Iowa City VA Medical Center

Recent papers from Iowa City VA Medical Center

1. NSAID initiation and risk for gastrointestinal bleeding in patients receiving GLP-1 receptor agonists: A retrospective cohort studyAmerican Journal of Health-System Pharmacy · 2026
2. Human Pegivirus Type 1 Coinfections: Epidemiology, Heterogeneity and Clinical ImplicationsJournal of General Virology · 2026
3. Elevated Intraocular Pressure Facilitates T-Cell–Mediated Retinal Ganglion Cell LossInvestigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science · 2026
4. ACCESS2 study: the potential for autonomous AI to mitigate disparities in diabetic retinopathy screening in youthNature Communications · 2026
5. Hospital variation in antibiotic utilization intensity across discharge diagnostic tiersInfection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 2026
6. Novel antibiotic stewardship metrics and the quality of antibiotic prescribing for lower respiratory and urinary tract infection across 24 VA hospitalsInfection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 2026
7. Low-Dose Oral Minoxidil Use for Pediatric Hair DisordersJAMA Dermatology · 2026
8. Obesity-Associated Inflammatory Reprogramming Impairs a Granulomatous Response to Leishmania infantumAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2026
9. Five-year cost-effectiveness of AI for adult diabetic eye exams—a health system perspectivenpj Digital Medicine · 2026
10. Development of risk-standardized metrics for benchmarking hospitals on their inpatient antibiotic useInfection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 2026
11. Neuroretinal Layer Thinning on OCT Imaging and Hemoglobin A 1 c in Youth With Type 1 DiabetesJAMA Ophthalmology · 2026
12. Intrinsic pH chemosensitivity of acutely dissociated medullary serotonergic and retrotrapezoid neuronesThe Journal of Physiology · 2026
13. Genetic Evaluation Practices in Living Kidney Donor CandidatesKidney International Reports · 2026
14. Impact of the 2024 Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Kidney Donor Profile Index Rescoring on Donor Kidney Utilization and Allocation out of Sequence: A one‐Year AnalysisClinical Transplantation · 2026
15. α/β-Hydrolase Domain Containing 5 Supports Glucose-Stimulated Lipolysis and Insulin Secretion in Pancreatic β-CellsDiabetes · 2026
16. B44-01 Using Lung Cancer Screening to Reduce Underdiagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseAmerican Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2026
17. Antibiotic stewardship practices at community living centers for veteransAntimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology · 2026
18. Variable Loop Circular Catheter Pulsed Field Ablation in Real-World Practice: Low Complication Rates Across Patient and Procedural Characteristics in the REAL AF RegistryHeart Rhythm · 2026
19. Pre-existing influenza antibodies, younger age, and increased CD4 TE+EM predict influenza vaccination responses in transplant recipientsHuman Immunology · 2026
20. CD4⁺ T-Cell-Intrinsic IL-6 Is Critical for Th17 Differentiation and Dampened Responsiveness to CD8⁺ T Cell-Mediated Suppression.2026