Submissions from 2019
Unlocking the Value: Communicating the Value of the Pharmacist to the Patient, Saumitra V. Rege and Celia P. MacDonnell
Submissions from 2018
Prevalence of Lipid Abnormalities and Cholesterol Target Value Attainment in Patients with Stable Coronary Heart Disease or an Acute Coronary Syndrome in Saudi Arabia., Saud Al Sifri, Owayed Al Shammeri, Saleh Al Jaser, Abdullah Alkhenizan, Atif Bin Shafi Shafiurrehman, Bassem Morcos, Sameh Wajih, Ibrahim Elnahal, Martin Horack, Phillippe Brudi, Dominik Lautsch, Baishali Ambegaonkar, Ami Vyas, Carl A. Baxter, and Anselm K. Gitt
Antibiotic Resistance Rates for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clinical Respiratory and Bloodstream Isolates Among the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System from 2009 to 2013, Haley J. Appaneal, Aisling R. Caffrey, Lan Jiang, David Dosa, Leonard A. Mermel, and Kerry L. LaPlante
What is the role for metronidazole in the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection? Results from a national cohort study of Veterans with initial mild disease, Haley J. Appaneal, Aisling R. Caffrey, and Kerry L. LaPlante
Estimating the Direct Costs of Outpatient Opioid Prescriptions: A Retrospective Analysis of Data from the Rhode Island Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, Hilary Aroke, Ashley Buchanan, Xuerong Wen, Peter Ragosta, Jennifer Koziol, and Stephen Jon Kogut
A Review of Combination Antimicrobial Therapy for Enterococcus Faecalis Bloodstream Infections and Infective Endocarditis, Maya Beganovic, Megan K. Luther, Louis B. Rice, Cesar A. Arias, Michael J. Rybak, and Kerry L. LaPlante
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis with Antiepileptic Drugs: An Analysis of the Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS), Eric P. Borrelli, Erica Y. Lee, Andrew M. Descoteaux, Stephen Jon Kogut, and Aisling R. Caffrey
Generalizing Evidence from Randomized Trials using Inverse Probability of Sampling Weights, Ashley L. Buchanan, Michael G. Hudgens, Stephen R. Cole, Katie R. Mollan, Paul E. Sax, Eric S. Daar, Adaora A. Adimora, Joseph J. Eron, and Michael J. Mugavero
Assessing Individual and Disseminated Effects in Network-Randomized Studies, Ashley L. Buchanan, Sten H. Vermund, Samuel R. Friedman, and Donna Spiegelman
Outcomes in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Recipients of Heart and Lung Transplants, Chao Chen, Xuerong Wen, Nicholas Belviso, Stephen Jon Kogut, and Jerry McCauley
A Claims Analysis of the Utilization of Tramadol for Acute Pain in Patients Prescribed Buprenorphine/Naloxone for Opioid Use Disorder, Kellye Donovan, Stephen Jon Kogut, Ashley L. Buchanan, Xuerong Wen, and Robert Crausman
Do Acute Coronary Events Affect Lipid Management and Cholesterol Goal Attainment in Germany?, Anselm K. Gitt, Johannes Rieber, Rainer Hambrecht, Johannes Brachmann, Kristof Graf, Martin Horack, Barbara Karmann, Ami Vyas, Dominik Lautsch, Baishali Ambegaonkar, and Philippe Brudi
Retention of Student Pharmacists' Knowledge and Skills Regarding Overdose Management with Naloxone, Anita Jackson, Jeffrey P. Bratberg, M Monk, and J Ferrentino
Draft Genome Sequence of Bowmanella denitrificans JL63, a Bacterium Isolated from Whiteleg Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) That Can Inhibit the Growth of Vibrio Parahaemolyticus, Jason P. LaPorte, Edward J. Spinard, Marta Gomez-Chiarri, David C. Rowley, John J. Mekalanos, and David R. Nelson
