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Model-checking techniques for stratified case-control studiesPatrick G Arbogast
Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University, S 2323 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232 2158, USA
Stat Med 24:229-47. 2005..Simulation studies demonstrate that the proposed methods perform well in practical settings. Illustration with an oesophageal cancer study is provided...
Performance of floating absolute risksPatrick G Arbogast
Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232 2158, USA
Am J Epidemiol 162:487-90. 2005..In this paper, the author reports simulation results comparing these two methods and demonstrates that the FAR method, when applied incorrectly, can produce confidence intervals that are substantially too narrow...
Use of disease risk scores in pharmacoepidemiologic studiesPatrick G Arbogast
Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232 2158, USA
Stat Methods Med Res 18:67-80. 2009....
Performance of disease risk scores, propensity scores, and traditional multivariable outcome regression in the presence of multiple confoundersPatrick G Arbogast
Department of Biostatistics, S 2323 Medical Center North, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232 2158, USA
Am J Epidemiol 174:613-20. 2011..These data suggest that, for cohort studies for which covariates are not highly correlated with exposure, the DRS, particularly that calculated from the full cohort, is a useful tool...
Adjustment for multiple cardiovascular risk factors using a summary risk scorePatrick G Arbogast
Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 2158, USA
Epidemiology 19:30-7. 2008..Although this summary score has a number of advantages, there is concern that it may result in underestimation of the standard error of the exposure estimate and thus inflate the number of statistically significant results...
Cardiovascular risks of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs in patients after hospitalization for serious coronary heart diseaseWayne A Ray
Department of Preventive Medicine, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2:155-63. 2009..The cardiovascular safety of individual nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is highly controversial, particularly in persons with serious coronary heart disease...
Asthma as a risk factor for invasive pneumococcal diseaseThomas R Talbot
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA
N Engl J Med 352:2082-90. 2005..The risk of invasive pneumococcal disease among persons with asthma is unknown...
Trends in prescribing of antipsychotic medications for US childrenWilliam O Cooper
Division of General Pediatrics Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Ambul Pediatr 6:79-83. 2006..To identify frequencies of prescribing for antipsychotics among all US children...
Non-aspirin NSAIDs, cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors and risk for cardiovascular events-stroke, acute myocardial infarction, and death from coronary heart diseaseChristianne L Roumie
Veterans Administration, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center GRECC, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 18:1053-63. 2009..To determine if certain non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events: acute myocardial infarction (AMI), stroke, and death from coronary heart disease (CHD)...
Reduction in high rates of antibiotic-nonsusceptible invasive pneumococcal disease in tennessee after introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccineThomas R Talbot
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Clin Infect Dis 39:641-8. 2004..One measure to combat IPD is vaccination with the recently introduced 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV)...
Increase in incidence of medically treated thyroid disease in children with Down Syndrome after rerelease of American Academy of Pediatrics Health Supervision guidelinesKecia N Carroll
Division of General Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent Health Research Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Pediatrics 122:e493-8. 2008....
Health plan notification and feedback to providers is associated with increased filling of preventer medications for children with asthma enrolled in MedicaidWilliam O Cooper
Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232 2504, USA
J Pediatr 152:481-8. 2008..To test the hypothesis that children enrolled in Medicaid managed care health plans that provide asthma-specific communication to providers would be more likely to have adequate asthma medication filling...
Risk of peptic ulcer hospitalizations in users of NSAIDs with gastroprotective cotherapy versus coxibsWayne A Ray
Division of Pharmacoepidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37212, USA
Gastroenterology 133:790-8. 2007..However, the relative clinical effectiveness of these therapeutic alternatives is understudied...
Adherence to disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and the effects of exposure misclassification on the risk of hospital admissionCarlos G Grijalva
Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 2637, USA
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 62:730-4. 2010..To describe the effect of different exposure classification strategies for disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) on drug-outcome associations...
Trends in healthcare usage attributable to diarrhea, 1995-2004Stephen J Pont
Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
J Pediatr 153:777-82. 2008..To determine current diarrhea-associated healthcare usage rates and associated sociodemographic factors. These data can be used to determine the impact of the rotavirus vaccine...
Assessment of adherence to and persistence on disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in patients with rheumatoid arthritisCarlos G Grijalva
Department of Preventive Medicine, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Med Care 45:S66-76. 2007..However, measurements of relative effectiveness, including treatment adherence and persistence, are lacking. We evaluated adherence and persistence during new episodes of use of traditional and biologic DMARDs...
Outpatient utilization of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors among heart failure patients after hospital dischargeJaved Butler
Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 43:2036-43. 2004..This study was designed to assess outpatient angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) use after heart failure (HF) hospitalization...
