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    Prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of both true- and pseudo-resistant hypertension in the action to control cardiovascular risk in diabetes trial: a cohort study

    Resistant hypertension (RH) has been poorly studied due to the difficulty in distinguishing it from nonadherence—the exclusion of which is necessary to accurately diagnose RH. Therefore, little is known about ...

    Nicholas Chiu, Julie C. Lauffenburger, Jessica M. Franklin… in Hypertension Research (2021)

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    Predictors of intensive care unit admission in patients with hematologic malignancy

    Limited data exist on predictors of intensive care unit (ICU) admission in patients with hematologic malignancy. The objective of this study was to identify predictors of ICU admission in hospitalized patients...

    Abi Vijenthira, Nicholas Chiu, Daniel Jacobson, Zoey Freedman… in Scientific Reports (2020)

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    Correction to: Enteral and parenteral nutrition in cancer patients, a comparison of complication rates: an updated systematic review and (cumulative) meta-analysis

    The appendices were incorrectly numbered in the original article. Please see below correcct appendices

    Ronald Chow, Eduardo Bruera, Jann Arends, Declan Walsh… in Supportive Care in Cancer (2020)

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    Enteral and parenteral nutrition in cancer patients, a comparison of complication rates: an updated systematic review and (cumulative) meta-analysis

    Weight loss in cancer patients is a worrisome constitutional change predicting disease progression and shortened survival time. A logical approach to counter some of the weight loss is to provide nutritional s...

    Ronald Chow, Eduardo Bruera, Jann Arends, Declan Walsh… in Supportive Care in Cancer (2020)

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    Heart failure and the discrepancy between trials of intensive blood pressure management: an analysis of individual patient data

    ACCORD and SPRINT are the best randomized controlled trial data evaluating the effects of blood pressure targets below 140 mmHg. These trials had contradictory results regarding the benefits of intensive antih...

    Rahul Aggarwal, Haares Mirzan, Nicholas Chiu… in Clinical Research in Cardiology (2018)

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    A prospective study of docetaxel-associated pain syndrome

    To investigate the natural history of taxane-associated acute pain syndrome (TAPS) in a docetaxel patient cohort and to examine the long-term manifestation of TAPS.

    Nicholas Chiu, Liying Zhang, Rebecca Dent, Angie Giotis… in Supportive Care in Cancer (2018)

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    Symptoms and quality of life in patients with brain metastases receiving whole-brain radiation therapy

    Patients with multiple brain metastases may be treated with whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT). For these patients, symptom palliation and improvement of quality of life (QOL) and performance status is of th...

    Erin Wong, Liying Zhang, Leigha Rowbottom, Nicholas Chiu… in Supportive Care in Cancer (2016)

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    Which pain intensity scale from the Brief Pain Inventory correlates most highly with functional interference scores in patients experiencing taxane-induced arthralgia and myalgia?

    The purpose of this study was to assess which pain intensity dimension scale (worst, least, average, or current pain) from the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) correlates most highly with functional interference sco...

    Nicholas Chiu, Liying Zhang, Daniela Gallo-Hershberg… in Supportive Care in Cancer (2016)

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    Efficacy of olanzapine for the prophylaxis and rescue of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV): a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Olanzapine is a potent antipsychotic medication that inhibits a wide variety of receptors. It has been used in trials for the prophylaxis and rescue of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). This stu...

    Leonard Chiu, Ronald Chow, Marko Popovic, Rudolph M. Navari… in Supportive Care in Cancer (2016)

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    Efficacy and safety of olanzapine for the prophylaxis of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) as reported in phase I and II studies: a systematic review

    Olanzapine is an atypical antipsychotic drug that inhibits serotonergic, dopaminergic, alpha-1 adrenergic, histaminic, and muscarinic receptors. Several phase I and II trials have been published documenting th...

    Ronald Chow, Leonard Chiu, Rudolph Navari, Steven Passik… in Supportive Care in Cancer (2016)

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    Inadequacy of Palliative Training in the Medical School Curriculum

    This report examines the literature on palliative training in the current medical school curriculum. A literature search was conducted to identify relevant articles. Physicians and medical students both report...

    Nicholas Chiu, Paul Cheon, Stephen Lutz, Nicholas Lao… in Journal of Cancer Education (2015)

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    The impact of clinical and sociodemographic features on quality of life in patients with early stage cancers using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General assessment tool

    This study aims to compare the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) quality of life (QOL) scores of patient groups with varying clinical and sociodemographic features in the early stage can...

    Marko Popovic, Nicholas Lao, Liang Zeng, Liying Zhang… in Supportive Care in Cancer (2013)