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List of works by Penelope Pekow

A Geographic Analysis of Racial Disparities in Use of Pulmonary Rehabilitation After Hospitalization for COPD Exacerbation

scientific article published on 17 January 2020

A qualitative analysis of hospital leaders' opinions about publicly reported measures of health care quality

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Access to Subspecialty Care for Patients With Mobility Impairment

scientific article published on March 19, 2013

Activated protein C and hospital mortality in septic shock: a propensity-matched analysis

scientific article published on 01 April 2010

Antibiotic therapy and treatment failure in patients hospitalized for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on 01 May 2010

Anxiety, depression, and oral health among US pregnant women: 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

scientific article published on 13 August 2015

Association Between Antibiotic Treatment and Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized With Acute Exacerbation of COPD Treated With Systemic Steroids ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2013

Association Between Initial Route of Fluoroquinolone Administration and Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized for Community-acquired Pneumonia

scientific article published on 05 April 2016

Association Between Initiation of Pulmonary Rehabilitation After Hospitalization for COPD and 1-Year Survival Among Medicare Beneficiaries

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Association Between Inpatient Echocardiography Use and Outcomes in Adult Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction

scientific article published on 17 June 2019

Association Between Sedating Medications and Delirium in Older Inpatients ⬇️

scientific article published on April 30, 2013

Association between statins given in hospital and mortality in pneumonia patients

scientific article published on 13 August 2011

Association between β-blocker therapy and outcomes in patients hospitalised with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive lung disease with underlying ischaemic heart disease, heart failure or hypertension.

scientific article published on 31 August 2012

Association of Antibiotic Treatment With Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized for an Asthma Exacerbation Treated With Systemic Corticosteroids

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Association of Diagnostic Coding With Trends in Hospitalizations and Mortality of Patients With Pneumonia, 2003-2009 ⬇️

scientific article published on April 4, 2012

Association of Patient and Visit Characteristics With Rate and Timing of Urologic Procedures for Patients Discharged From the Emergency Department With Renal Colic

scientific article published on 02 December 2019

Association of corticosteroid dose and route of administration with risk of treatment failure in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Association of gestational weight gain with cesarean delivery rate after labor induction

scientific article published on March 1, 2011

Association of guideline-based antimicrobial therapy and outcomes in healthcare-associated pneumonia.

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Attitudes of hospital leaders toward publicly reported measures of health care quality

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Blood glucose measurement in patients with suspected diabetic ketoacidosis: a comparison of Abbott MediSense PCx point-of-care meter values to reference laboratory values

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Cardiac Rehabilitation Utilization During an Acute Cardiac Hospitalization: A NATIONAL SAMPLE

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Case volume, quality of care, and care efficiency in coronary artery bypass surgery

scientific article published on July 2010

Changing Heart Failure Coding Practices and Hospital Risk-Standardized Mortality Rates

scientific article published on 07 January 2019

Characteristics of High-Performing Primary Care Pediatric Practices: A Qualitative Study

scientific article published on 18 April 2019

Choosing the best hospital: the limitations of public quality reporting

scientific article published in November 2008

Cigarette smoking and gestational diabetes mellitus in Hispanic woman

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Comparative effectiveness of ceftriaxone in combination with a macrolide compared with ceftriaxone alone for pediatric patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia

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Comparative effectiveness of low‐molecular‐weight heparin versus unfractionated heparin for thromboembolism prophylaxis for medical patients ⬇️

scientific article published on April 2, 2012

Comparative effectiveness of macrolides and quinolones for patients hospitalized with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD)

scientific article published on 01 May 2010

Correlates of high perceived stress among pregnant Hispanic women in Western Massachusetts

scientific article published on August 2013

Correlates of physical activity in pregnancy among Latina women

scientific article published on 08 March 2007

Correlates of smoking cessation at pregnancy onset among Hispanic women in Massachusetts ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 2010

Correspondence

Dementia and Outcomes of Mechanical Ventilation

scientific article published on 7 September 2016

Depression During Pregnancy and Adverse Birth Outcomes Among Predominantly Puerto Rican Women.

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Derivation and Validation of an In-Hospital Mortality Prediction Model Suitable for Profiling Hospital Performance in Heart Failure

scientific article published on 8 February 2018

Development and Validation of a Predictive Model for Short- and Medium-Term Hospital Readmission Following Heart Valve Surgery

scientific article published on 31 August 2016

Development and validation of a model that uses enhanced administrative data to predict mortality in patients with sepsis

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Dietary behaviors, physical activity, and cigarette smoking among pregnant Puerto Rican women

scientific article published on 01 June 2008

Direct admission to hospitals among children in the United States

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Does Cardiopulmonary Bypass Temperature Correlate With Postoperative Central Nervous System Dysfunction? ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 July 1995

Does aspirin have a role in venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in total knee arthroplasty patients?

