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Belanger A, Morris SB, Brostrom R, Yost D, Goswami N, Oxtoby M, Moore M, Westenhouse J, Barry PM, Shah NS. Introduction and evaluation of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis supplemental surveillance in the United States. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis 2019; 15:100090. [PMID: 31720417 PMCID: PMC6830138 DOI: 10.1016/j.jctube.2019.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The current tuberculosis (TB) case reporting system for the United States, the Report of Verified Case of TB (RVCT), has minimal capture of multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB treatment and adverse events. Data were abstracted in five states using the form for 13 MDR TB patients during 2012-2015. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines for Evaluating Public Health Surveillance Systems were used to evaluate attributes of the form. Unstructured interviews with pilot sites and stakeholders provided qualitative feedback. The form was acceptable, simple, stable, representative, and provided high-quality data but was not flexible or timely. For the 13 patients on whom data were collected, the median duration of treatment with an injectable medication was 216 days (IQR 203-252). Six (46%) patients reported a side effect requiring a medication change and eight (62%) had a side effect present at treatment completion. A standardized MDR TB supplemental surveillance form was well received by stakeholders whose feedback was critical to making modifications. The finalized form will be implemented nationally in 2020 and will provide MDR TB treatment and morbidity data in the United States to help ensure patients with MDR TB receive the most effective treatment regimens with the least toxic drugs.
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- Annie Belanger
- Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine, Las Cruces, NM, USA
- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA, USA
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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The World Health Organization recognizes Puerto Rico as an area of low tuberculosis (TB) incidence, where TB elimination is possible by 2035. To describe the current low incidence of reported cases, provide key lessons learned, and detect areas that may affect progress, we systematically reviewed the literature about the history of TB surveillance and control in Puerto Rico and supplemented this information with additional references and epidemiologic data. We reviewed 3 periods: 1898-1946 (public health efforts before the advent of TB chemotherapy); 1947-1992 (control and surveillance after the introduction of TB chemotherapy); and 1993-2015 (expanded TB control and surveillance). Although sustained surveillance, continued care, and use of newly developed strategies occurred concomitantly with decreased incidence of reported TB cases and mortality rates, factors that may affect progress remain poorly understood and include potential delayed diagnosis and underreporting, the effects of government debt and Hurricane Maria, and poverty.
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (E. Dirlikov, D. Thomas, D. Yost, O. Joglar, T. Chorba)
- United States Public Health Service, Commissioned Corps, Rockville, Maryland, USA (D. Thomas, D. Yost)
- National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA (B. Tejada-Vera)
- Puerto Rico Department of Health, San Juan, Puerto Rico (M. Bermudez, O. Joglar)
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (E. Dirlikov, D. Thomas, D. Yost, O. Joglar, T. Chorba)
- United States Public Health Service, Commissioned Corps, Rockville, Maryland, USA (D. Thomas, D. Yost)
- National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA (B. Tejada-Vera)
- Puerto Rico Department of Health, San Juan, Puerto Rico (M. Bermudez, O. Joglar)
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (E. Dirlikov, D. Thomas, D. Yost, O. Joglar, T. Chorba)
- United States Public Health Service, Commissioned Corps, Rockville, Maryland, USA (D. Thomas, D. Yost)
- National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA (B. Tejada-Vera)
- Puerto Rico Department of Health, San Juan, Puerto Rico (M. Bermudez, O. Joglar)
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (E. Dirlikov, D. Thomas, D. Yost, O. Joglar, T. Chorba)
- United States Public Health Service, Commissioned Corps, Rockville, Maryland, USA (D. Thomas, D. Yost)
- National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA (B. Tejada-Vera)
- Puerto Rico Department of Health, San Juan, Puerto Rico (M. Bermudez, O. Joglar)
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (E. Dirlikov, D. Thomas, D. Yost, O. Joglar, T. Chorba)
- United States Public Health Service, Commissioned Corps, Rockville, Maryland, USA (D. Thomas, D. Yost)
- National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA (B. Tejada-Vera)
- Puerto Rico Department of Health, San Juan, Puerto Rico (M. Bermudez, O. Joglar)
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Gabrielse G, Glowacz B, Grzonka D, Hamley CD, Hessels EA, Jones N, Khatri G, Lee SA, Meisenhelder C, Morrison T, Nottet E, Rasor C, Ronald S, Skinner T, Storry CH, Tardiff E, Yost D, Martinez Zambrano D, Zielinski M. Lyman-α source for laser cooling antihydrogen. Opt Lett 2018; 43:2905-2908. [PMID: 29905720 DOI: 10.1364/ol.43.002905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We present a Lyman-α laser developed for cooling trapped antihydrogen. The system is based on a pulsed Ti:sapphire laser operating at 729 nm that is frequency doubled using an LBO crystal and then frequency tripled in a Kr/Ar gas cell. After frequency conversion, this system produces up to 5.7 μW of average power at the Lyman-α wavelength. This laser is part of the ATRAP experiment at the antiproton decelerator in CERN.
