The Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs) program is a national initiative to increase awareness of the benefits and risks of new, existing, or combined uses of therapeutics through education and research. Select for the CERTs Overview. For more information, access the CERTs Web site at: www.certs.hhs.gov.
Allen LaPointe NM, Kramer JM, DeLong E, Ostbye T, Hammill BG, Muhlbaier LH, McCants CB, Chen A, Califf RM. Patient-reported frequency of taking aspirin in a population with coronary artery disease. AJC 2002;89:1042-6. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Allen LaPointe NM, Kramer JM, Weinfurt K, Califf RM. Practitioner acceptance of a unique risk-management program: the dofetilide story. Pharmacotherapy 2002;22(8):1041-6. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Ayyar-Krishnan A, Christensen DB. The impact of antibiotic selection on treatment outcomes for acute otitis media. Value Health 2002;5:261.
Butler J, Arbogast PG, BeLue R, Daugherty J, Jain MK, Ray WA, Griffin. Outpatient adherence to beta-blocker after acute myocardial infarction. JACC 2002.
Califf RM. The Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics. The need for a national infrastructure to improve the rational use of therapeutics. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2002;11:319-27. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Califf RM, DeLong E, Ostbye T, Muhlbaier LH, Chen A, LaPointe NA, Hammill B, McCants CB Jr, Kramer JM. Underuse of aspirin in a referral population with documented coronary artery disease. Am J Cardiol 2002;89:653-61. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Casebeer L, Bennett N, Kristofco R, Carillo A, Centor R. Physician internet medical information-seeking and online CE usage patterns. J Contin Educ Health Prof 2002 Winter;22(1):33-42. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Casebeer L, James N. Practice pattern variation in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Curr Opin Rheumatol 2002;14:453-7. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Cooper WO, Griffin MR, Hickson GB, Ray WA. Very early exposure to erythromycin and infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. Arch Pediatr Adolese Med 2002;156:647-50. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Cooper WO, Ray WA, Griffin MR. Prenatal prescription of macrolide antibiotics and infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. Obstet Gynecol 2002;100:101-6. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Cooper WO, Staffa J, Graham D, Renfrew W, Ray WA. Oral Corticosteroid use among children in TennCare. Ambul Pediatr 2002;5:375-81. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Flockhart DA, Yasuda SU, Pezzullo JC, Knollmann BC. Teaching rational prescribing: a new clinical pharmacology curriculum for medical schools. Nauyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2002;366:33-43. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Gross R, Bilker WB, Friedman HM, Coyne JC, Strom BL. Provider inaccuracy in assessing adherence and outcomes with newly initiated antiretroviral therapy. AIDS 2002;13:1835-7. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Katchman AN, McGroary KA, Kilborn MJ, Kornick CA, Manfredi PL, Woosley RL, Ebert SN. Influence of opioid agonists on cardiac HERG K+ current. J Pharm Exp Ther 2002.
Katchman AN, Woosley RL, Ebert SN. Comparative evaluation of opioid agonists on HERG K+ current. World Congress of Pharmacology 2002; July.
Kramer JM, Bosco LA, Califf RM. Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs). Drug Information Journal 2002;36:717-23.
Metlay JP, Shea JA, Crossette LB, Asch DA. Tensions in antibiotic prescribing: Pitting social concerns against the interests of individual patients. J Gen Intern Med 2002;17:87-94. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Putnam KG, Buist DSM, Fishman P, Andrade SE, Boles M, Chase GA, Goodman MJ, Gurwitz JH, Platt R, Raebel MA, Chan KA. Chronic disease score as a predictor of subsequent hospitalization: a multiple HMO study. Epidemiology 2002 May;13(3):340-46. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Ray WA, Daugherty JR, Griffin MR. Lipid-lowering agents and the risk of hip fracture in a Medicaid population. Injury Prevention 2002;Dec.
Ray WA, Meador KG. Antipsychotics and sudden death: Is thioridazine the only bad actor? Br J Psychiatry 2002;180:483-4. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Ray WA, Stein CM, Hall K, Daugherty JR, Griffin MR. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the risk of serious coronary heart disease. Lancet 2002;359:118-23. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Roper WL, Hodlewsky RT, Tilson H, Lohr KN, Campbell WH. The potential impact if measuring health care on pharmaceutical-related costs and outcomes. Disease Management and Health Outcomes 2002;10:233-9.
