Evaluation Studies as Topic

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  • "Death and taxes": a contrary view. 
  • A bolus dose of 1.5 mg/kg amrinone effectively improves low cardiac output state following separation from cardiopulmonary bypass in cardiac surgical patients. 
  • A case for nonionic contrast media--despite the high cost. 
  • A chartless record--is it adequate? 
  • A cohort study of transcutaneous oxygen tension and the incidence and severity of retinopathy of prematurity. 
  • A comparison of knowledge, synthesis, and clinical judgment. Multiple-choice questions in the assessment of physician competence. 
  • A comparison of neural network models for the prediction of the cost of care for acute coronary syndrome patients. 
  • A comparison of the cortisol suppression index and the dexamethasone suppression test. 
  • A controlled study of efficacy of interstitial or external irradiation in a virus-induced brain-tumor model in rats. 
  • A descriptive evaluation of eligibility for therapy among veterans with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. 
  • A design alternative for two-stage, phase II, multicenter cancer clinical trials. 
  • A field evaluation of monitor placement effects in VDT users. 
  • A filtered backprojection algorithm for axial head motion correction in fan-beam SPECT. 
  • A head-only exposure system for controlled exposures of small rodents. 
  • A method to estimate the spatial extent of activation in thalamic deep brain stimulation. 
  • A multivariate approach to a meta-analytic review of the effectiveness of the D.A.R.E. program. 
  • A novel patient-reported outcome monitoring with clinical feedback system in bariatric surgery care: study protocol, design and plan for evaluation. 
  • A physiologic model of the dehydroepiandrosterone to estrogen conversion system in the fetoplacental unit. II. Preliminary clinical application--the dehydroepiandrosterone loading test. 
  • A probe for specimen magnetic resonance microscopy. 
  • A progress report on the treatment of 157 patients with advanced cancer using lymphokine-activated killer cells and interleukin-2 or high-dose interleukin-2 alone. 
  • A prospective randomized comparison of single- and double-lumen needles for transvaginal follicular aspiration. 
  • A rationale for modifying the site of insertion of the orticochea pharyngoplasty. 
  • A rationale for the treatment of difficult basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin. 
  • A review of measurement practice in studies of clinical decision support systems 1998-2017. 
  • A segmental approach to computerized tomographic portography for hepatic resection. 
  • A simple technique for the measurement of swimming speed of Chlamydomonas. 
  • A stochastic compartment model representation of chronic disease dependence: techniques for evaluating parameters of partially unobserved age inhomogeneous stochastic processes. 
  • A survey of current problems in meta-analysis. Discussion from the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research inter-PORT Work Group on Literature Review/Meta-Analysis. 
  • A theoretically based Behavioral Nutrition Intervention for Community Elders at high risk: the B-NICE randomized controlled clinical trial. 
  • A vectorized Monte Carlo code for modeling photon transport in SPECT. 
  • A wavelet-based method for removal of out-of-plane structures in digital tomosynthesis. 
  • ACCF/AHA methodology for the development of quality measures for cardiovascular technology: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures. 
  • AIDS and HIV infection. 
  • ASDOS closures: congratulations and technical observations. 
  • Abdominal leiomyosarcoma: aggressive management. 
  • Abdominal wall characterization with magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography. The effect of obesity on the laparoscopic approach. 
  • Ablation of renal tumors in a rabbit model with interstitial saline-augmented radiofrequency energy: preliminary report of a new technology. 
  • Acquired dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction complicating acute anterior myocardial infarction: serial echocardiographic and clinical evaluation. 
  • Acute results, complications, and effect of lesion characteristics on outcome with the solid-state, pulsed-wave, mid-infrared laser angioplasty system: final multicenter registry report. Holmium:YAG Laser Multicenter Investigators. 
  • Adaptation of a postoperative handoff communication process for children with heart disease: a quantitative study. 
  • Adaptive prediction of internal target motion using external marker motion: a technical study. 
  • Adherence to explicit strategies for common medical conditions. 
  • Administration of 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan to individuals with Huntington's chorea. 
  • Altered skeletal maturation in moderate to severe cerebral palsy. 
  • Ambulatory impedance cardiography: a feasibility study. 
  • American College of Cardiology key data elements and definitions for measuring the clinical management and outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes. A report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Clinical Data Standards (Acute Coronary Syndromes Writing Committee). 
  • An adherence tensiometer for evaluation of burn dressings. 
  • An approach to the assessment of therapeutic drug interactions with fixed combination drug products. 
  • An assessment of the reliability of the Scoliometer. 
  • An endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)-based algorithm for the management of pancreatic pseudocysts. 
  • An evaluation of lesion detectability with cone-beam, fanbeam and parallel-beam collimation in SPECT by continuous ROC study. 
  • An evaluation of pre- and postoperative nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs in patients undergoing knee arthroscopy. A prospective, randomized, double-blinded study. 
  • An evaluation of the effectiveness of a recirculating laboratory hood. 
  • An evaluation of the quick inventory of depressive symptomatology and the hamilton rating scale for depression: a sequenced treatment alternatives to relieve depression trial report. 
  • An evaluation of the shoulder relocation test. 
  • An experimental comparison of detector performance for computed radiography systems. 
  • An experimental transformation of a large expert knowledge base. 
  • An instrument for analyzing curriculum materials in nursing. 
  • Anatomical and physiological localization of prelabeled grafts in rat hippocampus. 
  • Angiographic evaluation of chronic pulmonary embolism. 
  • Anterior temporal lobectomy for complex partial seizures: evaluation, results, and long-term follow-up in 100 cases. 
  • Application and evaluation of dissemination model. 
  • Application of quantitative coronary angiography in a cineless environment: in vivo assessment of a fully automated system for clinical use. 
  • Application of rejection criteria for stool ovum and parasite examinations. 
  • Approximate 3D iterative reconstruction for SPECT. 
  • Are hepatic and muscle T2 values different at 0.5 and 1.5 Tesla? 
  • Articulation development in children with cleft lip/palate. 
