2007
Role of Dipstick Testing in the Evaluation of Urinary Tract Infection in Nursing Home Residents
Juthani-Mehta M, Tinetti M, Perrelli E, Towle V, Quagliarello V. Role of Dipstick Testing in the Evaluation of Urinary Tract Infection in Nursing Home Residents. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2007, 28: 889-891. PMID: 17564998, DOI: 10.1086/518752.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCarboxylic Ester HydrolasesHumansNitritesNursing HomesReagent StripsSensitivity and SpecificityUrinalysisUrinary Tract InfectionsDiagnostic Accuracy of Criteria for Urinary Tract Infection in a Cohort of Nursing Home Residents*
Juthani‐Mehta M, Tinetti M, Perrelli E, Towle V, Van Ness PH, Quagliarello V. Diagnostic Accuracy of Criteria for Urinary Tract Infection in a Cohort of Nursing Home Residents*. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2007, 55: 1072-1077. PMID: 17608881, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01217.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrinary tract infectionNursing home residentsNegative predictive valuePositive predictive valueConsensus-based criteriaLaboratory evidenceHome residentsTract infectionsPredictive valueEvidence-based clinical criteriaDiagnostic accuracyProspective cohort studySimilar test characteristicsMcGeer criteriaUTI criteriaCohort studyProspective surveillanceUrine cultureClinical criteriaNursing homesTest characteristicsInfectionLoeb criteriaParticipantsSpecificity
1999
A prognostic rule for elderly patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia
Conte H, Chen Y, Mehal W, Phil D, Scinto J, Quagliarello V. A prognostic rule for elderly patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia. The American Journal Of Medicine 1999, 106: 20-28. PMID: 10320113, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(98)00369-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-acquired pneumoniaElderly patientsDerivation cohortValidation cohortStaging systemHeterogeneous adult populationAdult populationHospital mortality ratePrognostic staging systemVital sign abnormalitiesHospital mortalityCreatinine levelsIndependent predictorsMultivariable analysisPrognostic stratificationAdmission characteristicsPneumoniaMortality ratePatientsCohortPrognostic rulesMotor responseMortalityGreater overall accuracyAdmission