Scholars@Duke
Kenneth Charles Goldberg

Kenneth Charles Goldberg

Associate Professor of Medicine
Medicine, General Internal Medicine
11C VA Med Ctr, 508 Fulton St, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Publications

Is PSA related to serum cholesterol and does the relationship differ between black and white men?

Journal Article Prostate · December 2015 BACKGROUND: Previously, in prostate cancer-free men, we found that statin initiation resulted in a 4.1% decline in PSA. This decline in PSA was proportional to the decline in cholesterol, suggesting a link between cholesterol and PSA levels. Whether these ... Full text Link to item Cite

Community-associated Clostridium difficile infection: experience of a veteran affairs medical center in southeastern USA.

Journal Article Infection · August 2010 BACKGROUND: There is increasing recognition of the importance of community-associated Clostridium difficile infection (CA-CDI) despite little being known about its epidemiology. METHODS: We performed routine, active laboratory surveillance for CDI at the D ... Full text Link to item Cite

The influence of statin medications on prostate-specific antigen levels.

Journal Article J Natl Cancer Inst · November 5, 2008 BACKGROUND: Recent data suggest that statin use may be associated with a reduced risk of advanced prostate cancer. However, the influence of statins on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels and what effect this could potentially have on prostate cancer di ... Full text Link to item Cite

Quality of pharmacotherapy and outcomes for older veterans discharged from the emergency department.

Journal Article J Am Geriatr Soc · May 2008 OBJECTIVES: To determine whether suboptimal pharmacotherapy increases the risk of adverse outcomes in older adults discharged from the emergency department (ED). DESIGN: Retrospective, cohort study. SETTING: Academically affiliated Veterans Affairs Medical ... Full text Link to item Cite

Improving influenza vaccine coverage among asthmatics: A practice-based research network study

Journal Article Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management · May 1, 2008 • Objective: To evaluate an educational postcard reminder and practice improvement interventions intended to improve influenza vaccination rates among asthmatic patients. • Design: Pre-post study. • Patients and setting: Patients with asthma followed at 15 ... Cite

THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CHOLESTEROL AND PSA

Conference Journal of Urology · April 2008 Full text Cite

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Journal Article American Journal of Managed Care · January 1, 2008 Cite

Unrecognized confounders in overcoming clinical inertia study - Reply

Journal Article AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MANAGED CARE · January 1, 2008 Link to item Cite

Adverse health outcomes after discharge from the emergency department--incidence and risk factors in a veteran population.

Journal Article J Gen Intern Med · November 2007 BACKGROUND: An Emergency Department (ED) visit represents a time of significant risk for an older adult; however, little is known about adverse outcomes after an ED visit in the VA system. OBJECTIVES: 1) To describe the frequency and type of adverse health ... Full text Link to item Cite

Overcoming inertia: improvement in achieving target low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

Journal Article Am J Manag Care · September 2007 OBJECTIVE: To improve lipid management of high-risk patients in a large academic primary care practice. STUDY DESIGN: Educational intervention with historical controls. METHODS: We determined the likelihood of providers within an academic Veterans Affairs ... Link to item Cite

The quality of pharmacotherapy in older veterans discharged from the emergency department or urgent care clinic.

Journal Article J Am Geriatr Soc · September 2007 OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence and type of suboptimal pharmacotherapy that older veterans discharged from the emergency department (ED) or urgent care clinic (UCC) receive and to examine factors associated with suboptimal pharmacotherapy in this p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adverse outcomes among older adults discharged from the emergency department.

Conference JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY · April 1, 2007 Link to item Cite

Overcoming provider inertia: Improvement in LDL-cholesterol management

Journal Article JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE · April 1, 2006 Link to item Cite

Effect of an opioid management system on opioid prescribing and unscheduled visits in a large primary care clinic

Journal Article Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management · December 1, 2005 • Objective: To measure the effect of an explicit pain management program on unscheduled patient visits, prescribing behavior, and opioid use. • Design: Retrospective cohort study. • Setting: General medicine practice of a university-affiliated Veterans Af ... Cite

Use of aspirin and ibuprofen compared with aspirin alone and the risk of myocardial infarction.

Journal Article Arch Intern Med · April 26, 2004 BACKGROUND: Laboratory investigations suggest that the simultaneous use of aspirin and ibuprofen may attenuate the antiplatelet effect of aspirin, making it less useful for cardioprotection. To determine if there is clinical evidence of this potentially ha ... Full text Link to item Cite

Frequent emergency room utilizers among the frail elderly population.

Conference JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY · April 1, 2001 Link to item Cite

The evaluation of screening methods to identify medically unnecessary hospital stay for patients with pneumonia.

Journal Article Int J Qual Health Care · February 1996 OBJECTIVES: This study compared three methods to screen charts of pneumonia patients for excess days. METHODS: A derivation data set was used to statistically derive a severity measure to predict length of stay for pneumonia patients and to refine a clinic ... Full text Link to item Cite