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Effect of a clinical pharmacist's interventions on duration of antiretroviral-related errors in hospitalized patients

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Epidemiology and outcomes of acute respiratory failure in the United States, 2001 to 2009: A national survey ⬇️

scientific article published on January 18, 2013

Epidemiology of pediatric hospitalizations at general hospitals and freestanding children's hospitals in the United States

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Errors in a busy emergency department

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Estudio Parto: postpartum diabetes prevention program for hispanic women with abnormal glucose tolerance in pregnancy: a randomised controlled trial - study protocol

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Examining the "Repletion Reflex": The Association between Serum Potassium and Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

Experience with Designing and Implementing a Bundled Payment Program for Total Hip Replacement

scientific article published in 2015

Factors That Matter to Low-Income and Racial/Ethnic Minority Mothers When Choosing a Pediatric Practice: a Mixed Methods Analysis

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Fast-track recovery of the coronary bypass patient

scientific article published on 01 December 1994

Follow-up treatment for osteoporosis after fracture

scientific article published on 17 June 2004

Gestational Weight Gain, Body Mass Index, and Risk of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in a Predominantly Puerto Rican Population

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Hospital Performance Measures and 30-day Readmission Rates ⬇️

scientific article published on October 16, 2012

Hospital Procalcitonin Testing and Antibiotic Treatment of Patients Admitted for COPD Exacerbation

scientific article published on 10 August 2017

Hospital Variation in Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders and End-of-Life Healthcare Use in the United States

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Hospital Volume and Outcomes of Noninvasive Ventilation in Patients Hospitalized With an Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Hospital and Community Characteristics Associated With Pediatric Direct Admission to Hospital

scientific article published on 27 October 2017

Hospital patterns of mechanical ventilation for patients with exacerbations of COPD

scientific article published on March 2015

Hospitalist attitudes toward the assessment and management of dyspnea in patients with acute cardiopulmonary diseases.

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Hospitalizations, costs, and outcomes of severe sepsis in the United States 2003 to 2007 ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 2012

Hospitals' Patterns of Use of Noninvasive Ventilation in Patients With Asthma Exacerbation

scientific article published on 28 December 2015

How well do patients and providers agree on the severity of dyspnea?

scientific article published on 29 April 2016

IDEAS for a healthy baby--reducing disparities in use of publicly reported quality data: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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Income inequality and 30 day outcomes after acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia: retrospective cohort study ⬇️

scientific article published on February 14, 2013

Inflammation in Relation to Intensity and Duration of Cigarette Smoking Among People Living with HIV

scientific article published on 28 September 2020

Influence of cardiopulmonary bypass perfusion temperature on neurologic and hematologic function after coronary artery bypass grafting

scientific article published on 01 June 1999

Inpatient Echocardiography Use for Common Cardiovascular Conditions

scientific article published on 01 April 2018

International outsourcing of medical research by high-income countries: changes from 1995 to 2005.

scientific article published in February 2010

Lipid-lowering therapy and in-hospital mortality following major noncardiac surgery

scientific article published on 01 May 2004

Malaria-related knowledge and prevention practices in four neighbourhoods in and around Mumbai, India: a cross-sectional study

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Management and outcomes of pneumonia among children with complex chronic conditions

scientific article published on September 2014

Marginal structural models for the estimation of the risk of Diabetes Mellitus in the presence of elevated depressive symptoms and antidepressant medication use in the Women's Health Initiative observational and clinical trial cohorts

scientific article published on 12 October 2015

Missed opportunities for osteoporosis treatment in patients hospitalized for hip fracture

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Opportunities and challenges for diabetes prevention at two community health centers

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Organizational characteristics associated with high performance on quality measures in pediatric primary care: A positive deviance study

scientific article published on 20 May 2019

Outcomes Associated with Early Postoperative Noninvasive Ventilation in Bariatric Surgical Patients with Sleep Apnea.

scientific article published on 22 August 2016

Outcomes associated with invasive and noninvasive ventilation among patients hospitalized with exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

scientific article published in December 2014

Outcomes of Noninvasive and Invasive Ventilation in Patients Hospitalized with Asthma Exacerbation

scientific article published on 12 April 2016

Outcomes of care by hospitalists, general internists, and family physicians

scientific article published on 01 December 2007

Outcomes of patients with healthcare-associated pneumonia: worse disease or sicker patients?

