician satisfactionCharles O Hershey
Division of General Internal Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Veteran s Affairs Medical Center, USA
Am J Med Qual 17:126-35. 2002..The implementation of a self-administered history questionnaire in an urban primary care clinic resulted in improved chart quality and improved satisfaction of physicians and patients... - New strains of bacteria and exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseSanjay Sethi
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
N Engl J Med 347:465-71. 2002..We hypothesized that the acquisition of a new strain of a pathogenic bacterial species is associated with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease... - Moraxella catarrhalis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: burden of disease and immune responseTimothy F Murphy
Buffalo Veterans Affairs Medical Center 151, 3495 Bailey Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 172:195-9. 2005..Moraxella catarrhalis is frequently present in the sputum of adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Little is known about the role of M. catarrhalis in this common disease... - Adhesion molecules in patients with coronary artery disease and moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apneaAli A El-Solh
Department of Medicine, James P Nolan Clinical Research Center, University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Veterans Affairs Western New York Health Care System, Buffalo, NY, USA
Chest 121:1541-7. 2002..We hypothesized that soluble intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1, vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM)-1, L-selectin, and E-selectin levels are correlated with OSA independent of coexisting coronary artery disease (CAD)... - Strain-specific immune response to Haemophilus influenzae in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseSanjay Sethi
Department of Medicine, University of Buffalo SUNY and the Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 169:448-53. 2004..2%) heterologous strains. Development of an immune response to H. influenzae supports its role in causing exacerbations. The strain specificity of the immune response likely represents a mechanism of recurrent exacerbations... - A novel approach for quality control of total lung capacity in the clinical pulmonary function laboratory: a study in a veteran populationHolger J Schunemann
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
Respirology 8:365-70. 2003..Second, we measured the test-retest variability of TLCb, TLCm and TLC measured by single breath helium dilution (TLCs) to assess the consistency of the measurements... - A decision aid for COPD patients considering inhaled steroid therapy: development and before and after pilot testingElie A Akl
Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 7:12. 2007..An area not covered by a DA is the decision of a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to use inhaled steroids which requires balancing the benefits and downsides of therapy... - Prevalence of positional sleep apnea in patients undergoing polysomnographyM Jeffery Mador
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Section 111S, State University of New York at Buffalo, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare Sytem, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
Chest 128:2130-7. 2005..A secondary aim was to determine if positional sleep apnea can be diagnosed accurately during a split-night study... - Central sleep apnea induced by acute ingestion of opioidsMohammed Mogri
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
Chest 133:1484-8. 2008.... - Systemic administration of serotonin 2A/2C agonist improves upper airway stability in Zucker ratsToshiyuki Ogasa
Division of Pulmonary, Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 170:804-10. 2004.... - Is being breastfed as an infant associated with adult pulmonary function?Aasma Shaukat
Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA
J Am Coll Nutr 24:327-33. 2005..Our aim was to determine whether a history of having been breastfed as an infant is a determinant of adult pulmonary function... - Simulated obesity-related changes in lung volume increases airway responsiveness in lean, nonasthmatic subjectsLi Ying Wang
School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan, ROC
Chest 130:834-40. 2006..5, 5, 10, and 25 mg/mL) with the following: (1) no intervention (control); (2) external chest loading (CL); (3) LLC; and (4) CL and LLC (COMB) on separate days. Lung function was measured before and after CL, LLC, and COMB were applied... - Pulmonary function and abdominal adiposity in the general populationHeather M Ochs-Balcom
INFORMA, National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Rome, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy
Chest 129:853-62. 2006..CONCLUSION: These results suggest that abdominal adiposity is a better predictor of pulmonary function than weight or BMI, and investigators should consider it when investigating the determinants of pulmonary function... - Prediction of the apnea-hypopnea index from overnight pulse oximetryUlysses J Magalang
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University at Buffalo, New York, USA
Chest 124:1694-701. 2003..The combination of indexes improved the precision of the predicted AHI and may offer a potentially simpler alternative to polysomnography... - High-resolution CT findings in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: correlation with the degree of smear positivityFatih Ors
Department of Radiology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Etlik, Ankara, Turkey
J Thorac Imaging 22:154-9. 2007..However, there is no study suggesting a relationship between AFB on sputum smears and radiologic extent of disease based on HRCT findings... - Sleep-disordered breathing and chronic opioid therapyLynn R Webster
Lifetree Clinical Research and Pain Clinic, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Pain Med 9:425-32. 2008..To assess the relation between medications prescribed for chronic pain and sleep apnea... - Physiologic evidence for the efficacy of positive expiratory pressure as an airway clearance technique in patients with cystic fibrosisJoan C Darbee
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Division of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, University of Kentucky, 900 S Limestone Street, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Phys Ther 84:524-37. 2004..Therefore, this preliminary investigation described responses in distribution of ventilation and gas mixing to PEP breathing for patients with moderate to severe CF lung disease... - Comparison of mortality between private for-profit and private not-for-profit hemodialysis centers: a systematic review and meta-analysisP J Devereaux
Depatment of Medicine, McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
JAMA 288:2449-57. 2002..There has been extensive debate about whether the profit status of these facilities influences patient mortality...