High frequency of use of rofecoxib at greater than recommended doses: cause for concernMarie R Griffin
Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 13:339-43. 2004..Thus chronic use of high doses of rofecoxib has implications for patient safety...
Azithromycin and the risk of cardiovascular deathWayne A Ray
Division of Pharmacoepidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
N Engl J Med 366:1881-90. 2012..However, published reports of arrhythmias suggest that azithromycin may increase the risk of cardiovascular death...
Antibiotics potentially used in response to bioterrorism and the risk of major congenital malformationsWilliam O Cooper
Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232 2504, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 23:18-28. 2009....
Impact of proximity to comprehensive sickle cell center on utilization of healthcare services among children with sickle cell diseaseSadhna M Shankar
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Pediatr Blood Cancer 50:66-71. 2008..We compared the medical care utilization and mortality in children less than 20 years of age with SCD in four regions in the state of Tennessee with and without a comprehensive sickle cell center (CSCC)...
Initiation of rheumatoid arthritis treatments and the risk of serious infectionsCarlos G Grijalva
Department of Preventive Medicine, Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1500 21st Avenue Suite 2600, The Village at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN 37232 2637, USA
Rheumatology (Oxford) 49:82-90. 2010..Our objective was to compare serious infections following initiation of different RA regimens. Prior comparative studies of DMARD initiation have yielded conflicting results...
Increased risk of adrenal insufficiency following etomidate exposure in critically injured patientsBryan A Cotton
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1211 21st Ave S, 404 Medical Arts Bldg, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
Arch Surg 143:62-7; discussion 67. 2008..Timely diagnosis and treatment of adrenal insufficiency (AI) dramatically reduces mortality in trauma patients. We sought to identify risk factors and populations with a high risk of developing AI...
Seasonality of invasive pneumococcal disease: temporal relation to documented influenza and respiratory syncytial viral circulationThomas R Talbot
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Am J Med 118:285-91. 2005..Using two prospective surveillance networks, the temporal relation between invasive pneumococcal disease and isolation of circulating winter viruses was explored...
Medical care utilization and mortality in sickle cell disease: a population-based studySadhna M Shankar
Division of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 6310, USA
Am J Hematol 80:262-70. 2005..001). The death rate in adolescents and young adults with SCD continues to be much higher than population-specific rates. Interventions to prevent morbidity and mortality related to SCD are urgently needed...
Gaps in enrollment from a Medicaid managed care program: effects on emergency department visits and hospitalizations for children with asthmaWilliam O Cooper
Division of General Pediatrics, Vanderbilt Children s Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 8555, USA
Med Care 43:718-25. 2005..For high-risk children with asthma enrolled in Medicaid, loss of Medicaid coverage is a potential threat to access to quality asthma care...
Effect of regulatory warnings on antidepressant prescribing for children and adolescentsBenji T Kurian
Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161:690-6. 2007....
Nonaspirin NSAIDs, cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitors, and the risk for strokeChristianne L Roumie
Veterans Administration, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
Stroke 39:2037-45. 2008..We determined whether specific NSAIDs, including coxibs, are associated with risk of stroke...
Immortal time bias in critical care research: application of time-varying Cox regression for observational cohort studiesAyumi K Shintani
Department of Biostatistics, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
Crit Care Med 37:2939-45. 2009..To examine the bias introduced by using time-fixed methodology to analyze the effects of a time-varying exposure incurred in the intensive care unit...
Improved compliance with quality measures at hospital discharge with a computerized physician order entry systemJaved Butler
Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, VAMC, Nashville, TN, USA
Am Heart J 151:643-53. 2006..Implementation of disease-specific computerized physician order entry (CPOE) discharge tools may improve compliance with these measures...
Decline in pneumonia admissions after routine childhood immunisation with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the USA: a time-series analysisCarlos G Grijalva
Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
Lancet 369:1179-86. 2007..We therefore assessed the effect of the programme on rates of all-cause and pneumococcal pneumonia admissions...
ADHD drugs and serious cardiovascular events in children and young adultsWilliam O Cooper
Division of General Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232 4313, USA
N Engl J Med 365:1896-904. 2011..Adverse-event reports from North America have raised concern that the use of drugs for attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increases the risk of serious cardiovascular events...
Increasing exposure to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in pregnancyMichael E Bowen
Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 198:291.e1-5. 2008..The objective of the study was to identify angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor prescription-filling trends in pregnant women...
