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Goldsmith ES, Krebs EE, Ramirez MR, MacLehose RF. Opioid-related Mortality in United States Death Certificate Data: A Quantitative Bias Analysis With Expert Elicitation of Bias Parameters. Epidemiology. 2023 May 1;34(3):421-429. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001600. Epub 2023 Feb 3. PubMed PMID: 36735892.
Zaman T, Bravata DM, Byers AL, Krebs EE, Leonard SJ, Sandbrink F, Barker W, Keyhani S. A national population-based study of cannabis use and correlates among U.S. veterans prescribed opioids in primary care. BMC Psychiatry. 2023 Mar 17;23(1):177. doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-04648-5. PubMed PMID: 36927526; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10021973.
Krebs EE, Becker WC, Nelson D, DeRonne BM, Nugent S, Jensen AC, Amundson EC, Manuel JK, Borsari B, Kats AM, Seal KH. Design, methods, and recruitment outcomes of the Veterans' Pain Care Organizational Improvement Comparative Effectiveness (VOICE) study. Contemp Clin Trials. 2023 Jan;124:107001. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2022.107001. Epub 2022 Nov 13. PubMed PMID: 36384218.
Krebs EE, Goldsmith ES. Conservative Therapy for Acute and Subacute Back or Neck Pain. JAMA. 2022 Dec 20;328(23):2307-2309. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.21833. PubMed PMID: 36538324.
Keyhani S, Leonard S, Byers AL, Zaman T, Krebs E, Austin PC, Moss-Vazquez T, Austin C, Sandbrink F, Bravata DM. Association of a Positive Drug Screening for Cannabis With Mortality and Hospital Visits Among Veterans Affairs Enrollees Prescribed Opioids. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Dec 1;5(12):e2247201. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.47201. PubMed PMID: 36525274; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9856228.
Morasco BJ, Adams MH, Hooker ER, Maloy PE, Krebs EE, Lovejoy TI, Saha S, Dobscha SK. A Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial to Decrease Prescription Opioid Misuse: Improving the Safety of Opioid Therapy (ISOT). J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Nov;37(15):3805-3813. doi: 10.1007/s11606-022-07476-7. Epub 2022 Mar 16. PubMed PMID: 35296983; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9640488.
Larochelle MR, Cruz R, Kosakowski S, Gourlay DL, Alford DP, Xuan Z, Krebs EE, Yan S, Lasser KE, Samet JH, Liebschutz JM. Do Urine Drug Tests Reveal Substance Misuse Among Patients Prescribed Opioids for Chronic Pain?. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Aug;37(10):2365-2372. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07095-8. Epub 2021 Aug 17. PubMed PMID: 34405344; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9360386.
Danan ER, Brunner J, Bergman A, Spoont M, Chanfreau C, Canelo I, Krebs EE, Yano EM. The Relationship Between Sexual Assault History and Cervical Cancer Screening Completion Among Women Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2022 Jul;31(7):1040-1047. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2021.0237. Epub 2022 Jan 18. PubMed PMID: 35049381; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9289070.
Burgess DJ, Krebs EE, Roth CS. Taking the Bait from the Prescription Opioid Industry: a Mea Culpa. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Jun;37(8):2072-2073. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07381-5. Epub 2022 Jan 19. PubMed PMID: 35048291; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9198178.
Krebs EE. Paracetamol is acetaminophen, not an NSAID. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Jun;56:347. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.09.027. Epub 2021 Sep 21. PubMed PMID: 34598814.
Connell NB, Prathivadi P, Lorenz KA, Zupanc SN, Singer SJ, Krebs EE, Yano EM, Wong HN, Giannitrapani KF. Teaming in Interdisciplinary Chronic Pain Management Interventions in Primary Care: a Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 May;37(6):1501-1512. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07255-w. Epub 2022 Mar 3. PubMed PMID: 35239110; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9086072.
Hayes CJ, Krebs EE, Li C, Brown J, Hudson T, Martin BC. Association between discontinuing chronic opioid therapy and newly diagnosed substance use disorders, accidents, self-inflicted injuries and drug overdoses within the prescribers' health care system: a retrospective cohort study. Addiction. 2022 Apr;117(4):946-968. doi: 10.1111/add.15689. Epub 2021 Oct 25. PubMed PMID: 34514677; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8904270.
Humphreys K, Shover CL, Andrews CM, Bohnert ASB, Brandeau ML, Caulkins JP, Chen JH, Cuéllar MF, Hurd YL, Juurlink DN, Koh HK, Krebs EE, Lembke A, Mackey SC, Larrimore Ouellette L, Suffoletto B, Timko C. Responding to the opioid crisis in North America and beyond: recommendations of the Stanford-Lancet Commission. Lancet. 2022 Feb 5;399(10324):555-604. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02252-2. Epub 2022 Feb 2. Review. PubMed PMID: 35122753; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9261968.