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Morris S, Nwana N, Schirmer P, Thanassi W, Bedimo R, Lucero-Obusan C, Yost D. Use of Shortened Regimen for the Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Patients of the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, 2012–2015. Open Forum Infect Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw172.391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Sapna Morris
- Division of TB Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia
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- Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Public Health Surveillance and Research, Department of Veterans Affairs, Palo Alto, California
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- Emergency Medicine, Stanford Hospital and Medical Center, Palo Alto, California
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- Medicine, VA North Texas Health Care Systems, University of Texas, Dallas, Texas
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- Public Health Surveillance and Research, Department of Veterans Affairs, Palo Alto, California
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- Indian Health Services, Whiteriver, Arizona
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Yost D, Morris S, Nwana N, Bartholomew M. Adoption of a Twelve-Week Isoniazid/Rifapentine Regimen for the Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in a Federal Healthcare System: Indian Health Service. Open Forum Infect Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw172.394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- David Yost
- Indian Health Services, Whiteriver, Arizona
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- Division of TB Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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Sauers-Ford HS, Moore JL, Guiot AB, Simpson BE, Clohessy CR, Yost D, Mayhaus DC, Simmons JM, Gosdin CH. Local Pharmacy Partnership to Prevent Pediatric Asthma Reutilization in a Satellite Hospital. Pediatrics 2016; 137:peds.2015-0039. [PMID: 26983469 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-0039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES In our previous work, providing medications in-hand at discharge was a key strategy to reduce asthma reutilization (readmissions and emergency revisits) among children in a large, urban county. We sought to spread this work to our satellite hospital in an adjacent county. A key initial barrier was the lack of an outpatient pharmacy on site, so we sought to determine if a partnership with community pharmacies could improve the percentage of patients with medications in-hand at discharge, thus decreasing reutilization. METHODS A multidisciplinary team partnered with community pharmacies. Using rapid-cycle improvement methods, the team aimed to reduce asthma reutilization by providing medications in-hand at discharge. Run charts were used to display the proportion of patients with asthma discharged with medications in-hand and to track 90-day reutilization rates. RESULTS During the intervention period, the median percentage of patients with asthma who received medications in-hand increased from 0% to 82%. A key intervention was the expansion of the medication in-hand program to all patients. Additional changes included expanding team to evening stakeholders, narrowing the number of community partners, and building electronic tools to support key processes. The mean percentage of patients with asthma discharged from the satellite who had a readmission or emergency department revisit within 90 days of their index admission decreased from 18% to 11%. CONCLUSIONS Impacting population-level asthma outcomes requires partnerships between community resources and health providers. When hospital resources are limited, community pharmacies are a potential partner, and providing access to medications in-hand at hospital discharge can reduce asthma reutilization.
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- Department of Patient Services, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medicine Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; and
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- Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, and
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- Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, and
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- Department of Patient Services, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medicine Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; and
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- Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, and
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Popov E, Hoose J, Frankel B, Keast C, Fritze M, Fan T, Yost D, Rabe S. Low polarization dependent diffraction grating for wavelength demultimlexing. Opt Express 2004; 12:269-275. [PMID: 19471533 DOI: 10.1364/opex.12.000269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A low polarization dependent, high diffraction efficiency grating for wavelength demultiplexer is proposed, manufactured by standard crystallographic etching of Si surface. Light is incident and diffracted inside the wafer, which is covered with reflecting metal. Optimized groove form results in a flat spectral response for TE and TM polarizations.
