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Tuesday, 19 October 2004: 7:00 AM-8:30 AM
Grand Ballroom 3 (Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead)
Poster Session - Clinical Strategies; Judgment and Decison Making
*QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS ON RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY - A META-ANALYSIS
Ylian S. Liem, MD, MSc, Johanna L. Bosch, PhD, M.G. Myriam Hunink, PhD, MD
*INVESTIGATING DIFFERENTIAL ITEM FUNCTIONING IN PHYSICAL FUNCTIONING AND MENTAL HEALTH DOMAINS OF THE SF-36 AMONG POPULATIONS WITH THREE CHRONIC DISEASES (COPD, DEPRESSION, AND DIABETES)
Yanni F. Yu, MA, Andrew P. Yu, MA, MS, Jeonghoon Ahn, Ph.D.
*VARIANCE REDUCTION WHEN COMPARING POLICIES IN COHORT SIMULATIONS
Steven M. Shechter, MS, R. Scott Braithwaite, MD, Andrew Schaefer, PhD, Mark S. Roberts, MD, MPP
CAN INTERVENTIONS FOR ASTHMA BE MODELED THROUGH AN OBJECTIVE MEASURE OF LUNG FUNCTION?
Sally S. Araki, PhD, Anne L. Fuhlbrigge, MD, MS, A. David Paltiel, PhD, Katherine Croom, Scott T. Weiss, MD, MS, Karen M. Kuntz, ScD
*A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS WITH CORONARY DRUG-ELUTING STENTS
Manu Sondhi, MD, MBA, Amitha Jagannath, BS, John Wong, MD
*USING CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY CLINICAL PREDICTORS OF UTILITIES IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Uwe Siebert, MD, MPH, MSc, Bernhard Bornschein, MD, MPH, Richard C. Dodel, MD
*RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TTO, GENERAL HEALTH STATUS, AND DISEASE-SPECIFIC HEALTH STATUS IN PATIENTS WITH AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION
Paula Edwards, BS, Thitima Kongnakorn, M.S., Julie A. Jacko, PhD, Francois Sainfort, PhD
*OMISSION BIAS INFLUENCES THE MEDICAL DECISIONS OF PULMONARY SPECIALISTS
Scott K. Aberegg, M.D., M.P.H., Peter B. Terry, M.D., M.A.
DO FALSE POSITIVE MAMMOGRAMS ADVERSELY AFFECT QUALITY OF LIFE? RESULTS FROM THE DMIST ACRIN TRIAL
ANA Tosteson, DG Fryback, CS Hammond, LG Hanna, ME Brown, ED Pisano
MORE NUMERATE PATIENTS HAVE MORE ACCURATE IMPUTED EFFICACY JUDGMENTS CONCERNING TREATMENTS OF CERVICAL DYSPLASIA
Robert M. Hamm, PhD, Katy Duncan Smith, MS, Sharon S. Hsieh, MS, Crystal Turner, MS, Kelly C. Juniper, MS, Donna H. McCree, PhD
A DECISION MAKING TOOL FOR DISTRIBUTION OF HIV PREVENTION RESOURCES
Ana P. Johnson-Masotti, Michael Brondino, Barbara Reed, Steven D. Pinkerton
EFFECT OF PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS ON DECISION MAKING PROCESS OUTCOMES
Melissa R Partin, PhD, David Nelson, PhD., Sean Nugent, BA, Jeremy Holtzman, MD, Timothy J Wilt, MD
*QUANTIFYING THE EXPECTED BENEFIT OF DROTRECOGIN ALFA (ACTIVATED) IN THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE SEPSIS WITH A PATIENT-SPECIFIC DECISION SUPPORT TOOL
Daniel P. Schauer, MD, Joseph A. Johnston, MD, MSc, Richard W. Hornung, DrPH, Anthony Leonard, PHD, Mark H. Eckman, MD, MS
THE PERILS OF INFORMED CONSENT: STANDARD SURVEY INTRODUCTIONS CAN BIAS RESPONSES
Dylan M Smith, PhD, Norbert Schwarz, PhD, Todd R. Roberts, BS, Peter A. Ubel, MD
DO PHYSICIANS RECALIBRATE PATIENTS' PAIN FOR FUNCTIONAL REASONS?
Laetitia Marquié, Eric Raufaste, PhD, Dominique Lauque, MD, PhD, Claudette Mariné, PhD, Paul Clay Sorum, MD, PhD
PEDIATRICIANS’ DECISION MAKING: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF DECISION SUPPORT WITH FALSE POSITIVE RATE
Colin M. Sox, MD, Thomas D. Koepsell, MD, MPH, Jason N. Doctor, PhD, Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH
VALUATION OF HEALTH USING TIME TRADE-OFF AND STANDARD GAMBLE: NON-TRADERS AND NON-GAMBLERS
ME Suarez-Almazor, MD, PhD, J. Souchek, PhD, M Byrne, PhD, PA Kelly, PhD, M Richardson, MSW, C Pak, MS, H Nelson, MS
UP-CLOSE-AND-PERSONAL: UNDERSTANDING PHYSICIAN DECISION-MAKING THROUGH VIDEOTAPES OF PATIENT-PHYSICIAN INTERACTIONS
Ming Tai-Seale, PhD, MPH
COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF DALTEPARIN VERSUS WARFARIN FOR ACUTE VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM IN PATIENTS WITH CANCER
Drahomir A. Aujesky, MD, MS, Kenneth J. Smith, MD, Jacques Cornuz, MD, MPH, Mark S. Roberts, MD, MPP
*VALIDATING AND UPDATING A PREDICTION RULE FOR NEUROLOGICAL SEQUELAE AFTER CHILDHOOD BACTERIAL MENININGITIS
C.J. Biesheuvel, MSc, Y. Vergouwe, PhD, D.E. Grobbee, PhD, K.G.M. Moons, PhD
HOW WIDELY USED IS THE CANADIAN C-SPINE RULE BY EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS?