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Outpatient Management of Patients Following Diagnosis of Acute Pulmonary Embolism

scientific article published on 28 November 2020

Participation in Pulmonary Rehabilitation after Hospitalization for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease among Medicare Beneficiaries

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Patient Navigators and Parent Use of Quality Data: A Randomized Trial

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Patterns of obstetric infection rates in a large sample of US hospitals

scientific article published on 5 February 2013

Perceived psychosocial stress and glucose intolerance among pregnant Hispanic women

scientific article published on 16 June 2014

Perioperative beta-blocker therapy and mortality after major noncardiac surgery

scientific article published on 01 July 2005

Perioperative use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and risks for adverse outcomes of surgery

scientific article published on June 2013

Physical Activity and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy among Hispanic Women

scientific article published on 01 April 2011

Physical Activity and Risk of Cesarean Delivery in Hispanic Women

scientific article published on 09 January 2019

Physical Activity and Sleep Quality and Duration During Pregnancy Among Hispanic Women: Estudio PARTO

scientific article published on 25 September 2018

Physical activity and depressive symptoms during pregnancy among Latina women: a prospective cohort study.

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Physical activity and gestational diabetes mellitus among Hispanic women

scientific article published in July 2008

Physical activity and gestational weight gain in Hispanic women

scientific article published on 05 September 2013

Physical activity and risk of small-for-gestational-age birth among predominantly Puerto Rican women

scientific article published in January 2011

Physical activity and sleep quality and duration among Hispanic postpartum women at risk for type 2 diabetes: Estudio PARTO

scientific article published on 04 June 2019

Physical activity before and during pregnancy and duration of second stage of labor among Hispanic women

scientific article published on 01 July 2009

Physical activity before and during pregnancy and risk of abnormal glucose tolerance among Hispanic women

scientific article published on 22 October 2013

Physical activity patterns during pregnancy in a diverse population of women

scientific article published in October 2006

Physical activity, sedentary behavior and risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in Hispanic women

scientific article published on 14 August 2014

Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and C-reactive protein in pregnancy

scientific article published in February 2014

Physician characteristics, attitudes, and use of computerized order entry

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

Potentially inappropriate medication use in hospitalized elders

scientific article published on March 2008

Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality in Patients With Metastatic Cancer Receiving Specific Critical Care Therapies

scientific article published on August 2016

Predictors of excessive and inadequate gestational weight gain in Hispanic women

scientific article published in May 2008

Predictors of the Use of Specific Critical Care Therapies in Patients With Metastatic Cancer

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Prenatal Depression and Risk of Short Interpregnancy Interval in a Predominantly Puerto Rican Population

scientific article published on 29 May 2020

Prenatal Perceived Stress and Adverse Birth Outcomes Among Puerto Rican Women

scientific article published on 7 December 2017

Prenatal depressive symptoms and abnormalities of glucose tolerance during pregnancy among Hispanic women

scientific article published on 21 September 2013

Prenatal stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms as predictors of intention to breastfeed among Hispanic women

scientific article published on 13 June 2011

Prepregnancy Body Mass Index, Gestational Weight Gain, and Odds of Cesarean Delivery in Hispanic Women

scientific article published on 16 November 2017

Prepregnancy body mass index, gestational weight gain, and elevated depressive symptoms in a Hispanic cohort

scientific article published on 11 August 2014

Prepregnancy body mass index, gestational weight gain, and risk of hypertensive pregnancy among Latina women

scientific article published on 13 December 2008

Prevalence, treatment, and outcomes associated with OSA among patients hospitalized with pneumonia

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Protocol for two-arm pragmatic cluster randomized hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial comparing two education strategies for improving the uptake of noninvasive ventilation in patients with severe COPD exacerbation

scientific article published on 06 May 2020

Proyecto Mamá: a lifestyle intervention in overweight and obese Hispanic women: a randomised controlled trial--study protocol

scientific article published on 30 July 2015

Quality of care for patients hospitalized for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on June 2006

Quality of care for patients hospitalized with heart failure: assessing the impact of hospitalists

scientific article published in June 2002

Recognition and management of chronic kidney disease in an elderly ambulatory population

scientific article published on 29 April 2008

Reply to Henriksen and Brabrand

scientific article published on 16 June 2016

Response

Risk Factors for Severe Opioid-Related Adverse Events in a National Cohort of Medical Hospitalizations

scientific article published on 14 November 2019

Risk factor model to predict venous thromboembolism in hospitalized medical patients ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2011

Risk factors for prenatal depressive symptoms among Hispanic women

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Second stage of labor and intraventricular hemorrhage in early preterm infants in the vertex presentation ⬇️

scientific article published on April 12, 2013

Sedentary behaviors and abnormal glucose tolerance among pregnant Latina women

scientific article published in June 2010

Shop for quality or volume? Volume, quality, and outcomes of coronary artery bypass surgery

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Short-Term Safety of Nicotine Replacement in Smokers Hospitalized With Coronary Heart Disease

