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Due to staff departures from the Salida VA Clinic, the clinic hours will temporarily be reduced starting on October 7. The new clinic hours will be Tuesday-Thursday from 9am-12pm and 12:30-3:30pm. Lab draw appointments will be available on Tuesday mornings only.

Research publications - recent

Below are the most recent publications from the 178 researchers here at Eastern Colorado Health Care System.

October 2024

Feasibility of a digital palliative care intervention (Convoy-Pal) for older adults with heart failure and multiple chronic conditions and their caregivers: a waitlist randomized control trial.
DeGroot L, Gillette R, Villalobos JP, Harger G, Doyle DT, Bull S, Bekelman DB, Boxer R, Kutner JS, Portz JD. BMC Palliat Care. 2024 Oct 1;23(1):234. doi: 10.1186/s121-w. PMID: 39354453; PMCID: PMC11446009.

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews: 2023 Paper of the Year.
Iwamoto SJ, Moreau KL. Exerc Sport Sci Rev. 2024 Oct 1;52(4):115-116. doi: 10.1249/JES.000342. PMID: 39248634.

Gait compensations, pain, and functional performance during the six minute walk test in individuals with unilateral hip osteoarthritis.
Hope Davis-Wilson, Rashelle Hoffman, Victor Cheuy, Jesse Christensen, Jeri E. Forster, Dana L. Judd, Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley and Cory L. Christiansen. Clinical Biomechanics, 2024-12-01, Volume 120, Article 106366 | DOI:10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2024.106366

Shock First or Pace First to Break Ventricular Tachycardia?: A New Layer of Complexity in ICD Shared Decision-Making.
Sandhu A, Matlock D, Varosy PD. JAMA. 2024 Oct 3. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.19416. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39361313.

Siglec-F Deficiency Prevents Fibrosis After Bleomycin-Induced Acute Lung Injury
Orlov, Marika; Rangarajan, Sunad; Jaramillo, Ana M.; Ye, Qihua; Hara, Naoko; Ngo, Kenny; NeeDell, James C.; Harder, Anna Q.; Jia, Fan; Vestal, Brian; Blumhagen, Rachel Z.; Tu, Ting-Hui; McClendon, Jazalle; McCubbrey, Alexandra L.; Smith, Bradford J.; Schwartz, David A.; Janssen, William J.; Evans, Christopher M.. bioRxiv. Oct. 5, 2024. | DOI:10.1101/2024.10.04.616703

Aerobic exercise training-induced bone and vascular adaptations in mice lacking adiponectin.
Park H, Trupiano SP, Medarev SL, Ghosh P, Caldwell JT, Yarrow JF, Muller-Delp JM. Bone. 2024 Oct 5;190:117272. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2024.117272. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39369833.

Psychometric Evaluation of Cognitive and Positive Valence Tasks Chosen for the NIMH Research Domain Criteria Project.
Duffy JR, Sturm ET, Sares AG, Sarabia L, Delao EM, M Becker K, Colmenares AM, Manavi RM, Rojas DC, Tregellas JR, Young JW, Thomas ML. Psychometric Evaluation of Cognitive and Positive Valence Tasks Chosen for the NIMH Research Domain Criteria Project. Assessment. 2024 Oct 6:1280770. doi: 10.1177/1280770. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39370739.

Applying Implementation Science to Advance Electronic Health Record-Driven Learning Health Systems: Case Studies, Challenges, and Recommendations.
Trinkley KE, Maw AM, Torres CH, Huebschmann AG, Glasgow RE. J Med Internet Res. 2024 Oct 7;26:e55472. doi: 10.2196/55472. PMID: 39374069; PMCID: PMC11494259.

Suicide risk evaluation among homeless veterans accessing VA health care.
Holliday R, Keusch J, Monteith LL, Polzer E, Matarazzo BB, Edwards ER, Weber J, Brenner LA, Tsai J. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2024 Oct 9:S0163-8343(24)00207-X. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2024.10.002. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39406596.

The Promise of Implementation Science for Optimizing Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation in Real-World Practice Settings.
Kinney AR, Nakase-Richardson R, Bahraini N. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2024 Oct 9. doi: 10.1097/HTR.001013. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39420478.

