Physician
Internal Medicine
Dr. Richard Ruffin, MD
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Richard Ruffin practices Internal Medicine. He went to medical school at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Doctor Richard Ruffin, MD is also a published doctor. He has 100 publication published. The most recent publication is: Smoking habits and cessation programme in an Australian teaching hospital. Doctor Richard Ruffin, MD accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Asthma management in eastern Australia, 1990 and 1993.
- Asthma symptoms associated with depression and lower quality of life: a population survey.
- Smoking-related beliefs and behaviour among adults with asthma in a representative population sample.
- Home care by outreach nursing for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- New insights into the role of zinc in the respiratory epithelium.
- Difficulties identifying and targeting COPD and population-attributable risk of smoking for COPD: a population study.
- Options in asthma management.
- Prevalence, morbidity and management of adult asthma in South Australia.
- Body mass index, waist hip ratio, and waist circumference: which measure to classify obesity?
- Assessment of an asthma quality of life scale using item-response theory.
- The value of the lipid-laden macrophage index in the assessment of aspiration pneumonia.
- Automated attention flags in chronic disease care planning.
- Restrictions on smoking at home and urinary cotinine levels among children with asthma.
- Effect of feedback regarding urinary cotinine and brief tailored advice on home smoking restrictions among low-income parents of children with asthma: a controlled trial.
- Use of a zinc fluorophore to measure labile pools of zinc in body fluids and cell-conditioned media.
- Formoterol in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized, controlled, 3-month trial.
- Community acquired pneumonia. A perspective for general practice.
- Population comparison of two clinical approaches to the metabolic syndrome: implications of the new International Diabetes Federation consensus definition.
- Respirology year-in-review 2007: Clinical science.
- Respirology year-in-review 2008: clinical science.
- Peak expiratory flow (PEF) monitoring.
- Can exercise prevent the common cold?
- Asthma deaths - are we doing enough?
- A highly polymorphic polypurine sequence on chromosome 8 (D8S210).
- Accuracy of asthma statistics from death certificates in South Australia.
- Itraconazole and aspergilloma.
- Lack of effect of 4 weeks of oral H1 antagonist on bronchial responsiveness.
- New trends in asthma management.
- Longitudinal study of near fatal asthma.
- Inhaled respiratory medications and the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand.
- Characteristics of near-fatal asthma in childhood.
- Psychiatric and medical features of near fatal asthma.
- The prevalence of respiratory symptoms in South Australian preschool children. I. Geographic location.
- The prevalence of respiratory symptoms in South Australian preschool children. II. Factors associated with indoor air quality.
- Familial atopy in Australian pedigrees: adventitious linkage to chromosome 8 is not confirmed nor is there evidence of linkage to the high affinity IgE receptor.
- Peak flow monitoring--which asthmatics, when and how?
- A comparison of asthma deaths and near-fatal asthma attacks in South Australia.
- Near fatal asthma attacks: the reliability of descriptive information collected from close acquaintances.
- The effect of hypoxaemia on drug disposition in chronic respiratory failure.
- Near-fatal asthma in South Australia: descriptive features and medication use.
- Variability in airway inflammation sampled by bronchoalveolar lavage.
- Reported use of asthma management plans in South Australia.
- Patient-induced complications of a Heimlich flutter valve.
- Smoking habits and cessation programme in an Australian teaching hospital.
- A South Australian population survey of the ownership of asthma action plans.
- The effect of a respiratory home nurse intervention in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
- Industry, air quality, cigarette smoke and rates of respiratory illness in Port Adelaide.
- Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: two contrasting cases.
- Trends in hospital readmission for asthma: has the Australian National Asthma Campaign had an effect?
- The Australian National Asthma Campaign: effects of public education activities based on mass media.
- Rehospitalisation for asthma within 12 months: unequal rates on the basis of gender in two hospitals.
- Validity of a modified version of the Marks Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire.
- Videoscopic lung volume reduction surgery in an Australian public teaching hospital.
- Factors associated with hospital admissions and repeat emergency department visits for adults with asthma.
