G McGwin

Summary

Affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor use and hearing impairment
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 136:488-92. 2010
  2. ncbi Rate of eye injury in the United States
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 700 S 18th Street, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Arch Ophthalmol 123:970-6. 2005
  3. ncbi Formaldehyde exposure and asthma in children: a systematic review
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Cien Saude Colet 16:3845-52. 2011
  4. ncbi The relation between C reactive protein and age related macular degeneration in the Cardiovascular Health Study
    G McGwin
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 700 S 18th Street, Suite 609, Birmingham, AL 35294 0009, USA
    Br J Ophthalmol 89:1166-70. 2005
  5. ncbi Improving the ability to predict mortality among burn patients
    Gerald McGwin
    Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
    Burns 34:320-7. 2008
  6. ncbi Prevalence of transportation safety measures portrayed in primetime US television programs and commercials
    G McGwin
    Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
    Inj Prev 12:400-3. 2006
  7. ncbi Visual field defects and the risk of motor vehicle collisions among patients with glaucoma
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294 0009, USA
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 46:4437-41. 2005
  8. ncbi Consumer product-related eye injury in the United States, 1998-2002
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0009, USA
    J Safety Res 37:501-6. 2006
  9. ncbi 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase inhibitors and the presence of age-related macular degeneration in the Cardiovascular Health Study
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Suite 609, 700 S 18th Street, Birmingham, AL 35294 0009, USA
    Arch Ophthalmol 124:33-7. 2006
  10. ncbi Effect of cataract surgery on falls and mobility in independently living older adults
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 54:1089-94. 2006

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Publications173 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor use and hearing impairment
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 136:488-92. 2010
    ....
  2. ncbi Rate of eye injury in the United States
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 700 S 18th Street, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Arch Ophthalmol 123:970-6. 2005
    ..To provide a comprehensive estimate of the rate of eye injury in the United States...
  3. ncbi Formaldehyde exposure and asthma in children: a systematic review
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Cien Saude Colet 16:3845-52. 2011
    ..Given the largely cross-sectional nature of the studies underlying this meta-analysis, further well-designed prospective epidemiologic studies are needed...
  4. ncbi The relation between C reactive protein and age related macular degeneration in the Cardiovascular Health Study
    G McGwin
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 700 S 18th Street, Suite 609, Birmingham, AL 35294 0009, USA
    Br J Ophthalmol 89:1166-70. 2005
    ..To test the hypothesis that individuals with age related macular degeneration (AMD) have increased C reactive protein (CRP) levels...
  5. ncbi Improving the ability to predict mortality among burn patients
    Gerald McGwin
    Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
    Burns 34:320-7. 2008
    ..Gender, co-morbid illness, and co-existent trauma have been implicated in burn mortality but have rarely been incorporated into predictive models...
  6. ncbi Prevalence of transportation safety measures portrayed in primetime US television programs and commercials
    G McGwin
    Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
    Inj Prev 12:400-3. 2006
    ..To determine the prevalence of transportation related safety behaviors, such as seatbelt and helmet use, in primetime US television programs and commercials...
  7. ncbi Visual field defects and the risk of motor vehicle collisions among patients with glaucoma
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294 0009, USA
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 46:4437-41. 2005
    ..To evaluate the association between visual field defects in the central 24 degrees field and the risk of motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) among patients with glaucoma...
  8. ncbi Consumer product-related eye injury in the United States, 1998-2002
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0009, USA
    J Safety Res 37:501-6. 2006
    ..Information regarding consumer products associated with eye injuries can have important implications for the prevention of these injuries...
  9. ncbi 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase inhibitors and the presence of age-related macular degeneration in the Cardiovascular Health Study
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Suite 609, 700 S 18th Street, Birmingham, AL 35294 0009, USA
    Arch Ophthalmol 124:33-7. 2006
    ..To evaluate both the use of cholesterol-lowering medications as a group and the use of statins specifically with regard to the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)...
  10. ncbi Effect of cataract surgery on falls and mobility in independently living older adults
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 54:1089-94. 2006
    ..To determine the effect of cataract surgery on the occurrence of falls and mobility and balance problems in older adults with cataract...
