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Le Neveu M, Nicholson R, Agrawal P, Early M, Patterson D. Determining health-related quality of life and health state utility values of recurrent urinary tract infections in women. Int Urogynecol J 2023; 34:1831-1835. [PMID: 36752848 DOI: 10.1007/s00192-023-05468-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS Health state utility values estimate an individual's valuation of their health-related quality of life. Despite prevalence of recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTIs), the health state utility value of rUTIs is unknown. The primary aim was to determine the utility value of rUTIs using the standard gamble (SG). The secondary aim was to compare the SG utility value with that derived from the EuroQol 5 dimensions (EQ-5D) and visual analog scale (VAS). We hypothesized that a utility value would be successfully derived from the SG and would differ from that derived using the EQ-5D and VAS. METHODS Nonpregnant, adult English-speaking female patients with a diagnosis of rUTI were recruited and completed the EQ-5D, VAS, and SG (n = 25). Utility values were evaluated using Wilcoxon signed-rank tests and Spearman's rho correlation. RESULTS Health state utility values varied depending on the assessment tool used: EQ-5D 0.76 (IQR 0.52), VAS 0.70 (IQR 0.30), and SG 0.85 (IQR 0.25). There were differences between VAS and the other two assessment methods (p<0.001), as well as between EQ-5D and SG (p=0.013). Spearman correlation demonstrated a moderately positive correlation between EQ-5D and VAS values (r(25) = 0.59, p=0.0019). CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that 0.85 reflects the true health state utility value of rUTIs among nonpregnant adult English-speaking women. The utility value for recurrent UTIs is worse (lower) than that previously published for nonrecurrent UTIs, reflecting the ability of the SG to convey the compounding impact of recurrent disease. In this study, neither the EQ-5D nor the VAS produced results consistent with those found using the SG, which suggests limited validity in this population.
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- M Le Neveu
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Bluestein D, Diduk-Smith R, Hughes T, Early M, Mazzurco L. THE MEDICARE WELLNESS VISIT: AN UNDERUTILIZED PATH TO EXCELLENCE IN GERIATRIC PRIMARY CARE. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.3142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- D. Bluestein
- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia,
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- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia,
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Hampton University School of Pharmacy, Hampton, Virginia
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- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia,
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- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia,
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Rubal L, Rudick B, Wilson M, Early M, Kashani B, Stanczyk F, Bendikson K. Visfatin: a Confounder of Clinical Pregnancy in Oocyte Donation Recipients. Fertil Steril 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.01.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Boyle CJ, Lennon AB, Early M, Kelly DJ, Lally C, Prendergast PJ. Computational simulation methodologies for mechanobiological modelling: a cell-centred approach to neointima development in stents. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 2010; 368:2919-35. [PMID: 20478914 PMCID: PMC2944394 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The design of medical devices could be very much improved if robust tools were available for computational simulation of tissue response to the presence of the implant. Such tools require algorithms to simulate the response of tissues to mechanical and chemical stimuli. Available methodologies include those based on the principle of mechanical homeostasis, those which use continuum models to simulate biological constituents, and the cell-centred approach, which models cells as autonomous agents. In the latter approach, cell behaviour is governed by rules based on the state of the local environment around the cell; and informed by experiment. Tissue growth and differentiation requires simulating many of these cells together. In this paper, the methodology and applications of cell-centred techniques--with particular application to mechanobiology--are reviewed, and a cell-centred model of tissue formation in the lumen of an artery in response to the deployment of a stent is presented. The method is capable of capturing some of the most important aspects of restenosis, including nonlinear lesion growth with time. The approach taken in this paper provides a framework for simulating restenosis; the next step will be to couple it with more patient-specific geometries and quantitative parameter data.
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- C. J. Boyle
- Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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- Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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- Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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- Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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- Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Dublin City University, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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- Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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Early M, Kelly DJ. The role of vessel geometry and material properties on the mechanics of stenting in the coronary and peripheral arteries. Proc Inst Mech Eng H 2009; 224:465-76. [DOI: 10.1243/09544119jeim695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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There have been notably higher rates of restenosis with stents used to restore blood flow to many stenosed peripheral arteries compared with their coronary counterparts. The mechanical environment of arteries such as the femoral and popliteal (and the stent fracture that this can cause) has previously been identified as a contributing factor to the relatively low success rates for this procedure. The aim of this study was to investigate how other factors, namely the differences in geometries and mechanical properties of the arteries and the stents used in them, might influence the outcome in these different arteries. Finite element models of the stents and arteries were created, and the results compared in terms of stresses induced in the arteries, the lumen gain, and the deformation of the stent due to pulsatile loading. It was found that deploying a Nitinol stent in a peripheral artery induced lower stresses in the vessel wall than expanding a stainless steel stent in a coronary artery, although the lumen gain was also lower. The predicted strain amplitude induced in Nitinol stents by the cardiac cycle was below the value required to cause fatigue failure. This study does not provide any evidence to suggest that differences in the geometry and material properties between peripheral and coronary arteries, or the types of stent used to restore vessel patency, are the dominate factors responsible for the higher rates of restenosis observed in peripheral arteries.
