Katrina Hedberg
Oregon Health Authority
65 Papers
448 Citations
Katrina Hedberg is an academic researcher from Oregon Health Authority. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 64 publications. Previous affiliations of Katrina Hedberg include Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Papers
Nontuberculous mycobacterial disease prevalence and risk factors: a changing epidemiology.
TL;DR: NTM are frequently isolated from Oregon residents; more than one-half of all isolates likely represent true disease, and pulmonary NTM is most common among elderly women, and M. avium causes most disease.
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Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease Prevalence and Clinical Features An Emerging Public Health Disease
Kevin L. Winthrop,Erin McNelley,Brian A. Kendall,Allison Marshall-Olson,Christy Morris,Maureen Cassidy,Ashlen Saulson,Katrina Hedberg +7 more
TL;DR: The ATS/IDSA microbiologic criteria are highly predictive of disease and could be useful for laboratory-based NTM disease surveillance.
Legalized Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon — The First Year's Experience
TL;DR: During the first year of legalized physician-assisted suicide in Oregon, the decision to request and use a prescription for lethal medication was associated with concern about loss of autonomy or control of bodily functions, not with fear of intractable pain or concern about financial loss.
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Tobacco smoke as a risk factor for meningococcal disease.
Marc Fischer,Katrina Hedberg,Paul Cardosi,Brian D. Plikaytis,Frederick C. Hoesly,Karen R. Steingart,Thomas A. Bell,David W. Fleming,Jay D. Wenger,Bradley A. Perkins +9 more
TL;DR: Having a mother who smokes was the strongest independent risk factor for invasive meningococcal disease in children < 18 years of age and passive smoke exposure and risk of disease in all age groups was seen.
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