SAMYAMA: Stress, Anxiety, and Mindfulness; A Yoga and Meditation Assessment, Virginia Lemay, John Hoolahan, and Ashley L. Buchanan
Clinical and genetic risk factors for biofilm-forming Staphylococcus aureus, Megan Luther, Diane M. Parente, Aisling R. Caffrey, Katie Daffinee, Vrishali V. Lopes, Emily T. Martin, and Kerry L. LaPlante
Improved survival with continuation of statins in bacteremic patients, Ajinkta M. Pawar, Kerry L. LaPlante pharmD, Tristan T. Timbrook, and Aisling R. Caffrey
Optimal Duration for Continuation of Statin Therapy in Bacteremic Patient, Ajinkya M. Pawar, Kerry L. LaPlante, Tristan T. Timbrook, and Aisling R. Caffrey
Atezolizumab for the First-Line Treatment of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): Current Status and Future Prospects, Rachel Ryu and Kristina E. Ward
Effectiveness of a multivitamin supplementation program among HIV-infected adults in Tanzania, Christopher R. Sudfeld, Ashley L. Buchanan, Nzovu Ulenga, Donna Spiegelman, Expeditho Mtisi, Ellen Hertzmark, Aisa N. Muya, David Sando, Ester Mungure, Mucho Mizinduko, and Wafaie W. Fawzi
Costs and Effectiveness of Pharmacist-led Group Medical Visits for Type-2 Diabetes: A Multi-center Randomized Controlled Trial, Wen-Chih Wu, Tracey H. Taveira, Sean Jeffery, Lan Jiang, Lisa Tokuda, Joanna Musial, Lisa B. Cohen, and Fred Uhrle
Algorithms used to identify ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in retrospective studies: a systematic literature review, Yizhou Ye, E. Paul Larrat, and Aisling R. Caffrey
Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Hospice and Palliative Care: A Systematic Review, Yvette S. Zeng, Connie Wang, Kristina E. Ward, and Anne L. Hume
Submissions from 2017
Effect of cilostazol in treating diabetes-associated microvascular complications, Nicole J. Asal and Karolina A. Wojciak
Garcinia Cambogia, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, and Pancreatitis, Tamara Bystrak, Miguel E. Cervera-Hernandez, Nishitha Reddy, Zachary King, and Jeffrey P. Bratberg
A pharmacist-driven academic detailing program to increase adult pneumococcal vaccination, Aisling R. Caffrey, Jennifer M. DeAngelis, Kristina E. Ward, Katherine Kelly Orr, Haley J. Morrill, Michael Gosciminski, and Kerry L. LaPlante
Evidence to support continuation of statin therapy in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, Aisling R. Caffrey, Tristan T. Timbrook, Eunsun Noh, George Sakoulas, Steven M. Opal, Victor Nizet, and Kerry L. LaPlante
Thrombocytopenia with tedizolid and linezolid, Erica Yookyung Lee and Aisling R. Caffrey
Practical considerations when generalizing study results: a potential outcomes perspective, Catherine R. Lesko, Ashley L. Buchanan, Daniel Westreich, Jessie K. Edwards, Michael G. Hudgens, and Stephen R. Cole
Vancomycin plus piperacillin/tazobactam and acute kidney injury in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Megan Luther, Tristan Timbrook, Aisling R. Caffrey, David Dosa, Thomas Lodise, and Kerry L. LaPlante pharmD
Early Invasive Strategy and In‐Hospital Survival Among Diabetics With Non‐ST‐Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Contemporary National Insight, Ahmed N. Mahmoud, Islam Y. Elgendy, Hend Mansoor, Xuerong Wen, Mohammad K. Mojadidi, Anthony A. Bavry, and R. David Anderson
Antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli urinary isolates in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Haley J. Morrill, Jacob B. Morton, Aisling R. Caffrey, Lan Jiang, David Dosa, Leonard A. Mermel, and Kerry L. LaPlante pharmD
Risk stacking of pneumococcal vaccination indications increases mortality in unvaccinated adults with Streptococcus pneumoniae infections, Jacob B. Morton, Haley J. Morrill, Kerry L. LaPlante, and Aisling R. Caffrey
Inappropriate prescribing in outpatient healthcare: an evaluation of respiratory infection visits among veterans in teaching versus non-teaching primary care clinics, Diane M. Parente, Tristan T. Timbrook, Aisling R. Caffrey, and Kerry L. LaPlante
Pharmacokinetics of Oral and Intravenous Paracetamol (Acetaminophen) When Co-Administered with Intravenous Morphine in Healthy Adult Subjects, Robert B. Raffa, Jayne Pawasauskas, Joseph V. Pergolizzi Jr, Luke Lu, Yin Chen, Sutan Wu, Brant Jarrett, Randi Fain, Lawrence Hill, and Krishna Devarakonda
Higher Daptomycin Dose Associated with Improved Survival in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia, Timothy T. Timbrook, Aisling R. Caffrey, Megan K. Luther, Vrishali Lopes, and Kerry L. LaPlante
Assessments of Opportunities to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing in an Emergency Department: A Period Prevalence Survey, Tristan T. Timbrook, Aisling R. Caffrey, Anais Ovalle, Maya Beganovic, William Curioso, Melissa Gaitanis, and Kerry L. LaPlante
Impact of Depression Treatment on Health-Related Quality of Life Among Adults with Cancer and Depression: A Population-Level Analysis., Ami Vyas, Zack Babcock, and Stephen Kogut
Combining Adverse Pregnancy and Perinatal Outcomes for Women Exposed to Antiepileptic Drugs During Pregnancy, Using a Latent Trait Model, Xuerong Wen, Abraham Hartzema, Joseph A. Delaney, Babette Brumback, Xuefeng Liu, Robert Egerman, Jeffrey Roth, Rich Segal, and Kimford J. Meador
Genotype and Phenotype in 12 additional individuals with SATB2-Associated Syndrome, Yuri A. Zarate, Louisa Kalsner, Alice Basinger, Julie R. Jones, Chumei Li, Marta Szybowska, Zhou Luan Xu, Samantha Vergano, Aisling R. Caffrey, Cruz Velasco Gonzalez, Holly Dubbs, Elaine Zackai, Francisca Millan, Aida Telegrafi, Berivan Baskin, Richard Person, Jennifer L. Fish, and David B. Everman
Submissions from 2016
Social Media Utilization Among Pharmacy Preceptors, Brett Feret and Stephanie Romano
The Business Case for Expanded Clozapine Utilization, Jessica L. Gören, Adam J. Rose, Eric G. Smith, and John P. Ney
Comparison of Telavancin and Vancomycin Antibiotic Lock Solutions in the Eradication of Biofilm-Producing Staphylococci and Enterococci from Central Venous Catheters, Megan K. Luther, Leonard A. Mermel, and Kerry L. LaPlante
Ampicillin in Combination with Ceftaroline, Cefepime, or Ceftriaxone Demonstrates Equivalent Activities in a High-Inoculum Enterococcus faecalis Infection Model, Megan K. Luther, Louis B. Rice, and Kerry L. LaPlante pharmD
A Team-Based Practicum Bringing Together Students Across Educational Institutions and Health Professions, Celia P. MacDonnell, Paul George, Jayashree Nimmagadda, Samantha Brown, and Kathleen Gremel
Are non-allergic drug reactions commonly documented as medication “allergies”? A national cohort of Veterans' admissions from 2000 to 2014, Kevin W. McConeghy, Aisling R. Caffrey, Haley J. Morrill, Amal N. Trivedi, and Kerry L. LaPlante
Impact of a Prospective Audit and Feedback Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center: A Six-Point Assessment, Haley J. Morrill, Aisling R. Caffrey, Melissa M. Gaitanis, and Kerry L. LaPlante