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy Among Smokers Hospitalized for Coronary Heart Disease

scientific article published on 01 October 2017

Smoking and risk of preterm birth among predominantly Puerto Rican women

scientific article published in June 2008

Smoking during pregnancy and risk of abnormal glucose tolerance: a prospective cohort study

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Soil ingestion estimates for children residing on a superfund site

scientific article published in April 1997

Soil ingestion in adults--results of a second pilot study

scientific article published on 01 April 1997

Spatial analysis of factors influencing choice of paediatric practice for mothers from low-income and minority populations

scientific article published on 07 December 2018

Stress and Anxiety are Associated with Lower Gestational Weight Gain in Hispanic Women

scientific article published on 26 September 2020

Successful Strategies for Practice-Based Recruitment of Racial and Ethnic Minority Pregnant Women in a Randomized Controlled Trial: the IDEAS for a Healthy Baby Study

scientific article published on 11 April 2016

Successful Use of Noninvasive Ventilation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. How Do High-Performing Hospitals Do It?

scientific article published on 18 July 2017

The Association Between Acculturation and Prenatal Psychosocial Stress Among Latinas

scientific article published on 15 June 2019

The Association of Frailty with Discharge Disposition for Hospitalized Community Dwelling Elderly Patients.

scientific article published on 6 December 2017

The Association of Nicotine Replacement Therapy With Outcomes Among Smokers Hospitalized for a Major Surgical Procedure

scientific article published on 29 November 2019

The Birth Certificate as an Efficient Means of Identifying Children Conceived With the Help of Infertility Treatment ⬇️

scientific article published on June 24, 2011

The Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Renal Colic across a Sample of US Hospitals: High CT Utilization Despite Low Rates of Admission and Inpatient Urologic Intervention

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The Influence of Procedure Volumes and Standardization of Care on Quality and Efficiency in Total Joint Replacement Surgery ⬇️

scientific article published on November 17, 2010

The Relationship Between Hospital Spending and Mortality in Patients With Sepsis ⬇️

scientific article published on February 28, 2011

The Trajectory of Dyspnea in Hospitalized Patients

scientific article published on 24 November 2015

The association between body mass index and osteoporosis in patients referred for a bone mineral density examination

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

The comparative effectiveness of noninvasive and invasive ventilation in patients with pneumonia

scientific article published on 23 May 2017

The impact of a randomized controlled trial of a lifestyle intervention on postpartum physical activity among at-risk hispanic women: Estudio PARTO

scientific article published on 24 July 2020

The relationship between case volume, care quality, and outcomes of complex cancer surgery

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The role of the institutional review board in quality improvement: a survey of quality officers, institutional review board chairs, and journal editors

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Treatment Trends and Outcomes in Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia

scientific article published in November 2017

Trends in mechanical ventilation among patients hospitalized with acute exacerbations of COPD in the United States, 2001 to 2011.

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Unnecessary antibiotic prescribing in children hospitalised for asthma exacerbation: a retrospective national cohort study

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

Use and Outcomes Associated With Perioperative Amiodarone in Cardiac Surgery

scientific article published on 05 August 2019

Use and outcomes associated with long-acting bronchodilators among patients hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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Use and outcomes of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after spinal fusion surgery

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Use of Inpatient Palliative Care Services in Patients With Advanced Cancer Receiving Critical Care Therapies.

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Use of Vasoactive Medications after Cardiac Surgery in the United States

scientific article published on 14 September 2020

Use of mechanical ventilation by patients with and without dementia, 2001 through 2011.

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Using highly detailed administrative data to predict pneumonia mortality

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Validation and Comparison of Seven Mortality Prediction Models for Hospitalized Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

scientific article published in August 2016

Validation of a certified nurse-midwifery database for use in quality monitoring and outcomes research

scientific article published on 29 May 2014

Validation of the Kaiser Physical Activity Survey in pregnant women

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Validity of Using ICD‐9‐CM Codes to Identify Selected Categories of Obstetric Complications, Procedures and Co‐morbidities ⬇️

scientific article published on July 23, 2012

Variation and outcomes associated with direct hospital admission among children with pneumonia in the United States

scientific article published in September 2014

Variation in diagnostic coding of patients with pneumonia and its association with hospital risk-standardized mortality rates: a cross-sectional analysis

scientific article published on 01 March 2014

Variation in prevalence and patterns of peripherally inserted central catheter use in adults hospitalized with pneumonia.

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Variation in resource utilization for the management of uncomplicated community-acquired pneumonia across community and children's hospitals

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Variation in the care of septic shock: The impact of patient and hospital characteristics ⬇️

scientific article published on February 1, 2012

Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis among medical patients at US hospitals

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What is the best method for estimating the burden of severe sepsis in the United States? ⬇️

scientific article published on April 17, 2012

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