2024
Diagnostic uncertainty and decision‐making in home‐based primary care: A qualitative study of antibiotic prescribing
Datta R, Kiwak E, Fried T, Benjamin A, Iannone L, Krein S, Carter W, Cohen A. Diagnostic uncertainty and decision‐making in home‐based primary care: A qualitative study of antibiotic prescribing. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2024, 72: 1468-1475. PMID: 38241465, PMCID: PMC11090732, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18778.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHome-based primary carePrimary carePromote antibiotic stewardshipHome-based primary care programAntibiotic decision-makingPrimary care programsHome care settingPerspectives of cliniciansConstant comparative methodSemi-structured interviewsDeliver medical careHomebound patientsCare settingsCare programDiagnostic uncertaintyYears of experienceTheoretical saturationMedical careQualitative studyDecision-makingAntibiotic prescribingCareGrounded theoryAntibiotic stewardshipPrescribing
2020
Education needed to improve antimicrobial use during end-of-life care of older adults with advanced cancer: A cross-sectional survey
Datta R, Topal J, McManus D, Sanft T, Dembry LM, Morrison LJ, Quagliarello V, Juthani-Mehta M. Education needed to improve antimicrobial use during end-of-life care of older adults with advanced cancer: A cross-sectional survey. Palliative Medicine 2020, 35: 236-241. PMID: 32928066, DOI: 10.1177/0269216320956811.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEscalation of careAdvance care planningLife careAdvanced cancerCross-sectional surveyIntravenous antimicrobialsOlder adultsAntimicrobial useCare planningSingle-center cross-sectional surveyEducational interventionAdvance care plansRole of antimicrobialsClinical deteriorationPercent of respondentsAdverse eventsOral antimicrobialsMedicine subspecialistsCare plansInpatient medicineCareCancerPatientsAdultsSubspecialists
2018
Long-Acting Lipoglycopeptides for Gram-Positive Bacteremia at the End of Life to Facilitate Hospice Care: A Report of 3 Cases
Datta R, McManus D, Topal J, Juthani-Mehta M. Long-Acting Lipoglycopeptides for Gram-Positive Bacteremia at the End of Life to Facilitate Hospice Care: A Report of 3 Cases. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2018, 5: ofx277. PMID: 29399598, PMCID: PMC5788065, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofx277.Peer-Reviewed Original Research