  • Artificial neural networks for single photon emission computed tomography. A study of cold lesion detection and localization. 
  • Assessing and improving safety climate in a large cohort of intensive care units. 
  • Assessing the clinical effectiveness of preventive maneuvers: analytic principles and systematic methods in reviewing evidence and developing clinical practice recommendations. A report by the Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination. 
  • Assessing the patency of mediastinal and thoracic inlet veins: value of MR imaging. 
  • Assessing the quality of medical information technology economic evaluations: room for improvement. 
  • Assessment of hairline EEG as a screening tool for nonconvulsive status epilepticus. 
  • Automated dry-film method for phosphorus in serum evaluated. 
  • Automated monitoring of outcomes: application to treatment of drug abuse. 
  • Automated spectral analysis III: application to in vivo proton MR spectroscopy and spectroscopic imaging. 
  • BITES study: A qualitative analysis among emergency medicine physicians on snake envenomation management practices. 
  • BacT/Alert: an automated colorimetric microbial detection system. 
  • Be good, communicate, and collaborate: a qualitative analysis of stakeholder perspectives on adding a chiropractor to the multidisciplinary rehabilitation team. 
  • Benefits and risks of multiple transfer with in vitro fertilisation. 
  • Blood flow distribution in sorbent beds: analysis of a new sorbent device for hemoperfusion. 
  • Blood perfusion measurements in human tumours: evaluation of laser Doppler methods. 
  • Brain phantom: high-resolution imaging with SPECT and I-123. 
  • CASS in retrospect: lessons from the randomized cohort and registry. Coronary Artery Surgery Study. 
  • CT during arterial portography: comparison of injection into the splenic versus superior mesenteric artery. 
  • Calculating endocardial potentials from epicardial potentials measured during external stimulation. 
  • Can involuntary outpatient commitment reduce hospital recidivism?: Findings from a randomized trial with severely mentally ill individuals. 
  • Can topical mitomycin prevent laryngotracheal stenosis? 
  • Cancer in children of parents exposed to hydrocarbon-related industries and occupations. 
  • Capromab Pendetide imaging of prostate cancer. 
  • Cardiac phantom evaluation of simultaneously acquired dual-isotope rest thallium-201/stress technetium-99m SPECT images. 
  • Cardiac surgery in infants with low birth weight is associated with increased mortality: analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Database. 
  • Chaplains on the Medical Team: A Qualitative Analysis of an Interprofessional Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents and Chaplain Interns. 
  • Cine MR determination of left ventricular ejection fraction. 
  • Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina and cervix: incidence, undetected disease, and diethylstilbestrol. 
  • Clinical and translational scientist career success: metrics for evaluation. 
  • Clinical characteristics useful in screening for renovascular disease. 
  • Clinical experience with a multi-element ultrasonic hyperthermia system: analysis of treatment temperatures. 
  • Clinical impact of bacteria and fungi recovered only from broth cultures. 
  • Clinical laboratory evaluation of the American optical Bilirubinometer. 
  • Clinical use of transcatheter electrocoagulation. 
  • Clinical utility of broth cultures of cerebrospinal fluid from patients at risk for shunt infections. 
  • Clinical utility of quantitative imaging. 
  • Clinical utility of transthoracic two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography. 
  • Combined CT arterial portography and CT hepatic angiography for evaluation of the hepatic resection candidate. Work in progress. 
  • Comparative diagnostic criteria for melancholia and endogenous depression. 
  • Comparison of CT localization radiography and high-kilovoltage chest radiography. 
  • Comparison of PCR, culture, and histopathology for diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis. 
  • Comparison of a chemical assay with a tissue-mediated bio-assay for chemical mutagens. 
  • Comparison of acridine orange and Gram stains for detection of microorganisms in cerebrospinal fluid and other clinical specimens. 
  • Comparison of an enzyme-linked immunoassay and a quantitative indirect fluorescent-antibody test with the conventional indirect fluorescent-antibody test for detecting antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii. 
  • Comparison of bicycle and treadmill radionuclide angiocardiography. 
  • Comparison of colloidal gold electrode fabrication methods: the preparation of a horseradish peroxidase enzyme electrode. 
  • Comparison of distal humerus fracture fixation: a biomechanical study. 
  • Comparison of intravenous digital subtraction angiography and conventional arteriography in defining renal anatomy. 
  • Comparison of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy with Stamm gastrostomy. 
  • Comparison of results of percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty in patients with mild and moderate mitral stenosis to those with severe mitral stenosis. The North American Inoue Balloon Investigators. 
  • Comparison of the efficacy of digital subtraction and film-screen angiography of the lower limb: prospective study in 50 patients. 
  • Comparison of three concomitant boost techniques for early-stage breast cancer. 
  • Comparison of ultrasonography and oral cholecystography in lithotripsy. II. Determining retreatment. 
  • Comparison of use of phenotypic and genotypic characteristics for identification of species of the anamorph genus Candida and related teleomorph yeast species. 
  • Complex PTSD in victims exposed to sexual and physical abuse: results from the DSM-IV Field Trial for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. 
  • Comprehensive presurgical functional MRI language evaluation in adult patients with epilepsy. 
  • Computed tomography brain scanning in alcohol withdrawal seizures. Value of the neurologic examination. 
  • Computed tomography for staging esophageal and gastroesophageal cancer: reevaluation. 
  • Confronting the moral economy of US racial/ethnic health disparities. 
  • Congressional update: Report from the biomedical imaging program of the National Cancer Institute. Research recommendations from a lung cancer screening workshop. 
  • Continuous arteriovenous hemodialysis: effect of dialyzer geometry. 
  • Controlled comparison of bioMérieux VITAL and BACTEC NR-660 systems for detection of bacteremia and fungemia in pediatric patients. 
  • Controlled comparison of the BacT/Alert and BACTEC 660/730 nonradiometric blood culture systems. 
  • Controlled evaluation of 5 versus 10 milliliters of blood cultured in aerobic BacT/Alert blood culture bottles. 
  • Controlled evaluation of BACTEC Plus 26 and Roche Septi-Chek aerobic blood culture bottles. 