  11. ncbi Gun-related eye injury in the United States, 1993-2002
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Ophthalmology and Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294 0009, USA
    Ophthalmic Epidemiol 13:15-21. 2006
    ..To present the descriptive epidemiology of gun-related eye injury in the United States from 1993 through 2002...
  12. ncbi Non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy and the treatment of erectile dysfunction
    G McGwin
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 700 S 18th Street, Suite 609, Birmingham, AL 35294 0009, USA
    Br J Ophthalmol 90:154-7. 2006
    ..To determine the association between Viagra (sildenafil) and Cialis (tadalafil) and non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION)...
  13. ncbi Malpractice risk: trauma care versus other surgical and medical specialties
    Gerald McGwin
    Center for Injury Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    J Trauma 64:607-12; discussion 612-3. 2008
    ..The objective of this study was to compare the malpractice experience for trauma care and other medical and surgical specialties at an academic medical center...
  14. ncbi Survey of older drivers' experiences with Florida's mandatory vision re-screening law for licensure
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0009, USA
    Ophthalmic Epidemiol 15:121-7. 2008
    ..To document the license renewal experiences of Florida drivers ages 80 and older who must pass a visual acuity test when renewing their driver's license...
  15. ncbi Is glaucoma associated with motor vehicle collision involvement and driving avoidance?
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Epidemiology and International Health, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294 0009, USA
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 45:3934-9. 2004
    ..To evaluate the association between the diagnosis of glaucoma and motor vehicle collision (MVC) involvement and driving avoidance in drivers aged > or =50 years...
  16. ncbi Vision impairment and eye care utilization among Americans 50 and older
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    Curr Eye Res 35:451-8. 2010
    ..Using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) this study reports the overall and age-race-specific prevalence of self-reported vision impairment, eye diseases, and eye care utilization among older adults...
  17. ncbi Formaldehyde exposure and asthma in children: a systematic review
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 118:313-7. 2010
    ..Here we report the results of a systematic review of published literature in order to provide a more comprehensive picture of this relationship...
  18. ncbi The use of cholesterol-lowering medications and age-related macular degeneration
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Epidemiology and International Health, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0009, USA
    Ophthalmology 112:488-94. 2005
    ..To evaluate the association between cholesterol-lowering medications and age-related macular degeneration (AMD)...
  19. ncbi Reassessment of the tri-modal mortality distribution in the presence of a regional trauma system
    Gerald McGwin
    Center for Injury Sciences at UAB and Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
    J Trauma 66:526-30. 2009
    ..The temporal distribution of trauma-related deaths has been described as tri-modal with immediate, early, and late peaks. With the development of trauma centers and systems, it has been suggested that this distribution might be altered...
  20. ncbi Trends in eye injury in the United States, 1992-2001
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35294 0009, USA
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 47:521-7. 2006
    ..To report the trends of eye injury in the United States from 1992 through 2001...
  21. ncbi Unusual job activities as a risk factor for occupational injuries
    Gerald McGwin
    Section for Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    Occup Med (Lond) 55:66-8. 2005
    ..Based upon our clinical observation, many job-related injuries occur as a consequence of workers performing a task or engaging in an activity for which they have not been trained...
  22. ncbi The impact of a vision screening law on older driver fatality rates
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Arch Ophthalmol 126:1544-7. 2008
    ..To evaluate the impact of the Florida visual acuity licensing standard for drivers 80 years and older on fatal motor vehicle collision (MVC) involvement...
  23. ncbi Incidence of golf cart-related injury in the United States
    Gerald McGwin
    Center for Injury Sciences at UAB and Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    J Trauma 64:1562-6. 2008
    ..Case reports suggest severe, debilitating injuries as a consequence of golf cart incidents. To date, there has been no national population-based study of golf cart- related injuries...
  24. ncbi Incidence of emergency department-treated eye injury in the United States
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 700 S 18th Street, Birmingham, AL 35294 0009, USA
    Arch Ophthalmol 123:662-6. 2005
    ..To present the descriptive epidemiology of emergency department-treated eye injury in the United States...
  25. ncbi Association between upper extremity injuries and side airbag availability
    Gerald McGwin
    Center for Injury Sciences at UAB, and Surgical Critical Care, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    J Trauma 64:1297-301. 2008
    ....
