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Overview

Kenneth B. Schechtman is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their primary area of research is medicine, with a focus on several subfields including surgery, epidemiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, general health professions, and public health, environmental, and occupational health.

Key topics covered in their work include:

  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Obesity, physical activity, diet
  • Transplantation: methods and outcomes
  • Renal transplantation outcomes and treatments
  • Blood pressure and hypertension studies
  • Global public health policies and epidemiology
  • Neonatal respiratory health research

Kenneth B. Schechtman has published articles in several frequent venues such as the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Contemporary Clinical Trials, Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and the New England Journal of Medicine.

Recent research papers include:

  • Effects of Diet versus Gastric Bypass on Metabolic Function in Diabetes, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Family-Based Behavioral Treatment for Childhood Obesity Implemented in Pediatric Primary Care, 2023, JAMA
  • A pilot randomized controlled trial of de novo belatacept-based immunosuppression following anti-thymocyte globulin induction in lung transplantation, 2022, American Journal of Transplantation
  • Azithromycin to Prevent Recurrent Wheeze Following Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis, 2022, NEJM Evidence
  • Implementing family-based behavioral treatment in the pediatric primary care setting: Design of the PLAN study, 2021, Contemporary Clinical Trials

Their frequent coauthors include Charles W. Goss, Mario Castro, Leonard B. Bacharier, Dominic N. Reeds, and Peter Doré.

Best Publications

  • The Efficacy of Surgical Modifications of the Upper Airway in Adults With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

    Aaron E. Sher;Kenneth B. Schechtman;Jay F. Piccirillo

  • Effects of aging, sex, and physical training on cardiovascular responses to exercise.

    Takeshi Ogawa;Robert J. Spina;Wade Martin;Wendy M. Kohrt

  • Effect of Obesity and Insulin Resistance on Myocardial Substrate Metabolism and Efficiency in Young Women

    Linda R. Peterson;Pilar Herrero;Kenneth B. Schechtman;Susan B. Racette

  • Effects of exercise training on frailty in community-dwelling older adults: results of a randomized, controlled trial.

    Ellen F. Binder;Kenneth B. Schechtman;Ali A. Ehsani;Karen Steger-May

  • Diltiazem and reinfarction in patients with non-Q-wave myocardial infarction. Results of a double-blind, randomized, multicenter trial.

    R S Gibson;W E Boden;P Theroux;H D Strauss

  • Prevalence of ventricular diastolic dysfunction in asymptomatic, normotensive patients with diabetes mellitus.

    John K Boyer;Srihari Thanigaraj;Kenneth B Schechtman;Julio E Pérez

  • Risk Factors for Early or Delayed Stroke After Cardiac Surgery

    Charles W. Hogue;Suzan F. Murphy;Kenneth B. Schechtman;Victor G. Dávila-Román

  • Balloon kyphoplasty versus non-surgical fracture management for treatment of painful vertebral body compression fractures in patients with cancer: a multicentre, randomised controlled trial

    James Berenson;Robert Pflugmacher;Peter Jarzem;Jeffrey Zonder

  • Alterations in left ventricular structure and function in young healthy obese women: assessment by echocardiography and tissue Doppler imaging.

    Linda R Peterson;Alan D Waggoner;Kenneth B Schechtman;Timothy Meyer

  • 1,25(OH)2 Vitamin D Inhibits Foam Cell Formation and Suppresses Macrophage Cholesterol Uptake in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

    Jisu Oh;Sherry Weng;Shaili K. Felton;Sweety Bhandare

  • Development of the common data base for the FICSIT trials

    D. M. Buchner;M. C. Hornbrook;N. G. Kutner;M. E. Tinetti

  • Improvements in glucose tolerance and insulin action induced by increasing energy expenditure or decreasing energy intake: a randomized controlled trial.

    Edward P Weiss;Susan B Racette;Dennis T Villareal;Luigi Fontana

  • Comparable detection of acute myocardial infarction by creatine kinase MB isoenzyme and cardiac troponin I.

    Jesse E. Adams;Kenneth B. Schechtman;Yvonne Landt;Jack H. Ladenson

  • Effects of Extended Outpatient Rehabilitation After Hip Fracture: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Ellen F. Binder;Marybeth Brown;David R. Sinacore;Karen Steger-May

  • Myocardial injury in critically ill patients. A frequently unrecognized complication.

    Thomas M. Guest;Anand V. Ramanathan;Peter G. Tuteur;Kenneth B. Schechtman

  • The influence of location and extent of myocardial infarction on long-term ventricular dysrhythmia and mortality.

    E M Geltman;A A Ehsani;M K Campbell;K Schechtman

  • Resveratrol Supplementation Does Not Improve Metabolic Function in Nonobese Women with Normal Glucose Tolerance

    Jun Yoshino;Caterina Conte;Caterina Conte;Luigi Fontana;Bettina Mittendorfer

  • Respiratory Viral Infections Are a Distinct Risk for Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome and Death

    Anthony P. Khalifah;Ramsey R. Hachem;Murali M. Chakinala;Kenneth B. Schechtman

  • Effects of Progressive Resistance Training on Body Composition in Frail Older Adults: Results of a Randomized, Controlled Trial

    Ellen F. Binder;Kevin E. Yarasheski;Karen Steger-May;David R. Sinacore

  • Bone mineral density response to caloric restriction-induced weight loss or exercise-induced weight loss: a randomized controlled trial.

    Dennis T. Villareal;Luigi Fontana;Edward P. Weiss;Susan B. Racette

Frequent Co-Authors

Mario Castro
Mario Castro Washington University in St. Louis
Samuel Klein
Samuel Klein Washington University in St. Louis
Brian E. Saelens
Brian E. Saelens Seattle Children's Hospital
Leonard H. Epstein
Leonard H. Epstein University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Denise E. Wilfley
Denise E. Wilfley Washington University in St. Louis
Ali A. Ehsani
Ali A. Ehsani Washington University in St. Louis
Leonard B. Bacharier
Leonard B. Bacharier Vanderbilt University Medical Center
John O. Holloszy
John O. Holloszy Washington University in St. Louis
David C. Naftel
David C. Naftel University of Alabama at Birmingham
James K. Kirklin
James K. Kirklin University of Alabama at Birmingham

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