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Michael R. Tuley
Researcher at Veterans Health Administration
Publications - 25
Citations - 3104
Michael R. Tuley is an academic researcher from Veterans Health Administration. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hearing loss & Quality of life. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 25 publications receiving 2998 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael R. Tuley include Murphy Oil & University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
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Quality-of-life changes and hearing impairment. A randomized trial.
Cynthia D. Mulrow,Christine Aguilar,James E. Endicott,Michael R. Tuley,Ramon Velez,Walter S. Charlip,Mary C. Rhodes,Judith A. Hill,Louis A. DeNino +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, hearing loss is associated with important adverse effects on the quality of life of elderly persons, effects which are reversible with hearing aids, and the authors evaluated whether hearing aids improve the quality-of-life of elderly people with hearing loss.
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The J-curve phenomenon and the treatment of hypertension. Is there a point beyond which pressure reduction is dangerous?
TL;DR: It is concluded that low treated diastolic blood pressure levels, ie, below 85 mm Hg, are associated with increased risk of cardiac events, and low treated blood pressure reduction in hypertensive subjects is no longer beneficial and possibly even deleterious.
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Association between hearing impairment and the quality of life of elderly individuals
Cynthia D. Mulrow,Christine Aguilar,James E. Endicott,Ramon Velez,Michael R. Tuley,Walter S. Charlip,Judith A. Hill +6 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that hearing impairment is associated with important adverse effects on the quality of life of elderly individuals, and that these effects are perceived as severe handicaps even by individuals with only mild to moderate degrees of hearing loss.
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Postoperative Complications After Thoracic and Major Abdominal Surgery in Patients With and Without Obstructive Lung Disease
TL;DR: Clinical variables appear better than preoperative spirometry in predicting postoperative cardiopulmonary complications, and increased age, higher American Society of Anesthesiologists class, an abnormal chest radiograph, and perioperative bronchodilator administration were associated with higher cardiac or serious pulmonary complication rates.
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Operative risk in patients with severe obstructive pulmonary disease.
Kurt Kroenke,Kurt Kroenke,Kurt Kroenke,Valerie A. Lawrence,Valerie A. Lawrence,John F. Theroux,Michael R. Tuley +6 more
TL;DR: Although the risk of coronary artery bypass grafting deserves further study, noncardiac surgery carries an acceptable operative risk in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.