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- M Early
- Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Early M, Kelly D. An analysis of stresses in peripheral arteries following stenting using the finite element method. J Biomech 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9290(06)84291-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Marek K, Innis R, van Dyck C, Fussell B, Early M, Eberly S, Oakes D, Seibyl J. [123I]beta-CIT SPECT imaging assessment of the rate of Parkinson's disease progression. Neurology 2001; 57:2089-94. [PMID: 11739831 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.57.11.2089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 259] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND [123I]beta-CIT and SPECT imaging of the dopamine transporter is a sensitive biomarker of PD onset and severity. OBJECTIVE In this study, the authors examine the change in [123I]beta-CIT uptake in sequential SPECT scans to assess the rate of progression of the dopaminergic terminal loss in patients with PD. METHODS Patients with PD (n = 32) and healthy controls (n = 24) recruited from the Yale Movement Disorders Center underwent repeat [123I]beta-CIT SPECT imaging during a 1- to 4-year period. The primary imaging outcome was the ratio of specific to nondisplaceable striatal activity. Disease severity was assessed by Hoehn and Yahr staging, and Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale after 12 hours off drug. RESULTS Sequential SPECT scans in PD subjects demonstrated a decline in [123I]beta-CIT striatal uptake of approximately 11.2%/year from the baseline scan, compared with 0.8%/year in the healthy controls (p < 0.001). Although [123I]beta-CIT striatal uptake in the PD subjects was correlated with clinical severity, the annual percentage loss of [123I]beta-CIT striatal uptake did not correlate with the annual loss in measures of clinical function. CONCLUSIONS - The rate of dopaminergic loss in PD is significantly greater than that of healthy controls, and [123I]beta-CIT SPECT imaging provides a quantitative biomarker for the progressive nigrostriatal dopaminergic degeneration in PD. As new protective and restorative therapies for PD are developed, dopamine transporter imaging offers the potential to provide an objective endpoint for these therapeutic trials.
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- K Marek
- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
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Gururangan S, Cokgor L, Rich JN, Edwards S, Affronti ML, Quinn JA, Herndon JE, Provenzale JM, McLendon RE, Tourt-Uhlig S, Sampson JH, Stafford-Fox V, Zaknoen S, Early M, Friedman AH, Friedman HS. Phase I study of Gliadel wafers plus temozolomide in adults with recurrent supratentorial high-grade gliomas. Neuro Oncol 2001; 3:246-50. [PMID: 11584894 PMCID: PMC1920622 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/3.4.246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Both Gliadel wafers [1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea] and temozolomide (TEMO) have been shown in independent studies to prolong survival of patients with recurrent malignant glioma following surgery and radiotherapy. On the basis of preclinical evidence of synergism between Gliadel wafers and TEMO, a phase I study was designed to evaluate the toxicity of combining these 2 agents in the treatment of patients with recurrent supratentorial malignant glioma. All patients had surgical resection of the tumor at relapse, and up to 8 Gliadel (3.85%) wafers were placed in the surgical cavity following resection. Two weeks after surgery, TEMO was given orally daily for 5 days. Cohorts of 3 patients received TEMO at daily doses of 100 mg/m2, 150 mg/m2, and 200 mg/m2, respectively. Patients were assessed for toxicity 4 weeks after start of the first course of TEMO. Contrast-enhanced MRI of the brain was used to assesstumor response after the first cycle of TEMO. Patients with stable disease or response after the first cycle of TEMO were allowed to continue treatment at the same dose every 4 weeks for 12 cycles or until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Ten patients with a median age of 47 years (range, 22-66 years) were enrolled in this study. There were 7 patients with glioblastoma multiforme and 3 patients with anaplastic astrocytoma. Three patients were treated with TEMO at the first dose level of 100 mg/m2, 4 at the second dose level of 150 mg/m2, and 3 at the third dose level of 200 mg/m2. The 10 patients received a median of 3 cycles (range, 1-12 cycles) of TEMO following placement of Gliadel wafers. The treatment was well tolerated, with only 1 patient suffering grade III thrombocytopenia at the highest dose level. Two patients at each dose level had no evidence of disease progression after treatment. Four patients suffered progressive disease on therapy. Our study demonstrates that TEMO can be given safely after placement of Gliadel (3.85%) wafers. The recommended dosage for TEMO for a phase II study of this combination is 200 mg/m2 per day for 5 days.
