Tobacco use in 3 billion individuals from 16 countries: an analysis of nationally representative cross-sectional household surveys

GA Giovino, SA Mirza, JM Samet, PC Gupta, MJ Jarvis… - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background Despite the high global burden of diseases caused by tobacco, valid and
comparable prevalence data for patterns of adult tobacco use and factors influencing use are …

Overtreating chronic back pain: time to back off?

RA Deyo, SK Mirza, JA Turner… - The Journal of the …, 2009 - Am Board Family Med
… Deyo and Mirza has benefited from a gift to the University of Washington from Synthes, a
surgical device manufacturer. They have not received any personal financial support from this …

Variability of mechanical properties of reinforcing bars

SA Mirza, JG MacGregor - Journal of the Structural Division, 1979 - ascelibrary.org
The results of approximately 4000 published and unpublished tensile tests on deformed
reinforcing bars are studied to obtain statistical relationships for various mechanical properties. …

Expenditures and health status among adults with back and neck problems

BI Martin, RA Deyo, SK Mirza, JA Turner, BA Comstock… - Jama, 2008 - jamanetwork.com
… Dr Deyo's and Dr Mirza's spine research has benefitted from a gift to the University of
Washington's Department of Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine from Synthes Inc, but this study …

Trends, major medical complications, and charges associated with surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis in older adults

RA Deyo, SK Mirza, BI Martin, W Kreuter, DC Goodman… - Jama, 2010 - jamanetwork.com
… ; Drs Mirza and Goodman had full access to the data for all years of the study. Drs Deyo,
Mirza, and Goodman take responsibility for the integrity of the data; Drs Deyo and Mirza and …

[HTML][HTML] Awake prone positioning for COVID-19 acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure: a randomised, controlled, multinational, open-label meta-trial

…, I Pavlov, B McNicholas, O Roca, S Mirza… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Awake prone positioning has been reported to improve oxygenation for patients
with COVID-19 in retrospective and observational studies, but whether it improves patient-…

Back pain prevalence and visit rates: estimates from US national surveys, 2002

RA Deyo, SK Mirza, BI Martin - Spine, 2006 - journals.lww.com
… Thus, respondents with less than a high school diploma had a prevalence of almost 32%
versus approximately 22% among those with a bachelor’s degree or higher. Similarly, the …

United States trends in lumbar fusion surgery for degenerative conditions

RA Deyo, DT Gray, W Kreuter, S Mirza, BI Martin - Spine, 2005 - journals.lww.com
… The device(s)/drug(s) is/are FDA-approved or approved by corresponding national agency
… Deyo RA, Nachemson A, Mirza S. Spinal fusion surgery: the case for restraint. N Engl J Med …

Incidence of Bloodstream Infections Due to Candida Species and In Vitro Susceptibilities of Isolates Collected from 1998 to 2000 in a Population-Based Active …

…, BA Arthington-Skaggs, SA Mirza… - Journal of clinical …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
… When our two surveillance studies are compared, the MIC 50 s of fluconazole and itraconazole
for C. albicans have remained almost unchanged between 1992 to 1993 and 1998 to …

[HTML][HTML] Neutrophil lymphocyte ratio as a measure of systemic inflammation in prevalent chronic diseases in Asian population

…, K Shafique, SS Mirza, Z Ayoob, P Vart, S Rao - International archives of …, 2012 - Springer
… We used Sysmex Pouch counter (An automated machine by S Ejaz uddin & co) for complete
blood count. For complete blood count we took 2 ml of blood in a purple top vaccutainer (…