2014
Vital signs: improving antibiotic use among hospitalized patients.
Fridkin S, Baggs J, Fagan R, Magill S, Pollack LA, Malpiedi P, Slayton R, Khader K, Rubin MA, Jones M, Samore MH, Dumyati G, Dodds-Ashley E, Meek J, Yousey-Hindes K, Jernigan J, Shehab N, Herrera R, McDonald L, Schneider A, Srinivasan A. Vital signs: improving antibiotic use among hospitalized patients. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2014, 63: 194-200. PMID: 24598596, PMCID: PMC4584728.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClostridium difficile infectionAntibiotic prescribingAntibiotic useIncidence of CDIInpatient antibiotic useDays of therapyNational administrative databaseBroad-spectrum antibioticsHealth care providersAntibiotic-resistant infectionsHospitalized patientsSurgical wardsDifficile infectionImproved prescribingAdministrative databasesAntibiotic exposureIncorrect prescribingPrescribingPatientsHospitalPatient recordsPatient safetyU.S. hospitalsAntibiotic resistanceAntibiotics
2011
Description of Antiviral Treatment Among Adults Hospitalized With Influenza Before and During the 2009 Pandemic: United States, 2005–2009
Doshi S, Kamimoto L, Finelli L, Perez A, Reingold A, Gershman K, Yousey-Hindes K, Arnold K, Ryan P, Lynfield R, Morin C, Baumbach J, Hancock EB, Bennett NM, Zansky S, Thomas A, Schaffner W, Fry AM. Description of Antiviral Treatment Among Adults Hospitalized With Influenza Before and During the 2009 Pandemic: United States, 2005–2009. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2011, 204: 1848-1856. PMID: 22013219, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir648.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAmantadineAntiviral AgentsDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleGuideline AdherenceHospitalizationHumansInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanMaleMiddle AgedOdds RatioOseltamivirPandemicsPractice Guidelines as TopicPractice Patterns, Physicians'PregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousRimantadineUnited StatesYoung AdultZanamivirConceptsAntiviral treatmentPregnant womenHospitalized adultsActive population-based surveillanceEmerging Infections ProgramLaboratory-confirmed influenzaMedical record reviewPopulation-based surveillanceAntiviral recommendationsAntiviral useRecord reviewIllness onsetInfections ProgramInfluenza pandemicAntiviral agentsInfluenzaNegative predictorAdultsTreatmentWomenPandemicPatientsPregnancyCliniciansPersons