2011
Use of Medicare Claims to Rank Hospitals by Surgical Site Infection Risk following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Huang SS, Placzek H, Livingston J, Ma A, Onufrak F, Lankiewicz J, Kleinman K, Bratzler D, Olsen MA, Lyles R, Khan Y, Wright P, Yokoe DS, Fraser VJ, Weinstein RA, Stevenson K, Hooper D, Vostok J, Datta R, Nsa W, Platt R. Use of Medicare Claims to Rank Hospitals by Surgical Site Infection Risk following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2011, 32: 775-783. PMID: 21768761, DOI: 10.1086/660874.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWorst decileSSI ratesMedicare beneficiariesCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryArtery bypass graft surgerySurgical site infection rateSurgical site infection riskBypass graft surgeryRetrospective cohort studyCoronary artery bypassMedical record reviewDay of surgeryAdjusted odds ratioService Medicare beneficiariesQuality of careArtery bypassGraft surgeryCohort studySSI riskRecord reviewGroup of hospitalsCurrent surveillance methodsMedical recordsOdds ratioMedicare claims
2008
Risk of Infection and Death due to Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Long-Term Carriers
Datta R, Huang SS. Risk of Infection and Death due to Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Long-Term Carriers. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008, 47: 176-181. PMID: 18532892, PMCID: PMC2649874, DOI: 10.1086/589241.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBacteremiaBostonCarrier StateCatheterization, Central VenousCohort StudiesFemaleHospitalizationHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMethicillin ResistanceMiddle AgedPneumoniaRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSex FactorsSoft Tissue InfectionsStaphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcus aureusTime FactorsConceptsMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusLong-term carriersRisk of infectionMRSA infectionSingle-center retrospective cohort studyCentral venous catheter infectionSubsequent MRSA infectionVenous catheter infectionRetrospective cohort studyShort-term morbiditySoft tissue infectionsDuration of carriageStaphylococcus aureusMRSA colonizationCohort studyCatheter infectionCommon infectionsNew hospitalizationHigh riskSubsequent infectionTime of detectionPersistent riskInfectionSignificant riskDeath