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Marilyn G. Foreman

Professor of Medicine, PCCM Fellowship Director, Morehouse School of Medicine
Verified email at msm.edu
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Prevention of acute exacerbations of COPD: American college of chest physicians and Canadian thoracic society guideline

GJ Criner, J Bourbeau, RL Diekemper, DR Ouellette… - Chest, 2015 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: COPD is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States as
well as throughout the rest of the world. An exacerbation of COPD (periodic escalations of …

Clinical epidemiology of COPD: insights from 10 years of the COPDGene study

DJ Maselli, SP Bhatt, A Anzueto, RP Bowler… - Chest, 2019 - Elsevier
The Genetic Epidemiology of COPD (COPDGene) study is a noninterventional, multicenter,
longitudinal analysis of> 10,000 subjects, including smokers with a≥ 10 pack-year history …

Sex and race factors in early-onset COPD

F Kamil, I Pinzon, MG Foreman - Current opinion in pulmonary …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Sex and race factors in early-onset COPD : Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine Sex and
race factors in early-onset COPD : Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine Log in or Register …

[HTML][HTML] Assembly of a pan-genome from deep sequencing of 910 humans of African descent

RM Sherman, J Forman, V Antonescu, D Puiu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
We used a deeply sequenced dataset of 910 individuals, all of African descent, to construct
a set of DNA sequences that is present in these individuals but missing from the reference …

Cirrhosis as a risk factor for sepsis and death: analysis of the National Hospital Discharge Survey

MG Foreman, DM Mannino, M Moss - Chest, 2003 - Elsevier
Study objectives: The unfavorable influence of cirrhosis on survival in the critically ill has
been supported by several single-center reports. Variations in case mix, the technological …

Early-onset chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is associated with female sex, maternal factors, and African American race in the COPDGene Study

MG Foreman, L Zhang, J Murphy… - American journal of …, 2011 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: The characterization of young adults who develop late-onset diseases may
augment the detection of novel genes and promote new pathogenic insights. Methods: We …

[HTML][HTML] COPDGene® 2019: redefining the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

KE Lowe, EA Regan, A Anzueto, E Austin… - … Diseases: Journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains a major cause of
morbidity and mortality. Present-day diagnostic criteria are largely based solely on …

Blood eosinophil count thresholds and exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

JH Yun, A Lamb, R Chase, D Singh, MM Parker… - Journal of allergy and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Eosinophilic airway inflammation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) is associated with exacerbations and responsivity to steroids, suggesting …

Mupirocin Prophylaxis to Prevent Staphylococcus aureus Infection in Patients Undergoing Dialysis: A Meta-analysis

E Tacconelli, Y Carmeli, A Aizer… - Clinical infectious …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
A systematic review of the English-language literature was performed to determine the
overall benefit of mupirocin therapy in reducing the rate of Staphylococcus aureus infection …

Gender differences in the severity of CT emphysema in COPD

MT Dransfield, GR Washko, MG Foreman, RSJ Estepar… - Chest, 2007 - Elsevier
Background The hallmark of COPD is airflow obstruction, but this can develop on the basis
of airway disease, emphysema, or both. There are gender differences in the natural history …