2008
Interobserver Variability in the Assessment of Clinical Criteria for Suspected Urinary Tract Infection in Nursing Home Residents
Juthani-Mehta M, Tinetti M, Perrelli E, Towle V, Van Ness PH, Quagliarello V. Interobserver Variability in the Assessment of Clinical Criteria for Suspected Urinary Tract Infection in Nursing Home Residents. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2008, 29: 446-449. PMID: 18419369, PMCID: PMC2671070, DOI: 10.1086/586721.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2007
Diagnostic 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
2000
Health, Functional, and Psychological Outcomes Among Older Persons with Chronic Dizziness
Tinetti M, Williams C, Gill T. Health, Functional, and Psychological Outcomes Among Older Persons with Chronic Dizziness. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2000, 48: 417-421. PMID: 10798469, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb04700.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-rated healthChronic dizzinessDepressive symptomsInstrumental activitiesDaily livingOlder personsProspective cohort studyGoals of carePotential confounding factorsCohort studyAdverse outcomesDizzinessAge 72Clinical strategiesBaseline levelsConfounding factorsSocial disabilityDiscrete diseaseSymptomsHealth conditionsMarginal significanceHospitalizationSyncopeOutcomesPsychological outcomes