Rosebraugh CJ, Honig PK, Yasuda SU, Pezzullo JC, Woosley RL. Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics report: Survey of medication errors education during undergraduate and graduate medical education in the United States. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2002;71:4-10. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Shatin D, Drinkard C. Ambulatory use of psychotropics by employer-insured children and adolescents in a national managed care organization. Ambul Pediatr 2002 Mar-Apr;2(2):111-9. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Smalley W, Stein CM, Arbogast PG, Eisen G, Ray WA, Griffin M. Underutilization of gastroprotective measures in patients receiving nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory. Arthritis and Rheumatism 2002;8:2195-200. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Yasuda SU, Zannikos P, Young AE, Fried KM, Wainer IW, Woosley RL. The roles of CYP2D6 and stereoselectivity in the clinical pharmacokinetics of chlorpheniramine. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2002;53:519-25. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Casebeer LL, Grimes J, Kristofco RE, Freeman B, Gotuzzo E, Freedman DO. Evaluation of the effectiveness of an internal diploma course in tropical medicine. J Contin Educ Health Prof 2001;21:97-102. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Cowley E, Williams R, Cousins D. Medication errors in children. A descriptive summary of medication error reports submitted to the United States. Pharmacopeia Curr Ther Res 2001;62: Suppl-ADEs and ADRs in Ped Patients.
Desta Z, Soukhova N, Flockhart DA. Inhibition of cytochrome P450 (CYP450) isoforms by isoniazid: Potent inhibition of CYP2C19 and CYP3A. Antimicrob Agents and Chemother 2001;45:382-92. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Desta Z, Soukhova N, Morocho AM, Flockhart DA. Stereoselective metabolism of cisapride and enantiomer-enantiomer interaction in human cytochrome P450 enzymes: major role in CYP3A. J Pharm Exp Ther 2001;198:508-20. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Gross R, Bilker WB, Friedman HM, Strom BL. Effect of adherence to newly initiated antiretroviral therapy on plasma viral load. AIDS 2001;15:2109-17. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Gross R, Morgan AS, Kinky DE, Weiner M, Gibson GA, Fishman NO. Impact of a hospital-based antimicrobial management program on clinical and economic outcomes. Clin Infect Dis 2001;33:289-95. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Holzman MD, Mitchel EF, Ray WA, Smalley WE. Utilization of healthcare resources among medically and surgically treated patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease: a population-based study. J Am Coll Surg 2001;192:17-24. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Kaboli P, Doebbeling B, Saag KG, Rosenthal G.E. Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Older Arthritis Patients: A population-based study. Arthritis Rheum 2001;45:398-403. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Katchman AN, Ebert SN, McCroary KA, Woosley RL. Methadone blocks HERG current in transfected HEK cells. Pharmacologist 2001;43:98.
Kennedy MJ, Gotschall RR, Kashuba A, Scott CS, Scripture CD, Kearns GL. Assessment of hepatic metabolism in children with cystic fibrosis. Clin Pharm Ther 2001;69:38 (abstr PII-24).
Kiefe CI, Allison JJ, Williams OD, Person SD, Weaver MT, Weismann NW. Improving quality improvement using achievable benchmarks for physician feedback: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2001;285:2871-9. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Kilborn MJ, Woosley RL. Registry for torsades de pointes with drug treatment exists. BMJ 2001;322:672. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Lautenbach E, Strom BL, Bilker WB, Patel JB, Edelstein PH, Fishman NO. Epidemiologic investigation of fluoroquinolone resistance in infections due to extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Clin Infect Dis 2001;33:1288-94. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Localio AR, Berlin J, Ten H, Kimmel S. Adjustments for center in multicenter studies: an overview. Ann Intern Med 2001;135:112-23. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Lohr KN, Tolleson-Rinehart S. The Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs) program in the U.S. Conference Proceedings 2001;22-24.