Jamie Brehaut, PhD, Ian Stiell, MD, Laura Visentin, BSc, Ian Graham, PhD, Jeremy Grimshaw, PhD
NATURAL HISTORY OF CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA: A META-ANALYSIS
Scott B. Cantor, PhD, E. Neely Atkinson, Marylou Cardenas-Turanzas, MD, MPH, J. L. Benedet, MD, Michele Follen, MD, PhD, Calum MacAulay, PhD
THE CHEAPER THE BETTER? SHOULD LOVASTATIN BE THE STATIN OF CHOICE FOR ROUTINE USE IN PRIMARY CARE?
James G. Dolan, MD
THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF SURGERY PLUS RADIATION FOR REGIONAL ORAL CAVITY CANCER IN THE ELDERLY
Christopher S. Hollenbeak, PhD, Brendan C. Stack, MD, Jay F. Piccirillo, MD
DETERMINING INDICATIONS FOR CARE COMMON TO COMPETING GUIDELINES BY USING THE CLASSIFICATION TREE METHOD. APPLICATION TO THE PREVENTION OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM IN MEDICAL INPATIENTS
Jose Labarere, MD, Jean-Luc Bosson, MD, PhD, Loic Belle, MD, Claudine Robert, PhD
HOW OFTEN SHOULD HEALTHY ADULTS RECEIVE TETANUS BOOSTER VACCINES?
Charlene K. Mitchell, MD, MSPH, Steven J. McCabe, MD, MSc
CAN DECISION SUPPORT BE SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATED INTO CLINICAL CARE?
Caroline P. Moore, MPH, E. Dale Collins, MD, Kate F. Clay, MA, BSN, Stephen Kearing, MS, Susan M. Gallagher, BS, David Amon, BA, Hilary A. Llewellyn-Thomas, PhD, Annette M. O'Connor, PhD
VALIDATION AND FEASIBILITY OF THE "VAN DEN BERGHE" INSULIN PROTOCOL TO MAINTAIN A TIGHT BLOOD GLUCOSE CONTROL IN THE CRITICALLY ILL
Sandra GR Oeyen, MD, Jan Poelaert, PhD, Kirsten Colpaert, MD, Johan Decruyenaere, PhD
FACILITATED PROCESS IMPROVEMENT: A PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO GUIDELINE IMPLEMENTATION
Meenal B Patwardhan, MD, MHSA, Gregory P Samsa, PhD, David B Matchar, MD
DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES FOR DETECTING PANCREATIC CANCER AND ASSESSING RESECTABILITY: A CLINICAL DECISION ANALYSIS
Tania Schink, MSc, Michael Böhmig, MD, Chin Hur, MD, MPH, Inga Koch, MD, Stefan Rosewicz, Prof., Klaus-Dieter Wernecke, Prof., Uwe Siebert, MD, MPH, MSc
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES FOR HYPERTENSION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Judith Walsh, MD, MPH, Kathryn M. McDonald, MM, Kaveh G. Shojania, MD, Vandana Sundaram, MPH, Robyn Lewis, MA, Smita Nayak, MD, Jody Mechanic, RN, Douglas K. Owens, MD, MS, Mary K. Goldstein, MD
QUALITY OF LIFE IMPACT BY MELANOMA AS MEASURED BY UTILITIES
SE Bendeck, MD, JC Hadley, BA, P Bonaccorsi, MD, KM Brown, MD, DH Lawson, MD, DR Murray, MD, CV Washington, MD, SC Chen, MD, MS
*COMPARING SIDE EFFECTS & PERCEIVED MEDICATION EFFECTIVENESS USING NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS AND CYCLO-OXYGENASE TYPE II INHIBITORS IN THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS
Shibani Mahajan, MPH, Kevin J. Anstrom, PhD, Teresa L. Kauf, PhD, Jane Chang, MPH, Mohamed Omar, PhD, Kristijan Kahler, SM, Kevin A. Schulman, MD
ACCURACY OF DIAGNOSTIC CODES: ONLY AS GOOD AS THE DIAGNOSIS
Mendel E. Singer, PhD, Kathryn Y. Barzilai, RN, Robert A. Bonomo, MD, Marta N. Jakubowycz, MD
PROSPEQT: A NEW PROGRAM FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED UTILITY ELICITATIONS
Ahmed M. Bayoumi, MD, MSc, William Dale, MD, PhD
MARKOV STATE TRANSITION MODELS BASED ON AUTOREGRESSIVE MULTINOMIAL LOGISTIC REGRESSION FOR THE PREDICTION OF CHANGES IN SLEEP STRUCTURE INDUCED BY AIRCRAFT NOISE - THE GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER STUDY
Mathias Basner, MD, Uwe Siebert, MD, MPH, MSc

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Papers submitted for the Lee B. Lusted Student Prize Competition are denoted with an asterisk (*)