2013
Trends in Hospitalization Rates and Outcomes of Endocarditis Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Bikdeli B, Wang Y, Kim N, Desai MM, Quagliarello V, Krumholz HM. Trends in Hospitalization Rates and Outcomes of Endocarditis Among Medicare Beneficiaries. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2013, 62: 2217-2226. PMID: 23994421, PMCID: PMC4335801, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.07.071.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Efficacy and effectiveness as aspects of cluster randomized trials with nursing home residents: Methodological insights from a pneumonia prevention trial
Van Ness PH, Peduzzi PN, Quagliarello VJ. Efficacy and effectiveness as aspects of cluster randomized trials with nursing home residents: Methodological insights from a pneumonia prevention trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2012, 33: 1124-1131. PMID: 22917599, PMCID: PMC3468687, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2012.08.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNursing home residentsNursing homesHome residentsPneumonia preventionClinical trialsLong-term care nursing home residentsChlorhexidine oral rinseInadequate oral careNursing home clustersSame nursing homeHome intervention studyOral carePrevention trialsOral rinseSwallowing difficultiesRisk factorsMulticomponent interventionIntervention studiesElders trialOngoing clusterCluster randomizationClinical researchStudy efficacyDifferent interventionsTrials