2021
Documentation of Screening for Firearm Access by Healthcare Providers in the Veterans Healthcare System: A Retrospective Study
Brandt CA, Workman TE, Farmer MM, Akgün KM, Abel EA, Skanderson M, Bean-Mayberry B, Zeng-Treitler Q, Mason M, Bastian LA, Goulet JL, Post LA. Documentation of Screening for Firearm Access by Healthcare Providers in the Veterans Healthcare System: A Retrospective Study. Western Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 22: 525-532. PMID: 34125022, PMCID: PMC8203018, DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2021.4.51203.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical notesPatient characteristicsHealthcare providersFirearm accessElectronic health record clinical notesProportion of patientsOutpatient care visitsVeterans Healthcare SystemCohort of veteransUnited States military veteransMilitary service characteristicsDocumentation of screeningDocumentation of accessFirst yearRace/ethnicityCare visitsOutpatient visitsClinical comorbiditiesRetrospective studyVHA careEmergency clinicHandling of firearmsDemographic dataSystemwide processRisk of violence
2020
Relationships between chronic pain and mood symptoms among veterans with bipolar disorder
Travaglini L, Kuykendall L, Bennett M, Abel E, Lucksted A. Relationships between chronic pain and mood symptoms among veterans with bipolar disorder. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2020, 277: 765-771. PMID: 33065815, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.08.069.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic painQuality of lifeBipolar disorderMedical CenterPain experienceOutpatient mental health careVeterans Affairs Medical CenterVA Medical CenterChronic pain experienceMental health careUS military veteransManic mood statesWorst painPain managementBipolar depressionRetrospective studyManic episodesMood disordersMood symptomsOutpatient servicesPainUnipolar depressionPilot studyDisordersHealth careUse of Proton Pump Inhibitors Increases Risk of Incident Kidney Stones
Simonov M, Abel EA, Skanderson M, Masoud A, Hauser RG, Brandt CA, Wilson FP, Laine L. Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors Increases Risk of Incident Kidney Stones. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2020, 19: 72-79.e21. PMID: 32147588, PMCID: PMC7483196, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2020.02.053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProton pump inhibitorsPPI useKidney stonesCohort studyLevothyroxine useTime-varying Cox proportional hazardsHistamine-2 receptor antagonistsPropensity score-matched subsetIncident kidney stonesUrinary ion concentrationsLarge cohort studyCox proportional hazardsPropensity matching analysisDose-dependent increaseNegative control exposureH2RA usePPI usersMost patientsPPI usageAcid suppressionAdjusted analysisMedication usageRetrospective studyPump inhibitorsUnadjusted analyses