Publications

Low frequency of treatment of osteoporosis among postmenopausal women following a fracture.

Arch. Intern. Med.
Andrade SE, Majumdar SR, Chan KA, Buist DS, Go AS, Goodman M, Smith DH, Platt R, Gurwitz JH

Antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era: predictors of carriage in a multicommunity sample.

Pediatrics
Finkelstein JA, Huang SS, Daniel J, Rifas-Shiman SL, Kleinman K, Goldmann D, Pelton SI, DeMaria A, Platt R

Monitoring of drugs with a narrow therapeutic range in ambulatory care.

Am J Manag Care
Raebel MA, Carroll NM, Andrade SE, Chester EA, Lafata JE, Feldstein A, Gunter MJ, Nelson WW, Simon SR, Chan KA, Davis RL, 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

Real-time surveillance to assess risk of intussusception and other adverse events after pentavalent, bovine-derived rotavirus vaccine.

Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.
Belongia EA, Irving SA, Shui IM, Kulldorff M, Lewis E, Yin R, Lieu TA, Weintraub E, Yih WK, Li R, Baggs J,

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

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

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

Potential Adverse Effects of Anesthesia in Children--Reply.

JAMA
Psaty BM, Platt R, Altman RB

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

Is size the next big thing in epidemiology?

Epidemiology
Toh S, 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

Cluster randomized trials to study the comparative effectiveness of therapeutics: stakeholders' concerns and recommendations.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
Mazor KM, Sabin JE, Goff SL, Smith DH, Rolnick S, Roblin D, Raebel MA, Herrinton LJ, Gurwitz JH, Boudreau D, Meterko V, Dodd KS, Platt R

Evaluation as part of operations: reconciling the common rule and continuous improvement. Commentary.

Hastings Cent Rep
Platt R, Grossmann C, Selker HP

Opportunity knocks: the electronic (public health) medical record.

Epidemiology
Platt R

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