Scholars@Duke
Grace Rim

Selected Publications

Identification and validation of a threshold for early posttransplant bronchoalveolar fluid hyaluronan that distinguishes lung recipients at risk for chronic lung allograft dysfunction.

Journal Article J Heart Lung Transplant · March 2025 BACKGROUND: Few tools exist for the early identification of patients at risk for chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD). We previously showed hyaluronan (HA), a matrix molecule that regulates lung inflammation and fibrosis, accumulates in bronchoalveola ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cardiac Arrest in Outpatient Hemodialysis Units: A National Cross-Sectional Survey of Dialysis Technicians.

Journal Article American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation · February 2025 Rationale & objectiveCardiac arrest is the leading cause of death for hemodialysis patients and often occurs within outpatient dialysis units. Approximately one-fifth of dialysis unit resuscitations are not initiated until emergency medical servic ... Full text Cite

Basiliximab induction immunosuppression and lung transplant outcomes: Propensity analysis in a multicenter cohort.

Journal Article J Heart Lung Transplant · December 4, 2024 BACKGROUND: Basiliximab induction immunosuppression is increasingly employed in lung transplant recipients despite limited prospective evidence to support its use in this population. We sought to determine the relationship between basiliximab induction and ... Full text Link to item Cite

Accelerating evidence generation: Addressing critical challenges and charting a path forward.

Journal Article J Clin Transl Sci · 2024 Efficient evidence generation to assess the clinical and economic impact of medical therapies is critical amid rising healthcare costs and aging populations. However, drug development and clinical trials remain far too expensive and inefficient for all sta ... Full text Link to item Cite

Use of oral anti-diabetic drugs and risk of hospital and intensive care unit admissions for infections.

Journal Article The American journal of the medical sciences · July 2022 BackgroundSepsis is one of the leading causes of hospital mortality, and diabetes is a risk factor for the development of infections. Although strong evidence has shown an association between metformin and reduced risk of infections, the risk of d ... Full text Cite

Statin-Induced Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy.

Journal Article JACC. Case reports · March 2020 Statin-induced necrotizing autoimmune myopathy (SINAM) is an exceptionally rare yet devastating complication of statin therapy that can occur at any time after initiation. It should be considered in patients who develop proximal muscle weakness and marked ... Full text Cite