2020
Treatment of a Large Cohort of Veterans Experiencing Musculoskeletal Disorders with Spinal Cord Stimulation in the Veterans Health Administration: Veteran Characteristics and Outcomes
Wandner LD, Fenton BT, Goulet JL, Carroll CM, Heapy A, Higgins DM, Bair MJ, Sandbrink F, Kerns RD. Treatment of a Large Cohort of Veterans Experiencing Musculoskeletal Disorders with Spinal Cord Stimulation in the Veterans Health Administration: Veteran Characteristics and Outcomes. Journal Of Pain Research 2020, 13: 1687-1697. PMID: 32753944, PMCID: PMC7354010, DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s241567.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMusculoskeletal disordersSCS implantsOpioid therapyPain scoresVeterans Health Administration facilitiesSpinal cord stimulator implantationOutcomes of veteransPainful musculoskeletal disordersSpinal cord stimulationVeterans Health AdministrationDepressive disorder diagnosisEvidence of benefitSubstance use disordersPercent of veteransSignificant overall decreaseMSD cohortOpioid doseBMI 25Medical comorbiditiesStimulator implantationChronic painCord stimulationInclusion diagnosisVeteran characteristicsLarge cohort
2019
Managing Functional Neurological Disorders: Protocol of a Cohort Study on Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures Study
Altalib HH, Galluzzo D, Argraves S, Goulet J, Bornovski Y, Cheung KH, Jackson-Shaheed E, Tolchin B, Fenton BT, Pugh MJ. Managing Functional Neurological Disorders: Protocol of a Cohort Study on Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures Study. Neuropsychiatric Disease And Treatment 2019, 15: 3557-3568. PMID: 31920316, PMCID: PMC6939176, DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s234852.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsychogenic non-epileptic seizuresFunctional neurological disorderVeterans Affairs Healthcare SystemEmergency room visitsModel of careSuicide-related behaviorsElectronic health recordsSeizure frequencyCohort studyHospital admissionPNES diagnosisRoom visitsOutcome measurementsTreatment of PNESNeurological disordersOutcomes of veteransCourse of illnessNon-epileptic seizuresCourse of treatmentUtilization of psychotherapySeizure outcomeEmergency visitsMedical illnessNeurological symptomsNeurological lesions