  • Controlled evaluation of BacT/Alert standard aerobic and FAN aerobic blood culture bottles for detection of bacteremia and fungemia. 
  • Controlled evaluation of hypertonic sucrose medium at a 1:5 ratio of blood to broth for detection of bacteremia and fungemia in supplemented peptone broth. 
  • Controlled evaluation of the agar-slide and radiometric blood culture systems for the detection of bacteremia and fungemia. 
  • Controlled evaluation of the volume of blood cultured in detection of bacteremia and fungemia. 
  • Correction for field nonuniformity in scintillation cameras through removal of spastial distortion. 
  • Cost and time savings following introduction of rejection criteria for clinical specimens. 
  • Cryopreservation: the problem of evaluation. 
  • Cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive in the management of recurrent retinal detachment caused by macular hole. 
  • Cytokinetic and molecular pharmacology studies of arabinosylcytosine in metastatic melanoma. 
  • DNA- and PCR-fingerprinting in fungi. 
  • DREZ lesions for relief of pain related to spinal cord injury. 
  • Data acquisition and analysis system for intracellular neuronal signals. 
  • Debridement and replantation of the spleen with microsurgical restoration of blood flow. 
  • Deciding for Others 
  • Decision making in the face of uncertainty: the case of carotid endarterectomy. 
  • Defining a framework for health information technology evaluation. 
  • Design and evaluation of a new, low pressure loss, implantable artificial lung. 
  • Design and evaluation of leukaemia trials. 
  • Detection and exclusion of interatrial shunts by two-dimensional echocardiography and peripheral venous injection. 
  • Determination of potassium by dry reagent carrier technology: a multicentre evaluation. 
  • Determining appropriate use of an air medical program. 
  • Developing a framework for conducting economic evaluations of community-based health information technology interventions. 
  • Developing a summary measure of medical status. 
  • Development and modification of a required family medicine clerkship. 
  • Development of a citric acid aerosol as a smoking cessation aid. 
  • Development of a quantitative morphological assessment of toxicant-treated zebrafish larvae using brightfield imaging and high-content analysis. 
  • Development of level of institutionalization scales for health promotion programs. 
  • Developmental strategies in the analysis of ingestive behavior. 
  • Diagnostic value of indirect hemagglutination in the seroepidemiology of Shigella infections. 
  • Digital subtraction arthrography of the prosthetic hip. 
  • Digital subtraction pulmonary angiography. 
  • Dimensions of pain-related cognitive coping: cross-validation of the factor structure of the Coping Strategy Questionnaire. 
  • Direct carrier testing in 14 families with haemophilia B. 
  • Dobutamine stress echocardiography for orthotopic liver transplant evaluation. 
  • Does involuntary outpatient commitment lead to more intensive treatment? 
  • Dry electrolyte-balanced heparinized syringes evaluated for determining ionized calcium and other electrolytes in whole blood. 
  • Duration of incubation of fungal cultures. 
  • EMDR for treatment of PTSD. 
  • Echocardiographic visualization of coronary artery anatomy in the adult. 
  • Economic evaluation in medical information technology: why the numbers don't add up. 
  • Effect of a Low-Rank Denoising Algorithm on Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Based Measures of Liver Fat and Iron. 
  • Effect of aging on optic nerve appearance: a longitudinal study. 
  • Effect of interposed periosteum in an animal physeal fracture model. 
  • Effect of neck position on endotracheal tube location in low birth weight infants. 
  • Effect of zidovudine and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia prophylaxis on progression of HIV-1 infection to AIDS. The Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study. 
  • Effectiveness of an In-Service Education Program to Improve Patient Safety Directed at Surgical Residents: A Randomized Controlled Trial. 
  • Effectiveness of percutaneous balloon mitral valvotomy during pregnancy. 
  • Effectiveness of self-instruction for arthritis patient education. 
  • Effects of a companion program on college student volunteers and mental patients. 
  • Effects of dexamethasone on the contractile function of reperfused skeletal muscle. 
  • Efficacy and toxicity of a protocol using sirolimus, tacrolimus and daclizumab in a nonhuman primate renal allotransplant model. 
  • Elective inguinal lymph node irradiation for pelvic carcinomas. The University of Florida experience. 
  • Electrical properties of implant encapsulation tissue. 
  • Electrophysiologic effects of surgical isolation of the right ventricle. 
  • Embryo transfer to the uterus or the fallopian tube after in vitro fertilization yields similar results. 
  • Employment discrimination, segregation, and health. 
  • End-stage renal disease and intensive care unit prognosis: are current tools good enough? 
  • Endoscopic brush cytology of the upper urinary tract. Evaluation of its efficacy and potential limitations in diagnosis. 
  • Engraftment in 86 with patients lymphoid malignancy after autologous marrow transplantation. 
  • Enhanced oxygen delivery induced by perfluorocarbon emulsions in capillary tube oxygenators. 
  • Enhancing linkage analysis of complex disorders: an evaluation of high-density genotyping. 
  • Establishment of stably EBV-transformed cell lines from residual clinical blood samples for use in performance evaluation and quality assurance in molecular genetic testing. 
  • Estimating the likelihood of severe coronary artery disease. 
  • Estimating the validity of the clinical Dementia Rating Scale: the CERAD experience. Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease. 
  • Evaluating implementation fidelity in health information technology interventions. 
  • Evaluating intra-articular drug delivery for the treatment of osteoarthritis in a rat model. 
  • Evaluating quality of care in the new health care environment. 
  • Evaluating the addition of bevacizumab to endocrine therapy as first-line treatment for hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer: a pooled analysis from the LEA (GEICAM/2006-11_GBG51) and CALGB 40503 (Alliance) trials. 
  • Evaluating the adequacy of disease control in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a RAND appropriateness panel. 
  • Evaluating the evidence: statistical methods in randomized controlled trials in the urological literature. 
  • Evaluating the yield of medical tests. 
  • Evaluating without fear. 
  • Evaluation and surgical management of peripheral nerve problems. 