Trends in Initial Antihypertensive Medication Prescribing Among >2.8 Million Veterans Newly Diagnosed With Hypertension, 2000 to 2019.
Xu Y, Derington CG, Addo DK, He T, Jacobs JA, Mohanty AF, An J, Cushman WC, Ho PM, Bellows BK, Cohen JB, Bress AP. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Oct 15;13(20):e036557. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.124.036557. Epub 2024 Oct 11. PMID: 39392155

Review of Current and Future Medical Treatments in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
Lee AM, Weaver AN, Acosta P, Harris L, Bowles DW. Cancers (Basel). 2024 Oct 15;16(20):3488. doi: 10.3390/cancers16203488. PMID: 39456583; PMCID: PMC11506581.

The Association Between Chronic Pain, Substance use, and Primary Care Experience Among Veterans with Ongoing or Recent Homelessness.
Varley AL, DeRussy AJ, Jones AL, Hoge A, Gordon AJ, Richman J, Riggs KR, Gelberg L, Gabrielian S, Blosnich JR, Montgomery AE, Carey E, Kertesz SG. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Oct 15. doi: 10.1007/s118-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39406964

Executive Summary: State-of-the-Art Review: Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease: Patients, Principles, and Prospects.
Nguyen MH, Haas MK, Kasperbauer SH, Calado Nogueira de Moura V, Eddy JJ, Mitchell JD, Khare R, Griffith DE, Chan ED, Daley CL. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Oct 15;79(4):805-806. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae425. PMID: 39405482.

Topical Therapies for Periorbital Dyschromia: A 30-Year Review of the Literature.
Woolhiser E, Sobotka M, Burnette C, Gawey L, Dunnick CA. Dermatol Surg. 2024 Oct 16. doi: 10.1097/DSS.004429. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39412152.

SCUBA implements a storage format-agnostic API for single-cell data access in R
Showers WM, Desai J, Engel KL, Jordan CT, Gillen AE, et al. [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. F1000Research 2024, 13:1256 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.154675.1)

The Effect of the “Safety in Dementia” Online Tool to Assist Decision Making for Caregivers of Persons With Dementia and Access to Firearms: A Randomized Trial.
Marian E. Betz, Jennifer Portz, Christopher Knoepke, Daniel D. Matlock, et al. Ann Intern Med. [Epub 22 October 2024]. doi:10.7326/ANNALS-24-00763

DNA-PK inhibition enhances neoantigen diversity and increases T cell responses to immunoresistant tumors.
Nielsen AJ, Albert GK, Sanchez A, Chen J, Liu J, Davalos AS, Geng D, Bradeen XG, Hintzsche JD, Robinson W, McCarter M, Amato CM, Tobin R, Couts KL, Wilky BA, Davila E. J Clin Invest. 2024 Oct 22:e180278. doi: 10.1172/JCI180278. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39436696.

Burn the fat: colon cancer tumors are skilled at lipid storage during obesity.
Theiss AL, Williams CS. Gastroenterology. 2024 Oct 23:S0016-5085(24)05592-6. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.10.021. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39454894.

Asthma in Prison: When Albuterol Becomes a Controlled Substance.
Rhoads SL, Wechsler ME, Sergew A, Griffith MF. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Oct 24. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202405-559PS. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39447123

Whether and how to store firearms in the home: Qualitative insights from care partner experiences in the Safety in Dementia Trial.
Knoepke CE, Meza K, Portz JD, Ranney ML, Fisher SM, Omeragic F, Greenway E, Castaneda M, Matlock DD, Betz ME. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Oct 25. doi: 10.1111/jgs.19242. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39450575.

Interventions targeting the nasal microbiome to eradicate MRSA.
Bessesen MT. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2024 Oct 29:S1198-743X(24)00504-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2024.10.022. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39481681.

Insomnia and Chronic Pain Mediate the Relationship Between Traumatic Brain Injury and Reduced Positive Airway Pressure Adherence Among Veterans.
Kinney AR, Schneider AL, Welsh C, Sarmiento KF, Ulmer CS, Forster JE, Abbott Z, Bahraini NH. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2024 Oct 29. doi: 10.1097/HTR.001019. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39531320.

