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"Aspiration of gastric contents"

scientific article published on 01 July 2007

A Multifaceted Antimicrobial Stewardship Program for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Cystitis in Nursing Home Residents

scientific article published on 11 May 2020

A Rhinovirus Outbreak among Residents of a Long-Term Care Facility

scientific article published on October 15, 1995

A comparison of previous antibiotic therapy following isolation of MRSA versus MSSA in nursing home residents: a preliminary investigation

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A pertussis outbreak in a Wisconsin nursing home

scientific article published in October 1991

A serious outbreak of parainfluenza type 3 on a nursing unit

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Abnormal TSH: a rational approach to the older patient

scientific article published on 01 August 1999

Advance directives on restraints

scientific article published on 01 August 1992

Adverse events associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a nursing home

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An antibiotic prescription induces resistance at the individual level more than the group level

scientific article published on 15 June 2013

An approach to endemic multi-drug-resistant bacteria in nursing homes.

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Antibiogram of Urinary Isolates

scientific article published in June 2013

Antibiotic resistance in non-major metropolitan skilled nursing facilities: prevalence and interfacility variation.

scientific article published on 21 September 2012

Antimicrobial use and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a large nursing home

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Antimuscarinic drugs for overactive bladder and their potential effects on cognitive function in older patients

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

Apparent Transmission of Two Species of Gram-Negative Rods in Catheterized Residents on a 50-Bed Nursing Home Unit

scientific article published on 01 April 2003

Apparent transmission of Citrobacter koseri in catheterized residents on a 17-bed nursing home wing

scientific article published on 01 January 2003

Applicability of phenytoin predictive formulas to long-term-care facility residents

scientific article published on 01 July 1988

Are Elderly Volunteers Normal?

scientific article published on 01 May 1988

Assessment of markers of the cell-mediated immune response after influenza virus infection in frail older adults.

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Assessment of risk factors for multi-drug resistant organisms to guide empiric antibiotic selection in long term care: a dilemma

scientific article published on 12 October 2010

Augmentation of influenza antibody response in elderly men by thymosin alpha one. A double-blind placebo-controlled clinical study

scientific article published on 01 January 1989

Between-meal risedronate does not alter bone turnover in nursing home residents

scientific article published on 01 May 2006

Bilateral fractures of the humeral head related to myoclonic jerks and use of a tray table for positioning

scientific article published on 01 September 1990

Brain damaged patients with swallowing disorders

scientific article published in March 1991

Broken ribs following CPR or the Heimlich maneuver

scientific article published on 01 May 2009

Can hip protector use cost-effectively prevent fractures in community-dwelling geriatric patients?

scientific article published in June 2007

Can respiratory syncytial virus and influenza A be distinguished clinically in institutionalized older persons?

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Clinical features of influenza a virus infection in older hospitalized persons

scientific article published in August 2003

Clinical uncertainties in the approach to long term care residents with possible urinary tract infection

scientific article published on February 2014

Clustering of multiple endemic strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a nursing home: an 8-year study

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Cobalamin deficiency in the elderly

scientific article published on 01 August 1993

Colonization of residents with antimicrobial-resistant pathogens in skilled care facilities.

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Complications of chronic indwelling urinary catheters

scientific article published on 23 March 2006

Correlates of depression and burden for informal caregivers of patients in a geriatrics referral clinic

scientific article published on June 1987

Cranberry capsules reducing the incidence of what?

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Culture and sensitivity of infected chronic wounds

scientific article published on 01 November 2005

Delays in the application of outbreak control prophylaxis for influenza A in a nursing home

scientific article published in October 2002

Determinants of parathyroid hormone levels in nursing home residents

Determinants of vitamin D levels in nursing home residents

scientific article published on 14 December 2006

Diagnostic accuracy of criteria for urinary tract infection in a cohort of nursing home residents.

scientific article published in February 2008

Do the elderly sue physicians?

scientific article published in May 1990

Does biofilm formation play a role in ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis?

scientific article published on 01 October 2009

Does the composition of urinary catheters influence clinical outcomes and the results of research studies?

scientific article published in January 2007

Does urinary tract infection cause residents' mental status change?

scientific article published in December 2009

Duration of antiviral prophylaxis during nursing home outbreaks of influenza A: a comparison of 2 protocols

scientific article published on 01 October 1998

Effect of a sensitive thyrotropin-stimulating hormone assay on dosing of L-thyroxine

scientific article published on 01 August 1991

Effects of iodinated glycerol on thyroid function studies in elderly nursing home residents

scientific article published on 01 October 1988

Efficacy and tolerability of solifenacin in elderly subjects with overactive bladder syndrome: A pooled analysis

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

Efficacy of an influenza hemagglutinin-diphtheria toxoid conjugate vaccine in elderly nursing home subjects during an influenza outbreak

scientific article published on 01 March 1994

Efficacy of zanamivir for chemoprophylaxis of nursing home influenza outbreaks.

scientific article published in November 1998

Emergence and transmission of amantadine-resistant influenza A in a nursing home.

