2019
Association of Prescribed Opioids With Increased Risk of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Among Patients With and Without HIV
Edelman EJ, Gordon KS, Crothers K, Akgün K, Bryant KJ, Becker WC, Gaither JR, Gibert CL, Gordon AJ, Marshall BDL, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Samet JH, Justice AC, Tate JP, Fiellin DA. Association of Prescribed Opioids With Increased Risk of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Among Patients With and Without HIV. JAMA Internal Medicine 2019, 179: 297-304. PMID: 30615036, PMCID: PMC6439696, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.6101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Aging Cohort StudyCommunity-acquired pneumoniaImmunosuppressive propertiesPrescribed opioidsCaP riskHIV statusMedian morphine equivalent daily doseVeterans Health Administration medical centersMorphine equivalent daily doseEquivalent daily doseAging Cohort StudyCase-control studyImmune-related outcomesRace/ethnicityIndex dateOpioid exposureCohort studyDaily doseOpioid propertiesStratified analysisMedical CenterMAIN OUTCOMEOpioidsMedicaid dataHIV
2018
Gender and alcohol use
Matson TE, McGinnis KA, Rubinsky AD, Frost MC, Czarnogorski M, Bryant KJ, Edelman EJ, Satre DD, Catz SL, Bensley KM, Fiellin DA, Justice AC, Williams EC. Gender and alcohol use. AIDS 2018, 32: 2247-2253. PMID: 30005010, PMCID: PMC6136970, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000001946.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol useHIV careViral suppressionART treatmentVeterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) dataVeterans Health Administration patientsAUDIT-C alcoholHIV medical careHIV care continuumLarge national cohortCohort study dataPoisson regression modelsPrescribed ARTPrevalence of engagementRetrospective cohortNational cohortUS veteransWorse outcomesCare continuumRelative riskStratified analysisMedical careHIVGender modifiesWomen