Publications

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

Risks of congenital malformations and perinatal events among infants exposed to antidepressant medications during pregnancy.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
Davis RL, Rubanowice D, McPhillips H, Raebel MA, Andrade SE, Smith D, Yood MU, Platt R,

Liver and thyroid monitoring in ambulatory patients prescribed amiodarone in 10 HMOs.

J Manag Care Pharm
Raebel MA, Carroll NM, Simon SR, Andrade SE, Feldstein AC, Lafata JE, Nelson WW, Chan KA, Gunter MJ, Tolsma D, Platt R

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

Epidemiology
Platt R

Reduction in antibiotic use among US children, 1996-2000.

Pediatrics
Finkelstein JA, Stille C, Nordin J, Davis R, Raebel MA, Roblin D, Go AS, Smith D, Johnson CC, Kleinman K, Chan KA, Platt R

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

Incidence of outpatient visits and hospitalizations related to influenza in infants and young children.

Pediatrics
O'Brien MA, Uyeki TM, Shay DK, Thompson WW, Kleinman K, McAdam A, Yu XJ, Platt R, Lieu TA

A generalized linear mixed models approach for detecting incident clusters of disease in small areas, with an application to biological terrorism.

Am. J. Epidemiol.
Kleinman K, Lazarus R, Platt R

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

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,

Resource utilization among patients with sepsis syndrome.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Bates DW, Yu DT, Black E, Sands KE, Schwartz JS, Hibberd PL, Graman PS, Lanken PN, Kahn KL, Snydman DR, Parsonnet J, Moore R, Platt R,

Improvement of intraoperative antibiotic prophylaxis in prolonged cardiac surgery by automated alerts in the operating room.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Zanetti G, Flanagan HL, Cohn LH, Giardina R, Platt R

Using automated health plan data to assess infection risk from coronary artery bypass surgery.

Emerging Infect. Dis.
Platt R, Kleinman K, Thompson K, Dokholyan RS, Livingston JM, Bergman A, Mason JH, Horan TC, Gaynes RP, Solomon SL, Sands KE

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

Community-level predictors of pneumococcal carriage and resistance in young children.

Am. J. Epidemiol.
Huang SS, Finkelstein JA, Rifas-Shiman SL, Kleinman K, Platt R

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

Pediatricians' views on financial barriers and values for pneumococcal vaccine for children.

Ambul Pediatr
Lieu TA, Finkelstein JA, Adams MM, Miroshnik IL, Lett SM, Palfrey S, Freed GL, Kleinman K, Ray GT, Platt R

Use of automated ambulatory-care encounter records for detection of acute illness clusters, including potential bioterrorism events.

Emerging Infect. Dis.
Lazarus R, Kleinman K, Dashevsky I, Adams C, Kludt P, DeMaria A, Platt R

Progress in surgical-site infection surveillance.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Platt R

Male sexual dysfunction associated with antiretroviral therapy.

J. Acquir. Immune Defic. Syndr.
Colson AE, Keller MJ, Sax PE, Pettus PT, Platt R, Choo PW