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Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Soni, Nilam J., Samson, David J., Galaydick, Jodi L., Vats, Vikrant, Huang, Elbert S., Aronson, Naomi, Pitrak, David L.

“…BACKGROUND The utility of procalcitonin to manage patients with infections is unclear. A systematic review of comparative studies using procalcitonin‐guided…”
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A Targeted, Conventional Assay, Emergency Department HIV Testing Program Integrated With Existing Clinical Procedures by Schrantz, Stephen J., MD, MA, Babcock, Christine A., MD, MSc, Theodosis, Christian, MD, MPH, Brown, Stephen, MSW, Mercer, Seth, MD, Pillow, Malford T., MD, Watts, Kathryn, MD, Taylor, Michelle, LSW, Pitrak, David L., MD

“…Objective Various HIV testing models have been described, but widespread implementation has lagged. We describe a clinical HIV testing program notable for its…”
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Incorporating HIV Screening With COVID-19 Testing in an Urban Emergency Department During the Pandemic by Stanford, Kimberly A, McNulty, Moira C, Schmitt, Jessica R, Eller, Dylan S, Ridgway, Jessica P, Beavis, Kathleen V, Pitrak, David L

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Do Hospitalists or Physicians with Greater Inpatient HIV Experience Improve HIV Care in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy? Results from a Multicenter Trial of Academic Hospitalists by Schneider, John A., Zhang, Qi, Auerbach, Andrew, Gonzales, David, Kaboli, Peter, Schnipper, Jeffrey, Wetterneck, Tosha B., Pitrak, David L., Meltzer, David O.

“…Background. Little is known about the effect of provider type and experience on outcomes, resource use, and processes of care of hospitalized patients with…”
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Neutrophil function after bone marrow and hematopoietic stem cell transplant by Ramaprasad, Charulata, Pouch, Stephanie, Pitrak, David L.

“…Bone marrow and hematopoietic stem cell transplants are life saving procedures for a variety of hematologic malignancies. Unfortunately, long-term survival is…”
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Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score Modified for Recent Infection in Patients With Hematologic Malignant Tumors and Severe Sepsis by Greenberg, Jared A, David, Michael Z, Churpek, Matthew M, Pitrak, David L, Hall, Jesse B, Kress, John P

“…Baseline health status influences outcomes of severe sepsis. To determine if recent infection is a marker of poor health in patients with hematologic malignant…”
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Effects of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor on the bactericidal functions of neutrophils by Pitrak, D L

“…The hematopoietic growth factors granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) not only regulate…”
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Short communication: Apoptosis pathways in HIV-1-infected patients before and after highly active antiretroviral therapy: relevance to immune recovery by Pitrak, David L, Novak, Richard M, Estes, Randee, Tschampa, Jean, Abaya, Christina D, Martinson, Jeffrey, Bradley, Kirsten, Tenorio, Allan R, Landay, Alan L

“…Investigations into apoptotic pathways, intrinsic and extrinsic, and the effects of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) on T cell death via those…”
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Characteristics of prospective memory deficits in HIV-seropositive substance-dependent individuals: Preliminary observations by Martin, Eileen M., Nixon, Heather, Pitrak, David L., Weddington, William, Rains, Niles A., Nunnally, Gerald, Grbesic, Silvana, Gonzalez, Raul, Jacobus, Joanna, Bechara, Antoine

“…The construct of "prospective memory" (PM) refers to a type of episodic memory for a future intention or "remembering what one must do." This function has been…”
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Cognitive impulsivity and HIV serostatus in substance dependent males by Martin, Eileen M, Pitrak, David L, Weddington, William, Rains, Niles A, Nunnally, Gerald, Nixon, Heather, Grbesic, Silvana, Vassileva, Jasmin, Bechara, Antoine

“…HIV-seropositive (HIV+) drug users show impaired performance on measures of integrity of prefrontal-subcortical systems. The Iowa Gambling Task (GT) is…”
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Head-to-head comparison of two first-line regimens and an nrti-sparing regimen for initial therapy of HIV-1 infection: What should we start? by Pitrak, David L.

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Impaired Phagocyte Oxidative Capacity in Human Immunodeficiency Virus—Infected Children by Hayani, Karen C., Verral, Stephen C., Pitrak, David L.

“…Children infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have T helper cell deficiency, but frequent bacterial infections suggest phagocyte dysfunction…”
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Delayed Nonmatch-to-Sample Performance in HIV-Seropositive and HIV-Seronegative Polydrug Abusers by Martin, Eileen M, Pitrak, David L, Rains, Niles, Grbesic, Silvana, Pursell, Kenneth, Nunnally, Gerald, Bechara, Antoine

“…Working memory (WM) deficits are common in HIV-seropositive (HIV+) individuals and can be amplified by manipulating a variety of task parameters, such as…”
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Auditory working memory in HIV-1 infection by Martin, E M, Sullivan, T S, Reed, R A, Fletcher, T A, Pitrak, D L, Weddington, W, Harrow, M

“…We evaluated auditory working memory in 41 HIV-seropositive (HIV+) and 37 HIV-seronegative (HIV-) male drug users, employing a modified version of the…”
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Verbal working memory in HIV-seropositive drug users by Farinpour, R, Martin, E M, Seidenberg, M, Pitrak, D L, Pursell, K J, Mullane, K M, Novak, R M, Harrow, M

“…Recent evidence suggests that HIV-seropositive drug users are impaired on tasks of visuospatial working memory compared with drug users seronegative for HIV…”
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Global-Local Analysis in HIV-1 Infection by Martin, Eileen M, Pitrak, David L, Robertson, Lynn C, Novak, Richard M, Mullane, Kathleen M, Pursell, Kenneth J

“…One hundred twenty-one HIV-seropositive (HIV + ) individuals and 85 seronegative controls performed a divided-attention task that engaged automatic and…”
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A Targeted, Conventional Assay, Emergency Department HIV Testing Program Integrated With Existing Clinical Procedures: HIV SCREENING IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS by SCHRANTZ, Stephen J, BABCOCK, Christine A, THEODOSIS, Christian, BROWN, Stephen, MERCER, Seth, PILLOW, Malford T, WATTS, Kathryn, TAYLOR, Michelle, PITRAK, David L

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Impaired phagocyte oxidative capacity in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection by Pitrak, David L., Mullane, Kathleen M., Bilek, Michelle L., Stevens, Paul, Allen, Robert C.

“…Bacterial infections that may be related to impaired phagocyte function often develop in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We examined…”
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Accelerated neutrophil apoptosis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome by Pitrak, D L, Tsai, H C, Mullane, K M, Sutton, S H, Stevens, P

“…Neutrophil (PMNL) function defects occur as a consequence of HIV infection. This study examined PMNL apoptosis in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency…”
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Discordant CD4 T lymphocyte responses to antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection are associated with ex-vivo rates of apoptosis by Pitrak, D L, Bolaños, J, Hershow, R, Novak, R M

“…Our purpose was to determine if changes in CD4 cell counts in HIV-infected patients with good viral suppression on stable antiretroviral regimens could be…”
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