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Operational Strategies among Infectious Disease Clinical Trial Sites During Pandemics: A Scoping Review Open

Katelyn Leanna Trigg, Allen Zhang, Albert W. Wu · 2025

Purpose To examine documented strategies, challenges, and lessons related to clinical trial site operations during pandemics. Methods This review focused on seven major pandemics: COVID-19, HIV/AIDS, Ebola, SARS, MERS, H1N1, and Zika. Sear…

Interventions to improve patient safety during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review Open

Albert W. Wu, Katelyn Leanna Trigg, Allen Zhang, G. Caleb Alexander, Elliott R. Haut , et al. · 2025

Objective To summarise the literature on healthcare interventions to reduce harm to patients caused by the COVID-19 pandemic across six domains: medication safety, diagnostic safety, surgical safety, healthcare-associated infections, press…

1392 Immune infiltration is associated with improved survival in primary, advanced-stage p53-abnormal endometrial carcinoma Open

Spencer D. Martin, Allen Zhang, Shelby Thornton, Christine S. Chow, Samuel Leung , et al. · 2024

Post-traumatic Secondary Complications Resembling Stroke Symptoms Following Axillofemoral Bypass Surgery: A Case Report Open

Daniel Levine, Allen Zhang, Khalid Haikal, Paul Janda, Aroucha Vickers · 2024

Learning generalizable AI models for multi-center histopathology image classification Open

Maryam Asadi-Aghbolaghi, Amirali Darbandsari, Allen Zhang, Alberto Contreras‐Sanz, Jeffrey Boschman , et al. · 2024

Effectiveness of telehealth versus in-person care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review Open

Elham Hatef, Renée F Wilson, Allen Zhang, Susan M. Hannum, Hadi Kharrazi , et al. · 2024

INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE PATIENT SAFETY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW Open

AW Wu, Katherine Trigg, Allen Zhang, G. Caleb Alexander, ER Haut , et al. · 2024

Objective To summarize the literature on health care interventions to reduce harm to patients caused by the COVID-19 pandemic across six domains: medication errors, diagnostic errors, surgical errors, health care-associated infections, pre…

Machine Learning-driven Histotype Diagnosis of Ovarian Carcinoma: Insights from the OCEAN AI Challenge Open

Maryam Asadi-Aghbolaghi, Hossein Farahani, Allen Zhang, Ardalan Akbari, Sirim Kim , et al. · 2024

Ovarian cancer poses a significant health burden as one of the deadliest malignancies affecting women globally. Histotype assignment of epithelial ovarian cancers can be challenging due to morphologic overlap, inter-observer variability, a…

Health-care organization characteristics in cancer care delivery: an integrated conceptual framework with content validation Open

Sallie J. Weaver, Erica S. Breslau, Lauren E. Russell, Allen Zhang, Ritu Sharma , et al. · 2024

Context can influence cancer-related outcomes. For example, health-care organization characteristics, including ownership, leadership, and culture, can affect care access, communication, and patient outcomes. Health-care organization chara…

Knowledge difference of sexually transmitted infections between Hong Kong undergraduates from local and international secondary schools: A cross-sectional study Open

Darren Li Liang Wong, Allen Zhang, Kylie K. Y. Cheung, Edmond Pui Hang Choi, May P. S. Lam · 2022

Background Since the delivery of sex education is not standardized across local and international secondary schools in Hong Kong, this study aims to assess and compare the knowledge level of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) between u…

Patient-reported outcome measures in spine surgery Open

Adam Beighley, Allen Zhang, Brendan Huang, Christopher Carr, Mansour Mathkour , et al. · 2022

Background: Steadily increasing expenditure in the United States health-care system has led to a shift toward a value-based model that focuses on quality of care and cost-effectiveness. Operations involving the spine rank among some of the…

Systematic review of suicide prevention studies with data on youth and young adults living in low-income and middle-income countries Open

Benjamin Doty, Judith Bass, Taylor Ryan, Allen Zhang, Holly C. Wilcox · 2022

Objectives This review aimed to provide a summary of peer-reviewed, published literature on suicide preventive interventions with data on youth and young adults in low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC). Design A systematic review w…

Models of Care That Include Primary Care for Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Realist Review Open

Claire Snyder, Christina T. Yuan, Renée F Wilson, Katherine L. Smith, Youngjee Choi , et al. · 2022

Objectives. We had two aims: (1) identify and analyze models of survivorship care for adult survivors of childhood cancer that include primary care, and (2) identify available tools, training, and other resources for adult survivors of chi…

Realist Review of Care Models That Include Primary Care for Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors Open

Claire Snyder, Youngjee Choi, Katherine Clegg Smith, Renée F Wilson, Christina T. Yuan , et al. · 2022

Appropriate models of survivorship care for the growing number of adult survivors of childhood cancer are unclear. We conducted a realist review to describe how models of care that include primary care and relevant resources (eg, tools, tr…

Implementation and Effectiveness of Integrating Palliative Care Into Ambulatory Care of Noncancer Serious Chronic Illness: Mixed Methods Review and Meta-Analysis Open

Linda Chyr, Lyndsay DeGroot, Julie M. Waldfogel, Susan M. Hannum, Danetta H. Sloan , et al. · 2022

