Validation study of WOMAC: a health status instrument for measuring clinically important patient relevant outcomes to antirheumatic drug therapy in patients with …

…, CH Goldsmith, J Campbell, LW Stitt - The Journal of …, 1988 - europepmc.org
A comment on this article appears in" Patient-reported outcome measures in arthroplasty
registries Report of the Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Working Group of the …

Early combined immunosuppression for the management of Crohn's disease (REACT): a cluster randomised controlled trial

R Khanna, B Bressler, BG Levesque, G Zou, LW Stitt… - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Conventional management of Crohn's disease features incremental use of
therapies. However, early combined immunosuppression (ECI), with a TNF antagonist and …

Development and validation of a histological index for UC

…, MA Valasek, RK Pai, GY Lauwers, R Riddell, LW Stitt… - Gut, 2017 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Although the Geboes score (GS) and modified Riley score (MRS) are commonly
used to evaluate histological disease activity in UC, their operating properties are unknown. …

Continued cigarette smoking by patients receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy for limited-stage small-cell lung cancer is associated with decreased survival

GMM Videtic, LW Stitt, AR Dar, WI Kocha… - Journal of Clinical …, 2003 - ascopubs.org
Purpose: To determine the impact of continued smoking by patients receiving chemotherapy
(CHT) and radiotherapy (RT) for limited-stage small-cell lung cancer (LSCLC) on toxicity …

Does clopidogrel increase blood loss following coronary artery bypass surgery?

MWA Chu, SR Wilson, RJ Novick, LW Stitt… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2004 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Clopidogrel (Plavix) is a potent inhibitor of platelet aggregation used
concomitantly with percutaneous coronary interventions and in patients with acute coronary …

Perioperative N-acetylcysteine to prevent renal dysfunction in high-risk patients undergoing CABG surgery: a randomized controlled trial

…, RJ Novick, SA Fox, K Gallo, CM Martin, LW Stitt… - Jama, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
ContextRenal dysfunction is a complication of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
performed with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) that is associated with increased morbidity …

A Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare the Efficacy of Cyclical Parathyroid Hormone Versus Cyclical Parathyroid Hormone and Sequential Calcitonin to Improve …

…, PH Watson, T Ostbye, LW Stitt… - The Journal of …, 1997 - academic.oup.com
Short cycles of human (h) PTH-(1–34) may have an anabolic effect to increase bone mass
in patients with osteoporosis. As PTH also stimulates bone resorption, it is theoretically …

Low back pain: prevalence and risk factors in an industrial setting.

…, CH Goldsmith, HA Smythe, LW Stitt - The Journal of …, 2001 - jrheum.org
OBJECTIVE: To examine various factors associated with low back pain (LBP) in an industrial
setting. METHODS: A cross sectional study was carried out among 1,562 employees of a …

Development of reliable, valid and responsive scoring systems for endoscopy and histology in animal models for inflammatory bowel disease

PJ Koelink, ME Wildenberg, LW Stitt… - Journal of Crohn's …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background and Aims Although several endoscopic and histopathologic indices are available
for evaluating the severity of inflammation in mouse models of colitis, the reliability of …

Role of the integrin-binding protein osteopontin in lymphatic metastasis of breast cancer

…, LA Scott, CO Postenka, W Al-Katib, LW Stitt… - The American journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
Although a primary route of breast cancer metastasis is believed to be via lymphatics, the
molecular factors involved are poorly understood. We hypothesized that one such factor may …