2021
Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Muniraj T, Aslanian H. Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. 2021, 1933-1951. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-30192-7_81.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeuroendocrine tumorsProlongs disease-free survivalDiagnosis of NETsNon-functioning neuroendocrine tumoursDisease-free survivalCareful clinical historyTreatment of choicePancreatic neuroendocrine tumorsQuality of lifeHormone hypersecretionMetastatic diseaseNonfunctional tumorsSurgical resectionTreatment modalitiesClinical historyPotential treatmentHeterogeneous groupTumorsMass effectAgeTreatmentLaboratory testsHypersecretionResectionPatients
2020
Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Muniraj T, Aslanian H. Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. 2020, 1-19. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-90761-1_81-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeuroendocrine tumorsProlongs disease-free survivalDiagnosis of NETsNon-functioning neuroendocrine tumoursDisease-free survivalCareful clinical historyTreatment of choicePancreatic neuroendocrine tumorsQuality of lifeHormone hypersecretionMetastatic diseaseNonfunctional tumorsSurgical resectionTreatment modalitiesClinical historyPotential treatmentHeterogeneous groupTumorsMass effectAgeTreatmentLaboratory testsHypersecretionResectionPatients
2018
Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis Significantly Reduces Quality of Life Even in the Absence of Overt Chronic Pancreatitis
Coté GA, Yadav D, Abberbock JA, Whitcomb DC, Sherman S, Sandhu BS, Anderson MA, Lewis MD, Alkaade S, Singh VK, Baillie J, Banks PA, Conwell D, Guda NM, Muniraj T, Tang G, Brand R, Gelrud A, Amann ST, Forsmark CE, Wilcox C, Slivka A, Gardner TB. Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis Significantly Reduces Quality of Life Even in the Absence of Overt Chronic Pancreatitis. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2018, 113: 906-912. PMID: 29867178, PMCID: PMC6136830, DOI: 10.1038/s41395-018-0087-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental component summary scoresRecurrent acute pancreatitisLower physical component summaryPhysical component summaryQuality of lifeChronic pancreatitisAcute pancreatitisLower mental component summary scoresMental QOLLower QOLShort Form-12Component summary scoresCross-sectional studyMultivariable regression modelsNon-disease controlsEndocrine insufficiencyComponent summaryIndependent predictorsForm-12CP subjectsPancreatitisSummary scoresObjectivesThe impactU.S. CentersQOL predictors
2017
Quality of Life in Chronic Pancreatitis is Determined by Constant Pain, Disability/Unemployment, Current Smoking, and Associated Co-Morbidities
Machicado JD, Amann ST, Anderson MA, Abberbock J, Sherman S, Conwell DL, Cote GA, Singh VK, Lewis MD, Alkaade S, Sandhu BS, Guda NM, Muniraj T, Tang G, Baillie J, Brand RE, Gardner TB, Gelrud A, Forsmark CE, Banks PA, Slivka A, Wilcox CM, Whitcomb DC, Yadav D. Quality of Life in Chronic Pancreatitis is Determined by Constant Pain, Disability/Unemployment, Current Smoking, and Associated Co-Morbidities. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2017, 112: 633. PMID: 28244497, PMCID: PMC5828017, DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2017.42.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality of lifeMild-moderate painCurrent smokingChronic pancreatitisMCS scoresConstant painCP patientsSevere painShort Form-12 (SF-12) surveyMental component summary scoresConstant severe painComponent summary scoresMultivariable linear regression modelsAssociated co morbiditiesIndependent effectsFinal multivariable modelNAPS2 studySignificant independent effectDisease durationCo morbiditiesMean PCSIndependent predictorsMultivariable analysisPancreatic surgeryPCS scores
2016
961 Quality of Life (QOL) in Chronic Pancreatitis (CP) Is Determined by Constant Pain, Disability, Current Smoking and Associated Co-Morbidities
Machicado J, Amann S, Anderson M, Abberbock J, Sherman S, Conwell D, Cote G, Singh V, Wilcox C, Lewis M, Alkaade S, Sandhu B, Guda N, Muniraj T, Tang G, Baillie J, Brand R, Gardner T, Gelrud A, Forsmark C, Banks P, Slivka A, Whitcomb D, Yadav D. 961 Quality of Life (QOL) in Chronic Pancreatitis (CP) Is Determined by Constant Pain, Disability, Current Smoking and Associated Co-Morbidities. Gastroenterology 2016, 150: s191-s192. DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5085(16)30723-5.Peer-Reviewed Original Research