Publications

Detection of postoperative surgical-site infections: comparison of health plan-based surveillance with hospital-based programs.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Sands KE, Yokoe DS, Hooper DC, Tully JL, Horan TC, Gaynes RP, Solomon SL, Platt R

Predictive value of clinical diagnostic codes for the CDC case definition of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID): implications for surveillance.

Sex Transm Dis
Ratelle S, Yokoe D, Blejan C, Whelan M, Tang Y, Platt R, Blair R, Tao G, Irwin K

Relationship of pulmonary artery catheter use to mortality and resource utilization in patients with severe sepsis.

Crit. Care Med.
Yu DT, Platt R, Lanken PN, Black E, Sands KE, Schwartz JS, Hibberd PL, Graman PS, Kahn KL, Snydman DR, Parsonnet J, Moore R, Bates DW,

Administrative databases provide inaccurate data for surveillance of long-term central venous catheter-associated infections.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Wright SB, Huskins WC, Dokholyan RS, Goldmann DA, Platt R

Antidepressant medication use and risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
Andrade SE, McPhillips H, Loren D, Raebel MA, Lane K, Livingston J, Boudreau DM, Smith DH, Davis RL, Willy ME, Platt R

Adverse events associated with prolonged antibiotic use.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
Meropol SB, Chan KA, Chen Z, Finkelstein JA, Hennessy S, Lautenbach E, Platt R, Schech SD, Shatin D, Metlay JP

Risk of congenital malformations among infants exposed to antidepressants during pregnancy.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
Davis RL, Andrade S, Platt R

Strain-relatedness of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from patients with repeated infection.

Clin. Infect. Dis.
Huang SS, Diekema DJ, Warren DK, Zuccotti G, Winokur PL, Tendolkar S, Boyken L, Datta R, Jones RM, Ward MA, Aubrey T, Onderdonk AB, Garcia C, Platt R

Cost-effectiveness of strategies to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission and infection in an intensive care unit.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Gidengil CA, Gay C, Huang SS, Platt R, Yokoe D, Lee GM

Neurotoxicity of generic anesthesia agents in infants and children: an orphan research question in search of a sponsor.

JAMA
Psaty BM, Platt R, Altman RB

Impact of an environmental cleaning intervention on the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci on surfaces in intensive care unit rooms.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Goodman ER, Platt R, Bass R, Onderdonk AB, Yokoe DS, Huang SS

Potential Adverse Effects of Anesthesia in Children--Reply.

JAMA
Psaty BM, Platt R, Altman RB

Active drug safety surveillance: a tool to improve public health.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
Platt R, Madre L, Reynolds R, Tilson H

Comparing drug effectiveness at health plans: the ethics of cluster randomized trials.

Hastings Cent Rep
Sabin JE, Mazor K, Meterko V, Goff SL, Platt R

The organizational structure and governing principles of the Food and Drug Administration's Mini-Sentinel pilot program.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
Forrow S, Campion DM, Herrinton LJ, Nair VP, Robb MA, Wilson M, Platt R

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Mini-Sentinel program: status and direction.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
Platt R, Carnahan RM, Brown JS, Chrischilles E, Curtis LH, Hennessy S, Nelson JC, Racoosin JA, Robb M, Schneeweiss S, Toh S, Weiner MG

Using a Handheld Device for Patient Data Collection: A Pilot for Medical Countermeasures Surveillance.

Public Health Rep
Daley MF, Goddard K, McClung M, Davidson A, Weiss G, Palen T, Nyirenda C, Platt R, Courtney B, Reichman ME

Comparative effectiveness of different beta-adrenergic antagonists on mortality among adults with heart failure in clinical practice.

Arch. Intern. Med.
Go AS, Yang J, Gurwitz JH, Hsu J, Lane K, Platt R

Does chlorhexidine bathing in adult intensive care units reduce blood culture contamination? A pragmatic cluster-randomized trial.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Septimus EJ, Hayden MK, Kleinman K, Avery TR, Moody J, Weinstein RA, Hickok J, Lankiewicz J, Gombosev A, Haffenreffer K, Kaganov RE, Jernigan JA, Perlin JB, Platt R, Huang SS

Collaborations in population-based health research: the 17th annual HMO Research Network Conference, March 23-25, 2011, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Clin Med Res
Lieu TA, Hinrichsen VL, Moreira A, Platt R