Rationale: Accurate, early identification of patients at risk for developing acute lung injury (ALI)
provides the opportunity to test and implement secondary prevention strategies. …

Objective: The role of intensive insulin therapy in medical surgical intensive care patients
remains unclear. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of intensive insulin …

Background Recent studies have reported a high prevalence of relative adrenal insufficiency
in patients with liver cirrhosis. However, the effect of corticosteroid replacement on mortality …

… conflicts of interest: Dr Dabbagh has received grant money paid to the University of Missouri
from Bristol Myer Squibb and Pfizer for research studies. Dr Dabbagh is also a member of …

Objective: Hospital-level variations in structure and process may affect clinical outcomes in
ICUs. We sought to characterize the organizational structure, processes of care, use of …

Background— Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis remains underused among
hospitalized patients. We designed and carried out a large, multicenter, randomized controlled …

… Martin MD, FCCP c , Ousama Dabbagh MD, FCCP d , Adebola Adesanya MD, FCCP e ,
Nina … Dr Dabbagh: contributed to the planning and execution of the study, the planning of the …

BACKGROUND Pulmonary aspiration is an important recognized cause of ARDS. Better
characterization of patients who aspirate may allow identification of potential risks for aspiration …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to assess the retrieval rate and the predictors of
successful retrieval of Retrievable Inferior Vena Cava (RIVC) filters. METHODS: We …

BACKGROUND: Many hospitalized Medical Service patients are at risk for venous
thromboembolism in the months after discharge. We conducted a multicenter randomized controlled …