Publications by authors named "F J Cunningham"
Background: New respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines have been approved in the USA for the prevention of RSV-associated lower respiratory tract disease in adults aged 60 years and older. Information on the real-world effectiveness of these vaccines is needed.
Methods: We used electronic health records in the Veterans Health Administration to emulate a target trial comparing a single dose of a recombinant stabilised prefusion F protein RSV vaccine versus no vaccination among veterans aged 60 years and older.
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are desirable nanoparticles for sensing biological analytes due to their photostability and intrinsic near-infrared fluorescence. Previous strategies for generating SWCNT nanosensors have leveraged nonspecific adsorption of sensing modalities to the hydrophobic SWCNT surface that often require engineering new molecular recognition elements. An attractive alternate strategy is to leverage pre-existing molecular recognition of proteins for analyte specificity, yet attaching proteins to SWCNT for nanosensor generation remains challenging.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRationale: Controlled trials have demonstrated successful weight loss associated with certain weight management medications (WMMs). However, there are limited real-world data on prescribing patterns and efficacy and safety profiles of WMMs in Veterans Affairs (VA) patients.
Objective: To evaluate: utilization patterns of WMMs liraglutide, naltrexone/bupropion, orlistat, phentermine, phentermine/topiramate, and semaglutide; weight loss at three, six, twelve, and more than 12 months; safety; and treatment barriers.
Purpose: An advisory panel of experts was convened by the ASHP Foundation as a part of its Medication-Use Evaluation Resources initiative to provide commentary on an approach to antibiotic stewardship in the treatment of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs), with a focus on oral antibiotics in the emergency department (ED) setting for patients who will be treated as outpatients. Considerations include a need to update existing guidelines to reflect new antibiotics and susceptibility patterns, patient-specific criteria impacting antibiotic selection, and logistics unique to the ED setting.
Summary: While national guidelines serve as the gold standard on which to base SSTI treatment decisions, our advisory panel stressed that institutional guidelines must be regularly updated and grounded in local antimicrobial resistance patterns, patient-specific factors, and logistical considerations.