  26. ncbi Associated factors and impact of myocarditis in patients with SLE from LUMINA, a multiethnic US cohort (LV). [corrected]
    M Apte
    Department of Epidemiology, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    Rheumatology (Oxford) 47:362-7. 2008
    ..To examine the factors associated with myocarditis and its impact on disease outcomes in SLE patients...
  27. ncbi Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic cohort: LUMINA XXXV. Predictive factors of high disease activity over time
    G S Alarcon
    Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Ann Rheum Dis 65:1168-74. 2006
    ..To ascertain the predictive factors of high levels of disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)...
  28. ncbi Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic US cohort (LUMINA) XL II: factors predictive of new or worsening proteinuria
    H M Bastian
    Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, The University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA
    Rheumatology (Oxford) 46:683-9. 2007
    ..To determine the factors predictive of new or worsening proteinuria in a large multiethnic cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)...
  29. ncbi Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic U.S. cohort (LUMINA) XXVII: factors predictive of a decline to low levels of disease activity
    A M Bertoli
    Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    Lupus 15:13-8. 2006
    ..972, P = 0.018) were negatively associated. These data suggest that a decline to low levels of disease activity in lupus patients seems to be multifactorial; this study also underscores the importance of social support for lupus patients...
  30. ncbi Predictors of post-partum damage accrual in systemic lupus erythematosus: data from LUMINA, a multiethnic US cohort (XXXVIII)
    R M Andrade
    Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
    Rheumatology (Oxford) 45:1380-4. 2006
    ..25; 95% CI 0.336-4.655; P = 0.480). CONCLUSIONS: Pregnancy duration, total disease duration, disease activity and damage immediately prior to pregnancy decisively impact on damage accrual after pregnancy in patients with SLE...
  31. ncbi Predictors of premature gonadal failure in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Results from LUMINA, a multiethnic US cohort (LUMINA LVIII)
    L A Gonzalez
    Department of Medicine Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    Ann Rheum Dis 67:1170-3. 2008
    ..To examine the predictors of time to premature gonadal failure (PGF) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus from LUMINA, a multiethnic US cohort...
  32. ncbi Factors predictive of overall health over the course of the disease in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus from the LUMINA cohort (LXII): use of the SF-6D
    M L Sanchez
    Departments of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    Clin Exp Rheumatol 27:67-71. 2009
    ..Health related quality of life (HRQOL) over course of the disease was ascertained in SLE patients from LUMINA, a multiethnic US cohort, using the SF-36-derived utility measure, the SF-6D...
  33. ncbi Identifying injuries and motor vehicle collision characteristics that together are suggestive of diaphragmatic rupture
    Donald A Reiff
    Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Center for Injury Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294-0016, USA
    J Trauma 53:1139-45. 2002
    ..For this subpopulation, additional invasive procedures including exploratory laparotomy, laparoscopy, or thoracoscopy may be warranted to exclude DR...
  34. ncbi Hypothermia deaths in Jefferson County, Alabama
    A J Taylor
    Center for Injury Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    Inj Prev 7:141-5. 2001
    ....
  35. ncbi Vision impairment, eye disease, and injurious motor vehicle crashes in the elderly
    C Owsley
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    Ophthalmic Epidemiol 5:101-13. 1998
    ..This study implies that impaired visual processing and glaucoma may play a role in the etiology of older driver crashes which result in injury...
  36. ncbi Systemic lupus erythematosus in three ethnic groups: III. A comparison of characteristics early in the natural history of the LUMINA cohort. LUpus in MInority populations: NAture vs. Nurture
    G S Alarcon
    Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
    Lupus 8:197-209. 1999
    ..To determine and contrast the socioeconomic-demographic and clinical features of patients with recent onset (< or =5 y) systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) from three ethnic groups, Hispanic, African-American and Caucasian (H, AA, C)...
  37. ncbi Systemic lupus erythematosus in three ethnic groups. XX. Damage as a predictor of further damage
    G S Alarcon
    Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Rheumatology (Oxford) 43:202-5. 2004
    ..To examine the predictors of damage in a multiethnic cohort of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients with a specific focus on damage at baseline. Patients and..