Hayes CJ, Krebs EE, Brown J, Li C, Hudson T, Martin BC. Impact of transitioning from long-term to intermittent opioid therapy on the development of opioid-related adverse outcomes: A retrospective cohort study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 Feb 1;231:109236. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109236. Epub 2021 Dec 24. PubMed PMID: 34974270; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10041683.
Bushey MA, Wu J, Outcalt SD, Krebs EE, Ang D, Kline M, Yu Z, Bair MJ. Opioid Use as a Predictor of Pain Outcomes in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans with Chronic Pain: Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Pain Med. 2021 Dec 11;22(12):2964-2970. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnab237. PubMed PMID: 34411252.
Hayes CJ, Krebs EE, Brown J, Li C, Hudson T, Martin BC. Association Between Pain Intensity and Discontinuing Opioid Therapy or Transitioning to Intermittent Opioid Therapy After Initial Long-Term Opioid Therapy: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Pain. 2021 Dec;22(12):1709-1721. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2021.05.008. Epub 2021 Jun 27. PubMed PMID: 34186177; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10068896.
Polusny MA, Hintz S, Mallen M, Thuras P, Krebs EE, Erbes CR, Arbisi PA. Pre-deployment personality traits predict prescription opioid receipt over 2-year post-deployment period in a longitudinal cohort of deployed National Guard soldiers. Addict Behav. 2021 Aug;119:106919. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106919. Epub 2021 Mar 22. PubMed PMID: 33845256; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9904077.
Kroenke K, Stump TE, Kean J, Krebs EE, Damush TM, Bair MJ, Monahan PO. Diagnostic operating characteristics of PROMIS scales in screening for depression. J Psychosom Res. 2021 Aug;147:110532. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2021.110532. Epub 2021 May 25. PubMed PMID: 34052655.
Bushey MA, Ang D, Wu J, Outcalt SD, Krebs EE, Yu Z, Bair MJ. Multifocal Pain as a Predictor of Pain Outcomes in Military Veterans with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Secondary Data Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Pain Med. 2021 Jul 25;22(7):1503-1510. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnaa409. PubMed PMID: 33594404.
DeRonne BM, Wong KR, Schultz E, Jones E, Krebs EE. Implementation of a pharmacist care manager model to expand availability of medications for opioid use disorder. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2021 Feb 8;78(4):354-359. doi: 10.1093/ajhp/zxaa405. PubMed PMID: 33326564.
Kroenke K, Stump TE, Chen CX, Kean J, Damush TM, Bair MJ, Krebs EE, Monahan PO. Responsiveness of PROMIS and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) Depression Scales in three clinical trials. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2021 Feb 4;19(1):41. doi: 10.1186/s12955-021-01674-3. PubMed PMID: 33541362; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7860196.
Seal KH, Becker WC, Murphy JL, Purcell N, Denneson LM, Morasco BJ, Martin AM, Reddy K, Iseghem TV, Krebs EE, Painter JM, Hagedorn H, Pyne JM, Hixon J, Maguen S, Neylan TC, Borsari B, DeRonne B, Gibson C, Matthias MS, Frank JW, Krishnaswamy A, Li Y, Bertenthal D, Chan A, Nunez A, McCamish N. Whole Health Options and Pain Education (wHOPE): A Pragmatic Trial Comparing Whole Health Team vs Primary Care Group Education to Promote Nonpharmacological Strategies to Improve Pain, Functioning, and Quality of Life in Veterans-Rationale, Methods, and Implementation. Pain Med. 2020 Dec 12;21(Suppl 2):S91-S99. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnaa366. PubMed PMID: 33313734; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7825011.
Long CR, Lisi AJ, Vining RD, Wallace RB, Salsbury SA, Shannon ZK, Halloran S, Minkalis AL, Corber L, Shekelle PG, Krebs EE, Abrams TE, Lurie JD, Goertz CM. Veteran Response to Dosage in Chiropractic Therapy (VERDICT): Study Protocol of a Pragmatic Randomized Trial for Chronic Low Back Pain. Pain Med. 2020 Dec 12;21(Suppl 2):S37-S44. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnaa289. PubMed PMID: 33313732; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7734654.
Frank JW, Carey E, Nolan C, Hale A, Nugent S, Krebs EE. Association Between Opioid Dose Reduction Against Patients' Wishes and Change in Pain Severity. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Dec;35(Suppl 3):910-917. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06294-z. Epub 2020 Nov 3. PubMed PMID: 33145690; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7728978.