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Emergence of rimantadine-resistant virus within 6 days of starting rimantadine prophylaxis with oseltamivir treatment of symptomatic cases

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Estimating creatinine clearance from serum creatinine in chronically immobilized nursing home residents

scientific article published on 01 January 1987

Estimating nutritional intake in nursing home residents

scientific article published in December 1989

Experience with a rapid diagnostic test for influenza

scientific article published on 01 October 2002

Experience with the rapid Directigen test for influenza

scientific article published on 22 July 2005

Follow-up of mild hypothyroidism in a nursing home

scientific article published in March 1991

Granzyme B: a marker of risk for influenza in institutionalized older adults

scientific article published in June 2001

Hazards of treating osteoporosis and hypertension concurrently with calcium, vitamin D, and distal diuretics

scientific article published on May 1984

Hearing loss in the nursing home. An institutional issue

scientific article published in February 1990

Hearing problems in the elderly.

scientific article published in August 1986

Hematocrit elevation associated with testosterone administration

scientific article published on 19 September 2013

Herpes Zoster Vaccine in Nursing Facility Residents: Safety Questions Remain

scientific article published on 3 August 2010

High rates of immunization in a nursing home

scientific article published on 01 October 1988

How should nursing homes use vaccine to prevent zoster?

scientific article published on 01 September 2007

Hyperthyroidism as a cause of atrial fibrillation in long-term care

scientific article published on October 1, 1992

Hyposomatomedinemia and hypogonadism in hemiplegic men who live in nursing homes

scientific article published on 01 May 1994

Hypothyroidism and autoimmunity

scientific article published on 01 July 1991

Hypovitaminosis in a control subject

scientific article published on 01 November 1991

Immune response to influenza vaccination in institutionalized elderly: effect on different T-cell subsets

scientific article published on 01 February 1998

Improvements in Antibiotic Appropriateness for Cystitis in Older Nursing Home Residents: A Quality Improvement Study With Randomized Assignment

scientific article published on 15 September 2020

In re preventing the spread of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a long-term care facility

scientific article published in June 2001

Influenza vaccination and antiviral therapy: is there a role for concurrent administration in the institutionalised elderly?

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Influenza vaccine in the institutionalized elderly

scientific article published on 01 September 1986

Inhaled zanamivir versus rimantadine for the control of influenza in a highly vaccinated long-term care population.

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Inter-observer reliability of radiologists' interpretation of mobile chest radiographs for nursing home-acquired pneumonia

scientific article published on 8 June 2006

Interventions to prevent pneumonia in nursing home residents

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Iron status in atrophic glossitis: a pilot study

scientific article published on 01 October 1993

Is male hip fracture a marker for low testosterone in elderly male nursing home residents?

scientific article published on 01 February 1993

Is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus more contagious than methicillin-susceptible S. aureus in a surgical intensive care unit?

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LOW thyrotropin from nonthyroidal illness?

scientific article published on 01 January 2014

Laboratory measurements of nutritional status as correlates of atrophic glossitis

scientific article published on 01 March 1991

Lack of association between free testosterone and bone density separate from age in elderly males

scientific article published on 01 January 1993

Lateral chest roentgenograms in debilitated nursing home residents

scientific article published in September 1990

Letter by Drinka regarding article, "Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations and death due to intraparenchymal hemorrhage: the Ibaraki Prefectural Health Study".

scientific article published in December 2009

Limiting the Impact of Antibiotic Resistance in Nursing Homes

scientific article published on August 14, 2010

Long term tracking of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a large skilled nursing facility

scientific article published in November 2004

Low TSH levels in nursing home residents not taking thyroid hormone

scientific article published on May 1996

Low circulating levels of insulin-like growth factors and testosterone in chronically institutionalized elderly men.

