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Practice guidelines and reminders to reduce duration of hospital stay for patients with chest pain. An interventional trial.

Weingarten SR, Riedinger MS, Conner L, Lee TH, Hoffman I, Johnson B, Ellrodt AG.

Ann Intern Med. 1994 Feb 15;120(4):257-63.PMID: 8291818 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Reducing lengths of stay in the coronary care unit with a practice guideline for patients with congestive heart failure. Insights from a controlled clinical trial.

Weingarten S, Riedinger M, Conner L, Johnson B, Ellrodt AG.

Med Care. 1994 Dec;32(12):1232-43.PMID: 7967861 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prospective evaluation of a clinical guideline recommending hospital length of stay in upper gastrointestinal tract hemorrhage.

Hay JA, Maldonado L, Weingarten SR, Ellrodt AG.

JAMA. 1997 Dec 24-31;278(24):2151-6.PMID: 9417008 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Measuring and improving physician compliance with clinical practice guidelines. A controlled interventional trial.

Ellrodt AG, Conner L, Riedinger M, Weingarten S.

Ann Intern Med. 1995 Feb 15;122(4):277-82.PMID: 7825764 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Early "step-down" transfer of low-risk patients with chest pain. A controlled interventional trial.

Weingarten S, Ermann B, Bolus R, Riedinger MS, Rubin H, Green A, Karns K, Ellrodt AG.

Ann Intern Med. 1990 Aug 15;113(4):283-9.PMID: 2115754 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Failure of information as an intervention to modify clinical management. A time-series trial in patients with acute chest pain.

Lee TH, Pearson SD, Johnson PA, Garcia TB, Weisberg MC, Guadagnoli E, Cook EF, Goldman L.

Ann Intern Med. 1995 Mar 15;122(6):434-7.PMID: 7856992 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Reducing lengths of stay for patients hospitalized with chest pain using medical practice guidelines and opinion leaders.

Weingarten S, Agocs L, Tankel N, Sheng A, Ellrodt AG.

Am J Cardiol. 1993 Feb 1;71(4):259-62.PMID: 8427164 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Can practice guidelines safely reduce hospital length of stay? Results from a multicenter interventional study.

Weingarten S, Riedinger MS, Sandhu M, Bowers C, Ellrodt AG, Nunn C, Hobson P, Greengold N.

Am J Med. 1998 Jul;105(1):33-40.PMID: 9688019 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Triage practice guideline for patients hospitalized with congestive heart failure: improving the effectiveness of the coronary care unit.

Weingarten SR, Riedinger MS, Shinbane J, Siegel R, Conner L, Prechtl K, Ellrodt AG.

Am J Med. 1993 May;94(5):483-90.PMID: 8498393 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cost-effectiveness of a new short-stay unit to "rule out" acute myocardial infarction in low risk patients.

Gaspoz JM, Lee TH, Weinstein MC, Cook EF, Goldman P, Komaroff AL, Goldman L.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 1994 Nov 1;24(5):1249-59.PMID: 7930247 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Implementing practice guidelines through a utilization management strategy: the potential and the challenges.

Ellrodt AG, Conner L, Riedinger MS, Weingarten S.

QRB Qual Rev Bull. 1992 Dec;18(12):456-60.PMID: 1287529 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evaluation of a pneumonia practice guideline in an interventional trial.

Weingarten SR, Riedinger MS, Hobson P, Noah MS, Johnson B, Giugliano G, Norian J, Belman MJ, Ellrodt AG.

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1996 Mar;153(3):1110-5.PMID: 8630553 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Can practice guidelines be transported effectively to different settings? Results from a multicenter interventional study.

Lichtman JH, Roumanis SA, Radford MJ, Riedinger MS, Weingarten S, Krumholz HM.

Jt Comm J Qual Improv. 2001 Jan;27(1):42-53.PMID: 11147239 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A prospective, multicenter study of a pneumonia practice guideline.

Rhew DC, Riedinger MS, Sandhu M, Bowers C, Greengold N, Weingarten SR.

Chest. 1998 Jul;114(1):115-9.PMID: 9674457 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Costs of an emergency department-based accelerated diagnostic protocol vs hospitalization in patients with chest pain: a randomized controlled trial.

Roberts RR, Zalenski RJ, Mensah EK, Rydman RJ, Ciavarella G, Gussow L, Das K, Kampe LM, Dickover B, McDermott MF, Hart A, Straus HE, Murphy DG, Rao R.

JAMA. 1997 Nov 26;278(20):1670-6.PMID: 9388086 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of a chest-pain guideline on clinical decision-making.

Boufous S, Kelleher PW, Pain CH, Dann LM, Ieraci S, Jalaludin BB, Gray AL, Harris SE, Juergens CP.

Med J Aust. 2003 Apr 21;178(8):375-80.PMID: 12697008 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Do older internists use more hospital resources than younger internists for patients hospitalized with chest pain? A study of patients hospitalized in the coronary care and intermediate care units.

Weingarten S, Bolus R, Riedinger M, Selker H, Ellrodt AG.

Crit Care Med. 1992 Jun;20(6):762-7.PMID: 1597029 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reducing length of stay for patients hospitalized with exacerbation of COPD by using a practice guideline.

Kong GK, Belman MJ, Weingarten S.

Chest. 1997 Jan;111(1):89-94.PMID: 8995998 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on outcome of infection in patients in the surgical intensive care unit.

Price J, Ekleberry A, Grover A, Melendy S, Baddam K, McMahon J, Villalba M, Johnson M, Zervos MJ.

Crit Care Med. 1999 Oct;27(10):2118-24.PMID: 10548192 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A utilization management intervention to reduce unnecessary testing in the coronary care unit.

Wang TJ, Mort EA, Nordberg P, Chang Y, Cadigan ME, Mylott L, Ananian LV, Thompson BT, Fessler M, Warren W, Wheeler A, Jordan M, Fifer MA.

Arch Intern Med. 2002 Sep 9;162(16):1885-90.PMID: 12196088 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article