Meridith S, Feldman P, Frey D, Hall K, Arnold K, Brown NJ, Ray WA. Possible medication errors in home health care patients. J Am Ger Soc 2001;49:719-24. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Merlino LA, Bagchi I, Taylor TN, Utrie P, Chrischilles E, Sumner W, Mudano A, Saag KG. Preferences for fractures and other glucocorticoid-associated adverse effects among rheumatoid arthritis patients. Med Decis Making 2001;21:122-32. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Mudano A, Allison J, Hill J, Rothermel T, Saag K. Variations in glucocorticoid induced osteoporosis prevention in a managed care cohort. J Rheumatol 2001;28:1298-305. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Ray WA, Stein CM, Byrd V, Shorr R, Pichert JW, Gideon P, Arnold K, Brandt KD, Pincus T, Griffin MR. Educational program for physicians to reduce use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs among community-dwelling elderly persons: a randomized controlled trial. Med Care 2001;39:425-35. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Ray WA, Meredith S, Thapa PB, Meador, KG, Hall K, Murray KT. Antipsychotics and the risk of sudden cardiac death. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2001;58:1161-7. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Recommendations for the prevention and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis: 2001 update. American College of Rheumatology Ad Hoc Committee on Glucocoritcoid-Induced Osteoporosis. Arthritis Rheum 2001;44:1496-503. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Remich SA, Kilborn MJ, Woosley RL. The role of internet-based registries in tandem with genetic screening for the study of drug-induced arrhythmias. Current Therapeutic Research 2001;62:787-95.
Rodriguez I, Kilborn MJ, Liu XK, Pezzullo JC, Woosley RL. Drug-induced QT prolongation in women during the menstrual cycle. JAMA 2001;285:1322-26. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Rosebraugh CJ, Flockhart DA, Yasuda SU, Woosley RL. Visual hallucination and tremor induced by sertraline and oxycodone in a bone marrow transplant patient. J Clin Pharmacol 2001;41:224-7. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Rosebraugh CJ, Honig PK, Yasuda SU, Pezzullo JC, Flockhart DA, Woosley RL. Formal education about medication errors in internal medicine clerkships. JAMA 2001;286:1019-20. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Saag KG. Point/Counterpoint: Con: Resolved: Low-dose glucocorticoids are neither safe nor effective for the long-term treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Arth Care Res 2001;45:468-71. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Saag, K.G. Current Concepts and Controversies in the Use of Coxibs. Rheumatoid Arthritis, Index and Reviews 2001;4:3-5.
Sleath B, Rubin RH, Campbell W, Gwyther L, Clark T. Physician-patient communication about over-the-counter medications. Soc Sci Med 2001;53:357-69. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Stein CM, Griffin MR, Taylor JA, Pichert JW, Brandt KD, Ray WA. Educational program for nursing home physicians and staff to reduce use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs among nursing home residents: a randomized controlled trial. Med Care 2001;39:436-45. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Benton Re, Sale M, Flockhart DA, Woosley RL. Greater quinidine-induced QTc interval prolongation in women. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2000;674:413-8. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Desta Z, Soukhouva N, Morocho A, Park J, Mahal SK, Flockhart DA. Stereoselective determination of cisapride, a prokinetic agent, in human plasma by chiral high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection: application to pharmacokinetic study. J Chromatography B 2000;744:263-72. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Flockhart DA, Desta Z, Mahal SK. Selection of drugs to treat gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: the role of drug interactions. Clin Pharmacokinet 2000;39:295-309. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Flockhart DA, Oesterheld JO. Cytochrome P450-mediated drug interactions. Psychopharmacology 2000;9:43-76. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Kreiter SR, Schwartz RP, Kirkman HN, Jr., Charlton PA, Calikoglu AS, Davenport ML. Nutritional rickets in African American breast-fed infants. J Pediatr 2000;137:153-7. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Osiri M, Saag, K, Ford, AM, Moreland, LW. Practice Pattern Variation Among Internal Medicine Specialists in the Prevention of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis (GIOP). J Clinical Rheum 2000;6:117-22.
Smalley W, Shatin D, Wysowski DK, Gurwitz J, Andrade SE, Goodman M, Chan KA, Platt R, Schech SD, Ray WA. Contraindicated use of cisapride. Impact of food and drug administration regulatory action. JAMA 2000;284:3036-9. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Wesche DL, Schuster BG, Wang WX, Woosley RL. Mechanism of cardiotoxicity of halofantrine. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2000;67:521-9. Select for PubMed® Abstract.
Current as of September 2002
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