2009
Impact of a disease-management program on symptom burden and health-related quality of life in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and their care partners
Lindell KO, Olshansky E, Song MK, Zullo TG, Gibson KF, Kaminski N, Hoffman LA. Impact of a disease-management program on symptom burden and health-related quality of life in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and their care partners. Heart & Lung 2009, 39: 304-313. PMID: 20561836, PMCID: PMC3467095, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2009.08.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptation, PsychologicalAgedAnalysis of VarianceAnxietyCaregiversDepressionDisease ManagementDisease ProgressionFemaleHealth Status IndicatorsHumansIdiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisMalePilot ProjectsPsychometricsQuality of LifeRespiratory Function TestsStress, PsychologicalSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited StatesConceptsDisease management interventionsAdvanced lung diseaseHealth-related qualityIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisSymptom burdenLung diseaseCare partnersPulmonary fibrosisExperimental group participantsTime of diagnosisInterstitial lung diseaseExperimental group patientsGroup participantsPittsburgh Medical CenterDisease management programsPulmonary fibrosis resultsGroup patientsRespiratory failureUsual careMedian survivalIntervention groupPatient participantsMedical CenterFibrosis resultsPatients
2005
Peripheral blood mononuclear cell gene expression profiles identify emergent post-traumatic stress disorder among trauma survivors
Segman RH, Shefi N, Goltser-Dubner T, Friedman N, Kaminski N, Shalev AY. Peripheral blood mononuclear cell gene expression profiles identify emergent post-traumatic stress disorder among trauma survivors. Molecular Psychiatry 2005, 10: 500-513. PMID: 15685253, DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001636.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentAdultFollow-Up StudiesGene Expression ProfilingGenetic MarkersHumansLeukocytes, MononuclearLife Change EventsMiddle AgedOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisPredictive Value of TestsSeverity of Illness IndexStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticStress, PsychologicalSurvivorsConceptsGene expression signaturesPeripheral blood mononuclear cell gene expressionExpression signaturesTrauma survivorsPeripheral blood mononuclear cell gene expression profilesTime pointsDSM-IV diagnostic criteriaKey clinical featuresPost-traumatic stress disorder symptomsPost-traumatic stress disorderCell gene expression profilesClinical featuresOutcome predictorsEmergency roomPTSD symptom clustersDevelopment of PTSDPathogenetic implicationsDiagnostic criteriaChronic PTSDDiagnostic utilityEarly symptomsMental disordersNeuropsychiatric disordersSymptom clustersPTSD criteria