Becker WC, Krebs EE, Edmond SN, Lin LA, Sullivan MD, Weiss RD, Gordon AJ. A Research Agenda for Advancing Strategies to Improve Opioid Safety: Findings from a VHA State of the Art Conference. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Dec;35(Suppl 3):978-982. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06260-9. Epub 2020 Nov 3. PubMed PMID: 33145681; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7728950.
Donaldson MT, Neumark-Sztainer D, Gaugler JE, Groessl EJ, Kehle-Forbes SM, Polusny MA, Krebs EE. Yoga Practice Among Veterans With and Without Chronic Pain: A Mixed Methods Study. Med Care. 2020 Sep;58 Suppl 2 9S(Suppl 2 9 Suppl):S133-S141. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001331. PubMed PMID: 32826783; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7444464.
Goldsmith ES, MacLehose RF, Jensen AC, Clothier B, Noorbaloochi S, Martinson BC, Donaldson MT, Krebs EE. Complementary, Integrative, and Nondrug Therapy Use for Pain Among US Military Veterans on Long-term Opioids. Med Care. 2020 Sep;58 Suppl 2 9S(Suppl 2 9 Suppl):S116-S124. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001333. PubMed PMID: 32826781; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7444474.
Hayes CJ, Krebs EE, Hudson T, Brown J, Li C, Martin BC. Impact of opioid dose escalation on the development of substance use disorders, accidents, self-inflicted injuries, opioid overdoses and alcohol and non-opioid drug-related overdoses: a retrospective cohort study. Addiction. 2020 Jun;115(6):1098-1112. doi: 10.1111/add.14940. Epub 2020 Jan 15. PubMed PMID: 31944486; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7263736.
Koffel E, Kats AM, Kroenke K, Bair MJ, Gravely A, DeRonne B, Donaldson MT, Goldsmith ES, Noorbaloochi S, Krebs EE. Sleep Disturbance Predicts Less Improvement in Pain Outcomes: Secondary Analysis of the SPACE Randomized Clinical Trial. Pain Med. 2020 Jun 1;21(6):1162-1167. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnz221. PubMed PMID: 31529104; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7069777.
Hayes CJ, Krebs EE, Hudson T, Brown J, Li C, Martin BC. Impact of opioid dose escalation on pain intensity: a retrospective cohort study. Pain. 2020 May;161(5):979-988. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001784. PubMed PMID: 31917775; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7510136.
Krebs EE, Clothier B, Nugent S, Jensen AC, Martinson BC, Goldsmith ES, Donaldson MT, Frank JW, Rutks I, Noorbaloochi S. The evaluating prescription opioid changes in veterans (EPOCH) study: Design, survey response, and baseline characteristics. PLoS One. 2020;15(4):e0230751. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230751. eCollection 2020. PubMed PMID: 32320421; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7176145.
Kroenke K, Stump TE, Chen CX, Kean J, Bair MJ, Damush TM, Krebs EE, Monahan PO. Minimally important differences and severity thresholds are estimated for the PROMIS depression scales from three randomized clinical trials. J Affect Disord. 2020 Apr 1;266:100-108. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.01.101. Epub 2020 Jan 23. PubMed PMID: 32056864; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7103541.
Bair MJ, Krebs EE. Fibromyalgia. Ann Intern Med. 2020 Mar 3;172(5):ITC33-ITC48. doi: 10.7326/AITC202003030. Review. PubMed PMID: 32120395.
Morasco BJ, Adams MH, Maloy PE, Hooker ER, Iacocca MO, Krebs EE, Carr TP, Lovejoy TI, Saha S, Dobscha SK. Research methods and baseline findings of the improving the safety of opioid therapy (ISOT) cluster-randomized trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2020 Mar;90:105957. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2020.105957. Epub 2020 Feb 13. PubMed PMID: 32061968.
Krebs EE. Evaluating Consequences of Opioid Prescribing Policies. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Mar;35(3):635-636. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05600-8. PubMed PMID: 31898117; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7080916.
Von Korff M, DeBar LL, Krebs EE, Kerns RD, Deyo RA, Keefe FJ. Graded chronic pain scale revised: mild, bothersome, and high-impact chronic pain. Pain. 2020 Mar;161(3):651-661. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001758. PubMed PMID: 31764390; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7097879.
Chen CL, Jeffery MM, Krebs EE, Thiels CA, Schumacher MA, Schwartz AJ, Thombley R, Finlayson E, Rodriguez-Monguio R, Ward D, Dudley RA. Long-Term Trends in Postoperative Opioid Prescribing, 1994 to 2014. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 2020 Jan;4(1). doi: 10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-19-00171. eCollection 2020 Jan. PubMed PMID: 32159068; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7028788.