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- S Gururangan
- Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- M O'Keefe
- Department of Ophthalmology, Children Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Cherryman G, Moody A, Jivan A, Tranter J, Bolton S, Horsfield M, Early M, Hudson N. Dynamic myocardial MRI following acute myocardial infarction. Clin Radiol 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0009-9260(05)82790-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Thompson MM, Budd JS, Eady SL, Hartley G, Early M, James RF, Bell PR. Platelet deposition after angioplasty is abolished by restoration of the endothelial cell monolayer. J Vasc Surg 1994; 19:478-86. [PMID: 8126861 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-5214(94)70075-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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PURPOSE Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of an atheromatous plaque causes endothelial desquamation and intimal dissection with the consequent formation of a thrombogenic flow surface. In this study we investigated the hypothesis that platelet deposition after balloon angioplasty may be decreased by rapid restoration of the endothelial cell monolayer, achieved by transluminally seeding angioplasty sites with endothelial cells. METHODS Bilateral external iliac angioplasty was performed in eight New Zealand white rabbits. One angioplasty site was isolated from the circulation and incubated with a supraconfluent endothelial cell suspension with a double balloon catheter; the contralateral angioplasty site was sham seeded with culture medium. The deposition of autologous indium 111-labeled platelets on the angioplasty sites was quantified 30 minutes after restoration of flow and was referenced to an undamaged segment of aorta that acted as a negative control. RESULTS Platelet deposition on the nonseeded angioplasty site (13.1 x 10(4) platelets/mm2) was significantly higher than on nondilated segments (3.4 x 10(4) platelets/mm2; p = 0.014). Restorationof endothelial cell coverage by endothelial seeding significantly reduced platelet deposition on dilated arterial segments to levels not significantly higher than in controls (3.6 x 10(4) platelets/mm2; p = 0.014). CONCLUSIONS These results illustrate that rapid reendothelialization of angioplasty sites decreases subsequent platelet deposition and may reduce the rate of acute arterial reocclusion complicating endovascular techniques.
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- M M Thompson
- Department of Surgery, Leicester Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom
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Galandiuk S, Miseljic S, Yang AR, Early M, McCoy MD, Wittliff JL. Expression of hormone receptors, cathepsin D, and HER-2/neu oncoprotein in normal colon and colonic disease. Arch Surg 1993; 128:637-42. [PMID: 8099272 DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1993.01420180035007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Chronic ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis are associated with an increased risk of colorectal carcinoma. Currently, there are no reliable methods to assess carcinoma risk. METHODS Several prognostic factors known to be useful in breast carcinoma were determined in 102 specimens of colonic mucosa from 38 patients: 22 specimens from "normal," non-neoplastic colon, 49 from chronic ulcerative colitis, 10 from Crohn's colitis, 14 from familial adenomatous polyposis, four from mucosa adjacent to carcinoma, and three from colon carcinoma. Expression of estrogen receptor, progestin receptor, epidermal growth factor receptor, HER-2/neu (c-erb B-2) oncoprotein, and cathepsin D were determined. RESULTS Epidermal growth factor receptor expression was higher in chronic ulcerative colitis, Crohn's colitis, familial adenomatous polyposis, and colon carcinoma and varied with location within the colon for chronic ulcerative colitis, Crohn's colitis, and familial adenomatous polyposis. Epidermal growth factor receptor expression in mucosa adjacent to carcinoma was similar to that in "normal" colon. CONCLUSION Further analyses are needed to determine which parameters are related to and possibly predictive of increased carcinoma risk.
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- S Galandiuk
- Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, Ky
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Schoenly K, Goff ML, Early M. A BASIC algorithm for calculating the postmortem interval from arthropod successional data. J Forensic Sci 1992; 37:808-23. [PMID: 1629673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A computer algorithm, implemented in the BASIC language, is presented for calculating the postmortem interval (PMI) from arthropod successional data. Entomology-assisted determination of the PMI promises to be a reliable technique in cases of homicide, suicide, accidental death, and unattended death due to natural causes. The program requires, as input, the identity of arthropod taxa recovered from human remains in a death scene investigation and machine-readable data on carrion-associated arthropod taxa and their known successional patterns of activity for the same geographical area. The program performs rapid comparisons of these lists and, on output, calculates an upper and lower estimate of the PMI, identifies the definitive taxa for these limits, and determines if the remaining corpse taxa have known successional patterns that are consistent for this estimate. An alternate output is provided if one or more corpse taxa do not overlap all the others at any single time in the succession. In that event, the user is prompted to recheck the identity of the non-overlapping taxon or taxa or reevaluate the environmental circumstances surrounding the case in question. Results of the analysis are saved to an ASCII file for output to a printer for making paper copies useful for the entomologist's Case Study Final Report. This program may make possible wider use of this technique in law enforcement and medical investigator offices that utilize both forensic entomologist expertise and IBM PCs (or compatible computers).
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- K Schoenly
- Laboratory of Populations, Rockefeller University, New York, NY
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