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Measuring faculty retention and success in academic medicineAndrew Ries
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0602, USA
Acad Med 87:1046-51. 2012..To develop and demonstrate the usefulness of quantitative methods for assessing retention and academic success of junior faculty in academic medicine...
Eosinophil and T cell markers predict functional decline in COPD patientsJEANINE M D'ARMIENTO
Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Respir Res 10:113. 2009..We therefore measured cytokine levels in the lung lavage fluid and plasma of COPD patients in order to determine if the levels of T cell or eosinophil related cytokines were predictive of the future course of the disease...
Retention of junior faculty in academic medicine at the University of California, San DiegoAndrew Ries
University of California, San Diego School ofMedicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093 0602, USA
Acad Med 84:37-41. 2009..To measure overall retention of junior faculty and evaluate the effects of a junior faculty development program on the retention of junior faculty at one institution...
Pulmonary rehabilitation: summary of an evidence-based guidelineAndrew L Ries
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla CA 92093 0602, USA
Respir Care 53:1203-7. 2008..These guidelines provide an excellent summary of the recent literature and further strengthen the scientific basis of pulmonary rehabilitation...
Pulmonary rehabilitation in emphysemaAndrew L Ries
University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093 0602, USA
Proc Am Thorac Soc 5:524-9. 2008....
Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Joint ACCP/AACVPR Evidence-Based Clinical Practice GuidelinesAndrew L Ries
University of California, San Diego, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UCSD Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103 8377, USA
Chest 131:4S-42S. 2007....
Maintenance after pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic lung disease: a randomized trialAndrew L Ries
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA 92103 8377, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 167:880-8. 2003..We conclude that a maintenance program of weekly telephone calls and monthly supervised sessions produced only modest improvements in the maintenance of benefits after pulmonary rehabilitation...
Minimally clinically important difference for the UCSD Shortness of Breath Questionnaire, Borg Scale, and Visual Analog ScaleAndrew L Ries
University of California, UCSD Medical Center 200 W Arbor Drive, San Diego, California 92103 8377, USA
COPD 2:105-10. 2005..Using a distribution-based approach based primarily on effect size, the recommended MCID for these measures are: 5-units for the SOBQ, 1-unit for the Borg scale, and approximately 10 to 20 units for the VAS...
Impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on quality of life: the role of dyspneaAndrew L Ries
Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California 92103 8377, USA
Am J Med 119:12-20. 2006..Effective assessment and therapeutic management of dyspnea for the patient living with COPD are opportunities to improve the patient's overall HRQOL...
Perspectives on pulmonary rehabilitation: no longer out in right fieldAndrew L Ries
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego 92103, USA
J Cardiopulm Rehabil 23:78-83. 2003
The effects of pulmonary rehabilitation in the national emphysema treatment trialAndrew L Ries
UCSD Medical Center, 200 W Arbor Dr, No 8377, San Diego, CA 92103 8377, USA
Chest 128:3799-809. 2005..The National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT) provided an opportunity to evaluate pulmonary rehabilitation in a large cohort of patients who were treated in centers throughout the United States...
Pulmonary rehabilitation and COPDAndrew L Ries
Department of Medicine and Family and Preventive Medicine, UCSD Medical Center 8377, University of California San Diego, 200 W Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
Semin Respir Crit Care Med 26:133-41. 2005..Pulmonary rehabilitation has also been included as an adjunct to surgical programs such as lung transplantation and lung volume reduction surgery...
Measurement of health-related quality of life in the national emphysema treatment trialRobert M Kaplan
Mail Code 0628, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0628, USA
Chest 126:781-9. 2004..To evaluate two generic and two disease-specific measures of health-related quality of life (QOL) using prerandomization data from the National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT)...
Physical activity, health status and risk of hospitalization in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseRoberto P Benzo
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Respiration 80:10-8. 2010..Self-reported daily physical activity and health status have been reported as predictors of a hospitalization in COPD but are not routinely assessed...
Regular walking and long-term maintenance of outcomes after pulmonary rehabilitationPia Santiago Heppner
Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University University of California, San Diego and Research Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System, 92161, USA
J Cardiopulm Rehabil 26:44-53. 2006....
Minimal clinically important difference for the UCSD Shortness of Breath QuestionnaireDavid H Kupferberg
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, USA
J Cardiopulm Rehabil 25:370-7. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: The MCID calculated using an SEM approach for the SOBQ, CRQ, and QWB meets clinical expectations for these instruments. HRQOL measures provide information that is complementary and distinct from physiological measures...
Physiological and computed tomographic predictors of outcome from lung volume reduction surgeryGeorge R Washko
Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 181:494-500. 2010..We therefore sought to examine radiographic and physiologic predictors of surgical outcomes in a large, multicenter clinical investigation, the National Emphysema Treatment Trial...
Health-related quality of life in emphysemaRobert M Kaplan
Department of Health Services, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1772, USA
Proc Am Thorac Soc 5:561-6. 2008..The NETT illustrates how HRQOL measures can be used to assess outcomes and estimate cost-effectiveness in a major clinical trial...
Quality of life as an outcome measure in pulmonary diseasesRobert M Kaplan
Department of Health Services, University of California, Los Angeles 90095 1772, USA
J Cardiopulm Rehabil 25:321-31. 2005..We devote particular attention to methods designed for use in cost-effectiveness analysis...
Quality of life: concept and definitionRobert M Kaplan
Departments of Health Services and Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
COPD 4:263-71. 2007..The paper presents data from the National Health Interview Survey, the San Diego COPD Rehabilitation Trials, and the National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT)...
Physician and patient perceptions in COPD: the COPD Resource Network Needs Assessment SurveyR Graham Barr
Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Am J Med 118:1415. 2005..National data are lacking on patient and physician perceptions of and patterns of care for COPD...
Feasibility of retinoids for the treatment of emphysema studyMichael D Roth
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1690, USA
Chest 130:1334-45. 2006..Retinoids promote alveolar septation in the developing lung and stimulate alveolar repair in some animal models of emphysema...
Longitudinal change in the BODE index predicts mortality in severe emphysemaFernando J Martinez
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 0360, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 178:491-9. 2008..We hypothesized that decrease in a modified BODE (mBODE) would predict survival in National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT) patients...
Lung volume reduction surgery in patients with emphysema and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiencyJames K Stoller
Division of Medicine, Section of Respiratory Therapy, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 83:241-51. 2007..The role of lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) for individuals with alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency is unclear...
Sex differences in severe pulmonary emphysemaFernando J Martinez
University of Michigan, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 0360, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 176:243-52. 2007..Limited data on sex differences in advanced COPD are available...
ACCP/AACVPR evidence-based guidelines for pulmonary rehabilitation. Round 3: another step forwardAndrew L Ries
J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev 27:233-6. 2007
