Chris Wendt

Sep 10, 2024 | respiratory-research.biomedcentral.com | Sarah Samorodnitsky |Eric F Lock |Ken Kunisaki |Alison Morris |Janice M. Leung |Subina Mehta | +6 more

PLWH who had undergone bronchoscopy were selected from the Pittsburgh and Vancouver Lung HIV Cohorts [15, 16]. This consisted of individuals (n = 25) with OLD as defined as the ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1-s/forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC) < lower limit of normal.

Mar 18, 2024 | respiratory-research.biomedcentral.com | Alexa A. Pragman |Shane W Hodgson |Tianhua Wu |Rosemary Kelly |Cavan Reilly |Chris Wendt | +1 more

We conducted a prospective observational study of patients undergoing lung lobectomy at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center (MVAMC) for suspected or confirmed lung cancer. To decrease the influence of medications on our findings, we excluded subjects who had used antibiotics or systemic corticosteroids in the prior 1 month. The protocol was approved by the Minneapolis VA IRB (#4348-B) and in accordance of the Declaration of Helsinki.

Sep 19, 2023 | paperity.org | Camille Robichaux |Chris Wendt |Jesse Berman |Jordan Aron

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Jul 2023 Describing the associations between individual demographic, socioeconomic status, and all-cause mortality. This is a preview of a remote PDF: https://www.dovepress.com/getfile.php?fileID=91444 Camille Robichaux, Jordan Aron, Chris H Wendt, Jesse D Berman, Austin Rau, Ann Bangerter, R Adams Dudley, Arianne K Baldomero.

Jul 20, 2023 | respiratory-research.biomedcentral.com | Arianne K. Baldomero |David Macdonald |Adam Kaplan |Eric F Lock |Michael Cho |Russell Bowler | +3 more

In this cohort of current and former smokers, we confirmed previous findings of ours and others that higher bilirubin levels are associated with fewer acute respiratory events, but our novel analysis of a genetic determinant of higher bilirubin was not associated with acute respiratory event risk.