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Pneumonia
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs that can cause mild to severe illness. Viruses, bacteria, and fungi can all cause pneumonia. Some types of pneumonia can be treated with antibiotics, and other types can be prevented with a vaccine. Within VA, research on pneumonia focuses on improving Veterans’ access to treatment and vaccination, preventing the spread of infection within healthcare settings, and improving health outcomes for Veterans with underlying respiratory illness.
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Citations
(5 of more than 350 PNEUMONIA focused publications)
- Jones BE, Jones MM. Pneumonia and Electronic Health Records-A Window Into Disease, A Mirror of Our Behavior, or Just Another Streetlight? Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2020 Oct 23; 71(7):1613-1615.
- Griffith MF, Levy CR, Parikh TJ, Stevens-Lapsley JE, Eber LB, Palat ST, Gozalo PL, Teno JM. Nursing Home Residents Face Severe Functional Limitation or Death After Hospitalization for Pneumonia. Journal of The American Medical Directors Association. 2020 Dec 1; 21(12):1879-1884.
- Wilson KC, Schoenberg NC, Cohn DL, Crothers K, Fennelly KP, Metlay JP, Saukkonen JJ, Strange C, Waterer G, Dweik R. Community-acquired Pneumonia Guideline Recommendations - Impact of a Consensus-based Process versus Systematic Reviews. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2020 Sep 22.
- Steffens C, Sung M, Bastian LA, Edelman EJ, Brackett A, Gunderson CG. The Association Between Prescribed Opioid Receipt and Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of general internal medicine. 2020 Nov 1; 35(11):3315-3322.
- Rodriguez-Barradas MC, McGinnis KA, Akgün K, Tate JP, Brown ST, Butt AA, Fine M, Goetz MB, Graber CJ, Huang L, Rimland D, Justice A, Crothers K. Validation for using electronic health records to identify community acquired pneumonia hospitalization among people with and without HIV. Pneumonia (Nathan Qld.). 2020 Jul 25; 12:6.
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Publication Briefs
(5 of more than 21 PNEUMONIA focused publication briefs)
- Inpatient Mortality Underestimates the Health Burden of COVID-19 Hospitalizations in Veterans
This study sought to measure the rate of readmission, reasons for readmission, and rate of death after hospital discharge among Veterans with COVID-19 who used VA healthcare. Findings showed that 27% of Veterans who survived COVID-19 hospitalization were readmitted or died by 60 days post-discharge, and this rate was lower than matched survivors of pneumonia (26% vs. 32%) or heart failure (27% vs....
Date: December 14, 2020
- VA Patients Have Fewer Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations Post-Chemotherapy than Medicare Patients
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new quality measure to reduce potentially avoidable hospital admissions among patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy. In this study, investigators used this CMS measure to compare the quality of care received by chemotherapy patients treated through traditional Fee-for-Service Medicare versus VA, using a cohort of dually-enrolled ...
Date: July 15, 2020
- Anti-MRSA Therapy Associated with Greater 30-day Mortality Compared with Standard Therapy for Veterans with Pneumonia
This study sought to determine the association of empirical anti-MRSA therapy with 30-day mortality for Veterans hospitalized with pneumonia. Findings showed that empirical anti-MRSA therapy was significantly associated with greater 30-day mortality compared with standard therapy alone. There was a significant increase in 30-day mortality associated with empirical anti-MRSA therapy plus standard t...
Date: February 17, 2020
- Lack of Awareness among VA Providers about Risk Associated with Prescribing Inhaled Corticosteroids to Veterans with COPD
More than 50% of patients with mild-to-moderate COPD in the U.S. are prescribed inhaled corticosteroids despite recommendations to restrict use to patients with frequent breathing exacerbations. This study explored VA primary care providers’ experiences prescribing inhaled corticosteroids among Veterans with mild-to-moderate COPD. Of the Veterans with COPD in this study cohort, 15% were prescribed...
Date: August 8, 2019
- Using Yelp, VA Hospitals Rated Higher than Affiliated Non-VA Hospitals
Online patient ratings of hospitals (e.g., Yelp) have been shown to correlate strongly with more conventional measures of patient satisfaction, as well as patient outcomes. Therefore, this study compared online hospital ratings from Yelp between VA hospitals and their local affiliated hospitals. Findings showed that VA hospitals had significantly higher Yelp ratings than non-VA-affiliated hospital...
Date: June 28, 2017
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Studies
( 5 of more than 12 PNEUMONIA focused projects
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Project No. |
Title |
PI |
Funding Start |
CDA 15-061
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Understanding and Improving Decision-making in Pneumonia with Informatics |
Jones, Barbara |
2017-04-01 |
PPO 09-288
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Reducing Length of Stay for Veterans Hospitalized with Pneumonia |
Mortensen, Eric |
2010-04-01 |
RRP 06-177
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Implementation of Practices to Improve Efficiency of Care for Pneumonia |
Aspinall, Sherrie |
2006-10-01 |
MRC 05-319
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Quality Improvement Technical Assistance Project - Community Acquired Pneumonia |
Fine, Michael |
2005-06-01 |
IIR 03-123
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Improving Care for Nursing Home Pneumonia in NHCUs and Veterans' Homes |
Hutt, Evelyn |
2004-07-01 |
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