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Low serum folic acid levels in a nursing home population: a clinical experience

scientific article published in April 1993

Lubiprostone to prevent fecal impaction

scientific article published in March 2009

Male osteopenia: a brief review

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Management of Pneumonia in the Nursing Home

scientific article published on December 1, 2010

Mandatory infection control training for maintenance staff in a nursing home

scientific article published on 01 September 2003

Mechanisms of unexplained anemia in the nursing home

scientific article published on March 2004

Medical device-associated infections in the long-term care setting.

scientific article published on March 2012

Medication and Low Serum Thyroxine Values in Nursing Home Residents

scientific article published on 01 May 1998

Medications prescribed by specialists in nursing homes

scientific article published on 01 March 2008

Misleading elevation of the free thyroxine index in nursing home residents

scientific article published on 01 December 1991

Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Veterans Administration Medical Center

scientific article published on April 1, 2003

Mortality following isolation of various respiratory viruses in nursing home residents

scientific article published on 01 December 1999

Non-influenza respiratory viruses may overlap and obscure influenza activity

scientific article published on 01 September 1999

Norovirus outbreaks in nursing homes

scientific article published on 01 October 2005

Nursing home residents who are unsafe smokers and require supervision while smoking.

scientific article published in June 1994

Nursing home-acquired pneumonia: a review of risk factors and therapeutic approaches

scientific article published on October 25, 2010

Nutritional correlates of atrophic glossitis: possible role of vitamin E in papillary atrophy

scientific article published on 01 February 1993

OBRA-1987 nursing home regulations

scientific article published on 01 April 1993

Observations on nursing home residents with a history of hip fracture.

scientific article published on December 1995

Observations on the inverse correlation of TSH with FTI

scientific article published on 01 April 1990

Obtaining a durable power of attorney for health care from nursing home residents

scientific article published on April 1993

Osteoporosis assessment strategies for male nursing home residents

scientific article published on 01 July 2004

Outbreaks of influenza A and B in a highly immunized nursing home population

scientific article published on December 1, 1997

Overnight pulse oximetry in nursing home residents with behavior problems: case reports

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Participants' Perception of a Work Therapy Program in a Nursing Home

Pharmacy review of culture and sensitivity with prompting of physicians to reduce antibiotic pressure

scientific article published on 01 September 2001

Physicians' Attitudes Toward Guidelines for the Treatment of Hospitalized Nursing Home–Acquired Pneumonia

scientific article published on October 2, 2010

Pneumococcal Vaccination Guidance for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Settings: Recommendations From AMDA's Infection Advisory Committee

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Pneumonia in a nursing home

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Pneumonia in the nursing home

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Pneumonia versus aspiration pneumonitis

scientific article published on 01 December 2009

Polycythemia as a complication of testosterone replacement therapy in nursing home men with low testosterone levels

scientific article published on 01 August 1995

Poor positive predictive value of low sensitive thyrotropin assay levels for hyperthyroidism in nursing home residents

scientific article published on 01 September 1993

Position-related changes in voiding dynamics in men

scientific article published on 01 October 1998

Predicting the Impact of Contact Precautions on Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Outcomes: Caution Up Ahead

scientific article published in June 2013

Prevalence and consequences of vitamin deficiency in the nursing home: a critical review

scientific article published on October 1991

Prevalence of anemia in skilled-nursing home residents.

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Prevalence of previously undiagnosed hypothyroidism in residents of a midwestern nursing home

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Preventing aspiration in the nursing home: the role of biofilm and data from the ICU.

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Prevention and control of influenza A outbreaks in long-term care facilities

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

Psychological depressive symptoms in grade II hypothyroidism in a nursing home

scientific article published on 01 July 1987

Readmissions and acuity in the nursing home--how will the nursing homes manage?

scientific article published on 01 July 1991

Reducing the risk of cardiovascular complications in the long-term care setting

scientific article published on 01 July 2001

Refilling prescriptions by community-dwelling elderly

scientific article published on 01 August 2003

Reintroduction of influenza A to a nursing building

scientific article published in November 2000

Relations of endogenous anabolic hormones and physical activity to bone mineral density and lean body mass in elderly men

scientific article published on 01 May 1994

Relationship of depression to hypothyroidism in geriatric patients

scientific article published on 01 March 1988

Report of an outbreak: nursing home architecture and influenza-A attack rates.

scientific article published in August 1996

Report of an outbreak: nursing home architecture and influenza-A attack rates: update

article by Paul J Drinka et al published May 2004 in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Response to the article by Holroyd-Leduc et al.: The relationship of indwelling urinary catheters to death, length of hospital stay, functional decline, and nursing home admission in hospitalized older medical patients

scientific article published in January 2008

Risk factors for bacteriuria in men

scientific article published on 01 May 1994

Risk of acquiring influenza A in a nursing home from a culture-positive roommate

scientific article published on 01 November 2003

Risk of acquiring influenza B in a nursing home from a culture-positive roommate

scientific article published in August 2005

Risk of permanent brain injury during syncope

scientific article published in August 2009

SHEA/APIC Guideline: Infection prevention and control in the long-term care facility

