2016
The Effect of Substance Use Disorders on the Association Between Guideline-concordant Long-term Opioid Therapy and All-cause Mortality
Gaither JR, Goulet JL, Becker WC, Crystal S, Edelman EJ, Gordon K, Kerns RD, Rimland D, Skanderson M, Justice AC, Fiellin DA. The Effect of Substance Use Disorders on the Association Between Guideline-concordant Long-term Opioid Therapy and All-cause Mortality. Journal Of Addiction Medicine 2016, 10: 418-428. PMID: 27610580, PMCID: PMC5083184, DOI: 10.1097/adm.0000000000000255.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance use disordersLong-term opioid therapyCause mortalityOpioid therapySUD treatmentUse disordersLower mortalityTime-updated Cox regressionUntreated substance use disordersVeterans Aging Cohort StudyOpioid-prescribing guidelinesGuideline-concordant careSUD statusAging Cohort StudyClinical practice guidelinesSUD treatment servicesOverall sampleHIV patientsCohort studyCox regressionPractice guidelinesPatientsTreatment servicesHigh mortalityMortality
2010
Hepatitis C and the Risk of Kidney Disease and Mortality in Veterans With HIV
Fischer MJ, Wyatt CM, Gordon K, Gibert CL, Brown ST, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Justice AC, Parikh CR. Hepatitis C and the Risk of Kidney Disease and Mortality in Veterans With HIV. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2010, 53: 222-226. PMID: 20104121, PMCID: PMC3032564, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e3181b980d4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic kidney diseaseHepatitis C virusKidney diseaseMortality rateGlomerular filtration rateAdjusted mortality rateLevels of eGFRVeterans Healthcare AdministrationHepatitis CCoinfected subjectsC virusFiltration rateNational cohortIndependent associationHIVHigh mortalityPoisson regressionMortalityGraduated increaseVeteransCohortHigh rateEGFRDiseaseHealthcare administration