1997
Quality of Care, Process, and Outcomes in Elderly Patients With Pneumonia
Meehan TP, Fine MJ, Krumholz HM, Scinto JD, Galusha DH, Mockalis JT, Weber GF, Petrillo MK, Houck PM, Fine JM. Quality of Care, Process, and Outcomes in Elderly Patients With Pneumonia. JAMA 1997, 278: 2080-2084. PMID: 9403422, DOI: 10.1001/jama.1997.03550230056037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAnti-Bacterial AgentsBlood Specimen CollectionCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.FemaleHospital MortalityHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMedicareOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CarePneumoniaQuality Indicators, Health CareRetrospective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexSurvival AnalysisUnited StatesConceptsBlood culture collectionProcess of careHospital arrivalElderly patientsAntibiotic administrationQuality of careBlood culturesMulticenter retrospective cohort studyOxygenation assessmentInitial antibiotic administrationRetrospective cohort studyCare performanceMedical record reviewHours of arrivalAcute care hospitalsLogistic regression analysisCohort studyCare hospitalImproved survivalRecord reviewHospital careMedicare patientsFrequent causePneumoniaPatients
1990
Blood culture phlebotomy: switching needles does not prevent contamination.
Krumholz HM, Cummings S, York M. Blood culture phlebotomy: switching needles does not prevent contamination. Annals Of Internal Medicine 1990, 113: 290-2. PMID: 2375564, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-113-4-290.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood culturesSkin flora contaminationEmergency departmentBlood culture bottlesConventional blood culture techniqueMedical inpatient servicesRenal transplant unitLarge university hospitalBlood culture techniquesCulture bottlesTransplant unitUniversity HospitalInpatient servicesPhysician assistantsGeneral medicineRate of contaminationSterile needleMedical studentsNeedleDepartment