  38. ncbi Exploratory study of incident vehicle crashes among older drivers
    R V Sims
    Center for Aging, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 55:M22-7. 2000
    ..We report on the medical and functional factors associated with vehicle crashes in a cohort of Alabama drivers, 55 years old and older...
  39. ncbi Long-term survival in the elderly after trauma
    G McGwin
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294 0009, USA
    J Trauma 49:470-6. 2000
    ..Functional limitations secondary to injury may be responsible for the reduced survival rate. The objective of this study was to test this hypothesis using data from the Longitudinal Study of Aging (LSOA)...
  40. ncbi Seizures in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: data from LUMINA, a multiethnic cohort (LUMINA LIV)
    R M Andrade
    Department of Medicine, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    Ann Rheum Dis 67:829-34. 2008
    ..To examine the predictors of time-to-seizure occurrence and their impact on damage accrual and mortality in LUMINA, a multiethnic (Hispanic, African American and Caucasian) cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus...
  41. ncbi Relationship between adherence to study and clinic visits in systemic lupus erythematosus patients: data from the LUMINA cohort
    A G Uribe
    Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, AL 35294, USA
    Lupus 13:561-8. 2004
    ..e., renal or serosal involvement). These data should be considered when caring for patients with SLE...
  42. ncbi Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic US cohort (LUMINA): XXIV. Cytotoxic treatment is an additional risk factor for the development of symptomatic osteonecrosis in lupus patients: results of a nested matched case-control study
    J Calvo-Alen
    Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    Ann Rheum Dis 65:785-90. 2006
    ..Osteonecrosis is common in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and often disabling. The role of glucocorticoids in its development is well known...
  43. ncbi Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors delay the occurrence of renal involvement and are associated with a decreased risk of disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus--results from LUMINA (LIX): a multiethnic US cohort
    S Duran-Barragan
    Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    Rheumatology (Oxford) 47:1093-6. 2008
    ..To examine if angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor use delays the occurrence of renal involvement and decreases the risk of disease activity in SLE patients...
  44. ncbi The impact of agricultural injury on farm owners and workers in Alabama and Mississippi
    G McGwin
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    Am J Ind Med 37:374-81. 2000
    ..Few studies have assessed the consequences of agricultural injury and none have done so comparing Caucasian and African-American farm owners and workers...
  45. ncbi Visual and medical risk factors for motor vehicle collision involvement among older drivers
    J M Cross
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 700 S 18th Street, Suite 609, Birmingham, AL 35294 0009, USA
    Br J Ophthalmol 93:400-4. 2009
    ..To identify visual and medical risk factors for motor vehicle collisions (MVCs)...
  46. ncbi Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multi-ethnic cohort (LUMINA) XXXII: [corrected] contributions of admixture and socioeconomic status to renal involvement
    G S Alarcon
    Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
    Lupus 15:26-31. 2006
    ..Our data indicate that genetic factors appear to be more important than SES in explaining the ethnic disparities in the occurrence of renal involvement...
  47. ncbi Using the Short Form 6D, as an overall measure of health, to predict damage accrual and mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: XLVII, results from a multiethnic US cohort
    Mónica Fernández
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    Arthritis Rheum 57:986-92. 2007
    ....
  48. ncbi Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic cohort (LUMINA): XXVIII. Factors predictive of thrombotic events
    K T Ho
    Department of Medicine (Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
    Rheumatology (Oxford) 44:1303-7. 2005
    ..Comprehensive treatment strategies should be directed to both smoking cessation and control of disease activity in patients with SLE...
  49. ncbi Visual processing impairment and risk of motor vehicle crash among older adults
    C Owsley
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294 0009, USA
    JAMA 279:1083-8. 1998
    ..The useful field of view is a measure that reflects decline in visual sensory function, slowed visual processing speed, and impaired visual attention skills...
  50. ncbi Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic US Cohort (LUMINA). XXX: association between C-reactive protein (CRP) gene polymorphisms and vascular events
    A J Szalai
    The University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294 3408, USA
    Rheumatology (Oxford) 44:864-8. 2005
    ..To determine if a polymorphic GTn repeat in the intron of the C-reactive protein (CRP) gene associates with occurrence of vascular arterial events in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)...