  • Evaluation metrics for biostatistical and epidemiological collaborations. 
  • Evaluation of 13-cis retinoic acid in lamellar ichthyosis, pityriasis rubra pilaris and Darier's disease. 
  • Evaluation of GM-CSF mouthwash for prevention of chemotherapy-induced mucositis: a randomized, double-blind, dose-ranging study. 
  • Evaluation of a Maryland fiscal incentive plan for placing state hospital patients in nursing homes. 
  • Evaluation of a QRS scoring system for estimating myocardial infarct size. V. Specificity and method of application of the complete system. 
  • Evaluation of a burn prevention program in a public school system. 
  • Evaluation of a cytocentrifuge method for measuring neutrophil granulocyte chemotaxis. 
  • Evaluation of a life support module used for air transport of critically ill infants. 
  • Evaluation of a method for counting absolute numbers of cells with a flow cytometer. 
  • Evaluation of a modified procedure for Staclot LA for the confirmation of lupus anticoagulants. 
  • Evaluation of a new cutaneous topical anesthesia preparation. 
  • Evaluation of a new weaning index based on ventilatory endurance and the efficiency of gas exchange. 
  • Evaluation of a polyepoxy compound fixed biological vascular prosthesis and an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene vascular graft. 
  • Evaluation of a sol-gel derived carbon composite electrode as an amperometric detector for capillary electrophoresis. 
  • Evaluation of an atypical HIV type 1 antibody. Serologic pattern leading to detection of HIV type 2 infection in North America. 
  • Evaluation of an automatic method of measuring features of motor unit action potentials. 
  • Evaluation of an improved fiberoptics luminescence skin monitor with background correction. 
  • Evaluation of an internal cyclotron target for the production of 211At via the 209Bi (alpha,2n)211 at reaction. 
  • Evaluation of edge-induced streaking artifacts in CT scanners. 
  • Evaluation of genetic tests: APOE genotyping for the diagnosis of Alzheimer disease. 
  • Evaluation of hemispheric dominance for language using functional MRI: a comparison with positron emission tomography. 
  • Evaluation of imaging properties of a laser film digitizer. 
  • Evaluation of myocardial viability by MRI. 
  • Evaluation of outpatients experiencing implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks associated with minimal symptoms. 
  • Evaluation of p-amidinophenyl esters as potential antithrombotic agents. 
  • Evaluation of pancreas transplant needle biopsy: reproducibility and revision of histologic grading system. 
  • Evaluation of partial and total splenectomy in children with sickle cell disease using an Internet-based registry. 
  • Evaluation of patients with round atelectasis using 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose PET. 
  • Evaluation of primary pulmonary carcinoid tumors using FDG PET. 
  • Evaluation of several methods for computing stroke volume from central aortic pressure. 
  • Evaluation of the YSI 2300 glucose analyzer: algorithm-corrected results are accurate and specific. 
  • Evaluation of the fiber-optic antibody-based fluoroimmunosensor for DNA adducts in human placenta samples. 
  • Evaluation of the sphincter pharyngoplasty. 
  • Evaluation of transport and storage techniques for isolation of Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni from turkey cecal specimens. 
  • Evaluation of vectorcardiographic criteria for the diagnosis of myocardial infarction in the presence of left ventricular hypertrophy. 
  • Exercise responses before and after physical conditioning in patients with severely depressed left ventricular function. 
  • Experience rating: does it make sense for medical malpractice insurance? 
  • Experimental and clinical experience with hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of clostridial myonecrosis. 
  • Experimental evaluation of microsurgical techniques in small artery anastomoses. 
  • Experimental evaluation of the thermal properties of two tissue equivalent phantom materials. 
  • Experimental transvitreal cyanoacrylate retinopexy. 
  • Expression of the 71 kDa dystrophin isoform (Dp71) evaluated by gene targeting. 
  • Fecal leukocytes in stool specimens submitted for Clostridium difficile toxin assay. 
  • Femtomolar sensitivity using a channel-etched thin film waveguide fluoroimmunosensor. 
  • First report of the Port Access International Registry. 
  • Fluorescence in situ hybridization method for measuring transfection efficiency. 
  • Food and nutrition in Canadian "prime time" television commercials. 
  • For sperm--is closer to the egg an advantage or liability? 
  • Formative evaluation: a critical component in EHR implementation. 
  • Functional co-primary measures for clinical trials in schizophrenia: results from the MATRICS Psychometric and Standardization Study. 
  • Further discussion of EMDR for treatment of PTSD. 
  • Genes required for survival in microgravity revealed by genome-wide yeast deletion collections cultured during spaceflight. 
  • Government and the regulation of hospital care. 
  • Growth and lability of Chaetopterus oocyte mitotic spindles isolated in the presence of porcine brain tubulin. 
  • Growth of mesenchymal stem cells on electrospun type I collagen nanofibers. 
  • Growth, survival and viral load in symptomatic childhood human immunodeficiency virus infection. 
  • HLA-identical marrow transplantation during accelerated-phase chronic myelogenous leukemia: analysis of survival and remission duration. 
  • Health-related quality of life after ileoanal pull-through evaluation and assessment of new health status measures. 
  • Hemodynamic assessment of the development and rupture of intracranial aneurysms using computational simulations. 
  • Hemodynamic clues to the discrepancy between the angiographic and intraoperative assessment of aortic regurgitation. 
  • Hemodynamic consequences of right ventricular isolation: the contribution of the right ventricular free wall to cardiac performance. 
  • Heterogeneity in the reporting of disease characteristics and treatment outcomes in studies evaluating treatments for nephrolithiasis. 
  • High-dose escitalopram in the treatment of binge-eating disorder with obesity: a placebo-controlled monotherapy trial. 
  • How should diagnostic tests be evaluated in glaucoma? 
  • How to use an article about a diagnostic test. 
  • Hyperparathyroidism in high-risk surgical patients: evaluation with double-phase technetium-99m sestamibi imaging. 
  • Ictal cognitive assessment of partial seizures and pseudoseizures. 
