Chronic bronchitis before age 50 years predicts incident airflow limitation and mortality risk

S Guerra, DL Sherrill, C Venker, CM Ceccato… - Thorax, 2009 - thorax.bmj.com
Background: Previous studies on the relationship of chronic bronchitis to incident airflow
limitation and all-cause mortality have provided conflicting results, with positive findings …

Morbidity and mortality associated with the restrictive spirometric pattern: a longitudinal study

S Guerra, DL Sherrill, C Venker, CM Ceccato… - Thorax, 2010 - thorax.bmj.com
Background Recent studies have suggested that a restrictive pattern assessed with a single
spirometric test is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. This study was …

[HTML][HTML] The course of persistent airflow limitation in subjects with and without asthma

S Guerra, DL Sherrill, M Kurzius-Spencer, C Venker… - Respiratory …, 2008 - Elsevier
RATIONALE: Most patients who develop persistent airflow limitation do so either as a
manifestation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that is largely related to smoking or …

Evaluating intense rehabilitative therapies with and without acupuncture for children with cerebral palsy: a randomized controlled trial

B Duncan, K Shen, LP Zou, TL Han, ZL Lu… - Archives of Physical …, 2012 - Elsevier
Duncan B, Shen K, Zou LP, Han TL, Lu ZL, Zheng H, Walsh M, Venker C, Su Y, Schnyer R,
Caspi O. Evaluating intense rehabilitative therapies with and without acupuncture for …

[HTML][HTML] The relation of circulating YKL-40 to levels and decline of lung function in adult life

S Guerra, M Halonen, DL Sherrill, C Venker… - Respiratory …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background YKL-40 is a chitinase-like protein that, in cross-sectional clinical studies, has
been associated with severe asthma and COPD in smokers. Aim To determine the …

Normative psychomotor vigilance task performance in children ages 6 to 11—the Tucson Children's Assessment of Sleep Apnea (TuCASA)

CC Venker, JL Goodwin, DJ Roe, KL Kaemingk… - Sleep and …, 2007 - Springer
Although the psychomotor vigilance task (PVT) is commonly used in sleep and other
research settings, normative data for PVT performance in children have not been published …

Circulating biomarkers of airflow limitation across the life span

J Zhai, N Voraphani, M Imboden, D Keidel, C Liu… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Airflow limitation is a hallmark of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which
can develop through different lung function trajectories across the life span. There is a need …

[BOOK][B] Psychomotor vigilance task performance in children ages 6–11: Results from the Tucson Children's Assessment of Sleep Apnea

CC Venker - 2006 - search.proquest.com
Although the psychomotor vigilance task (PVT) is commonly used in adult sleep research,
normative data for PVT performance in children have not been published and performance …

Comparison of the Beck Depression Inventory and the Geriatric Depression Scale in an elderly cardiac population

C Venker, H Hiscox, SF Wung - Symposium conducted at Improving …, 2006 - stti.confex.com
Methods: This sub-analysis included 740 subjects with suspected myocardial infarction
enrolled in a prospective study. Those subjects that did not complete the BDI (version I) and …

Respiratory health effects of childhood exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in children followed to adulthood

J Pugmire, D Sherrill, C Venker… - … HEALTH EFFECTS OF …, 2012 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: A significant proportion of children are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke
(ETS) throughout the world. The primary source is parental smoking. It is unknown to what …