Antimicrobial Stewardship in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Call to Action, Haley J. Morrill, Aisling R. Caffrey, Robin L. P. Jump, David Dosa, and Kerry L. LaPlante
Consensus of recommendations guiding comparative effectiveness research methods, Jacob B. Morton, Robert McConeghy, Kirstin Heinrich, Nicolle M. Gatto, and Aisling R. Caffrey
Predictors of Mortality Among U.S. Veterans With Streptococcus Pneumoniae Infections, Jacob B. Morton, Haley J. Morrill, Kerry L. LaPlante, and Aisling R. Caffrey
The Effect of Molecular Rapid Diagnostic Testing on Clinical Outcomes in Bloodstream Infections: A Systematic Review & Meta-analysis, Tristan T. Timbrook, Jacob B. Morton, Kevin W. McConeghy, Aisling R. Caffrey, Eleftherios Mylonakis, and Kerry L. LaPlante
The Utilization of Video-Conference Shared Medical Appointments in Rural Diabetes Care, Lisa Tokuda, Lenora Lorenzo, Andre Theriault, Tracey H. Taveira, Lynn Marquis, Helene Head, David Edelman, Susan R. Kirsh, David C. Aron, and Wen-Chih Wu
Daptomycin-induced eosinophilic pneumonia - a systematic review, Priyasha Uppal, Kerry L. LaPlante, Melissa M. Gaitanis, Matthew D. Jankowich, and Kristina E. Ward
Submissions from 2015
The Effects of Obesity on the Comparative Effectiveness of Linezolid and Vancomycin in Suspected Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia, Aisling R. Caffrey, Eunsun Noh, Haley J. Morrill, and Kerry L. LaPlante
Designing Interprofessional Education Curriculum Using Multiple Conceptual Frameworks, Paul George, Celia P. MacDonnell, Jayashree Nimmagadda, Judy Murphy, and Richard Dollase
Clinical Implications of Vancomycin Heteroresistant and Intermediately Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, Diane M. Gomes, Kristina E. Ward, and Kerry L. LaPlante
Orienting Patients to Greater Opioid Safety: Models of Community Pharmacy-Based Naloxone, Traci C. Green, Emily F. Dauria, Jeffrey P. Bratberg, Corey S. Davis, and Alexander Y. Walley
The Impact of a Student-Run Journal Club on Pharmacy Students’ Self-Assessment of Critical Appraisal Skills, Macayla Landi, Sydney Springer, Erica Estus, and Kristina E. Ward
Ethanol and Isopropyl Alcohol Exposure Increases Biofilm Formation in Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis, Megan K. Luther, Sarah Bilida, Leonard A. Mermel, and Kerry L. LaPlante
Observed antagonistic effect of linezolid on daptomycin or vancomycin activity against biofilm-forming methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an in vitro pharmacodynamic model, Megan Luther and Kerry L. LaPlante
The Role of the Specialty Pharmacist in Optimizing the Quality of Care for Patients with Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis, Celia P. MacDonnell and Molly MacDonnell
Vancomycin Dosing Considerations in a Real-World Cohort of Obese and Extremely Obese Patients, Haley J. Morrill, Aisling R. Caffrey, Eunsun Noh, and Kerry L. LaPlante
Overconsumption of Antibiotics, Haley J. Morrill and Kerry L. LaPlante
Treatment Options for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Infections, Haley J. Morrill, Jason M. Pogue, Keith S. Kaye, and Kerry L. LaPlante
Promoting safe use of medications: Providing medication education to seniors receiving Meals on Wheels, Kristina E. Ward and Lisa B. Cohen
Submissions from 2014