  • Identification of design features to enhance utilization and acceptance of systems for Internet-based decision support at the point of care. 
  • Identification of women at increased risk for breast cancer in a population-based screening program. 
  • Identifying Factors Most Important to Lower Extremity Trauma Patients: Key Concepts from the Development of a Patient-Reported Outcome Instrument for Lower Extremity Trauma, The LIMB-Q. 
  • Identifying core curricular components for behavioral health training in internal medicine residency: Qualitative interviews with residents, faculty, and behavioral health clinicians. 
  • Imaging characteristics of an amorphous silicon flat-panel detector for digital chest radiography. 
  • Immunodiagnosis of melanoma using chimpanzee antihuman melanoma antiserum. 
  • Immunohistochemical p16INK4a analysis of archival tumors with deletion, hypermethylation, or mutation of the CDKN2/MTS1 gene. A comparison of four commercial antibodies. 
  • Immunomagnetic purging of breast cancer from bone marrow for autologous transplantation. 
  • Impact of glucose self-monitoring on non-insulin-treated patients with type II diabetes mellitus. Randomized controlled trial comparing blood and urine testing. 
  • Impact of improving immunosuppressive treatment on outcome in cadaveric kidney transplantation. 
  • Impact of sonography on the diagnosis and treatment of acute lower abdominal pain in children and young adults. 
  • Implementation fidelity: a framework for evaluation in the health information technology field. 
  • Implications of patient selection and surgical technique for primary total knee arthroplasty. 
  • Implications of the Java language on computer-based patient records. 
  • Improving information access with an emergency department system. 
  • Improving the process of developing technical reports for health care decision makers: using the theory of constraints in the evidence-based practice centers. 
  • In vitro analysis of jets by Doppler colour flow imaging: the importance of time to maximum jet area. 
  • In vitro color flow, pulsed and continuous wave Doppler ultrasound masking of flow by prosthetic valves. 
  • In vivo assessment of LV mass in mice using high-frequency cardiac ultrasound: necropsy validation. 
  • Inadequate sensitivity of tuberculin tine test for screening employee populations. 
  • Incorporation of functional imaging data in the evaluation of dose distributions using the generalized concept of equivalent uniform dose. 
  • Incremental bias in Finapres estimation of baseline blood pressure levels over time. 
  • Initial table treatment of decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism. 
  • Insights derived from the thrombolysis and angioplasty in myocardial infarction (TAMI) trials. 
  • Integrating primary health care and mental health services: a preliminary report. 
  • Integration of clinical decision support with on-line encounter documentation for well child care at the point of care. 
  • Inter- and intrainstitutional evaluation of automated volumetric capillary cytometry for the quantitation of CD4- and CD8-positive T lymphocytes in the peripheral blood of persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Site Investigators and the NIAID New CD4 Technologies Focus Group. 
  • Interdisciplinary Practice Models for Older Adults With Back Pain: A Qualitative Evaluation. 
  • Inverse techniques in hyperthermia: a sensitivity study. 
  • Is noninvasive testing for coronary artery disease accurate? 
  • Laboratory investigation of diarrhea in travelers to Mexico: evaluation of methods for detecting enterotoxigenic Echerichia coli. 
  • Limited usefulness of carbon dioxide as a contrast agent for cholangiography. 
  • Limited value of interlaced ECG-gated radiography in the presence of a normal chest radiograph. 
  • Liquid ventilation improves pulmonary function and cardiac output in a neonatal swine model of cardiopulmonary bypass. 
  • Liver transplant biopsies with a biopsy gun. 
  • Long-term effects of excitatory amino acid antagonists NBQX and MK-801 on the developing brain. 
  • Longitudinal evaluation of the oral mucositis weekly questionnaire-head and neck cancer, a patient-reported outcomes questionnaire. 
  • Longitudinal models for chronic disease risk: an evaluation of logistic multiple regression and alternatives. 
  • Low acetaldehyde collection efficiencies for 24-hour sampling with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH)-coated solid sorbents. 
  • Magnetic resonance imaging for detection of arterial and venous occlusion in canine muscle flaps and bowel segments. 
  • Magnetic resonance imaging of optic gliomas. 
  • Magnetic seizure therapy of major depression. 
  • Major depression and the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule: validation in medically ill hospitalized patients. 
  • Making AIDS prevention a national priority. 
  • Management of failed prostaglandin abortions. 
  • Manipulation of intra- and extracellular pH in spontaneous canine tumours by use of hyperglycaemia. 
  • Mapping staphylococcal nuclease conformation using an EDTA-Fe derivative attached to genetically engineered cysteine residues. 
  • Marrow transplantation for malignant plasma cell disorders: summary of the Seattle experience. 
  • Measurement of chemoresistance markers in patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer: a novel approach for patient selection. 
  • Measurement of diphenylhydantoin in 0.1-ml plasma samples: gas chromatography and radioimmunoassay compared. 
  • Measurements from normal umbilical cord blood of four lysosomal enzymatic activities: alpha-L-iduronidase (Hurler), galactocerebrosidase (globoid cell leukodystrophy), arylsulfatase A (metachromatic leukodystrophy), arylsulfatase B (Maroteaux-Lamy). 
  • Measuring immunization coverage among preschool children: past, present, and future opportunities 
  • Measuring parental grief after childhood cancer: potential use of the SCL-90R. 
  • Medical education in the community: a Nigerian experience. 
  • Methods for the analysis and assessment of clinical databases: the clinician's perspective. 
  • Methods to improve diagnostic accuracy in a community mental health setting. 
  • Microvascular anastomoses in growing vessels: a long-term evaluation of nonabsorbable suture materials. 
  • Mixed Methods Designs for Sports Medicine Research. 
  • Molecular characterization and multilaboratory evaluation of Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 51299 for quality control of screening tests for vancomycin and high-level aminoglycoside resistance in enterococci. 
  • Monaghan 225 ventilator use under hyperbaric conditions. 
  • Morphometric analysis of spermatozoa in the assessment of human male fertility. 
  • Motility-indole-lysine medium for presumptive identification of enteric pathogens of Enterobacteriaceae. 
