Evidence‐based interventions to improve patient compliance with antihypertensive and lipid‐lowering medications

AA Petrilla, JS Benner, DS Battleman… - … journal of clinical …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The MEDLINE database was searched from 1972 to June 2002 to identify studies of interventions
designed to improve compliance with antihypertensive or lipid‐lowering medications. …

Predictors of adherence with antihypertensive and lipid-lowering therapy

…, JC Tierce, SR Collins, DS Battleman… - Archives of internal …, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
D Adherence to chronic therapy among patients treated for hypertension, dyslipidemia, or …
D Adherence to chronic therapy among patients treated for hypertension, dyslipidemia, or both …

Mechanism of repetitive monomorphic ventricular tachycardia

…, DS Battleman, N Lippman, D Bei, D Catanzaro - Circulation, 1995 - Am Heart Assoc
Background The most common form of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia (VT) is repetitive
monomorphic VT (RMVT), which is characterized by frequent ventricular ectopy and salvos of …

Rapid antibiotic delivery and appropriate antibiotic selection reduce length of hospital stay of patients with community-acquired pneumonia: link between quality of …

DS Battleman, M Callahan… - Archives of Internal …, 2002 - jamanetwork.com
Objectives To measure quality-of-care variables relevant to the treatment of community-acquired
pneumonia and to determine their relative contribution to variation in length of hospital …

[PDF][PDF] Prevalence of comorbid hypertension and dyslipidemia and associated cardiovascular disease

ML Johnson, K Pietz, DS Battleman, RJ Beyth - Heart Dis, 2004 - ajmc.s3.amazonaws.com
Study Design A retrospective design was used to collect data longitudinally during 3 years.
The prevalence of hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes mellitus was estimated by …

Cost of atrial fibrillation in United States managed care organizations

MH Kim, J Lin, M Hussein, C Kreilick, D Battleman - Advances in therapy, 2009 - Springer
Introduction Atrial fibrillation (AF) has been shown to be associated with high healthcare
costs; however, limited data are available from large-scale studies quantifying the overall cost …

Rates of venous thromboembolism occurrence in medical patients among the insured population

…, M Hussein, J Lin, D Battleman - Thrombosis and …, 2009 - thieme-connect.com
The burden of venous thromboembolism (VTE) remains high in the United States (US). This
study assesses the rate of VTE prophylaxis in a large real-world population of medically ill …

Rates of symptomatic venous thromboembolism in US surgical patients: a retrospective administrative database study

…, M Hussein, J Lin, D Battleman - Journal of thrombosis and …, 2009 - Springer
US national performance measures may reduce the burden of venous thromboembolism (VTE)
in surgical patients. To characterize the VTE rate in US surgical patients, and identify real-…

Reduction in angioplasty complications after the introduction of coronary stents: results from a consecutive series of 2242 patients

DB Altmann, M Racz, DS Battleman, G Bergman… - American heart …, 1996 - Elsevier
… Herrmann HC, Malosky SA, Guidera SA, DeA~gelo D, Hirshfe]d JW. Patient selection reduces
thrombotic complications of emergent stenting for failed PTCA. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagu …

Utility of bortezomib retreatment in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma patients: a multicenter case series.

…, A LeBlanc, IB Walters, DS Battleman - Clinical advances in …, 2008 - europepmc.org
Bortezomib therapy has become an important part of the standard of care for patients with
relapsed multiple myeloma, and preliminary clinical evidence suggests that bortezomib …