- Post-inhalation bronchoconstriction by beclomethasone dipropionate: a comparison of two different CFC propellant formulations in asthmatics.
- Visualization of labile zinc and its role in apoptosis of primary airway epithelial cells and cell lines.
- Health effects of daily indoor nitrogen dioxide exposure in people with asthma.
- Patient preferences for autonomy in decision making in asthma management.
- Impact of the physician's participatory style in asthma outcomes and patient satisfaction.
- Multiple respiratory symptoms predict quality of life in chronic lung disease: a population-based study of Australian adults.
- Trial of roxithromycin in subjects with asthma and serological evidence of infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae.
- Natural history and familial relationships of infant spilling to 9 years of age.
- Altered zinc homeostasis and caspase-3 activity in murine allergic airway inflammation.
- Involvement of redox events in caspase activation in zinc-depleted airway epithelial cells.
- The effectiveness of coordinated care for people with chronic respiratory disease.
- Health-service use by children with asthma over a 6-month period.
- Responses to access block in Australia: the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medical Division.
- Prevalence of asthma and asthma action plans in South Australia: population surveys from 1990 to 2001.
- Hospital attendance prediction tool also identifies impaired quality of life in adults with asthma in general practice.
- Underdiagnosed asthma in South Australia.
- Apoptosis in the normal and inflamed airway epithelium: role of zinc in epithelial protection and procaspase-3 regulation.
- Impact of coping and socioeconomic factors on quality of life in adults with asthma.
- Randomized controlled trial of unflued gas heater replacement on respiratory health of asthmatic schoolchildren.
- Labile zinc and zinc transporter ZnT4 in mast cell granules: role in regulation of caspase activation and NF-kappaB translocation.
- Psychological factors and asthma quality of life: a population based study.
- The health-related quality of life of male and female heavy smokers.
- Zinc metabolism in airway epithelium and airway inflammation: basic mechanisms and clinical targets. A review.
- Undiagnosed asthma in older people: an underestimated problem.
- An algorithmic approach to diagnosing asthma in older patients in general practice.
- The role of zinc in caspase activation and apoptotic cell death.
- A randomized trial of peak-flow and symptom-based action plans in adults with moderate-to-severe asthma.
- Participatory decision making, asthma action plans, and use of asthma medication: a population survey.
- Spirometric criteria for asthma: adding further evidence to the debate.
- Barriers to success for an evidence-based guideline for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Impact on readmission rates and mortality of a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease inpatient management guideline.
- Do people with risky behaviours participate in biomedical cohort studies?
- Coexistent chronic conditions and asthma quality of life: a population-based study.
- Trends in asthma prevalence and population changes in South Australia, 1990-2003.
- The North West Adelaide Health Study: detailed methods and baseline segmentation of a cohort for selected chronic diseases.
- A cohort study of indoor nitrogen dioxide and house dust mite exposure in asthmatic children.
- Zinc and its specific transporters as potential targets in airway disease.
- How valid are self-reported height and weight? A comparison between CATI self-report and clinic measurements using a large cohort study.
- Central obesity is associated with nonatopic but not atopic asthma in a representative population sample.
- Asthma management and outcomes in Australia: a nation-wide telephone interview survey.
- The 11th National Prevocational Medical Education Forum.
- Trends in hospital admissions and mortality from asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Australia, 1993-2003.
- Chlorofluorocarbon-free inhalation devices in asthma: are there clinical implications?
- Medicare-related service use and costs among people with diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes and respiratory conditions.
- Effects of area deprivation on health risks and outcomes: a multilevel, cross-sectional, Australian population study.
Schools
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Allegheny General Hospital
Allegeny General Hospital
Upmc Shadyside Hospital
Doctors Specialties
- Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurances
Education
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center -
Allegheny General Hospital - Western Pennsylvania Hospital -
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1922079086 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | RUFFIN | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | RICHARD | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 241537474 | |
| NPPES Provider State | VA | |
| Specialty Description | Internal Medicine | |
| Total Claim Count | 354.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 11.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 3.11 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1922079086 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | RUFFIN |
| First Name Of The Provider | RICHARD |
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