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Annual Report Year 3

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Peer-Reviewed Publications

October 2001- September 2002

• Allen LaPointe NM, Kramer JM, DeLong ER, Ostbye T, Hammill BG, Muhlbaier LH, McCants CB, Chen A, Califf RM. Patient-reported frequency of taking aspirin in a population with coronary artery disease: Can we do better? Am J Cardiol 2002;89:1042-1046
• Ayyar-Krishnan A, Christensen DB. The impact of antibiotic selection on treatment outcomes for acute otitis media. Value Health 2002;5:261
• Califf RM, DeLong E, Ostbye T, Muhlbaier LH, Chen A, LaPointe NA, Hammill B, McCants CB Jr, Kramer JM. Underuse of aspirin in a referral population with documented coronary artery disease. Am J Cardiol 2002;89:653-661
• Casebeer L, Bennett N, Kristofco R, Carillo A, Centor R. Physician Internet medical information-seeking and online continuing education usage patterns. J Contin Educ Health Prof 2002;22:33-42
• Casebeer L, James N. Practice pattern variation in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Curr Opin Rheumatol 2002;14:453-457
• Cooper WO, Griffin MR, Hickson GB, Ray WA. Very early exposure to erythromycin and infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. Arch Pediatr Adolese Med 2002;156:647-650
• Cooper WO, Ray WA, Griffin MR. Prenatal prescription of macrolide antibiotics and infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. Obstet Gynecol 2002;100:101-106
• Cooper WO, Staffa J, Graham D, Renfrew W, Ray WA. Oral corticosteroid use among children in TennCare. Ambul Pediatr 2002;2:375-381
• Gross R, Bilker WB, Friedman HM, Coyne JC, Strom BL. Provider inaccuracy in assessing adherence and outcomes with newly initiated antiretroviral therapy. AIDS 2002;16:1835-1837
• Gross R, Bilker WB, Friedman HM, Strom BL. Effect of adherence to newly initiated antiretroviral therapy on plasma viral load. AIDS: 2001;15:2109-2117
• Kramer JM, Bosco L, Califf RM. Centers for for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs). Drug Info J 2002;36:717-723
• LaPointe NM, Kramer JM, Weinfurt KP, Califf RM. Practitioner acceptance of dofetilide risk-management program. Pharmacotherapy 2002; 22:1041-1046
• Lautenbach E, Strom BL, Bilker WB, Patel JB, Edelstein PH, Fishman NO. Epidemiologic investigation of fluoroquinolone resistance in infections due to extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Clin Infect Dis 2001;33:1288-1294
• Metlay JP, Shea JA, Crossette LB, Asch DA. Tensions in antibiotic prescribing: Pitting social concerns against the interests of individual patients. J Gen Intern Med 2002;17:87-94
• Putnam KG, Buist DSM, Fishman P, Andrade SE, Boles M, Chase GA, Goodman MJ, Gurwitz JH, Platt R, Raebel MA, Chan KA. Chronic disease score as a predictor of hospitalization. Epidemiology 2002;13:340-346
• Ray WA, Meador KG. Antipsychotics and sudden death: Is thioridazine the only bad actor? Br J Psychiatry 2002;180:483-484
• Ray WA, Meredith S, Thapa PB, Meador KG, Hall K, Murray KT. Antipsychotics and the risk of sudden cardiac death. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2001;58:1161-1167
• Ray WA, Stein CM, Hall K, Daugherty JR, Griffin MR. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the risk of serious coronary heart disease. Lancet 2002;359:118-123
• Remich SA, Kilborn MJ, Woosley RL. The role of internet-based registries in tandem with genetic screening for the study of drug-induced arrhythmias. Current Ther Res 2001;62:787-795
• Roper WL, Hodlewsky RT, Tilson H, Lohr KN, Campbell WH. The potential impact of measuring healthcare quality on pharmaceutical-related costs and outcomes. Dis Manag and Health Out 2002;10:4:233-239
• Rosebraugh CJ, Honig PK, Yasuda SU, Pezzullo JC, Woosley RL. Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics report: Survey of medication errors education during United States undergraduate and graduate medical education. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2002;71:4-10
• Saag KG. Resolved: Low-dose glucocorticoids are neither safe nor effective for the long-term treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Arth Care Res 2001;45:468-471
• Shatin D, Drinkard CR. Ambulatory use of psychotropics by employer-insured children and adolescents in a national managed care organization. Ambul Pediatr 2002;2:111-119
• The Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics. The need for a national infrastructure to improve the rational use of therapeutics. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2002;11:319-327
• Yasuda SU, Zannikos P, Young AE, Fried KM, Wainer IW, Woosley RL. The roles of CYP2D6 and stereoselectivity in the clinical pharmacokinetics of chlorpheniramine. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2002;53:519-525

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