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Comparison of adjustable and fixed oral appliances for the treatment of obstructive sleep apneaChristopher J Lettieri
Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA
J Clin Sleep Med 7:439-45. 2011..To compare the efficacy of adjustable and fixed oral appliances for the treatment of OSA...
Sedative use during continuous positive airway pressure titration improves subsequent compliance: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trialChristopher J Lettieri
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA
Chest 136:1263-8. 2009..To validate these findings, we conducted a prospective clinical trial to assess whether premedication with eszopiclone prior to CPAP titration would improve short-term CPAP compliance...- An intensivist-directed intensive care unit improves clinical outcomes in a combat zoneChristopher J Lettieri
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Crit Care Med 37:1256-60. 2009..Numerous barriers exist that limit hospitals adopting this practice. We sought to show this staffing model can be implemented in an austere environment with limited resources resulting in improved outcomes... - Pneumatic compression devices are an effective therapy for restless legs syndrome: a prospective, randomized, double-blinded, sham-controlled trialChristopher J Lettieri
Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA
Chest 135:74-80. 2009..Uncontrolled series using pneumatic compression devices (PCDs) have been shown to reduce symptoms of RLS. We sought to assess the efficacy of PCDs as a nonpharmacologic treatment for RLS... - Eszopiclone improves overnight polysomnography and continuous positive airway pressure titration: a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled trialChristopher J Lettieri
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA
Sleep 31:1310-6. 2008..To assess whether premedication with eszopiclone would improve sleep duration and continuity during polysomnography, thereby improving the quality of diagnostic and CPAP titration studies... - Persistence of obstructive sleep apnea after surgical weight lossChristopher J Lettieri
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA
J Clin Sleep Med 4:333-8. 2008..We sought to clarify the impact of bariatric surgery on OSA. We hypothesized that, despite substantial weight loss and reductions in the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), many will have persistent disease... - Effects of a short course of eszopiclone on continuous positive airway pressure adherence: a randomized trialChristopher J Lettieri
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA
Ann Intern Med 151:696-702. 2009..Adherence to short-term continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) may predict long-term use. Unfortunately, initial CPAP intolerance may lead to poor adherence or abandonment of therapy... 
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: are we missing an at-risk population?Christopher J Lettieri
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA
J Clin Sleep Med 1:381-5. 2005..We hypothesized that the severity of OSAS is independent of age and BMI in a younger less-obese population...- Does zolpidem enhance the yield of polysomnography?Christopher J Lettieri
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA
J Clin Sleep Med 1:129-31. 2005..Nonbenzodiazepine hypnotics may improve sleep efficiency without disruption of sleep architecture. We hypothesized that premedication with zolpidem improves polysomnogram quality and decreases the need to restudy... - Discordance between general and pulmonary pathologists in the diagnosis of interstitial lung diseaseChristopher J Lettieri
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Ave, NW Washington, DC 20307, USA
Respir Med 99:1425-30. 2005..However, the agreement between general and pulmonary pathologists in histopathologic diagnosis of ILD has not been established... - The distance-saturation product predicts mortality in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisChristopher J Lettieri
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20307, USA
Respir Med 100:1734-41. 2006..We compared the performance of the DSP to the individual 6MWT parameters in predicting mortality... - Prevalence and outcomes of pulmonary arterial hypertension in advanced idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisChristopher J Lettieri
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 6900 Georgia Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20307, USA
Chest 129:746-52. 2006..We sought to characterize the prevalence of PAH and its impact on survival in patients with advanced IPF... - Utility of split-night polysomnography in the diagnosis of upper airway resistance syndromeDavid A Kristo
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA
Sleep Breath 13:271-5. 2009..We sought to determine if split-night polysomnography could be effectively used in upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS) without diminishing diagnostic accuracy or success of CPAP titration... - Effects of surgical weight loss on measures of obstructive sleep apnea: a meta-analysisDavid L Greenburg
Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Am J Med 122:535-42. 2009..We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to identify the effects of surgical weight loss on the apnea-hypopnea index... - Silent upper airway resistance syndrome: prevalence in a mixed military populationDavid A Kristo
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington DC 20307, USA
Chest 127:1654-7. 2005..This report describes a subset of patients with UARS diagnosed by polysomnography who do not manifest snoring, which we define as silent upper airway resistance syndrome (SUARS)... - Sleep disturbances among soldiers with combat-related traumatic brain injuryJacob Collen
Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD 20889, USA
Chest 142:622-30. 2012..The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of sleep disorders among soldiers who sustained combat-related traumatic brain injury... - Outcomes and safety of surgical lung biopsy for interstitial lung diseaseChristopher J Lettieri
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA
Chest 127:1600-5. 2005..To determine the safety of surgical lung biopsy (SLB) in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD), and specifically in those with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)... - Sequential compression devices for treatment of restless legs syndromeArn H Eliasson
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Service, Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307 5001, USA
Medicine (Baltimore) 86:317-23. 2007..02). In this group of patients, wearing the SCD in the evening for an hour improved symptoms of RLS and improved quality of life, with complete resolution of symptoms in 3 of 10 patients... - Fulminant meningococcal sepsis in a woman with previously unknown hyposplenismAnita Shah
Department of Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Medscape J Med 10:36. 2008 - Impact of perioperative cardiac assessment guidelines on management of orthopedic surgery patientsStephen M Salerno
Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 96859, USA
Am J Med 120:185.e1-6. 2007.... - Does home sleep testing impair continuous positive airway pressure adherence in patients with obstructive sleep apnea?Christine F Lettieri
Department of Family Medicine, DeWitt Army Community Hospital, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060, USA
Chest 139:849-54. 2011..We sought to determine the difference in PAP use between HST and traditional in-laboratory studies... - Transient blindness due to posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome following ephedra overdoseFouad J Moawad
Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20307, USA
South Med J 99:511-4. 2006..This case emphasizes the need for prompt treatment and consideration of toxic ingestions in patients presenting with hypertension-related end-organ dysfunction... - The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on CPAP adherence in patients with obstructive sleep apneaJacob F Collen
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD 20889, USA
J Clin Sleep Med 8:667-72. 2012..Sleep fragmentation and insomnia are common in PTSD and may impair CPAP adherence. We sought to determine the impact of combat-related PTSD on CPAP adherence in soldiers... - Intralobular bronchopulmonary sequestrations associated with bronchogenic cystsRamey L Wilson
Department of Internal Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Avenue, Washington, DC 20307, USA
Respir Med 99:508-10. 2005..As congenital abnormalities tend to be found together, these cases question the notion that intralobar sequestrations only occur secondary to chronic inflammation or infection, and suggest they can be congenital lesions... - Depreotide scanning in sarcoidosis: a pilot studyAndrew F Shorr
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20307, USA
Chest 126:1337-43. 2004..To determine whether sarcoidosis results in uptake on (99m)Tc-labeled depreotide (DP) scintigraphy and to generate preliminary data to guide the development of future trials exploring this imaging modality in sarcoidosis patients... - Linear pulmonary opacities in an asymptomatic patientTimothy J Biega
Department of Neuroradiology, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C, USA
Respiration 73:705-7. 2006 - Role for transbronchial biopsy in the diagnosis of usual interstitial pneumoniaAndrew F Shorr
Chest 131:329-30; author reply 330. 2007