Search Results - "GIFFORD, A. L"

Development and validation of a self-completed HIV symptom index by Justice, A.C, Holmes, W, Gifford, A.L, Rabeneck, L, Zackin, R, Sinclair, G, Weissman, S, Neidig, J, Marcus, C, Chesney, M, Cohn, S.E, Wu, A.W

“…Traditional, open-ended provider questions regarding patient symptoms are insensitive. Better methods are needed to measure symptoms for clinical management,…”
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Hepatitis C testing practices and prevalence in a high-risk urban ambulatory care setting by Southern, W. N., Drainoni, M.-L., Smith, B. D., Christiansen, C. L., McKee, D., Gifford, A. L., Weinbaum, C. M., Thompson, D., Koppelman, E., Maher, S., Litwin, A. H.

“…Approximately 3.2 million persons are chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the U.S.; most are not aware of their infection. Our objectives…”
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Self-reported adherence to antiretroviral medications among participants in HIV clinical trials: The AACTG Adherence Instruments by Chesney, M. A., Ickovics, J. R., Chambers, D. B., Gifford, A. L., Neidig, J., Zwickl, B., Wu, A. W., PATIENT CARE COMMITTEE & ADHERENCE WORKING GROUP OF THE OUTCOMES COMMITTEE OF THE ADULT AIDS CLINICAL TRIALS GROUP (AACTG)

“…This paper describes the AACTG Adherence Instruments, which are comprised of two self-report questionnaires for use in clinical trials conducted by the Adult…”
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Balancing disfigurement and fear of disease progression: Patient perceptions of HIV body fat redistribution by Reynolds, N. R., Neidig, J. L., Wu, A. W., Gifford, A. L., Holmes, W. C.

“…This study was conducted to identify and describe the perceived morphologic changes of body fat redistribution and related distress among persons taking…”
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Predictors of Self-Reported Adherence and Plasma HIV Concentrations in Patients on Multidrug Antiretroviral Regimens by Gifford, Allen L, Bormann, Jill E, Shively, Martha J, Wright, Brian C, Richman, Douglas D, Bozzette, Samuel A

“…BACKGROUND:Adherence to prescribed medications is a central feature of good clinical HIV care, but little is known about the factors associated with multidrug…”
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Self-management health education for chronic HIV infection by GIFFORD, A. L.

“…This paper describes the design and implementation, and presents qualitative data on the Positive Self-Management Program (PSMP), a group health education…”
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Retention in Care: A Challenge to Survival with HIV Infection by Giordano, Thomas P., Gifford, Allen L., White, A. Clinton, Almazor, Maria E. Suarez, Rabeneck, Linda, Hartman, Christine, Backus, Lisa I., Mole, Larry A., Morgan, Robert O.

“…Background. Patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection need lifelong medical care, but many do not remain in care. The effect of poor retention…”
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Pilot randomized trial of education to improve self-management skills of men with symptomatic HIV/AIDS by GIFFORD, A. L, LAURENT, D. D, GONZALES, V. M, CHESNEY, M. A, LORIG, K. R

“…To evaluate the acceptability, practicality, and short-term efficacy of a health education program to improve disease self-management in patients with…”
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Justification for a new cohort study of people aging with and without HIV infection by Justice, A.C., Landefeld, C.S., Asch, S.M., Gifford, A.L., Whalen, C.C., Covinsky, K.E.

“…This supplement contains a series of papers supporting the justification, design, and implementation of a longitudinal cohort study of an aging HIV-positive…”
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The hepatitis C self-management programme: a randomized controlled trial by Groessl, E. J., Weingart, K. R., Stepnowsky, C. J., Gifford, A. L., Asch, S. M., Ho, S. B.

“…Chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection afflicts millions of people worldwide. While antiviral treatments are effective for some patients, many either cannot or…”
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Disclosing large scale adverse events in the US Veterans Health Administration: lessons from media responses by Maguire, E.M, Bokhour, B.G, Asch, S.M, Wagner, T.H, Gifford, A.L, Gallagher, T.H, Durfee, J.M, Martinello, R.A, Elwy, A.R

“…Abstract Objectives We examined print, broadcast and social media reports about health care systems' disclosures of large scale adverse events to develop…”
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Pertussis toxin inhibition of chemotactic factor-induced calcium mobilization and function in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes by GOLDMAN, D. W, CHANG, F.-H, GIFFORD, L. A, GOETZL, E. J, BOURNE, H. R

“…Chemotactic factors stimulate a rapid increase in the cytosolic concentration of intracellular calcium ions ([Ca2+]in) in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes…”
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Transduction by leukotriene B4 receptors of increases in cytosolic calcium in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes by Goldman, DW, Gifford, LA, Olson, DM, Goetzl, EJ

“…The uptake of Quin-2 by human polymorphonuclear (PMN) leukocytes permitted accurate fluorimetric quantification of the cytosolic concentration of intracellular…”
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Lipopolysaccharide modulates receptors for leukotriene B4, C5a, and formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine on rabbit polymorphonuclear leukocytes by Goldman, DW, Enkel, H, Gifford, LA, Chenoweth, DE, Rosenbaum, JT

“…Peripheral blood polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL) isolated from rabbits after an i.v. injection of endotoxin exhibited decreased chemotactic migration in…”
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Preventive care among HIV-positive patients in a general medicine practice by Gifford, A L, McPhee, S J, Fordham, D

“…We randomly selected a cohort of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients from a large university-based general medicine practice to determine how…”
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Barriers to use of electronic adherence monitoring in an HIV clinic by Wendel, CS, Mohler, MJ, Kroesen, K, Ampel, NM, Gifford, AL, Coons, SJ

“…OBJECTIVE: To evaluate barriers to Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS) measurement of adherence to combination antiretroviral therapy in an HIV clinic…”
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National Estimates of HIV-Related Symptom Prevalence from the HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study by Wm. Christopher Mathews, McCutchan, J. Allen, Asch, Steven, Turner, Barbara J., Gifford, Allen L., Kuromiya, Kiyoshi, Brown, Julie, Shapiro, Martin F., Bozzette, Samuel A.

“…Objectives. The objectives of this study were (1) to estimate the prevalence, bothersomeness, and variation of HIV-related symptoms in a nationally…”
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End-of-Life Discussions and Preferences Among Persons With HIV by Wenger, Neil S, Kanouse, David E, Collins, Rebecca L, Liu, Honghu, Schuster, Mark A, Gifford, Allen L, Bozzette, Samuel A, Shapiro, Martin F

“…CONTEXT Deficits in advance care planning leave many patients and their physicians unprepared for decisions about end-of-life care. Even though the prognosis…”
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Robotic analysis of aflatoxin M1 in milk by Gifford, L A, Wright, C, Gilbert, J

“…An automated aflatoxin M1 assay system capable of performing multiple unattended extractions and chromatographic analyses has been developed. A six-axis…”
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Lack of interaction between flucloxacillin and methotrexate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by HERRICK, A. L, GRENNAN, D. M, GRIFFEN, K, AARONS, L, GIFFORD, L. A

“…1. The aim of the study was to examine the potential pharmacokinetic interaction between methotrexate and flucloxacillin. 2. Ten rheumatoid arthritis patients…”
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