Wang MC, Lozen AM, Laud PW, Nattinger AB, Krebs EE. Factors associated with chronic opioid use after cervical spine surgery for degenerative conditions. J Neurosurg Spine. 2019 Oct 11;:1-8. doi: 10.3171/2019.7.SPINE19563. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31604325.
Wyse JJ, Ganzini L, Dobscha SK, Krebs EE, Zamudio J, Morasco BJ. Clinical Strategies for the Treatment and Management of Patients Prescribed Long-term Opioid Therapy. Pain Med. 2019 Sep 1;20(9):1737-1744. doi: 10.1093/pm/pny211. PubMed PMID: 30388259.
Kroenke K, Krebs EE, Turk D, Von Korff M, Bair MJ, Allen KD, Sandbrink F, Cheville AL, DeBar L, Lorenz KA, Kerns RD. Core Outcome Measures for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Research: Recommendations from a Veterans Health Administration Work Group. Pain Med. 2019 Aug 1;20(8):1500-1508. doi: 10.1093/pm/pny279. PubMed PMID: 30615172.
Wyse JJ, Ganzini L, Dobscha SK, Krebs EE, Morasco BJ. Setting Expectations, Following Orders, Safety, and Standardization: Clinicians' Strategies to Guide Difficult Conversations About Opioid Prescribing. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Jul;34(7):1200-1206. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-04983-y. Epub 2019 Apr 22. PubMed PMID: 31011964; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6614300.
Danan ER, Ullman K, Klap RS, Yano EM, Krebs EE. Evidence Map: Reporting of Results by Sex or Gender in Randomized, Controlled Trials with Women Veteran Participants (2008 to 2018). Womens Health Issues. 2019 Jun 25;29 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S112-S120. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2019.04.011. PubMed PMID: 31253234; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8238232.
Chen CX, Kroenke K, Stump T, Kean J, Krebs EE, Bair MJ, Damush T, Monahan PO. Comparative Responsiveness of the PROMIS Pain Interference Short Forms With Legacy Pain Measures: Results From Three Randomized Clinical Trials. J Pain. 2019 Jun;20(6):664-675. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2018.11.010. Epub 2018 Dec 6. PubMed PMID: 30529442; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6551313.
Donaldson M. Resilient to Pain: A Model of How Yoga May Decrease Interference Among People Experiencing Chronic Pain. Explore (NY). 2019 May-Jun;15(3):230-238. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2018.11.002. Epub 2018 Nov 14. PubMed PMID: 30503690; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6517077.
Kroenke K, Alford DP, Argoff C, Canlas B, Covington E, Frank JW, Haake KJ, Hanling S, Hooten WM, Kertesz SG, Kravitz RL, Krebs EE, Stanos SP, Sullivan M. Challenges with Implementing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Opioid Guideline: A Consensus Panel Report. Pain Med. 2019 Apr 1;20(4):724-735. doi: 10.1093/pm/pny307. PubMed PMID: 30690556.
Morasco BJ, Krebs EE, Adams MH, Hyde S, Zamudio J, Dobscha SK. Clinician Response to Aberrant Urine Drug Test Results of Patients Prescribed Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain. Clin J Pain. 2019 Jan;35(1):1-6. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000652. PubMed PMID: 30222612; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6283692.
Donaldson MT, Polusny MA, MacLehose RF, Goldsmith ES, Hagel Campbell EM, Miron LR, Thuras PD, Krebs EE. Patterns of conventional and complementary non-pharmacological health practice use by US military veterans: a cross-sectional latent class analysis. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2018 Sep 5;18(1):246. doi: 10.1186/s12906-018-2313-7. PubMed PMID: 30185182; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6125945.
Matthias MS, Donaldson MT, Jensen AC, Krebs EE. "I Was a Little Surprised": Qualitative Insights From Patients Enrolled in a 12-Month Trial Comparing Opioids With Nonopioid Medications for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain. J Pain. 2018 Sep;19(9):1082-1090. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2018.04.008. Epub 2018 Apr 30. PubMed PMID: 29715520; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6349028.
Krebs EE, Gravely A, Noorbaloochi S. Opioids vs Nonopioids for Chronic Back, Hip, or Knee Pain-Reply. JAMA. 2018 Aug 7;320(5):508-509. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.6953. PubMed PMID: 30088006.
Kerns RD, Krebs EE, Atkins D. Making Integrated Multimodal Pain Care a Reality: A Path Forward. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 May;33(Suppl 1):1-3. doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4361-6. PubMed PMID: 29633131; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5902350.
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