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Daily spirometry in an acute exacerbation of adult cystic fibrosis patients by Stephen, Michael J, Long, Alex, Bonsall, Chad, Hoag, Jeffrey B, Shah, Smita, Bisberg, Dorothy, Holsclaw, Douglas, Varlotta, Laurie, Fiel, Stan, Du, Doantrang, Zanni, Robert, Hadjiliadis, Denis

“…To help answer the question of length of intravenous antibiotics during an acute exacerbation of cystic fibrosis (CF), we had subjects to follow daily home…”
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Clinical pharmacist impact on care, length of stay, and cost in pediatric cystic fibrosis (CF) patients by Cies, Jeffrey J., Varlotta, Laurie

“…Background Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients are often treated with aminoglycoside (AG) antibiotics during infective pulmonary exacerbations. Achieving…”
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Clinical pharmacist impact on care, length of stay, and cost in pediatric cystic fibrosis (CF) patients: pharmacist impact in pediatric CF by Cies, Jeffrey J., Varlotta, Laurie

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Presentation of an H-type tracheoesophageal fistula in an adolescent male with cystic fibrosis: A case report and review of literature by Klouda, Timothy M., Lindholm, Erika, Poletto, Erica, Rani, Seema, Varlotta, Laurie, Velasco, Jeanne

“…Congenital TEFs without esophageal atresia are rare but may occur more frequently than previously documented in literature. Careful history is required to…”
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Testing the effects of combining azithromycin with inhaled tobramycin for P. aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis: a randomised, controlled clinical trial by Nichols, David P, Singh, Pradeep K, Baines, Arthur, Caverly, Lindsay J, Chmiel, James F, GIbson, Ronald L, Lascano, Jorge, Morgan, Sarah J, Retsch-Bogart, George, Saiman, Lisa, Sadeghi, Hossein, Billings, Joanne L, Heltshe, Sonya L, Kirby, Shannon, Kong, Ada, Nick, Jerry A, Mayer-Hamblett, Nicole

“…Inhaled tobramycin and oral azithromycin are common chronic therapies in people with cystic fibrosis and airway infection. Some studies have shown that…”
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Vitamin D deficiency is associated with pulmonary dysfunction in cystic fibrosis by Sexauer, William P, Hadeh, Anas, Ohman-Strickland, Pamela A, Zanni, Robert L, Varlotta, Laurie, Holsclaw, Douglas, Fiel, Stanley, Graff, Gavin R, Atlas, Arthur, Bisberg, Dorothy, Hadjiliadis, Denis, Michel, Suzanne H, Mintz, Daria, Chakraborty, Rebanta, Marra, Bridget, Lomas, Paula, Ward, Tara, Sassman, Meagen, Imbesi, Giovanna C, Kitch, Diane M, Mallowe, Allison M

“…Abstract Background Vitamin D deficiency is common in CF. Whether vitamin D affects pulmonary function in CF is unknown. Methods Data were abstracted from…”
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Monitoring and Blunting as Predictors of Internalizing Symptoms Among Youths With Cystic Fibrosis by Bennett, David S., Kane, Mica, Aramburo, Marcella, Varlotta, Laurie

“…Monitoring and blunting are cognitive-affective informational processing styles that may predict future internalizing symptoms among youths with cystic…”
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Barriers to adherence to cystic fibrosis infection control guidelines by Garber, Elizabeth, Desai, Manisha, Zhou, Juyan, Alba, Luis, Angst, Denise, Cabana, Michael, Saiman, Lisa

“…Background: In 2003, the American Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Foundation published revised, evidence‐based guidelines for infection control. We sought to assess…”
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Risk factors for emergence of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in cystic fibrosis by Talmaciu, Isaac, Varlotta, Laurie, Mortensen, Joel, Schidlow, Daniel V.

“…The number of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) whose sputum culture has yielded Stenotrophomonas maltophilia has increased in the last 5 years at St…”
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Monitoring and Internalizing Symptoms Among Youths With Cystic Fibrosis by Bennett, David S., Snooks, Qianna, Llera, Sandra, Vogel, Karen, Conklin, Deborah, Varlotta, Laurie

“…Youths with cystic fibrosis (CF) may be at increased risk for internalizing symptoms, but factors explaining individual variation in these symptoms are not…”
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Management and care of the newly diagnosed patient with cystic fibrosis by Varlotta, L

“…Cystic fibrosis is the most common autosomal recessive fatal disease among whites. Life expectancy is now at 31 years of age. The major cause of morbidity and…”
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Airway hyperreactivity in children with sickle cell disease by Leong, Mila A., Dampier, Carlton, Varlotta, Laurie, Allen, Julian L.

“…Progressive restrictive defect with increasing age, obstructive lung disease, and bronchodilator responsiveness have been reported in sickle cell disease…”
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Tracheobronchial Stenting in an Infant with an Anomalous Right Main Bronchus by DePasquale, Kalpana S., Tucker, John A., Wolfson, Barbara, Varlotta, Laurie

“…Congenital anomalies of the right main bronchi have not been fully described. Bronchial anomalies are usually asymptomatic unless they coexist with other…”
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Mechanisms of nocturnal oxyhemoglobin desaturation in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease by Needleman, Joshua P., Franco, Maria E., Varlotta, Laurie, Reber-Brodecki, Darcy, Bauer, Nancy, Dampier, Carlton, Allen, Julian L.

“…Oxyhemoglobin desaturation in patients with sickle cell disease has been proposed as a possible mechanism in the initiaton of vasco‐occlusive pain crises…”
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Measuring self-care independence in children with cystic fibrosis: The self-care independence scale (SCIS) by Patton, Susana R., Graham, Julie L., Varlotta, Laurie, Holsclaw Jr, Douglas

“…We describe the development and psychometric properties of a survey tool designed to evaluate children's level of independence in their cystic fibrosis (CF)…”
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Survey of professionals' expectations of developmental task achievement of cystic fibrosis self-care in children by Patton, Susana R., Graham, Julie L., Holsclaw Jr, Douglas, Varlotta, Laurie

“…We surveyed 174 professionals with at least 6 months of experience working with children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis (CF), to obtain estimates of ages…”
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Measurement of hemoglobin saturation by oxygen in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease by Needleman, Joshua P., Setty, B.N., Varlotta, Laurie, Dampier, Carlton, Allen, Julian L.

“…Pulse oximetry is a noninvasive method of measuring oxyhemoglobin saturation. The validity of pulse oximetry in sickle cell disease (SCD) has been questioned…”
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Risk factors for emergence ofStenotrophomonas maltophilia in cystic fibrosis by Talmaciu, Isaac, Varlotta, Laurie, Mortensen, Joel, Schidlow, Daniel V.

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Hemorrhagic shock and encephalopathy: is it really a new entity? by Conway, Jr, E E, Varlotta, L, Singer, L P, Caspe, W B

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