  51. ncbi A multiethnic, multicenter cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) as a model for the study of ethnic disparities in SLE
    Mónica Fernández
    The University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
    Arthritis Rheum 57:576-84. 2007
    ....
  52. ncbi Restraint use and lower extremity fractures in frontal motor vehicle collisions
    Lance S Estrada
    Section of Orthopaedic Trauma, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0016, USA
    J Trauma 57:323-8. 2004
    ..This data strongly support the consideration of developing accessory knee bolster airbags to prevent the "submarining" or sliding under the airbag that may be responsible for this finding...
  53. ncbi Subjective and objective optic nerve assessment in African Americans and whites
    Christopher A Girkin
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35233, USA
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 45:2272-8. 2004
    ..To compare the ability of quantitative optic disc topography and subjective optic disc evaluation to discriminate early glaucomatous from normal eyes in African Americans and whites...
  54. ncbi Systemic lupus erythematosus in three ethnic groups. XII. Risk factors for lupus nephritis after diagnosis
    H M Bastian
    Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
    Lupus 11:152-60. 2002
    ..Sociodemographic, clinical and immunologic/immunogenetic factors seem to be predictive of LN occurring after the diagnosis of SLE has been made...
  55. ncbi Relations among chronic medical conditions, medications, and automobile crashes in the elderly: a population-based case-control study
    G McGwin
    Department of Epidemiology and International Health, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294 0009, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 152:424-31. 2000
    ..3, 95% CI: 0.1, 1.0) were associated with a reduced risk of crash involvement. The identification of medical conditions and medications associated with risk of crashes is important for enhancing the safety and mobility of older drivers...
  56. ncbi Factors related to driving difficulty and habits in older drivers
    J M Lyman
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    Accid Anal Prev 33:413-21. 2001
    ....
  57. ncbi Impact of cataract surgery on self-reported visual difficulties: comparison with a no-surgery reference group
    Gerald McGwin
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    J Cataract Refract Surg 29:941-8. 2003
    ..In the no-surgery group, no change was reported. Improvements in visual acuity and contrast sensitivity and reductions in disability glare after surgery were independently linked to improvements in ADVS scores...
  58. ncbi Comparison of diagnostic accuracy of Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II and Heidelberg Retina Tomograph 3 to discriminate glaucomatous and nonglaucomatous eyes
    Julio E De Leon-Ortega
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA
    Am J Ophthalmol 144:525-32. 2007
    ....
  59. ncbi Agreement in assessing cup-to-disc ratio measurement among stereoscopic optic nerve head photographs, HRT II, and Stratus OCT
    Stella N Arthur
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
    J Glaucoma 15:183-9. 2006
    ..Additional studies are needed to evaluate the sources of variability, their level of significance, and longitudinal agreement between various methods of the CDR estimation...
  60. ncbi Adrenal gland hematomas in trauma patients
    Atif I Rana
    Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35249, USA
    Radiology 230:669-75. 2004
    ..8% of all patients (n = 6,808) entered in the trauma registry. Compared with the other trauma patients, the patients with adrenal hematomas had severe injuries associated with higher mortality...
  61. ncbi Timed instrumental activities of daily living tasks: relationship to visual function in older adults
    C Owsley
    Department of OphthalmologyUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294 0009, USA
    Optom Vis Sci 78:350-9. 2001
    ..To identify instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) tasks whose completion time is related to visual function in older adults...
  62. ncbi Diabetes and automobile crashes in the elderly. A population-based case-control study
    G McGwin
    Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294 0009, USA
    Diabetes Care 22:220-7. 1999
    ..The aim of this study was to estimate the association between diabetes and its complications and at-fault automobile crashes among older drivers...
  63. ncbi Vision impairment and driving
    C Owsley
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294 0009, USA
    Surv Ophthalmol 43:535-50. 1999
    ..For ophthalmologists to guide patients about driving fitness, valid and reliable assessment tools must be developed and made widely available...
