2020
Education needed to improve antimicrobial use during end-of-life care of older adults with advanced cancer: A cross-sectional survey
Datta R, Topal J, McManus D, Sanft T, Dembry LM, Morrison LJ, Quagliarello V, Juthani-Mehta M. Education needed to improve antimicrobial use during end-of-life care of older adults with advanced cancer: A cross-sectional survey. Palliative Medicine 2020, 35: 236-241. PMID: 32928066, DOI: 10.1177/0269216320956811.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdvance Care PlanningAgedAnti-Infective AgentsCross-Sectional StudiesHumansNeoplasmsTerminal CareConceptsEscalation of careAdvance care planningLife careAdvanced cancerCross-sectional surveyIntravenous antimicrobialsOlder adultsAntimicrobial useCare planningSingle-center cross-sectional surveyEducational interventionAdvance care plansRole of antimicrobialsClinical deteriorationPercent of respondentsAdverse eventsOral antimicrobialsMedicine subspecialistsCare plansInpatient medicineCareCancerPatientsAdultsSubspecialists
2005
Nursing Home Practitioner Survey of Diagnostic Criteria for Urinary Tract Infections
Juthani‐Mehta M, Drickamer MA, Towle V, Zhang Y, Tinetti ME, Quagliarello VJ. Nursing Home Practitioner Survey of Diagnostic Criteria for Urinary Tract Infections. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2005, 53: 1986-1990. PMID: 16274383, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00470.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrinary tract infectionNursing home residentsTract infectionsLaboratory criteriaHome residentsDiagnostic criteriaClinical practiceConsensus criteriaInfection control practitionersFirst diagnostic stepMcGeer criteriaNoncatheterized patientsUrine cultureProspective dataMental statusNineteen physiciansSurveillance criteriaNursing homesPrevention strategiesSelf-administered surveyDipstick analysisDiagnostic stepsPhysician assistantsCharge nursesNurses