Professor, Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, San Antonio

Internal Medicine

Dr. Valerie A. Lawrence, MD

Valerie A. Lawrence, MD works in the field of Internal Medicine. She researched medicine at University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. Valerie Lawrence is a published physician. She published 58 publications, including: 'Pharmacokinetic interaction between finasteride and terazosin, but not finasteride and doxazosin.'

Publications

Posttransplantation Outcomes in Veterans With Serious Mental Illness.
Mortality after cardiac or vascular operations by preexisting serious mental illness status in the Veterans Health Administration.
Definition, incidence, risk factors, and prevention of paralytic ileus following radical cystectomy: a systematic review.
How often should atenolol be dosed for perioperative Ã-blockade?
Ethnicity and Race Variations in Receipt of Surgery among Veterans with and without Depression.
Prediabetes assessment and follow-up in older veterans with schizophrenia.
Variations in pharmacology of beta-blockers may contribute to heterogeneous results in trials of perioperative beta-blockade.
Postoperative complications in the seriously mentally ill: a systematic review of the literature.
HIV infection increases the risk of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.
Functional independence after major abdominal surgery in the elderly.
Higher Hb level is associated with better early functional recovery after hip fracture repair.
The relation between postoperative cardiac and noncardiac complications: pathophysiological dominoes or doubles tennis?
Preoperative evaluation for postoperative pulmonary complications.
Milk thistle for the treatment of liver disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Medical complications and outcomes after hip fracture repair.
Randomized blinded trial comparing the cardiopulmonary effects of NOTES with standard laparoscopy in a porcine survival model.
Comparative safety of high-osmolality and low-osmolality radiographic contrast agents. Report of a multidisciplinary working group.
Making medical research clinically friendly: a communication-based conceptual framework.
Cancer and resuscitation. Does the diagnosis affect the decision?
Acute low back pain and economics of therapy: the iterative loop approach.
A cross-cultural consumer-based decision aid for screening mammography.
The best evidence from ACP Journal Club for general internal medicine, 1999.
Pharmacokinetic interaction between finasteride and terazosin, but not finasteride and doxazosin.
Treatment of depression--newer pharmacotherapies.
Impact of a laryngectomy on quality of life: perspective of the patient versus that of the health care provider.
Evidence-based vs emotion-based medical decision-making: routine preoperative HIV testing vs universal precautions.
Preoperative HIV testing: is it less expensive than universal precautions?
Anesthesia.
The impact of new clinical guidelines on the North American blood economy.
Predicting postoperative pulmonary complications: the sleeping giant stirs.
Garlic: effects on cardiovascular risks and disease, protective effects against cancer, and clinical adverse effects.
The unproven utility of the preoperative urinalysis: economic evaluation.
Where does it hurt? Stability of recordings of pain location using the McGill Pain Map.
A nurse-facilitator intervention improved the use of beta-blockers in outpatients with stable congestive heart failure.
Perioperative blood transfusion and postoperative mortality.
Organizational interventions employing principles of complexity science have improved outcomes for patients with Type II diabetes.
Preoperative spirometry and laparotomy: blowing away dollars.
Postoperative pulmonary infections.
Operative risk in patients with severe obstructive pulmonary disease.
The unproven utility of preoperative urinalysis. Clinical use.
Postoperative complications after thoracic and major abdominal surgery in patients with and without obstructive lung disease.
The importance of organizational characteristics for improving outcomes in patients with chronic disease: a systematic review of congestive heart failure.
Milk thistle: effects on liver disease and cirrhosis and clinical adverse effects.
The relationship between disease and function and perceived health in very frail elders.
Appendicitis: higher risk in Mexican Americans?
How you look determines what you find: severity of illness and variation in blood transfusion for hip fracture.
Preoperative spirometry before abdominal operations. A critical appraisal of its predictive value.
Garlic shows promise for improving some cardiovascular risk factors.
Risk of pulmonary complications after elective abdominal surgery.
Incidence and hospital stay for cardiac and pulmonary complications after abdominal surgery.
The effect of anesthetic technique on postoperative outcomes in hip fracture repair.
Patterns of primary care and mortality among patients with schizophrenia or diabetes: a cluster analysis approach to the retrospective study of healthcare utilization.
Strategies to reduce postoperative pulmonary complications after noncardiothoracic surgery: systematic review for the American College of Physicians.
Preoperative pulmonary risk stratification for noncardiothoracic surgery: systematic review for the American College of Physicians.
Risk assessment for and strategies to reduce perioperative pulmonary complications for patients undergoing noncardiothoracic surgery: a guideline from the American Col...
Cancer rates, medical comorbidities, and treatment modalities in the oldest patients.
Transition from military to VHA care: psychiatric health services for Iraq/Afghanistan combat-wounded.

Schools

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Doctors Specialties

Internal Medicine

Accepted Insurances

Education

University of Texas Health Science Center
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

Hospital

South Texas Veterans Health Care System

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