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Lou Lukas

Director Palliative Care, Veterans Affairs, NWI
Verified email at va.gov
Cited by 234

Hospital outcomes for a home-based palliative medicine consulting service

L Lukas, C Foltz, H Paxton - Journal of palliative medicine, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Background: There is a growing need for palliative care services located outside of hospitals.
Objective: This study's objective was to evaluate a home-based, nonhospice, palliative …

[PDF][PDF] An ounce of prevention? Evaluation of the'Put Prevention into Practice'program

…, JD Medder, JL Susman, L Lukas… - Journal of Family …, 1996 - cdn.mdedge.com
BACKGROUND. The'‘Put Prevention into Practice”(PPIP) program was designed to enhance
the capacity of health care providers to deliver clinical preventive services. This study was …

Delivering specialized palliative care in the community: A new role for nurse practitioners

…, N Gratz, C Davidson, L Lukas… - Advances in Nursing …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
The rising population of older Americans with advanced illness challenges current care
delivery models. We use the metaphor of advanced illness as a difficult journey and propose a …

The Phenomenon of Collaboration: A Phenomenologic Study of Collaboration between Family Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology Departments at an Academic …

DR Brown, CD Brewster, M Karides, LA Lukas - Qualitative Report, 2011 - ERIC
Collaboration is essential to manage complex real world problems. We used phenomenologic
methods to elaborate a description of collaboration between two departments at an …

Management of patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis during the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic: results of an international meeting

…, JO Lindsay, EV Loftus, E Louis, M Lukas… - …, 2020 - gastrojournal.org
The 2020 annual meeting for IOIBD was scheduled to occur in March, but was cancelled
owing to the emergence of COVID-19. Given how this disease might affect patients with IBD …

[HTML][HTML] Infliximab reduces endoscopic, but not clinical, recurrence of Crohn's disease after ileocolonic resection

…, M Chevrier, S Plevy, J Popp, FJ Cornillie, M Lukas… - Gastroenterology, 2016 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Most patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) eventually require an intestinal
resection. However, CD frequently recurs after resection. We performed a randomized trial …

Treat to target versus standard of care for patients with Crohn's disease treated with ustekinumab (STARDUST): an open-label, multicentre, randomised phase 3b trial

…, JP Gisbert, AG Casbas, E Louis… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background A treat-to-target strategy, in which strictly defined treatment targets facilitate
decision making in clinical practice, is advocated as an optimised management approach for …

Lifestyle, behaviour, and environmental modification for the management of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases: an International Organization for Study of …

…, J Lindsay, E Loftus, E Louis, M Lukas… - The lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Environmental and lifestyle factors play an important role in the natural history of Crohn's
disease and ulcerative colitis. A group of international experts from the International …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of relapse after anti–tumor necrosis factor cessation in Crohn's disease: individual participant data meta-analysis of 1317 patients from 14 studies

…, T Molnár, E Leo, S Bots, R Downey, M Lukas… - Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Tools for stratification of relapse risk of Crohn’s disease (CD) after anti–tumor
necrosis factor (TNF) therapy cessation are needed. We aimed to validate a previously …

Abstract C001: A pilot study of palliadelic treatment with psilocybin to reduce psychological distress and improve quality of life in patients with advanced pancreatic …

KA Klute, L Lukas, S Hwang, Y Gwon, M Krishnan… - Cancer Research, 2024 - AACR
Background: Psychological distress is a common reaction to a cancer diagnosis and its
treatment. Distress impacts quality of life, adherence to treatment, decision making and survival. …