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Family meetings made simpler: A toolkit for the intensive care unit by Nelson, Judith E., MD, JD, Walker, Amy S., BA, Luhrs, Carol A., MD, Cortez, Therese B., MSN, NP, ACHPN, Pronovost, Peter J., MD, PhD

“…Abstract Although a growing body of evidence has associated the intensive care unit (ICU) family meeting with important, favorable outcomes for critically ill…”
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Pseudohypobicarbonatemia Caused by an Endogenous Assay Interferent: A New Entity by Goldwasser, Philip, MD, Manjappa, Nagarathna G., MD, Luhrs, Carol A., MD, Barth, Robert H., MD

“…Serum total carbon dioxide, measured using a chemistry analyzer, and gas panel–derived plasma bicarbonate, calculated from the pH and partial pressure of…”
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Implementation and Evaluation of a Network-Based Pilot Program to Improve Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit by Penrod, Joan D., PhD, Luhrs, Carol A., MD, Livote, Elayne E., MPH, MS, MA, Cortez, Therese B., MSN, NP, ACHPN, Kwak, Jennifer, BA

“…Abstract Background Intensive care unit (ICU) care could be improved by implementation of time-triggered evidence-based interventions including identification…”
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Improving Family Meetings in Intensive Care Units: A Quality Improvement Curriculum by Gruenewald, David A, Gabriel, Michelle, Rizzo, Dorothy, Luhrs, Carol A

“…Family meetings in the intensive care unit are associated with beneficial outcomes for patients, their families, and health care systems, yet these meetings…”
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Hospital-based palliative care consultation: effects on hospital cost by Penrod, Joan D, Deb, Partha, Dellenbaugh, Cornelia, Burgess, Jr, James F, Zhu, Carolyn W, Christiansen, Cindy L, Luhrs, Carol A, Cortez, Therese, Livote, Elayne, Allen, Veleka, Morrison, R Sean

“…Palliative care consultation teams in hospitals are becoming increasingly more common. Palliative care improves the quality of hospital care for patients with…”
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Patterns of Care and Survival of Metastatic Metaplastic Breast Cancer Patients by Youssef, Irini, Lee, Anna, Kukunoor, Sparsha, Taiwo, Evelyn, Luhrs, Carol A, Schreiber, David

“…Background: Metaplastic breast cancer (MBC) is a rare, aggressive variant of breast cancer, usually triple negative disease and chemotherapy refractory…”
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Training nurses for interdisciplinary communication with families in the intensive care unit: an intervention by Krimshtein, Nina S, Luhrs, Carol A, Puntillo, Kathleen A, Cortez, Therese B, Livote, Elayne E, Penrod, Joan D, Nelson, Judith E

“…Critical care nurse communication training has largely been limited to didactic materials, interactive training for nurse supervisors, or brief participatory…”
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End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)–For Veterans: An Educational Project to Improve Care for All Veterans With Serious, Complex Illness by Gabriel, Michelle S., Malloy, Pam, Wilson, Lauren R., Virani, Rose, Jones, Diane H., Luhrs, Carol A., Shreve, Scott T.

“…Because only 4% of veterans die in Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities, the Department of Veterans Affairs Hospice and Palliative Care Program partnered with the…”
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End-of-life care pathways by Luhrs, Carol A, Penrod, Joan D

“…PURPOSE OF REVIEWTo summarize recent research findings about the use and effects of integrated care pathways for end-of-life care. RECENT FINDINGSIntegrated…”
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Use of a report card to implement a network-based palliative care program by Penrod, Joan D, Cortez, Therese, Luhrs, Carol A

“…To report on implementation of a Veterans Affairs (VA) network-wide, standardized, high-quality palliative care (PC) program using a Web-based PC Report Card…”
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Pilot of a Pathway to Improve the Care of Imminently Dying Oncology Inpatients in a Veterans Affairs Medical Center by Luhrs, Carol A., Meghani, Sheni, Homel, Peter, Drayton, Mary, O'Toole, Eileen, Paccione, Maria, Daratsos, Louisa, Wollner, David, Bookbinder, Marilyn

“…We report on the implementation of a previously developed clinical pathway for terminally ill patients, Palliative Care for Advanced Disease (PCAD), on a…”
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Comparing the efficacy of abiraterone and enzalutamide in United States veterans with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (mCSPC) by estimating rates of tumor growth ( g -rate) by Leuva, Harshraj, Zhou, Mengxi, Stamatov, Rumen, Teply, Benjamin A., Rosenberg, Ta-Chueh Melody, Luhrs, Carol A., Mundi, Prabhjot Singh, Park, Yeun-Hee Anna, Bates, Susan Elaine, Faiena, Izak, Fojo, Antonio Tito

“…5076 Background: The choice of 1 st line novel hormonal therapy in mCSPC is often based on comorbidities/physician preference due to the lack of data comparing…”
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Survival of metastatic metaplastic breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy by Kukunoor, Sparsha, Lee, Anna, Taiwo, Evelyn Oluwatoyin, Schreiber, David, Luhrs, Carol A.

“…Abstract only…”
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Implementation and Evaluation of a Network-Based Pilot Program to Improve Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit : Quality Improvement Projects by PENROD, Joan D, LUHRS, Carol A, LIVOTE, Elayne E, CORTEZ, Therese B, KWAK, Jennifer

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The Role of Glycosylation in the Biosynthesis and Acquisition of Ligand-Binding Activity of the Folate-Binding Protein in Cultured KB Cells by Luhrs, Carol A.

“…The biosynthesis, processing, and ligand-binding function of the membrane-associated and soluble forms of the folate-binding protein (FBP) in KB cells, a…”
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Transfection of a glycosylated phosphatidylinositol-anchored folate-binding protein complementary DNA provides cells with the ability to survive in low folate medium by LUHRS, C. A, RASKIN, C. A, DURBIN, R, BIYUN WU, SADASIVAN, E, MCALLISTER, W, ROTHENBERG, S. P

“…KB cells express a folate-binding protein that is anchored to the plasma membrane by a glycosylated phosphatidylinositol (GPI) tail and these cells can grow in…”
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Purified Membrane and Soluble Folate Binding Proteins from Cultured KB Cells have Similar Amino Acid Compositions and Molecular Weights but Differ in Fatty Acid Acylation by Luhrs, Carol A., Pitiranggon, Prasan, Da Costa, Maria, Rothenberg, Sheldon P., Slomiany, Bronislaw L., Brink, Larry, Tous, Guillermo I., Stein, Stanley

“…A membrane-associated folate binding protein (FBP) and a soluble FBP, which is released into the culture medium, have been purified from human KB cells using…”
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The isolation and properties of multiple forms of folate binding protein in cultured KB cells by Luhrs, C A, Sadasivan, E, da Costa, M, Rothenberg, S P

“…The folate binding proteins (FBPs) of KB cells which were cultured in normal (N) and folate-deficient (D) medium have been characterized. The 200,000 g…”
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