  • Motility-indole-lysine-sulfide medium. 
  • Multicenter collaborative evaluation of a standardized serum bactericidal test as a predictor of therapeutic efficacy in acute and chronic osteomyelitis. 
  • Multilaboratory evaluation of screening methods for detection of high-level aminoglycoside resistance in enterococci. National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards Study Group on Enterococci. 
  • Multiple pregnancies conceived with intrauterine insemination during superovulation: an evaluation of clinical characteristics and monitored parameters of conception cycles. 
  • Mycobacteria in stool specimens: the nonvalue of smears for predicting culture results. 
  • N-myristoylation of Arf proteins in Candida albicans: an in vivo assay for evaluating antifungal inhibitors of myristoyl-CoA: protein N-myristoyltransferase. 
  • NIDA522131, a new radioligand for imaging extrathalamic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: in vitro and in vivo evaluation. 
  • Non-invasive thermometry using magnetic resonance diffusion imaging: potential for application in hyperthermic oncology. 
  • Nuclear DNA from primate dug 
  • Nursery Neurobiologic Risk Score: important factor in predicting outcome in very low birth weight infants. 
  • Observer evaluation of scatter subtraction for digital portable chest radiographs. 
  • Oligodendroglioma. An analysis of the value of radiation therapy. 
  • On the accuracy of noninvasive thermometry using molecular diffusion magnetic resonance imaging. 
  • On the evaluation of reliability, repeatability, and reproducibility of instrumental evaluation methods and measurement systems. 
  • On the relationship between computed tomography numbers and specific gravity. 
  • Origin of body surface QRS and T wave potentials from epicardial potential distributions in the intact chimpanzee. 
  • Outcomes among 562 recipients of placental-blood transplants from unrelated donors. 
  • Outcomes-based evaluations supporting computer-assisted surgery and minimally invasive surgery for total hip arthroplasty. 
  • PCR identification of Mycobacterium bovis BCG. 
  • PRO-Bookmarking to Estimate Clinical Thresholds for Patient-reported Symptoms and Function. 
  • Pain in young adults. II: The use and perceived effectiveness of pain-coping strategies. 
  • Panoramic zonography of fractures of the facial skeleton. 
  • Parents' and clinicians' attitudes toward the risks and benefits of child psychotherapy: a study of informed-consent content. 
  • Parents' informed consent decisions regarding psychotherapy for their children: consideration of therapeutic risks and benefits. 
  • Patterns of transfer for patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome from community to tertiary care hospitals. 
  • Penetrating keratoplasty in the Singapore National Eye Centre and donor cornea acquisition in the Singapore Eye Bank. 
  • Performance characteristics of a Kodak computed radiography system. 
  • Performance of four computer-based diagnostic systems. 
  • Peripheral atherectomy: experimental results with a new device. 
  • Pharmacokinetic model-driven infusion of fentanyl: assessment of accuracy. 
  • Phase I evaluation of prolonged-infusion gemcitabine with irinotecan for relapsed or refractory leukemia or lymphoma. 
  • Phase I study of melphalan alone and melphalan plus whole body hyperthermia in dogs with malignant melanoma. 
  • Phased array cardiac imaging: system operation, results and clinical role. 
  • Phenotypic and genotypic evaluation of fluconazole resistance in vaginal Candida strains isolated from HIV-infected women from Brazil. 
  • Photodynamic therapy for malignant tumours of the ampulla of Vater. 
  • Porous-coated acetabular components with screw fixation. Five to ten-year results. 
  • Porous-coated total hip arthroplasty in rheumatoid arthritis. 
  • Pre-existing autoimmune disease in patients with long-term survival after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. 
  • Predicting patient satisfaction from physicians' nonverbal communication skills. 
  • Preoperative evaluation of serum CA 125, TAG 72, and CA 15-3 in patients with endometrial carcinoma. 
  • Preparation and screening of an arrayed human genomic library generated with the P1 cloning system. 
  • Prevention and early treatment of invasive fungal infection in patients with cancer and neutropenia and in stem cell transplant recipients in the era of newer broad-spectrum antifungal agents and diagnostic adjuncts. 
  • Prospective evaluation of a Dacron cuffed hemodialysis catheter for prolonged use. 
  • Prospective evaluation of the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic jejunostomy. 
  • Prostate-specific antigen nadir and cancer-specific mortality following hormonal therapy for prostate-specific antigen failure. 
  • Protection of mitochondrial function during ischemia by potassium cardioplegia: correlation with ischemic contracture. 
  • Providers' response to child eating behaviors: A direct observation study. 
  • Psychodynamic psychotherapy for PTSD. 
  • Psychometric evaluation and calibration of health-related quality of life item banks: plans for the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). 
  • Quality of life after vagal nerve stimulator insertion. 
  • Quantifying Value of Hope. 
  • Quantifying asthma patient preferences for onset of effect of combination inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting beta2-agonist maintenance medications. 
  • Quantitation of residual white cells in filtered blood components by polymerase chain reaction amplification of HLA DQ-A DNA. 
  • Quantitative Parameters of High-Frame-Rate Strain in Patients with Echocardiographically Normal Function. 
  • Quantitative determination of the partial oxygen pressure in the vitrectomized rabbit eye in vivo using 19F NMR. 
  • Quantitative pulmonary single photon emission computed tomography for radiotherapy applications. 
  • Quantitative radiographic imaging using a photostimulable phosphor system. 
  • Questionnaires for outcome expectancy, self-regulation, and behavioral expectation for resistance training among young-old adults: development and preliminary validity. 
  • Quicker determination of antibiotic susceptibility in urinary tract infections. 
  • Radical hysterectomy with preoperative intracavitary therapy for stage IB squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix. 
  • Radiosynthesis and preliminary evaluation of 5-[123/125I]iodo-3-(2(S)-azetidinylmethoxy)pyridine: a radioligand for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. 
  • Rapid bacterial antigen detection is not clinically useful. 
  • Rapid radiometric method for pyrazinamide susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. 
