2023
Abstract 145: Deploying Early Cooling at ICECAP Sites: A Barrier Assessment
Beekman R, Kline P, Yeatts S, Geocadin R, Silbergleit R, Meurer W. Abstract 145: Deploying Early Cooling at ICECAP Sites: A Barrier Assessment. Circulation 2023, 148: a145-a145. DOI: 10.1161/circ.148.suppl_1.145.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBarriers to early initiationIntensive care unit transferCardiac arrest patientsNurse availabilityProvider educationControl practicesIdentified barriersElectronic surveyBarrier assessmentQuality improvementArrest patientsEducational initiativesInstitutional protocolUnit transferPrincipal investigatorCardiac arrestSurvivors of cardiac arrestBoarding timeStandard sedationBest practicesAverage boarding timeEarly initiationComatose survivors of cardiac arrestEarly coolingDevelopment of sedativesEffects of Remote Patient Monitoring Use on Care Outcomes Among Medicare Patients With Hypertension : An Observational Study.
Tang M, Nakamoto C, Stern A, Zubizarreta J, Marcondes F, Uscher-Pines L, Schwamm L, Mehrotra A. Effects of Remote Patient Monitoring Use on Care Outcomes Among Medicare Patients With Hypertension : An Observational Study. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2023, 176: 1465-1475. PMID: 37931262, DOI: 10.7326/m23-1182.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObservational studyCare outcomesRemote patient monitoringAcute care encountersHypertension medication usePhysician outpatient visitsAcute care useChronic disease managementReceipt of careBlood pressure dataHypertension careUnique medicationsMedication usePrimary outcomeOutpatient visitsResidual confoundingCare useMedication fillsDays' supplyMedicare patientsCare encountersControl practicesHypertensionPatientsImaging use
2022
Evaluation of the impact of chemical control on the ecology of Rattus norvegicus of an urban community in Salvador, Brazil
Pertile A, Lustosa R, Carvalho-Pereira T, Pedra G, Panti-May J, Oliveira U, Zeppelini C, Souza F, Oliveira D, Khalil H, Reis M, Childs J, Ko A, Begon M, Costa F. Evaluation of the impact of chemical control on the ecology of Rattus norvegicus of an urban community in Salvador, Brazil. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0270568. PMID: 35857771, PMCID: PMC9299319, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270568.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRodent control programsDemographic variablesSpirochete Leptospira interrogansControl interventionsCommunity settingsR. norvegicusChi-squareControl of zoonosesLeptospira interrogansChemical interventionDemographic characteristicsInterventionIntervention campaignsRodentsSynanthropic rodentsMonthsBody massControl programsControl practicesRattus norvegicusControl campaignsUrban poor communitiesPopulationEnvironmental transmissionAnalysis of variance
2019
Nebulizer cleaning and disinfection practices in families with cystic fibrosis: The relationship between attitudes, practice and microbe colonization
Murray TS, O'Rourke TK, Feinn R, Drapeau G, Collins MS. Nebulizer cleaning and disinfection practices in families with cystic fibrosis: The relationship between attitudes, practice and microbe colonization. Journal Of Cystic Fibrosis 2019, 18: 823-828. PMID: 31126899, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2019.05.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfection control practicesInfection preventionCystic fibrosisHome respiratory equipmentComplexity of careHome health careInfection control behaviorsControl practicesRespiratory equipmentHome nebulizersNew educational interventionDaily burdenHealth maintenanceLung pathogensEducation interventionRecovery of organismsEducational interventionHealth carePreventionMicrobe colonizationCareDisinfection practicesFibrosisFrequency of disinfectionSubset of families
2013
Transmission of Tuberculosis in Resource-Limited Settings
Kompala T, Shenoi SV, Friedland G. Transmission of Tuberculosis in Resource-Limited Settings. Current HIV/AIDS Reports 2013, 10: 264-272. PMID: 23824469, PMCID: PMC3809054, DOI: 10.1007/s11904-013-0164-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug-resistant TBTB transmissionCommunity settingsInfection controlHigh HIV prevalenceInfection control practicesTransmission of tuberculosisHousehold contact tracingResource limited settingsHealth care facilitiesResource-constrained settingsHIV prevalenceTB epidemicContinued transmissionCommon siteUnrecognized transmissionContact tracingCommunity sitesControl practicesHold promiseRecent studiesTransmission reductionIntensive caseSettingTB
2005
Approaches to vancomycin-resistant enterococci
Torres-Viera C, Dembry L. Approaches to vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Current Opinion In Internal Medicine 2005, 4: 6-12. DOI: 10.1097/00132980-200502000-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVancomycin-resistant enterococciVancomycin-resistant enterococci colonizationNew drugsSerious enterococcal infectionsLimited clinical dataInfection control practicesVitro bactericidal activityPurpose of reviewLipopeptide antimicrobialBloodstream infectionsClinical trialsEnterococcal infectionsOral administrationClinical dataInfectionAntimicrobial drugsBactericidal activityPhase IIDrugsEnterococciTreatmentNew antimicrobial drugsStrict guidelinesTrialsControl practices
2004
Approaches to vancomycin-resistant enterococci
Torres-Viera C, Dembry LM. Approaches to vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Current Opinion In Infectious Diseases 2004, 17: 541-547. PMID: 15640708, DOI: 10.1097/00001432-200412000-00006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVancomycin-resistant enterococciVancomycin-resistant enterococci colonizationNew drugsSerious enterococcal infectionsLimited clinical dataInfection control practicesVitro bactericidal activityLipopeptide antimicrobialBloodstream infectionsClinical trialsEnterococcal infectionsOral administrationClinical dataInfectionAntimicrobial drugsBactericidal activityPhase IIDrugsEnterococciTreatmentNew antimicrobial drugsStrict guidelinesTrialsControl practicesBacterial isolates
1998
Correlates of infection control practices in dentistry
Gershon R, Karkashian C, Vlahov D, Grimes M, Spannhake E. Correlates of infection control practices in dentistry. American Journal Of Infection Control 1998, 26: 29-34. PMID: 9503110, DOI: 10.1016/s0196-6553(98)70058-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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