Changes in cotherapies after initiation of disease-modifying antirheumatic drug therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritisVivian K Kawai
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 63:1415-24. 2011..Use of corticosteroids and NSAIDs decreased modestly 6-12 months after initiation, but there was only a very small decrease in narcotic use. These differential changes require further study...
Implementation of a real-time compliance dashboard to help reduce SICU ventilator-associated pneumonia with the ventilator bundleVictor Zaydfudim
Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, D 4314 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232 2730, USA
Arch Surg 144:656-62. 2009..Recent studies suggest that the success of preventive measures is dependent on compliance with ventilator bundle parameters...
Major congenital malformations after first-trimester exposure to ACE inhibitorsWilliam O Cooper
Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
N Engl J Med 354:2443-51. 2006..We conducted a study to assess the association between exposure to ACE inhibitors during the first trimester of pregnancy only and the risk of congenital malformations...
Prescriptions for chronic high-dose cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors are often inappropriate and potentially dangerousChristianne L Roumie
Veterans Administration, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center GRECC, Nashville, Tenn 37212, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:879-83. 2005..To describe the use of coxibs outside of licensed indications and recommended dosing ranges including rofecoxib 50 mg, valdecoxib 20 to 40 mg, and celecoxib 400 mg...
Comparative effectiveness of antibiotic treatment strategies for pediatric skin and soft-tissue infectionsDerek J Williams
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Monroe Carell Jr Children s Hospital, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 2573, USA
Pediatrics 128:e479-87. 2011..To compare the effectiveness of clindamycin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and β-lactams for the treatment of pediatric skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs)...
Positive predictive value of automated database records for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in children and youth exposed to antipsychotic drugs or control medications: a Tennessee Medicaid StudyWilliam V Bobo
Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
BMC Med Res Methodol 11:157. 2011..quot;..
Black race, sex, and extrapulmonary tuberculosis risk: an observational studyChristina T Fiske
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
BMC Infect Dis 10:16. 2010..Our objective was to determine race and sex differences in extrapulmonary tuberculosis risk in order to identify the optimal population in which to assess for host factors associated with extrapulmonary tuberculosis...
Mortality rates associated with multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection in surgical intensive care unitsTitus L Daniels
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29:1080-3. 2008..baumannii HAI. The median length of hospital stay before diagnosis of HAI was 4.5 days longer for patients with MDR A. baumannii infection than for patients with non-MDR A. baumannii infection (P < .001)...
Beta-blocker exposure is associated with improved survival after severe traumatic brain injuryBryan A Cotton
Departments of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
J Trauma 62:26-33; discussion 33-5. 2007..Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is often associated with a hyperadrenergic state. We hypothesized that adrenergic blockade would confer improved survival among TBI patients...
New users of antipsychotic medications among children enrolled in TennCareWilliam O Cooper
Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Suite 5028 MCE, Nashville, TN 37232 8555, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:753-9. 2004....
Changes to the financial responsibility for juvenile court ordered psychiatric evaluations reduce inpatient services utilization: an interrupted time series studyRichard A Epstein
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1500 21st Avenue South, Village at Vanderbilt Suite 2200, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 12:136. 2012..The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the impact of a July 2008 Tennessee Court of Appeals opinion that shifted financial responsibility for juvenile court ordered psychiatric evaluations from the State to the County...
Use of drugs known to cause fetal harm among women delivering infants in HaitiAstride Jules
Master of Public Health Program, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenn 37232 4313, USA
Acad Pediatr 10:395-9. 2010..To estimate the prevalence of use of fetal-harm drugs among women who received postpartum care in hospitals in Haiti and to identify groups of women at higher risk for potentially harmful medication exposures...
Work hours restrictions as an ethical dilemma for residents: a descriptive survey of violation types and frequencyRobert O Carpenter
Department of General Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 2730, USA
Curr Surg 63:448-55. 2006..In addition, almost half of those individuals admitted under-reporting their hours worked. The authors' goal was to further delineate the type and frequency of violations and under-reporting...
The rising prevalence of gastroschisis and omphalocele in TennesseeSonya R Collins
Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232 2504, USA
J Pediatr Surg 42:1221-4. 2007..We conclude that the increase in these important birth defects seen in earlier decades has persisted in Tennessee in recent years. Further elucidation of risk factors associated with the increase is warranted...
Outpatient adherence to beta-blocker therapy after acute myocardial infarctionJaved Butler
Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, 383 PRB, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 40:1589-95. 2002..This study was designed to determine adherence to outpatient beta-blocker therapy following acute myocardial infarction (AMI)...
Model for end-stage liver disease: did the new liver allocation policy affect waiting list mortality?Mary T Austin
Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Arch Surg 142:1079-85. 2007..To examine the impact of the Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) on waiting list mortality...