  • Rate regulation as a strategy for hospital cost control: evidence from the last decade. 
  • Recent changes in service use patterns of disabled Medicare beneficiaries. 
  • Reconstruction of the lower extremity with vascularized composite tissue: improved tissue survival and specific indications. 
  • Reduced need for alveolar bone grafting by presurgical orthopedics and primary gingivoperiosteoplasty. 
  • Reducing long-term diazepam prescribing in office practice. A controlled trial of educational visits. 
  • Rejection criteria for endotracheal aspirates from adults. 
  • Relationship between clinical evaluation of peripheral perfusion and global hemodynamics in adults after cardiac surgery. 
  • Reliability of single-lead and multiple-lead electrocardiography during and after exercise. 
  • Renal carcinoma: detection of venous extension with gradient-echo MR imaging. 
  • Renal transplantation between HL-A identical donor-recipient pairs. Functional and morphological evaluation. 
  • Researching Litigation: The Medical Malpractice Example 
  • Resource use and costs of treatment with anticoagulation and antiplatelet agents: results of the WATCH trial economic evaluation. 
  • Revision arthroplasty facilitated by ultrasonic tool cement removal. An evaluation of whole bone strength in a canine model. 
  • Revolutionary advances in skin stapling: a collective review. 
  • Risk and Resources: A Qualitative Perspective on Low-Level Sentencing in Virginia 
  • Risk factors for renal allograft loss in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. 
  • Role of angiography in cervicothoracic trauma. 
  • SPECT using a specially designed cone beam collimator. 
  • Safety and efficacy of quinupristin/dalfopristin for treatment of invasive Gram-positive infections in pediatric patients. 
  • Sample size calculations for evaluating a diagnostic test when the gold standard is missing at random. 
  • School climate and implementation of the Pathways study. 
  • School-age children's fears of medical experiences 
  • Screening for depression in hospitalized elderly medical patients: taking a closer look. 
  • Screening the elderly. A brief instrumental activities of daily living measure. 
  • Secondary posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation in pediatric patients. 
  • Segmentation of suspicious clustered microcalcifications in mammograms. 
  • Selection of clinical education centers in physical therapy. 
  • Selenium-based digital radiography of the chest: radiologists' preference compared with film-screen radiographs. 
  • Self-selection factors in the participation of mental health professionals in competency for execution evaluations. 
  • Sensitivity of the Hemoccult II slide test in detecting colonic neoplasms. 
  • Separate cavity margin sampling at the time of initial breast lumpectomy significantly reduces the need for reexcisions. 
  • Serial labeling index determination as a predictor of response in human solid tumors. 
  • Severin classification system for evaluation of the results of operative treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip. A study of intraobserver and interobserver reliability. 
  • Simian immunodeficiency virus DNA vaccine trial in macaques. 
  • Simplifying healthful choices: a qualitative study of a physical activity based nutrition label format. 
  • Simultaneous major depression and panic disorder: treatment with electroconvulsive therapy. 
  • Small-animal PET: advent of a new era of PET research. 
  • Social service interventions for caregivers of patients with dementia: impact on health care utilization and expenditures. 
  • Sonographic estimates of vein size in the lower extremities: subjective assessment compared with direct measurement. 
  • Sonography of the cervix during the third trimester of pregnancy: value of the transperineal approach. 
  • Special techniques in diagnostic electron microscopy. 
  • Specific cytotoxic antibody in the sera of patients with melanoma. 
  • Spiral gradient endpoint method compared to standard agar dilution for susceptibility testing of anaerobic gram-negative bacilli. 
  • Spiritual values in the setting of health care priorities. 
  • Stability of temperatures during hyperthermia treatments. 
  • Standardized reporting guidelines for studies evaluating risk stratification of emergency department patients with potential acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Statewide assessment of a behavioral intervention to reduce cigarette smoking by pregnant women. 
  • Superparamagnetic iron oxide particles (SH U 555 A): evaluation of efficacy in three doses for hepatic MR imaging. 
  • Survival of related individuals: an extension of some fundamental results of heterogeneity analysis. 
  • Suspension of medullary thick ascending limb tubules from the rabbit kidney. 
  • Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of enzymatically cross-linked elastin-like polypeptide gels for cartilaginous tissue repair. 
  • Synthesis and preliminary evaluation of para- and meta-[18F]fluorobenzylguanidine. 
  • Systematic review and metasummary of attitudes toward research in emergency medical conditions. 
  • Teaching bedside cardiologic examination skills using "Harvey", the cardiology patient simulator. 
  • Teaching cardiovascular assessment. 
  • Technical evaluation of a digital chest radiography system that uses a selenium detector. 
  • Ten-year results with the St. Jude Medical prosthesis. 
  • Test of a cardiology patient simulator with students in fourth-year electives. 
  • Testing an instrument to screen for fibromyalgia syndrome in general population studies: the London Fibromyalgia Epidemiology Study Screening Questionnaire. 
  • Testing of an intrathoracic artificial lung in a pig model. 
  • The Controversy Over Retrospective Moral Judgment 
  • The Household Registration System: computer software for the rapid dissemination of demographic surveillance systems. 
  • The IAIMS at Duke University Medical Center: transition from model testing to implementation. 
  • The MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery, part 1: test selection, reliability, and validity. 
  • The McMaster curriculum: a critique. 
  • The abortifacient effectiveness and plasma prostaglandin concentrations with 15(S)-15-methyl prostaglandin F2alpha methyl ester-containing vaginal silastic devices. 
  • The actometer: an evaluation of instrument applicability for chronic pain patients. 
  • The cervical cap: effectiveness, safety, and acceptability as a barrier contraceptive. 
  • The challenge of measuring community values in ways appropriate for setting health care priorities. 
  • The dehydroepiandrosterone loading test. IV. Evaluation of clinical utility. 
  • The effect of a telephone family assessment intervention on the functional health of patients with elevated family stress. 
  • The effect of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy on the prosthesis interface in cementless arthroplasty. Evaluation in a rabbit model. 