Inflammation Promotes Aging-Associated Oncogenesis in the Lung.
Pham-Danis, C., Chia, S.B., Scarborough, H.A., Danis, E., Nemkov, T., Zaberezhnyy, V., Christenson, J.L., Kleczko, E.K., Navarro, A., Goodspeed, A., Bonney, E.A., Dinarello, C.A., Marchetti, C., Nemenoff, R.A., Hansen, K.C. and DeGregori, J. (2024), Aging and Cancer. e12077. https://doi.org/10.1002/aac2.12077

November 2024

Implementation of a mobile prosthetic and orthotic care program in the VA; a qualitative study of implementation challenges and associated strategies for improvement.
Abrahamson Daniel , Kaufman George , Klassen Carolyn , Leonard Chelsea.  Frontiers in Health  Services. 2024. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/health-services/articles/10.3389/f…. DOI=10.3389/frhs.2024.1198191

Human peripancreatic adipose tissue paracrine signaling impacts insulin secretion, blood flow, and gene transcription.
Bergman BC, Zemski Berry K, Garfield A, Keller A, Zarini S, Bowen S, McKenna C, Kahn D, Pavelka J, Macias E, Uhlson C, Johnson C, Russ HA, Viesi CH, Seldin M, Liu C, Doliba N, Schoen J, Rothchild K, Hazel K, Naji A.  J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2024 Nov 1:dgae767. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgae767. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39484843.

Collagen binding adhesin restricts Staphylococcus aureus skin infection.
Bhattacharya M, Spencer BL, Kwiecinski JM, Podkowik M, Putzel G, Pironti A, Shopsin B, Doran KS, Horswill AR.  bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Nov 2:2024.11.01.621145. doi: 10.1101/2024.11.01.621145. PMID: 39554114; PMCID: PMC11565922.

A Scoping Review of Implementation Science Studies in the Field of Traumatic Brain Injury: State of the Science and Future Directions.
Hyzak KA, Riccardi J, Kinney AR, Esterov D, Bogdanova Y, Bogner JA.  J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2024 Nov-Dec 01;39(6):414-424. doi: 10.1097/HTR.000990. Epub 2024 Nov 4. PMID: 39495966; PMCID: PMC11537489.

Independence of Lipoprotein(a) and Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol-Mediated Cardiovascular Risk: A Participant-Level Meta-Analysis.
Bhatia HS, Wandel S, Willeit P, Lesogor A, Bailey K, Ridker PM, Nestel P, Simes J, Tonkin A, Schwartz GG, Colhoun H, Wanner C, Tsimikas S. Circulation. 2024 Nov 4. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.069556. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39492722.

Clinical and radiological features of atypical adrenal masses- a multicenter retrospective study.
Balderrama-Brondani V, Al-Ward R, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Fishbein L, Dawes D, Hamidi O, Pishdad R, Perdomo Rodriguez JP, Sukkari MA, Grajo JR, Ghayee HK, Bedrose S, Bassett RL, Hamrahian AH, Habra MA. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2024 Nov 6:dgae781. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgae781. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39503236.

Go with the Flow? Considerations for Blood Flow Restriction Training in People with Neurologic Conditions.
Mañago MM, Dunkle Z, Cohen ET, Bade M. Phys Ther. 2024 Nov 9:pzae159. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzae159. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39516188.

Comparison of six natural language processing approaches to assessing firearm access in Veterans Health Administration electronic health records.
Trujeque J, Dudley RA, Mesfin N, Ingraham NE, Ortiz I, Bangerter A, Chakraborty A, Schutte D, Yeung J, Liu Y, Woodward-Abel A, Bromley E, Zhang R, Brenner LA, Simonetti JA. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2024 Nov 12:ocae169. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocae169. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39530748.

Long-Term Impact of an Online Physician Group-Coaching Program to Improve Burnout and Self-Compassion in Trainees.
Fainstad, Tyra MD; Syed, Adnan; Thibodeau, Pari Shah PhD; Vinaithirthan, Vall MD; Jones, Christine D. MD; Mann, Adrienne MD. Journal of Healthcare Management 69(6):p 414-423, November/December 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/JHM-D-23-00232