  64. ncbi Recurrent trauma in elderly patients
    G McGwin
    Center for Injury Sciences, Epidemiology Unit, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 120 Kracke Bldg, 1922 7th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35294 0016, USA
    Arch Surg 136:197-203. 2001
    ..Demographic, medical, and functional factors are potential contributors to the risk of subsequent trauma among injured elderly patients...
  65. ncbi Is familial lupus different from sporadic lupus? Data from LUMINA (LXXIII), a multiethnic US cohort
    P I Burgos
    Department of Medicine Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    Lupus 19:1331-6. 2010
    ..We conclude that although some clinical differences were observed between patients with familial and sporadic lupus, familial lupus was not associated with a significantly greater disease burden (damage, survival) than sporadic lupus...
  66. ncbi Patient expectations regarding eye care: development and results of the Eye Care Expectations Survey (ECES)
    Aerlyn G Dawn
    Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    Arch Ophthalmol 123:534-41. 2005
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Based on this cross-sectional study, the 27-item ECES appears to be a useful tool for better understanding patients' expectations regarding eye care...
  67. ncbi Effect of restraint systems on maxillofacial injury in frontal motor vehicle collisions
    Daniel Cox
    Center for Injury Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294-0009, USA
    J Oral Maxillofac Surg 62:571-5. 2004
    ..CONCLUSION: Seat belt use significantly reduces the risk of facial injury in frontal MVCs. Air bag use was not associated with the risk of facial injury...
  68. ncbi Impact of aging and age-related maculopathy on inactivation of the a-wave of the rod-mediated electroretinogram
    Gregory R Jackson
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    Vision Res 46:1422-31. 2006
    ..Those with early ARM did not exhibit inactivation slowing over and above what would be expected based on normal retinal aging. Persons in the late stages of ARM exhibited dramatic slowing in inactivation kinetics...
  69. ncbi Glaucoma after ocular contusion: a cohort study of the United States Eye Injury Registry
    Christopher A Girkin
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35233, USA
    J Glaucoma 14:470-3. 2005
    ..This cohort study was designed to evaluate risk factors for the development of posttraumatic glaucoma after ocular contusion...
  70. ncbi Vehicle rollover risk and electronic stability control systems
    P A MacLennan
    Center for Injury Sciences at UAB, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0016, USA
    Inj Prev 14:154-8. 2008
    ..Introduced in Europe in 1995 and in the USA in 1996, ESC is designed to improve vehicle lateral stability by electronically detecting and automatically assisting drivers in unfavorable situations...
  71. ncbi Splenic injury in side impact motor vehicle collisions: effect of occupant restraints
    D A Reiff
    Department of Surgery, Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Division of General Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294 0016, USA
    J Trauma 51:340-5. 2001
    ..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of restraint use, vehicle size, and compartment intrusion on the incidence of splenic injury in side impact MVCs...
  72. ncbi Influence of CYP2C9 and VKORC1 1173C/T genotype on the risk of hemorrhagic complications in African-American and European-American patients on warfarin
    N A Limdi
    Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    Clin Pharmacol Ther 83:312-21. 2008
    ..7; 95% CI: 0.7-4.4) or minor (HR 0.8; 95% CI: 0.5-1.3) hemorrhage. The variant CYP2C9 genotype is associated with an increased risk of major hemorrhage, which persists even after stabilization of therapy...
  73. ncbi Visual risk factors for crash involvement in older drivers with cataract
    C Owsley
    Department of Ophthalmology, Clinical Research Unit, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 700 S 18th St, Suite 609, Birmingham, AL 35294 0009, USA
    Arch Ophthalmol 119:881-7. 2001
    ..The Impact of Cataracts on Mobility project has previously demonstrated that older drivers with cataract have an elevated risk of motor vehicle collision...
  74. ncbi Seat belt use before and after motor vehicle trauma
    C Passman
    Center for Injury Sciences, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    J Trauma 51:105-9. 2001
    ..Prevention efforts should be directed toward those patients who report infrequent use. Patient "converts" to seat belt use after collisions may be useful in public awareness and prevention campaigns...
  75. ncbi The association between gender and mortality among trauma patients as modified by age
    Richard L George
    Department of Surgery, School of Medicine and Center for Injury Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294-0016, USA
    J Trauma 54:464-71. 2003
    ..Animal studies demonstrate that the sex hormones influence the inflammatory response to injury. These results may highlight the importance of sex hormones in traumatic injury outcomes...