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SHEA/APIC guideline: infection prevention and control in the long-term care facility, July 2008.

scientific article published in September 2008

Screaming in the nursing home

scientific article published in December 1990

Screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a nursing home

scientific article published in February 2004

Self-reported hearing difficulty and audiometric thresholds in nursing home residents

scientific article published in January 1993

Sensitivity and positive predictive value of clinical signs of hypogonadism in elderly men

scientific article published on 01 November 1993

Sequential changes in renal function tests in the old, old: results from the Bronx Longitudinal Aging Study

scientific article published on 01 November 1995

Severe hypercalcemia after transition from calcium carbonate to calcium citrate in an elderly woman treated with ergocalciferol 50,000 IU per day.

scientific article published in March 2006

Sputum bacteriology in nursing home pneumonia: a retrospective study

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Subclinical hypothyroidism in a bi-ethnic, urban community

scientific article published on February 2000

Subclinical hypothyroidism in a bi-ethnic, urban community

scientific article published in February 2000

Subclinical hypothyroidism in the elderly: to treat or not to treat?

scientific article published on 01 February 1988

Surveillance definitions of infections in long-term care facilities: revisiting the McGeer criteria

scientific article published on October 2012

Surveillance for respiratory illness in long-term care settings: detection of illness using a prospective research technique

scientific article published on May 2000

Swab culture of purulent skin infection to detect infection or colonization with antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

scientific article published on 31 May 2011

Tetanus-Diphtheria Vaccinations in a Veterans Nursing Home

scientific article published on May 1, 1992

The Cockroft-Gault formula

scientific article published on 01 August 1989

The Development of a Decision Tool for the Empiric Treatment of Suspected Urinary Tract Infection in Frail Older Adults: A Delphi Consensus Procedure

scientific article published on 15 June 2018

The IOU Consensus Recommendations for Empirical Therapy of Cystitis in Nursing Home Residents.

scientific article published on 24 December 2018

The Improving Outcomes of UTI Management in Long-Term Care Project (IOU) Consensus Guidelines for the Diagnosis of Uncomplicated Cystitis in Nursing Home Residents

scientific article published on 20 July 2018

The Tongue, Oral Hygiene, and Prevention of Pneumonia in the Institutionalized Elderly

scientific article published on 01 August 2010

The burden of mental disorders in the nursing home

scientific article published in July 1991

The effect of culture-positive influenza type A on resource use and adverse events in nursing home residents

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

The identification and investigation of clustered bacterial isolates on nursing home units

scientific article published on 01 August 2001

The identification of genetically related bacterial isolates using pulsed field gel electrophoresis on nursing home units: a clinical experience

scientific article published in August 2004

The importance of parathyroid hormone and vitamin D status in the treatment of osteoporosis and renal insufficiency

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The importance of parathyroid hormone and vitamin D status in the treatment of osteoporosis and renal insufficiency

scientific article published on 01 March 2006

The psychiatric symptoms of Alzheimer's disease

scientific article published on 01 October 1988

The skeleton in hypoparathyroidism

scientific article published on 01 May 1991

The utilization of fecal occult blood testing in the institutionalized elderly

scientific article published on 01 December 1991

Three-wheel electric vehicles and work therapy at the Wisconsin Veterans Home

scientific article published in September 1987

Thyroid stimulating hormone elevation without antithyroid antibody elevation in nursing home patients

scientific article published on 01 October 1991

Treatment of Bacteriuria in Older Adults: Still Room for Improvement

scientific article published in October 2008

Treatment of bacteriuria without urinary signs, symptoms, or systemic infectious illness (S/S/S)

scientific article published on 12 September 2009

Type of fall and risk of hip and wrist fractures: the study of osteoporotic fractures

scientific article published on 01 July 1994

Validity of severity scores in hospitalized patients with nursing home-acquired pneumonia

scientific article published on 27 May 2010

Videofluoroscopic swallowing studies

scientific article published on 01 November 1993

Vitamin D deficiency in older people

scientific article published on 01 March 1996

Vitamin Deficiency in the Nursing Home

scientific article published on 01 July 1992

What has SARS taught us about infection control in nursing homes?

scientific article published in May 2004

What has SARS taught us about infection control in nursing homes?

scientific article published on 01 January 2004