Iowa

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A cluster of exertional rhabdomyolysis affecting a Division I Football team. 
  • A method for analyzing mortality data collected in follow-up studies. 
  • A population study. Mortality and morbidity after availability of surfactant therapy. Newborn Lung Project. 
  • ACL tears in collegiate wrestlers: report of six cases in one season. 
  • Abnormally High Dislocation Rates of Total Hip Arthroplasty After Spinal Deformity Surgery. 
  • Application of empirical Bayes inference to estimation of rate of change in the presence of informative right censoring. 
  • Aspirin in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction in elderly Medicare beneficiaries. Patterns of use and outcomes. 
  • Associations of elevated interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein levels with mortality in the elderly. 
  • Blood pressure and mortality risk in the elderly. 
  • Characterization of Young Adult Emergency Department Users: Evidence to Guide Policy. 
  • Chlorinated drinking water and bladder cancer: effect of misclassification on risk estimates. 
  • Comparing risk-adjustment methods for provider profiling. 
  • Data management in an epidemiological study: experiences from the Iowa 500 field follow-up and family study. 
  • Defining successful performance among pediatric residents. 
  • Development of a Pediatric Cardiac Mechanical Support Program. 
  • Effect of clinical factors on length of stay after coronary artery bypass surgery: results of the cooperative cardiovascular project. 
  • Emergent strain of human adenovirus endemic in Iowa. 
  • Epidemiology of ankle arthritis: report of a consecutive series of 639 patients from a tertiary orthopaedic center. 
  • Established populations for epidemiologic studies of the elderly: study design and methodology. 
  • Evidence for avian influenza A infections among Iowa's agricultural workers. 
  • Evidence for unapparent Brucella canis infections among adults with occupational exposure to dogs. 
  • Excess mortality in schizophrenia and affective disorders. Do suicides and accidental deaths solely account for this excess? 
  • Exposure to Streptococcus suis among US swine workers. 
  • Factors associated with primary care residents' satisfaction with their training. 
  • Factors promoting consistent adherence to safe needle precautions among hospital workers. 
  • Gulf War veterans with anxiety: prevalence, comorbidity, and risk factors. 
  • Health services use among Gulf War veterans and Gulf War era nondeployed veterans: a large population-based survey. 
  • Health-related quality of life in Gulf War era military personnel. 
  • Hospital bloodborne pathogens programs: program characteristics and blood and body fluid exposure rates. 
  • Hospital-acquired candidemia. The attributable mortality and excess length of stay. 
  • Impact of travel distance on WISEWOMAN Intervention attendance for a rural population. 
  • Incarceration and veterans of the first Gulf War. 
  • Lack of evidence of avian adenovirus infection among turkey workers. 
  • Long-term outcome of major psychoses. I. Schizophrenia and affective disorders compared with psychiatrically symptom-free surgical conditions. 
  • Medical comorbidity in women and men with schizophrenia: a population-based controlled study. 
  • Memory complaint is not necessary for diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment and does not predict 10-year trajectories of functional disability, word recall, or short portable mental status questionnaire limitations. 
  • Mental health comorbidity patterns and impact on quality of life among veterans serving during the first Gulf War. 
  • Methodologic issues in a population-based health survey of Gulf War veterans. 
  • Mild cognitive impairment and 10-year trajectories of disability in the Iowa Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly cohort. 
  • Monitoring adherence to Standard Precautions. 
  • Mortality in patients with schizophrenia, mania, depression and surgical conditions. A comparison with general population mortality. 
  • Multivariate assessment of traditional risk factors for chronic lung disease in very low birth weight neonates. The Newborn Lung Project. 
  • Neurologic symptoms associated with cattle farming in the agricultural health study. 
  • No evidence for zoonotic transmission of H3N8 canine influenza virus among US adults occupationally exposed to dogs. 
  • Norwood reconstruction using continuous coronary perfusion: a safe and translatable technique. 
  • Perceived barriers to community-based health promotion program participation. 
  • Percutaneous injury, blood exposure, and adherence to standard precautions: are hospital-based health care providers still at risk? 
  • Pesticide Use and Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the Agricultural Health Study. 
  • Prevalence of birth defects among infants of Gulf War veterans in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Georgia, Hawaii, and Iowa, 1989-1993. 
  • Preventing zoonotic influenza virus infection. 
  • Pseudo-preexcitation is prevalent among patients with repaired complex congenital heart disease. 
  • Quality of life and health-services utilization in a population-based sample of military personnel reporting multiple chemical sensitivities. 
  • Relationship between depression and pancreatic cancer in the general population. 
  • Residential radon exposure and lung cancer: evidence of an urban factor in Iowa. 
  • Residential radon gas exposure and lung cancer: the Iowa Radon Lung Cancer Study. 
  • Self-reported postwar injuries among Gulf War veterans. 
  • Serological evidence of equine influenza infections among persons with horse exposure, Iowa. 
  • Serum IL-6 level and the development of disability in older persons. 
  • Swine workers and swine influenza virus infections. 
  • The association of depression and mortality in elderly persons: a case for multiple, independent pathways. 
  • The effect of physician characteristics and their practice environment on surgical referral patterns for early-stage breast cancer in Iowa. 
  • The health burden of diabetes for the elderly in four communities. 
  • The high frequency of healthcare use in patients one year prior to a sarcoidosis diagnosis. 
  • Thiazide diuretic agents and the incidence of hip fracture. 
  • Validity of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Adult Cardiac Surgery Database.