  76. ncbi Association of statin use with the risk of developing diabetic retinopathy
    Jie Zhang
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 700 S 18th St, Ste 609, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Arch Ophthalmol 125:1096-9. 2007
    ..To investigate whether hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins) prevent the development of diabetic retinopathy...
  77. ncbi Is seat belt use associated with fewer days of lost work after motor vehicle collisions?
    Jesse Metzger
    Center for Injury Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    J Trauma 56:1009-14. 2004
    ..The goal of this study is to determine whether seat belt use is associated with fewer lost workdays among occupants involved in MVCs...
  78. ncbi Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic US cohort (LUMINA). XXIII. Baseline predictors of vascular events
    Sergio M A Toloza
    School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Arthritis Rheum 50:3947-57. 2004
    ..Antiphospholipid antibodies and CRP support the role of inflammation and autoimmunity in the development of accelerated atherosclerosis in SLE. Ethnicity was not associated with vascular events in our patients...
  79. ncbi Sexual stimulation device-related injuries
    Russell Griffin
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
    J Sex Marital Ther 35:253-61. 2009
    ..While rare in previous years, the pattern of SSD-related injuries suggests these injuries may become more common and are disproportionately affecting older males...
  80. ncbi Disease activity and damage are not associated with increased levels of fatigue in systemic lupus erythematosus patients from a multiethnic cohort: LXVII
    Paula I Burgos
    University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
    Arthritis Rheum 61:1179-86. 2009
    ..To determine the factors associated with increased levels of fatigue over the course of the disease in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients from LUpus in MInorities: NAture versus nurture, a longitudinal multiethnic cohort...
  81. ncbi What have we learned from a 10-year experience with the LUMINA (Lupus in Minorities; Nature vs. nurture) cohort? Where are we heading?
    América G Uribe
    Department of Medicine Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 510 20th Street South 830 FOT, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Autoimmun Rev 3:321-9. 2004
    ..These data may have impact on the development of policies aimed at eliminating health disparities in the US...
  82. ncbi Racial differences in the association between optic disc topography and early glaucoma
    Christopher A Girkin
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 44:3382-7. 2003
    ..To determine the structural characteristics of the optic disc that are associated with early glaucoma in African Americans and whites and whether these characteristics differ between the races...
  83. ncbi Agreement between prehospital and emergency department glasgow coma scores
    Jeffrey D Kerby
    Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35294 0016, USA
    J Trauma 63:1026-31. 2007
    ..This study was performed to assess the degree of agreement between Ph-GCS and emergency department (ED)-GCS scores in our trauma system patients...
  84. ncbi Increased risk of agricultural injury among African-American farm workers from Alabama and Mississippi
    G McGwin
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294 0009, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 152:640-50. 2000
    ..8, 95% CI: 1.2, 2.7) were also independently associated with injury rates. The results demonstrate the increased frequency of agricultural injury among farm workers and identify a number of possible ways of reducing them...
  85. ncbi The association between statin use and age related maculopathy
    G McGwin
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    Br J Ophthalmol 87:1121-5. 2003
    ..To evaluate the association between age related maculopathy (ARM) and statin use...
  86. ncbi Possible protective effect of hydroxychloroquine on delaying the occurrence of integument damage in lupus: LXXI, data from a multiethnic cohort
    Guillermo J Pons-Estel
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 62:393-400. 2010
    ..To determine the features predictive of time to integument damage in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) from a multiethnic cohort (LUpus in MInorities, NAture versus nurture [LUMINA])...
  87. ncbi Sex differences in mortality after burn injury: results of analysis of the National Burn Repository of the American Burn Association
    Jeffrey D Kerby
    Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA
    J Burn Care Res 27:452-6. 2006
    ..Further prospective studies analyzing differences in immune responses between men and women after burn injury may provide insight into the mechanism behind these divergent outcomes and identify targets for future therapy...
  88. ncbi Epidemiology of child homicide in Jefferson County, Alabama
    Jacquelyn M Lyman
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    Child Abuse Negl 27:1063-73. 2003
    ..More than half of the homicides resulted from an angry impulse, while the most common scenario for deaths with undetermined intent involved the caretaker finding the child unresponsive...
  89. ncbi Computed tomography identification of latent pseudoaneurysm after blunt splenic injury: pathology or technology?
    Jordan A Weinberg
    Departments of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    J Trauma 68:1112-6. 2010
    ..The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of recent advancements in imaging technology on the incidence of the latent PSA...
  90. ncbi Effect of glaucomatous damage on repeatability of confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope, scanning laser polarimetry, and optical coherence tomography
    Julio E DeLeon Ortega
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 48:1156-63. 2007
    ..Dublin, CA), and optic nerve head (ONH) topography with HRT-II (retinal tomograph; Heidelberg Engineering GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany) and StratusOCT...
  91. ncbi Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic US cohort (LUMINA L II): relationship between vascular events and the use of hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women
    Mónica Fernández
    Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 510 20th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    J Clin Rheumatol 13:261-5. 2007
    ..To examine the influence of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in the occurrence of vascular arterial and venous thrombotic events in postmenopausal women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)...
  92. ncbi Impact of a voluntary trauma system on mortality, length of stay, and cost at a level I trauma center
    James H Abernathy
    Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    Am Surg 68:182-92. 2002
    ..05). A voluntary trauma system can be implemented without the need for legislative mandate. After system implementation patient and financial outcomes were improved at an individual Level I trauma center...
  93. ncbi Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic US cohort, LUMINA (XLIX): preliminary evaluation of the impact of statins on disease activity
    Mónica Fernández
    Department of Medicine Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    J Clin Rheumatol 14:178-80. 2008
  94. ncbi Health-related quality of life following blind rehabilitation
    Thomas Kuyk
    Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA
    Qual Life Res 17:497-507. 2008
    ..The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of residential blind rehabilitation on patients' vision-targeted health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and general physical and mental function...
  95. ncbi Risk factors associated with adrenal insufficiency in severely injured burn patients
    Donald A Reiff
    Center for Injury, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0016, USA
    J Burn Care Res 28:854-8. 2007
    ..After severe thermal injury, the diagnosis of AI substantially increases the risk of death. A better understanding of factors that predispose burn patients to AI may aid in earlier diagnosis, initiation of therapy, and improved outcomes...
  96. ncbi Visual field defects and vision-specific health-related quality of life in African Americans and whites with glaucoma
    Lillian Ringsdorf
    Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0009, USA
    J Glaucoma 15:414-8. 2006
    ..Results imply that the NEI VFQ-25 and the GSS are appropriate instruments for studying the personal burden of glaucoma in studies whose samples involve both African American and White adults...
  97. ncbi Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic US cohort (LUMINA). XXV. Smoking, older age, disease activity, lupus anticoagulant, and glucocorticoid dose as risk factors for the occurrence of venous thrombosis in lupus patients
    Jaime Calvo-Alen
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    Arthritis Rheum 52:2060-8. 2005
    ..This study was carried out to ascertain other factors contributing to the development of venous thrombosis in SLE...
  98. ncbi Epidemiology of fatal occupational injuries in Jefferson County, Alabama
    Gerald McGwin
    Center for Injury Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Ala 35294-0016, USA
    South Med J 95:1300-11. 2002
    ..Transportation-related jobs and manual labor were high-risk occupations. CONCLUSION: High-risk industries should consider worker-targeted injury prevention programs, and particular attention should be paid to elderly workers...
  99. ncbi The association between body mass index and diaphragm injury among motor vehicle collision occupants
    Donald A Reiff
    Center for Injury Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    J Trauma 57:1324-8; discussion 1328. 2004
    ..This association provides insight as to the cause of diaphragmatic injury and may aid clinicians in detecting these often occult injuries...
  100. ncbi The Systemic Lupus Activity Measure-revised, the Mexican Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI), and a modified SLEDAI-2K are adequate instruments to measure disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus
    América G Uribe
    Department of Medicine Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
    J Rheumatol 31:1934-40. 2004
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  101. ncbi Predictive capacity of three comorbidity indices in estimating mortality after surgery for colon cancer
    Robert B Hines
    Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1922 7th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    J Clin Oncol 27:4339-45. 2009
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