2018
Barriers to Advance Care Planning in End-Stage Renal Disease: Who is to Blame, and What Can be Done?
Kelley AT, Turner J, Doolittle B. Barriers to Advance Care Planning in End-Stage Renal Disease: Who is to Blame, and What Can be Done? The New Bioethics 2018, 24: 150-157. PMID: 29513084, DOI: 10.1080/20502877.2018.1438772.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsAdvance care planningCare planningEnd-stage renal diseaseChronic kidney diseaseCourse of diseaseRenal diseaseKidney diseaseIntensive treatmentAdvance carePatient valuesCognitive declinePatientsSignificant mortalityClinical literatureDecision-making capacityDaily practiceDiseaseYears of supportPhysiciansConvincing evidenceMore trainingMorbidityHospitalClinicMortality
2009
Application of a Prediction Rule to Discriminate Between Aseptic and Bacterial Meningitis in Adults
Doolittle BR, Alias A. Application of a Prediction Rule to Discriminate Between Aseptic and Bacterial Meningitis in Adults. Hospital Practice 2009, 37: 93-97. PMID: 20877176, DOI: 10.3810/hp.2009.12.259.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBacterial meningitisPrediction ruleAseptic meningitisPediatric populationAdult cohortRetrospective chart reviewUrban community hospitalDifficult diagnostic challengeNegative predictive valueChart reviewPatient morbidityDiagnostic challengeUnnecessary hospitalizationCommunity hospitalProspective validationInclusion criteriaMeningitisPredictive valueAdult populationPatientsCohortPopulationHospitalizationMorbidityHospital