Scholars@Duke
Nicole Louise Nisly

Nicole Louise Nisly

Medical Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine
Medicine, General Internal Medicine

Selected Publications

Reference Intervals for Clinical Chemistry Analytes for Transgender Men and Women on Stable Hormone Therapy.

Journal Article J Appl Lab Med · September 1, 2022 BACKGROUND: Gender-affirming hormone therapy with either estradiol or testosterone is commonly prescribed for transgender individuals. Masculinizing or feminizing hormone therapy may impact clinical chemistry analytes, but there is currently a lack of publ ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reproductive Endocrinology Reference Intervals for Transgender Men on Stable Hormone Therapy.

Journal Article J Appl Lab Med · January 12, 2021 BACKGROUND: Gender-affirming therapy with testosterone is commonly prescribed to aid in the masculinization of transgender men. Sex-hormone concentrations are routinely measured, but interpretation of results can be difficult due to the lack of published r ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reproductive Endocrinology Reference Intervals for Transgender Women on Stable Hormone Therapy.

Journal Article J Appl Lab Med · January 12, 2021 BACKGROUND: Transgender women and nonbinary people seeking feminizing therapy are often prescribed estrogen as a gender-affirming hormone, which will alter their reproductive hormone axis. Testosterone, estradiol, and other reproductive hormones are common ... Full text Link to item Cite

Hematology reference intervals for transgender adults on stable hormone therapy.

Journal Article Clin Chim Acta · May 2019 BACKGROUND: The complete blood count (CBC) is a cornerstone of patient care. Several of the normal values for the components of the CBC differ by sex and, therefore, male-specific and female-specific reference intervals are required to interpret these labo ... Full text Link to item Cite

Common Hormone Therapies Used to Care for Transgender Patients Influence Laboratory Results.

Journal Article J Appl Lab Med · March 2019 BACKGROUND: Many laboratory tests are reported and interpreted with sex-specific reference intervals. However, transgender individuals receiving masculinizing or feminizing hormone therapy experience physiological changes predisposing some laboratory tests ... Full text Link to item Cite

Developing an Inclusive and Welcoming LGBTQ Clinic.

Journal Article Clin Obstet Gynecol · December 2018 People who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) are underserved and face barriers to knowledgeable health care. Most health systems are ill prepared to provide care that addresses the needs of the LGBTQ community. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Unique Primary Care Needs of Transgender and Gender Non-Binary People.

Journal Article Clin Obstet Gynecol · December 2018 It is important for the practicing primary care provider to become familiar with the unique health care needs for people who identify as transgender men, transgender women, and non-binary people, who are all within the scope of practice of a general obstet ... Full text Link to item Cite

Preferred Names, Preferred Pronouns, and Gender Identity in the Electronic Medical Record and Laboratory Information System: Is Pathology Ready?

Journal Article J Pathol Inform · 2017 BACKGROUND: Electronic medical records (EMRs) and laboratory information systems (LISs) commonly utilize patient identifiers such as legal name, sex, medical record number, and date of birth. There have been recommendations from some EMR working groups (e. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Patterns of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among dental patients.

Journal Article J Public Health Dent · 2015 OBJECTIVES: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is a diverse collection of approaches used to prevent or treat diseases. The goal of this study was to examine relationships between dental patient characteristics and current usage of CAM therapies. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Complementary and alternative medicine usage by patients of a dental school clinic.

Journal Article Spec Care Dentist · 2012 This pilot study investigated the prevalence and specific reasons for usage of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among patients of a dental school clinic. Four hundred and two patients completed a 30-page survey on CAM usage. A higher rate of CA ... Full text Link to item Cite

Dietary supplement polypharmacy: an unrecognized public health problem?

Journal Article Evid Based Complement Alternat Med · March 2010 Excessive and inappropriate use of medications, or 'polypharmacy', has been recognized as a public health problem. In addition, there is growing use of dietary supplements in the United States; however, little is known about the patterns of supplement use. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Application of FDA adverse event report data to the surveillance of dietary botanical supplements.

Journal Article Ann Pharmacother · May 2008 BACKGROUND: Concerns have been raised about the sufficiency of dietary botanical supplement (DBS) surveillance in the US. The Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition's Adverse Event Reporting System (CAERS) represents on ... Full text Link to item Cite

Patterns of natural herb use by Asian and Pacific Islanders.

Journal Article Ethn Health · April 2008 OBJECTIVE: Previous studies have noted the role of race/ethnicity in use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Asian and Pacific Islanders (APIs) in particular have been found to use herbs more frequently, although the patterns of use among this ... Full text Link to item Cite

National surveillance of herbal dietary supplement exposures: the poison control center experience.

Journal Article Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf · September 2007 PURPOSE: The purpose of this report is to characterize reports to poison control centers (PCCs) involving two widely used herbal dietary supplements (HDSs), Echinacea, and St. John's wort (SJW). METHODS: We purchased data from the American Association of P ... Full text Link to item Cite

Use of herbs among adults based on evidence-based indications: findings from the National Health Interview Survey.

Journal Article Mayo Clin Proc · May 2007 OBJECTIVE: To examine the extent to which US adults use herbs (herbal supplements) in accordance with evidence-based indications. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The Alternative Health supplement of the 2002 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is part of an annu ... Full text Link to item Cite

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Use of complementary medicine in older Americans: results from the Health and Retirement Study.

Journal Article Gerontologist · August 2005 PURPOSE: The correlates of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) utilization among elders have not been fully investigated. This study was designed to identify such correlates in a large sample of older adults, thus generating new data relevant to c ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mood and cytokine response to influenza virus in older adults.

Journal Article J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci · December 2004 BACKGROUND: Previous research has indicated that older adults with severe life stress show attenuated immune responses to influenza vaccination. Associations among mood, optimism, stress, and the in vitro cytokine response to influenza virus and vaccine we ... Full text Link to item Cite

Academic physicians and complementary and alternative medicine: an institutional survey.

Journal Article Am J Med Qual · 2002 In order to assess attitudes, awareness, and behavior related to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among academic physicians, a questionnaire study was conducted with faculty in one of the largest teaching hospitals in the United States. The sur ... Full text Link to item Cite