Models might have little to no effect on decreasing overall symptom burden and were not more effective than usual care for improving HRQOL or depressive symptom scores but were more effective for increasing AD documentation. Additional res…

Pharmacologic Interventions for Breathlessness in Patients With Advanced Cancer Open

Josephine Feliciano, Julie M. Waldfogel, Ritu Sharma, Allen Zhang, Arjun Gupta , et al. · 2021

Evidence did not support the association of opioids or other pharmacologic interventions with improved breathlessness. Given that studies had many limitations, pharmacologic interventions should be considered in selected patients but need …

Comparative Effectiveness of Surveillance, Primary Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy and Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection for the Management of Early Stage Testicular Germ Cell Tumors: A Systematic Review Open

Phillip M. Pierorazio, Joseph Cheaib, Hiten D. Patel, Mohit Gupta, Ritu Sharma , et al. · 2020

Men with early stage testicular germ cell tumors experience excellent cancer specific survival regardless of management strategy. Management options, however, differ in terms of associated recurrence rates, short and long-term toxicities, …

Diagnosis and Management of Intratubular Germ Cell Neoplasia In Situ: A Systematic Review Open

Mohit Gupta, Joseph Cheaib, Hiten D. Patel, Ritu Sharma, Allen Zhang , et al. · 2020

In patients with a testicular germ cell tumor the risk of having contralateral germ cell neoplasia in situ is 4% to 8%, with a greater risk in patients with testicular atrophy, cryptorchidism or age less than 40 years. The risk is high eno…

Antipsychotics for the Prevention and Treatment of Delirium Open

Karin J. Neufeld, Dale M. Needham, Esther S. Oh, Lisa M Wilson, Roozbeh Nikooie , et al. · 2019

Purpose of ReviewTo assess the benefits and harms of antipsychotics for the prevention and treatment of delirium among adult patients. Key Messages• Haloperidol or second-generation antipsychotics used to prevent or treat delirium did not …

Systematic Review of Natural Experiments for Childhood Obesity Prevention and Control Open

Carolyn T. Bramante, Rachel L. J. Thornton, Wendy L. Bennett, Allen Zhang, Renée F Wilson , et al. · 2018

Long-Term Outcomes of Induction Therapies with Alemtuzumab, Basiliximab or Methylprednisolone in Kidney Transplant Patients with Delayed Graft Function Open

Allen Zhang, Zhang Beatrice, Liu Yaozhong, Killackey Mary, Paramesh Anil , et al. · 2018

We compare the 5-year outcomes of induction therapies with methylprednisolone (n = 58), basiliximab (n = 56) or alemtuzumab (n = 98) in patients with DGF. Maintenance was tacrolimus and mycophenolate with prednisone in methylprednisolone a…

Effectiveness of Policies and Programs to Combat Adult Obesity: a Systematic Review Open

Eva Tseng, Allen Zhang, Oluwaseun Shogbesan, Kimberly A. Gudzune, Renée F Wilson , et al. · 2018

Replication data for: Bid Shading and Bidder Surplus in the US Treasury Auction System Open

Alı Hortaçsu, Jakub Kastl, Allen Zhang · 2018

We analyze bidding data from uniform price auctions of US Treasury bills and notes between July 2009 and October 2013. Primary dealers consistently bid higher yields compared to direct and indirect bidders. We estimate a structural model o…

Patient- and Caregiver-Reported Assessment Tools for Palliative Care: Summary of the 2017 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Technical Brief Open

Rebecca A. Aslakson, Sydney M. Dy, Renée F Wilson, Julie M. Waldfogel, Allen Zhang , et al. · 2017

The Effect of "Regular and Predictable" Issuance on Treasury Bill Financing Open

Paul Glasserman, Amit Sirohi, Allen Zhang · 2017

The mission of Treasury debt management is to meet the financing needs of the federal government at the lowest cost over time. To achieve this objective, the U.S. Treasury Department follows a principle of ?regular and predictable? issuanc…

Data Linkage Strategies to Advance Youth Suicide Prevention: A Systematic Review for a National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention Workshop Open

Holly C. Wilcox, Hadi Kharrazi, Renée F Wilson, Rashelle J. Musci, Ryoko Susukida , et al. · 2016

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Patient perspectives of care and process and outcome quality measures for heart failure admissions in US hospitals: how are they related in the era of public reporting? Open

Sydney M. Dy, Kitty S. Chan, Hsien‐Yen Chang, Allen Zhang, Junya Zhu , et al. · 2016

Publicly reported process quality measures were no longer associated with outcomes, but higher patient perspectives of care were associated with lower heart failure readmissions. These associations support continued reevaluation of these m…

Comparative Effect of Contrast Media Type on the Incidence of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy Open

John Eng, Renée F Wilson, Rathan M. Subramaniam, Allen Zhang, Catalina Suarez‐Cuervo , et al. · 2016

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Effectiveness of Prevention Strategies for Contrast-Induced Nephropathy Open

Rathan M. Subramaniam, Catalina Suarez‐Cuervo, Renée F Wilson, Sharon Turban, Allen Zhang , et al. · 2016

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

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