1998
Trends in costs of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
Heiat A, Mattera JA, Henry GA, Chen YT, Krumholz HM. Trends in costs of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. The American Journal Of Managed Care 1998, 4: 1667-74. PMID: 10339099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyTransluminal coronary angioplastyCoronary angioplastyClinical outcomesElective percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyYale-New Haven HospitalCatheterization laboratory costsMedical chart reviewGroup of patientsTotal hospital costsLength of stayHospital cost accounting systemChart reviewClinical characteristicsConsecutive patientsAngiographic featuresHospital recordsContrast volumeRetrospective studyPatient populationHospital costsLesion characteristicsStent useCatheterization laboratoryPatient profiles
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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsBlood Specimen CollectionCost ControlEquipment ContaminationHumansNeedlesWounds and InjuriesConceptsBlood 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