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Dying trajectory in the last year of life: does cancer trajectory fit other diseases? by Teno, J M, Weitzen, S, Fennell, M L, Mor, V

“…To examine differences in the pattern of functional decline among persons dying of cancer and other leading noncancer causes of death. Mortality followback…”
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Willingness of gynecologic cancer patients to participate in clinical trials by Mathews, C, Restivo, A, Raker, C, Weitzen, S, DiSilvestro, P

“…Abstract Objectives Fewer than 5% of cancer patients enroll in clinical trials, delaying their completion and the progress of patient care. Patients who are…”
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Persistent Pain in Nursing Home Residents by Teno, Joan M, Weitzen, Sherry, Wetle, Terrie, Mor, Vincent

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Demographic and Relationship Predictors of Paternity Establishment for Infants Born to Adolescent Mothers by Murray, A.L., MD, Rosengard, C., PhD, MPH, Weitzen, S., PhD, Raker, C.A., ScD, Phipps, M.G., MD, MPH

“…Abstract Study Objective To identify demographic and relationship characteristics associated with paternity establishment for children born to adolescent…”
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Training Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Fellows in Thoracentesis Using a Head-Mounted Video Camera by Singas, Effie, Quintero, Luis D, Dhar, Sean, Tsegaye, Adey, Finuf, Kayla, Pekmezaris, Renee, Weitzen, Maya S, Mayo, Paul H

“…Determination of competence to perform procedures during pulmonary critical care medicine fellowship training has traditionally been based on subjective…”
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PP024-MON A SIX YEARS OBSERVATIONAL STUDY ON INTENSIVE INSULIN THERAPY: IMPROVED TARGETED GLUCOSE LEVELS, DECREASED HYPOGLYCEMIA EPISODES BY TIME AND EXPERIENCE by Lev, S, Weitzen, S, Gal, A, Cohen, J.D, Kagan, I, Singer, P

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Breastfeeding Intention Compared With Breastfeeding Postpartum Among Women Receiving Medication-Assisted Treatment by Yonke, Nicole, Maston, Rebekah, Weitzen, Sherry, Leeman, Lawrence

“…Background: Women taking methadone or buprenorphine are encouraged to breastfeed if stable without polysubstance use. Research Aim: We aimed to determine the…”
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Principles for modeling propensity scores in medical research: a systematic literature review by Weitzen, Sherry, Lapane, Kate L., Toledano, Alicia Y., Hume, Anne L., Mor, Vincent

“…Purpose To document which established criteria for logistic regression modeling researchers consider when using propensity scores in observational studies…”
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Adnexal masses in pregnancy : Surgery compared with observation by SCHMELER, Kathleen M, MAYO-SMITH, William W, PEIPERT, Jeffrey F, WEITZEN, Sherry, MANUEL, Misty D, GORDINIER, Mary E

“…To estimate whether the delay of surgery impacts the risk of adverse maternal and fetal outcomes in patients diagnosed with an adnexal mass during pregnancy. A…”
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Effect of patient age on increasing morbidity and mortality following urogynecologic surgery by Sung, Vivian W., Weitzen, Sherry, Sokol, Eric R., Rardin, Charles R., Myers, Deborah L.

“…The purpose of this study was to estimate the effect of age on the risk of in-hospital mortality and morbidity following urogynecologic surgery and to compare…”
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Bisexuality, Sexual Risk Taking, and HIV Prevalence Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Accessing Voluntary Counseling and Testing Services in Mumbai, India by KUMTA, Sameer, LURIE, Mark, WEITZEN, Sherry, JERAJANI, Hemangi, GOGATE, Alka, ROW-KAVI, Ashok, ANAND, Vivek, MAKADON, Harvey, MAYER, Kenneth H

“…To describe sociodemographics, sexual risk behavior, and estimate HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevalence among men who have sex with men (MSM)…”
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Evaluation of Clinical Methods for Diagnosing Bacterial Vaginosis by Gutman, Robert E, Peipert, Jeffrey F, Weitzen, Sherry, Blume, Jeffrey

“…OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the current clinical criteria for diagnosing bacterial vaginosis can be simplified by using 2 clinical criteria rather than the…”
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Risk Factors for Bladder Injury During Cesarean Delivery by Phipps, Maureen G., Watabe, Bryan, Clemons, Jeffrey L., Weitzen, Sherry, Myers, Deborah L.

“…OBJECTIVE:During the period of this research, M.G.P. was supported by the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Womenʼs Health (BIRCWH) program (K12…”
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Telomere length predicts embryo fragmentation after in vitro fertilization in women—Toward a telomere theory of reproductive aging in women by Keefe, David L., Franco, Sonia, Liu, Lin, Trimarchi, James, Cao, Benning, Weitzen, Sherry, Agarwal, Shoba, Blasco, Maria A.

“…Telomeres are DNA repeats which cap and protect chromosome ends, facilitate homologue pairing and chiasmata formation during early meiosis, and shorten with…”
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Cognitive Functioning in the Last Year of Life as a Function of Age, Gender, and Race by YODER, Carol Y, WEITZEN, Sherry, WILLIAMS PICKLE, Linda, GRANT, Bob, HERRMANN, Douglas, SCHNITZER, Samuel B

“…Research has shown that many factors affect cognitive functioning. In this study cognitive functioning was analyzed using proxy reports concerning 17,135…”
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Early Age at Menarche and Allostatic Load: Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Allsworth, Jenifer E., Weitzen, Sherry, Boardman, Lori A.

“…To examine whether there is an association between early age at menarche and allostatic load—a measure of cumulative biologic risk—using data from the Third…”
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Weaknesses of goodness‐of‐fit tests for evaluating propensity score models: the case of the omitted confounder by Weitzen, Sherry, Lapane, Kate L., Toledano, Alicia Y., Hume, Anne L., Mor, Vincent

“…Purpose Propensity scores are used in observational studies to adjust for confounding, although they do not provide control for confounders omitted from the…”
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“Weighing in” on screening mammography by Sikov, W. M., Berz, D., Colvin, G., McCormack, E., Weitzen, S.

“…Abstract only…”
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Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance : Human papillomavirus testing in adolescents by BOARDMAN, Lori A, STANKO, Cara, WEITZEN, Sherry, SUNG

“…To estimate the age-stratified prevalence of oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and to evaluate risk factors for HPV acquisition among women with…”
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Risk of cesarean wound complications in diabetic gestations by Takoudes, Tamara C., Weitzen, Sherry, Slocum, Julie, Malee, Maureen

“…This study was undertaken to examine the association between pregestational diabetes mellitus (DM) and wound complications after cesarean delivery (CD). This…”
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