  • The effect of ultrasonic disintegration on the outcome of percutaneous nephrolithotripsy. 
  • The effects of computerized medical records on provider efficiency and quality of care. 
  • The identification of psychiatric illness by primary care physicians: the effect of patient gender. 
  • The impact of supervised exercise on the psychological well-being and health status of older veterans. 
  • The impact of work rewards on radiographers' organizational commitment. 
  • The importance of observational methods for evaluation of interventions to prevent occupational injuries. 
  • The low anterior five-o'clock portal during arthroscopic shoulder surgery performed in the beach-chair position. 
  • The natural history of coronary artery disease: an update on surgical and medical management. 
  • The orticochea pharyngoplasty and primary palatoplasty: an evaluation. 
  • The preparation and properties of an antiserum for the radioimmunoassay of serum conjugated cholic acid. 
  • The relation between methods and recommendations in clinical practice guidelines for hypertension and hyperlipidemia. 
  • The status of air medical quality assurance. 
  • The value of diagnostic aids in detecting pancreas cancer. 
  • The value of mammography screening in women under age 50 years. 
  • The value of ultrasonography in the screening for asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm. 
  • Theoretical analysis of lipid transport in sciatic nerve. 
  • Thermal balloon angioplasty in a canine model: preliminary results. 
  • Thermal-perfusion balloon coronary angioplasty: in vivo evaluation. 
  • Thin-section contrast-enhanced computed tomography accurately predicts the resectability of malignant pancreatic neoplasms. 
  • Thoracocentesis of loculated pleural effusions using grey scale ultrasonic guidance. 
  • Thrombus-trapping efficiency of the Greenfield filter in vivo. 
  • Thymectomy for myasthenia gravis: evaluation requires controlled prospective studies. 
  • Time course of satisfaction of search. 
  • Tl-201 single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). 
  • Tocolytic treatment for preterm contractions with and without cervical changes. 
  • Tool for evaluating research implementation challenges: a sense-making protocol for addressing implementation challenges in complex research settings. 
  • Total parenteral nutrition in pancreatic disease. 
  • Transcatheter electrocoagulation: experimental evaluation of the anode. 
  • Transluminal intracoronary reperfusion catheter: a device to maintain coronary perfusion between failed coronary angioplasty and emergency coronary bypass surgery. 
  • Transperineal templates for brachytherapy treatment of pelvic malignancies--a comparison of standard and customized templates. 
  • Transperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomy: training, technique, and results. 
  • Treatment decisions for terminally ill patients: physicians' legal defensiveness and knowledge of medical law. 
  • Treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis by extensive unilateral decompression and contralateral autologous bone fusion: operative technique and results. 
  • Treatment of rheumatoid synovitis of the knee with intraarticular injection of dysprosium 165-ferric hydroxide macroaggregates. 
  • Trichomonas vaginalis as a cause of urethritis in Malawian men. 
  • Troubleshooting the malfunctioning Scott artificial urinary sphincter. 
  • Two-dimensional arrays for medical ultrasound. 
  • Two-dimensional fluorescence intensity distribution analysis: theory and applications. 
  • Ulnar artery insufficiency: a guide to treatment. 
  • Ultrasonic recognition of the small-for-gestational-age fetus. 
  • Update 2018: 18F-FDG PET/CT and PET/MRI in Head and Neck Cancer. 
  • Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in infants: diagnostic usefulness and safety. 
  • Ureteral stenting during extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: help or hindrance? 
  • Urinary cyclic adenosine monophosphate as an aid in the diagnosis of hyperparathyroidism. 
  • Urologic laparoscopy with a new blunt-tipped trocar: safe, rapid access without the use of fascial sutures. 
  • Usability evaluation at the point-of-care: a method to identify user information needs in CPOE applications. 
  • Use of alternative methodologies for evaluation of composite end points in trials of therapies for critical limb ischemia. 
  • Use of pulmonary angiography for suspected pulmonary embolism: influence of scintigraphic diagnosis. 
  • Use of triple-lumen subclavian catheters for administration of total parenteral nutrition. 
  • Utilisation, contents and costs of prenatal care under a rural health insurance (New Co-operative Medical System) in rural China: lessons from implementation. 
  • Utilizing a novel tool for the comprehensive assessment of resident operative performance. 
  • VNS therapy in treatment-resistant depression: clinical evidence and putative neurobiological mechanisms. 
  • Validation of four definitions of melancholia by the dexamethasone suppression test. 
  • Variations in practice and outcomes in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention in the United States and Canada: insights from the Assessment of Pexelizumab in Acute Myocardial Infarction (APEX AMI) trial. 
  • Vascularized rib-periosteal and osteocutaneous reconstruction of the maxilla and mandible: an assessment. 
  • Verbal response mode profiles of patients and physicians in medical screening interviews 
  • Weapons and minority youth violence. 
  • Winners & losers: how medical malpractice disputes are resolved 
  • Withholding medical treatment from the severely demented patient. Decisional processes and cost implications. 
  • Would revision arthroplasty be facilitated by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy? An evaluation including whole bone strength in dogs. 
  • [Laser coronary angioplasty. Critical analysis of the first patients]. 
  • [The effect of a urinary incontinence self-management program for rural older women]. 
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  • Anderson, Ruth A., Professor Emerita in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing
  • Andolsek, Kathryn Marijoan, Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health, School of Medicine
  • Badea, Cristian Tudorel, Professor in Radiology, Biomedical Engineering
  • Berchuck, Andrew, James M. Ingram Distinguished Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology
  • Charles, Hal Cecil, Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology, Radiology
  • Colsher, James George, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology, Radiology
  • Craciunescu, Oana, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology
  • Dement, John McCray, Professor Emeritus in Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine & Community Health,Occupational & Environmental Medicine
  • McConnell, Eleanor Schildwachter, Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing
  • Muir, Kelly Walton, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, Glaucoma
  • O'Connor, Christopher Michael, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology
  • Sullivan, Daniel Carl, Professor Emeritus of Radiology, Radiology
  • Yancy Jr., William Samuel, Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine