Recent publications on Biostatistics

Cook CR, Joo MJ, Anderson SM, Lee TA, Udris EM, Johnson EA, Au DH. The validity of using ICD-9 codes and pharmacy records to identify patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. BMC Health Serv Res. 2011 Feb 16;11:37. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-37. PubMed

Reinke LF, Slatore CG, Udris EM, Moss BR, Johnson EA, Au DH. The association of depression and preferences for life-sustaining treatments in veterans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2011 Feb;41(2):402-11. Epub 2010 Dec 8. PubMed

Rutter CM, Zaslavsky AM, Feuer EJ. Dynamic microsimulation models for health outcomes: a review. Med Decis Making. 2011 Jan-Feb;31(1):10-8. Epub 2010 May 18. PubMed

Van Eaton EG, McDonough K, Lober WB, Johnson EA, Pellegrini CA, Horvath KD. Safety of using a computerized rounding and sign-out system to reduce resident duty hours. Acad Med. 2010 Jul;85(7):1189-95. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181e0116f. PubMed

Rutter CM, Savarino JE. An evidence-based microsimulation model for colorectal cancer: validation and application.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 Aug;19(8):1992-2002. Epub 2010 Jul 20. PubMed

Larson EB. N-of-1 trials: a new future? J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Sep;25(9):891-2. Epub 2010 Jul 15. PubMed

Burgess S, Thompson SG; CRP CHD Genetics Collaboration, Andrews G, Samani NJ, Hall A, Whincup P, Morris R, Lawlor DA, Davey Smith G, Timpson N, Ebrahim S, Ben-Shlomo Y, Brown M, Ricketts S, Sandhu M, Reiner A, Psaty B, Lange L, Cushman M, Hung J, Thompson P, Beilby J, Warrington N, Palmer LJ, Nordestgaard BG, Tybjaerg-Hansen A, Zacho J, Wu C, Lowe G, Tzoulaki I, Kumari M, Yamamoto JF, Chiodini B, Franzosi M, Hankey GJ, Jamrozik K, Palmer L, Rimm E, Pai J, Heckbert S, Bis J, Anand S, Engert J, Collins R, Clarke R, Melander O, Berglund G, Ladenvall P, Johansson L, Jansson JH, Hallmans G, Hingorani A, Humphries S, Manson J, Watkins H, Hopewell J, Saleheen D, Frossard R, Danesh J, Sattar N, Robertson M, Shepherd J, Schaefer E, Hofman A, Witteman JC, Kardys I, de Faire U, Bennet A, Ford I, Packard C, Casas JP, Smeeth L, Wensley F, Bowden J, Di Angelantonio E, Gao P, Shah T, Verzilli C, Walker M, Whittaker J. Bayesian methods for meta-analysis of causal relationships estimated using genetic instrumental variables.  Stat Med. 2010;29(12):1298-311. PubMed

Hubbard RA, Miglioretti DL, Smith RA. Modelling the cumulative risk of a false-positive screening test.  Stat Methods Med Res. 2010 Oct;19(5):429-49. Epub 2010 Mar 31. PubMed

Morris DE, Pepe MS, Barlow WE. Contrasting two frameworks for ROC analysis of ordinal ratings. Med Decis Making. 2010 Jul-Aug;30(4):484-98. Epub 2010 Feb 10. PubMed

Rea TD, Cook AJ, Stiell IG, Powell J, Bigham B, Callaway CW, Chugh S, Aufderheide TP, Morrison L, Terndrup TE, Beaudoin T, Wittwer L, Davis D, Idris A, Nichol G. Predicting survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: role of the Utstein data elements. Ann Emerg Med. 2010 Mar;55(3):249-57. Epub 2009 Nov 27. PubMed