Utility of daily supervised hyperventilation during long-term video-EEG monitoringAmir M Arain
Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
J Clin Neurophysiol 26:17-20. 2009..Daily HV may be effective in shortening the duration of video EEG monitoring, consequently reducing its cost...
Incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease among individuals with sickle cell disease before and after the introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccineNatasha B Halasa
Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, USA
Clin Infect Dis 44:1428-33. 2007..We sought to determine the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) among individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD) before and after the introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV)...
Underutilization of gastroprotective measures in patients receiving nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugsWalter Smalley
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
Arthritis Rheum 46:2195-200. 2002..To determine the frequency of use of recommended gastroprotective strategies in a cohort of patients receiving recurrent treatment with nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)...
Outcome in 91 consecutive patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension receiving epoprostenolKarl P Kuhn
Center for Lung Research, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2650, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 167:580-6. 2003..001). Older patients treated with epoprostenol have significantly shorter survival, regardless of etiology...
Prescribing of contraindicated protease inhibitor and statin combinations among HIV-infected personsTodd Hulgan
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 38:277-82. 2005..0% of combinations to 20.8% during the same periods (P < 0.001). Use of PIs and statins has increased in the adult TennCare population. Contraindicated combinations have decreased but remain unacceptably high...
Resident work hour limits and patient safetyBenjamin K Poulose
Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Ann Surg 241:847-56; discussion 856-60. 2005..This study evaluates the effect of resident physician work hour limits on surgical patient safety...
Does the use of oxycodone affect diagnostic accuracy in children with acute abdominal pain?Michael E Bowen
Child and Adolescent Health Research Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, AA 0216 MCN, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:326-8. 2005
Exploring clinician adoption of a novel evidence request feature in an electronic medical record systemRebecca N Jerome
Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2209 Garland Avenue, Nashville, TN 37232 8340, USA
J Med Libr Assoc 96:34-41. 2008..The research evaluated strategies for facilitating physician adoption of an evidence-based medicine literature request feature recently integrated into an existing electronic medical record (EMR) system...
Elimination of racial differences in invasive pneumococcal disease in young children after introduction of the conjugate pneumococcal vaccineThomas R Talbot
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 23:726-31. 2004..2% versus 47.6%). CONCLUSIONS: With conjugate pneumococcal vaccine introduction in Tennessee, racial differences in the incidence rates of IPD have largely been eliminated, particularly in young children...
Autonomic activity and somatic symptoms in response to success vs. failure on a cognitive task: a comparison of chronic abdominal pain patients and well childrenMartina Puzanovova
Department of Pediatrics Division of Adolescent Medicine and Behavioral Science, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
J Psychosom Res 67:235-43. 2009..failure on the task...
Risk factors for pressure ulcers in acute care hospitalsMary D Fogerty
Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37212 1750, USA
Wound Repair Regen 16:11-8. 2008..Disorders of skin integrity, organ system failure, and infection were found to be broad categories of risk factors as well. Using the NIS, risk factors for pressure ulcer including diagnoses and demographic factors have been identified...
Inhibition of angiotensin II signaling and recurrence of atrial fibrillation in AFFIRMKatherine T Murray
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
Heart Rhythm 1:669-75. 2004..We investigated whether inhibition of endogenous angiotensin II signaling reduces the recurrence rate of atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients enrolled in the Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) study...
Volume-outcome effects for children undergoing resection of renal malignanciesJason R Axt
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Monroe Carell Jr Children s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 9780, USA
J Surg Res 177:e27-33. 2012..Adults undergoing oncologic resections at low-volume centers experience increased perioperative morbidity and mortality. The volume-outcome effect has not been extensively studied in pediatric oncologic resections...
Arterial oxygen fluctuation and retinopathy of prematurity in very-low-birth-weight infantsJackie R York
Department of Neonatology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
J Perinatol 24:82-7. 2004..67, during the first 10 days was 1.82, and during days 11-30 was 1.68. CONCLUSIONS: Very-low-birth-weight infants experiencing fluctuating PaO(2) are at higher risk of threshold ROP...
COX-2 selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and risk of serious coronary heart diseaseWayne A Ray
Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Lancet 360:1071-3. 2002..93 (1.09-3.42, p=0.024). By contrast, there was no evidence of raised risk of CHD among users of rofecoxib at doses of 25 mg or less or among users of other NSAIDs...
Statins and influenza/COPD mortalityCarlos G Grijalva
Chest 132:1407; author reply 1407-8. 2007
