Robert Holloway

Summary

Affiliation: University of Rochester
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Treatment of malignant pleural effusion: PleuRx catheter or talc pleurodesis? A cost-effectiveness analysis
    Aaron M Olden
    Division of Ethics, Humanities, and Palliative Care, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
    J Palliat Med 13:59-65. 2010
  2. ncbi Pramipexole vs levodopa as initial treatment for Parkinson disease: a 4-year randomized controlled trial
    Robert G Holloway
    Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, 1351 Mt Hope Avenue, Suite 220, Rochester, NY 14620, USA
    Arch Neurol 61:1044-53. 2004
  3. ncbi Teaching and evaluating first and second year medical students' practice of evidence-based medicine
    Robert Holloway
    Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, 1351 Mount Hope Avenue, Suite 220, Rochester, NY 14620, USA
    Med Educ 38:868-78. 2004
  4. ncbi Accuracy of Medicare claims data in identifying Parkinsonism cases: comparison with the Medicare current beneficiary survey
    Katia Noyes
    Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York, USA
    Mov Disord 22:509-14. 2007
  5. ncbi Medical errors on an inpatient neurology service
    Samuel Frank
    University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14620, USA
    Neurology 61:254-7. 2003
  6. ncbi Plasma exchange versus intravenous immunoglobulin for myasthenia gravis crisis: an acute hospital cost comparison study
    Chad Heatwole
    Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
    J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 13:85-94. 2011
  7. ncbi Economic burden associated with Parkinson's disease on elderly Medicare beneficiaries
    Katia Noyes
    Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York, NY 14620, USA
    Mov Disord 21:362-72. 2006
  8. ncbi Palliative care needs and symptom patterns of hospitalized elders referred for consultation
    Aaron M Olden
    Department of Medicine, Unity Health System, Rochester, New York 14626, USA
    J Pain Symptom Manage 42:410-8. 2011
  9. ncbi Utilization, diagnosis, treatment and cost of migraine treatment in the emergency department
    Deborah Friedman
    University of Rochester, Neurology, Rochester, NY, USA
    Headache 49:1163-73. 2009
  10. ncbi Inclusion body myositis functional rating scale: a reliable and valid measure of disease severity
    C E Jackson
    University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
    Muscle Nerve 37:473-6. 2008

Detail Information

Publications15

  1. ncbi Treatment of malignant pleural effusion: PleuRx catheter or talc pleurodesis? A cost-effectiveness analysis
    Aaron M Olden
    Division of Ethics, Humanities, and Palliative Care, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
    J Palliat Med 13:59-65. 2010
    ..An alternative option is outpatient placement of the Pleurx catheter (Denver Biomedical Inc., Denver, CO) for home-based drainage of effusions...
  2. ncbi Pramipexole vs levodopa as initial treatment for Parkinson disease: a 4-year randomized controlled trial
    Robert G Holloway
    Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, 1351 Mt Hope Avenue, Suite 220, Rochester, NY 14620, USA
    Arch Neurol 61:1044-53. 2004
    ..The best way to initiate dopaminergic therapy for early Parkinson disease remains unclear...
  3. ncbi Teaching and evaluating first and second year medical students' practice of evidence-based medicine
    Robert Holloway
    Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, 1351 Mount Hope Avenue, Suite 220, Rochester, NY 14620, USA
    Med Educ 38:868-78. 2004
    ..To implement an evidence-based medicine (EBM) curriculum for Year 1 and 2 medical students, and to develop a method to evaluate their practice of EBM in discrete and relevant worksteps...
  4. ncbi Accuracy of Medicare claims data in identifying Parkinsonism cases: comparison with the Medicare current beneficiary survey
    Katia Noyes
    Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York, USA
    Mov Disord 22:509-14. 2007
    ..This study evaluates the accuracy of administrative claims in identifying Parkinsonism cases compared to the self-reported Parkinson's disease (PD)...
  5. ncbi Medical errors on an inpatient neurology service
    Samuel Frank
    University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14620, USA
    Neurology 61:254-7. 2003
    ..Of the 35 errors relating to diet, 17 (49%) resulted in adverse patient consequences, compared with only 5 of 43 (12%) of the errors related to medication...
  6. ncbi Plasma exchange versus intravenous immunoglobulin for myasthenia gravis crisis: an acute hospital cost comparison study
    Chad Heatwole
    Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
    J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 13:85-94. 2011
    ..To compare the short-term financial costs of treating a patient in myasthenia gravis crisis with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) versus plasma exchange...
  7. ncbi Economic burden associated with Parkinson's disease on elderly Medicare beneficiaries
    Katia Noyes
    Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York, NY 14620, USA
    Mov Disord 21:362-72. 2006
    ..Although more research is needed to understand the relationship between PD and medical expenditures and utilization, these findings have important implications for health care providers and payers that serve PD populations...
  8. ncbi Palliative care needs and symptom patterns of hospitalized elders referred for consultation
    Aaron M Olden
    Department of Medicine, Unity Health System, Rochester, New York 14626, USA
    J Pain Symptom Manage 42:410-8. 2011
    ..To provide effective palliative care (PC) to the geriatric population, an understanding of the reasons for consultation, main diagnoses related to referral, and symptom severity in chronic disease states is essential...
  9. ncbi Utilization, diagnosis, treatment and cost of migraine treatment in the emergency department
    Deborah Friedman
    University of Rochester, Neurology, Rochester, NY, USA
    Headache 49:1163-73. 2009
    ..To determine the percentages of patients receiving migraine-specific therapy and to estimate the rate of unnecessary neuroimaging studies in the emergency department (ED)...
  10. ncbi Inclusion body myositis functional rating scale: a reliable and valid measure of disease severity
    C E Jackson
    University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
    Muscle Nerve 37:473-6. 2008
    ..Compared to these other outcome measures, the IBMFRS was also the most sensitive measure of change over the course of the study...
  11. ncbi Movement Disorder Society-sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS): Process, format, and clinimetric testing plan
    Christopher G Goetz
    Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
    Mov Disord 22:41-7. 2007
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  12. ncbi The Babinski sign: thumbs up or toes down?
    Robert Holloway
    Neurology 65:1147. 2005
  13. ncbi Science and ethics of sham surgery: a survey of Parkinson disease clinical researchers
    Scott Y H Kim
    Department of Psychiatry, Bioethics Program, Center for Behavioral and Decision Sciences in Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109, USA
    Arch Neurol 62:1357-60. 2005
    ..Sham surgery is used in neurosurgical clinical trials in Parkinson disease (PD) but remains controversial. The controversy may be compounded when gene-transfer technologies are tested in sham surgical trials...
  14. ncbi What is the risk of sham surgery in Parkinson disease clinical trials? A review of published reports
    Samuel Frank
    Boston University, MA, USA
    Neurology 65:1101-3. 2005
    ..Placebo surgeries were generally safe and well tolerated but the number of subjects receiving the procedure was small. Harm occurred more frequently in subjects randomized to the experimental intervention...