HIV Viremia and Incidence of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in Patients Successfully Treated With Antiretroviral Therapy, Chad J. Achenbach, Ashley L. Buchanan, Stephen R. Cole, Lifang Hou, Michael J. Mugavero, Heidi M. Crane, Richard D. Moore, Richard H. Haubrich, Satish Gopal, Joseph J. Eron, Peter W. Hunt, Benigno Rodriguez, Kenneth Mayer, Michael S. Saag, and Mari M. Kiahata
The Risk of Hepatotoxicity with Fluoroquinolones: A National Case-Control Safety Study, T M. Alshammari, E. Paul Larrat, H J. Morrill, Aisling R. Caffrey, Brian J. Quilliam, and Kerry L. LaPlante
Evolution of Self-Care Education, Emily M. Ambizas, Karen M. S. Bastianelli, Stefanie P. Ferreri, Seena L. Haines, Katherine Kelly Orr, Misty M. Stutz, Jenny A. VanAmburgh, and Miranda Wilhelm
A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Perceptions of Interprofessional Education in Medical Students, Nina Ayala, Celia P. MacDonnell, Luba Dumenco, Richard Dollase, and Paul George
Nonprescription Naloxone: Pros and Cons, Karen M S Bastianelli and Katherine Kelly Orr
Worth the weight: Using Inverse Probability Weighted Cox Models in AIDS Research, Ashley L. Buchanan, Michael G. Hudgens, Stephen R. Cole, Bryan Lau, and Adaora A. Adimora
Predictors of Clinical Success Among a National Veterans Affairs Cohort With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia, Aisling R. Caffrey, Haley J. Morrill, Laura A. Puzniak, and Kerry L. LaPlante
Comparative Effectiveness of Linezolid and Vancomycin Among a National Veterans Affairs Cohort with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia, Aisling R. Caffrey, Haley J. Morrill, Laura A. Puzniak, and Kerry L. LaPlante
Improving Medication Management after a Hospitalization with Pharmacist Home Visits and Electronic Personal Health Records: An Observational Study, Stephen Jon Kogut, Elaina K. Goldstein, Camille Charbonneau, Anita Jackson, and Gail Patry
Implications of Recent Controlled Substance Policy Initiatives, E. Paul Larrat, Rita M. Marcoux, and F. Randy Vogenberg
Infection and Inflammation Leading to Clozapine Toxicity and Intensive Care: A Case Series, Jonathan G. Leung, Sarah Nelson, Christopher R. Takala, and Jessica L. Gören
Activity of Daptomycin or Linezolid in Combination with Rifampin or Gentamicin Against Biofilm-Forming Enterococcus faecalis or E. faecium in an In Vitro Pharmacodynamic Model Using Simulated Endocardial Vegetations and an In Vivo Survival Assay Using Galleria mellonella Larvae, Megan K. Luther, Marios Arvanitis, Eleftherios Mylonakis, and Kerry L. LaPlante
Epidemiology of Pneumococcal Disease in a National Cohort of Older Adults, Haley J. Morrill, Aisling R. Caffrey, Eunsun Noh, and Kerry L. LaPlante pharmD
Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Prompts Increased and Earlier Infectious Diseases Consultation, Haley J. Morrill, Melissa M. Gaitanis, and Kerry L. LaPlante
Importance of remission and residual somatic symptoms in health-related quality of life among outpatients with major depressive disorder: a cross-sectional study, Jong-Min Woo, Hong Jin Jeon, Eunsun Noh, Hyo-Jin Kim, Sun Woo Lee, Kyung Kyu Lee, Sung Hwan Kim, and Jin Pyo Hong
Possible Race and Gender Divergence in Association of Genetic Variations with Plasma von Willebrand Factor: A Study of ARIC and 1000 Genome Cohorts, Zhou Zhou, Fuli Yu, Ashley L. Buchanan, Yuanyuan Fu, Marco Campos, Kenneth K. Wu, Lloyd E. Chambless, Aaron R. Folsom, Eric Boerwinkle, and Jing-fei Dong
Submissions from 2013
Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Heterogeneous Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection, Anthony M. Casapao, Steven N. Leonard, Susan L. Daivs, Thomas P. Lodise, Nimish Patel, Debra A. Goff, Kerry L. LaPlante, Brian A. Potoski, and Michael J. Rybak
Assessment and Revision of Clinical Pharmacy Practice Internet Websites, Krystal L. Edwards, Marissa C. Salvo, Kristina E. Ward, Russell T. Attridge, Katie Kiser, Nathan A. Pinner, Patrick J. Gallegos, Lori Lynn Kesteloot, Ann Hylton, and P. Brandon Bookstaver
Psychotropics and Sudden Cardiac Death, Jessica L. Gören and Tuan Anh Dinh
Antipsychotic Prescribing Pathways, Polypharmacy, and Clozapine Use in Treatment of Schizophrenia, Jessica L. Gören, Mark Meterko, Sandra Williams, Gary J. Young, Errol Baker, Chia-Hung Chou, Amy M. Kilbourne, and Mark S. Bauer
Activity of tobramycin and polymyxin-E against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm coated medical grade endotracheal tubes., Keiko Tarquinio, Kelsey Confreda, James Shurko, and Kerry L. LaPlante
Hearing Loss in Perinatally HIV-infected and HIV-exposed but Uninfected Children and Adolescents, Peter Torre III, Howard J. Hoffman, Ashley L. Buchanan, George K. Silberry, Mabel Rice, Patricia A. Sirois, and Paige L. Williams
Kaempferol inhibits IL‑1β‑induced proliferation of rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts and the production of COX‑2, PGE2 and MMPs, Ha-Yong Yoon, Eun-Gyeong Lee, Hyun Lee, In Jin Cho, Yun Jung Choi, Myung-Soon Sung, Han-Gyul Yoo, and Wan-Hee Yoo
Submissions from 2012
The Role of Comparative Effectiveness Research in Medicine and Health, Aisling R. Caffrey
Changing epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, 2002–2009, Aisling R. Caffrey and Kerry L. LaPlante
Influence of single nucleotide polymorphisms in factor VIII and von Willebrand factor genes on plasma factor VIII activity: the ARIC Study, Marco Campos, Ashley L. Buchanan, Fuli Yu, Maja Barbalic, Yang Xiao, Lloyd E. Chambless, Kenneth W. Wu, Aaron R. Folsom, Eric Boerwinkle, and Jing-fei Dong
The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy, Bongsup Cho and Norma J. Owens
A Ten-Year Experience of a Pharmacist Consulting Team for Statewide Bioterrorism and Emergency Preparedness, Brett Feret and Jeffrey P. Bratberg
Going Deep for Drug Discovery: An Ocean to Bedside Approach to Explore Sub-Seafloor Microbes for the Next Generation of Antibiotics, Stephanie Forschner-Dancause, Kerry L. LaPlante, David C. Smith, and David C. Rowley
Organizational Characteristics of High- and Low-Clozapine-Utilization Clinics in the Veterans Health Administration, Jessica L. Gören, Adam J. Rose, Ryann L. Engle, Eric G. Smith, Melissa Christopher, Nathaniel M. Rickles, Todd P. Selma, and Megan B. McCullough
In Vitro Coagulation Effects of Ophthalmic Doses of Bevacizumab, Kerry L. LaPlante, Emily Li, Paul B. Greenberg, Victoria Tseng, Suzanne B. Woodmansee, Aisling R. Caffrey, Wen-Chih Wu, and Peter D. Friedmann
Rhode Island's Interprofessional Education Initiatives, Celia P. MacDonnell, Paul George, and Kara Misto
An Introductory Interprofessional Exercise for Healthcare Students, Celia P. MacDonnell, Saumitra V. Rege, Kara Misto, Richard Dollase, and Paul George
Fasting Serum C‐Peptide Levels Predict Cardiovascular and Overall Death in Nondiabetic Adults, Nileshkumar Patel, Tracey H. Taveira, Gaurav Choudhary, Hilary Whitlatch, and Wen-Chih Wu