2018
Impact of Cigarette Smoking Status on Pain Intensity Among Veterans With and Without Hepatitis C
Lynch SM, Wilson SM, DeRycke EC, Driscoll MA, Becker WC, Goulet JL, Kerns RD, Mattocks KM, Brandt CA, Bathulapalli H, Skanderson M, Haskell SG, Bastian LA. Impact of Cigarette Smoking Status on Pain Intensity Among Veterans With and Without Hepatitis C. Pain Medicine 2018, 19: s5-s11. PMID: 30203017, DOI: 10.1093/pm/pny146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatitis C virusSevere pain intensityPain intensityElectronic medical recordsCurrent smokersSmoking statusVeterans Health Administration primary care clinicsOperations Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom/New DawnIndependent risk factorInteraction of smokingNumeric rating scalePrimary care clinicsHigher pain intensityCigarette smoking statusICD-9 codesOEF/OIF/OND veteransCross-sectional analysisCohort studyCurrent smokingHepatitis C.Severe painPain managementTobacco smokingCare clinicsChronic pain
2015
The Association of Smoking and Acute Pancreatitis
Majumder S, Gierisch JM, Bastian LA. The Association of Smoking and Acute Pancreatitis. Pancreas 2015, 44: 540-546. PMID: 25872130, DOI: 10.1097/mpa.0000000000000301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute pancreatitisRecurrent APCurrent smokersFormer smokersHazard ratioCigarette smokingRisk factorsSystematic reviewIndependent risk factorPooled hazard ratioAssociation of smokingRecurrent acute pancreatitisConfidence intervalsInvestigator reviewChronic pancreatitisSmoking statusCochrane DatabaseDatabase inceptionHigh riskSmokersDiscordant decisionsEligibility criteriaPancreatitisSmokingRisk