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Sewell JL, Malasky BR, Gedney CL, Gerber TM, Brody EA, Pacheco EA, Yost D, Masden BR, Galloway JM. The increasing incidence of coronary artery disease and cardiovascular risk factors among a Southwest Native American tribe: the White Mountain Apache Heart Study. Arch Intern Med 2002; 162:1368-72. [PMID: 12076235 DOI: 10.1001/archinte.162.12.1368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Rates of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors seem to be increasing in American Indian populations, yet these changes have received little documentation. OBJECTIVES To evaluate incidence rates of coronary artery disease, acute myocardial infarction, and cardiac events during a 10-year period (1987-1996); to assess cardiac risk factors for an American Indian tribe in Arizona. METHODS A retrospective medical chart review was performed for tribal members from January 1, 1987-December 31, 1996. Patient records with even minor indications of coronary disease were reviewed independently by 2 cardiologists of the Native American Cardiology Program. Multiple databases were reviewed in an effort to find all diagnoses, and incidence rates were calculated and analyzed for increasing trends. Cardiac risk factors were assessed in a population convenience sample. RESULTS From 1987 through 1996, the number of incident cases increased from 3 to 18 for coronary artery disease, 1 to 10 for acute myocardial infarction, and 3 to 26 for cardiac events. Statistically significant increasing trends were calculated for each. Of our youthful convenience sample, 49% had 2 or more cardiac risk factors. CONCLUSIONS This study confirms increasing rates of coronary artery disease and its comorbidities in this American Indian population and demonstrates high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among tribal members without extant coronary disease. This suggests that coronary disease will likely continue to increase as this population ages. To prevent such increases, culturally appropriate, aggressive preventive interventions are needed.
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- Justin L Sewell
- Native American Cardiology Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Jameison F, Sanchez RI, Dong L, Leland JK, Yost D, Martin MT. Electrochemiluminescence-Based Quantitation of Classical Clinical Chemistry Analytes. Anal Chem 1996. [DOI: 10.1021/ac950990k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Fabian Jameison
- IGEN, Inc., 16020 Industrial Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877
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- IGEN, Inc., 16020 Industrial Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877
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- IGEN, Inc., 16020 Industrial Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877
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- IGEN, Inc., 16020 Industrial Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877
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- IGEN, Inc., 16020 Industrial Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877
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Yang H, Leland JK, Yost D, Massey RJ. Electrochemiluminescence: a new diagnostic and research tool. ECL detection technology promises scientists new "yardsticks" for quantification. Biotechnology (N Y) 1994; 12:193-4. [PMID: 7764436 DOI: 10.1038/nbt0294-193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Yost D. A piece of my mind. The mark of a survivor. JAMA 1988; 259:578. [PMID: 3352137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Seidel WF, Ball S, Cohen S, Patterson N, Yost D, Dement WC. Daytime alertness in relation to mood, performance, and nocturnal sleep in chronic insomniacs and noncomplaining sleepers. Sleep 1984; 7:230-8. [PMID: 6484427 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/7.3.230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Nocturnal sleep was recorded prior to daytime testing that included the Multiple Sleep Latency Test, profile of mood states, card sorting, and Stanford Sleepiness Scale in 138 volunteers with the complaint of chronic insomnia and 89 noncomplaining sleepers ("normals"). In both groups daytime sleep tendency had no significant linear correlation either with any Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scale or with tension/anxiety and other moods assessed in the morning. In normals, speed of card sorting but not subjective sleepiness tended to correlate with sleep tendency. Given that physiological sleepiness is the most predictable consequence of sleep deprivation in normals, it is particularly interesting that 14% of the insomniac group are chronic insomniacs with no measurable daytime sleep tendency. Despite this lack of sleep tendency during the day, their nocturnal sleep was just as poor as insomniacs with greater daytime sleep tendency. The lack of daytime sleepiness seen in this subgroup may reflect a basic pathophysiological aspect of their insomnia.
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