Lewis Rubinson

Summary

Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Why is it that internists do not follow guidelines for preventing intravascular catheter infections?
    Lewis Rubinson
    Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 26:525-33. 2005
  2. ncbi Best practices for insertion of central venous catheters in intensive-care units to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections
    Lewis Rubinson
    Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    J Lab Clin Med 143:5-13. 2004
  3. ncbi Low caloric intake is associated with nosocomial bloodstream infections in patients in the medical intensive care unit
    Lewis Rubinson
    Johns Hopkins University, Department of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Crit Care Med 32:350-7. 2004
  4. ncbi Critical care during epidemics
    Lewis Rubinson
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Crit Care 9:311-3. 2005
  5. ncbi Chapter 8. Medical procedures. Recommendations and standard operating procedures for intensive care unit and hospital preparations for an influenza epidemic or mass disaster
    Janice L Zimmerman
    Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
    Intensive Care Med 36:S65-9. 2010
  6. ncbi Infection control in mass respiratory failure: preparing to respond to H1N1
    Elizabeth L Daugherty
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Crit Care Med 38:e103-9. 2010
  7. ncbi Survey study of the knowledge, attitudes, and expected behaviors of critical care clinicians regarding an influenza pandemic
    Elizabeth L Daugherty
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 30:1143-9. 2009
  8. ncbi Mass casualty respiratory failure
    Elizabeth L Daugherty
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Curr Opin Crit Care 13:51-6. 2007
  9. ncbi Preparing your intensive care unit to respond in crisis: considerations for critical care clinicians
    Elizabeth L Daugherty
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Crit Care Med 39:2534-9. 2011
  10. ncbi Modified critical care and treatment space considerations for mass casualty critical illness and injury
    David L Hotchkin
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
    Respir Care 53:67-74; discussion 74-7. 2008

Detail Information

Publications31

  1. ncbi Why is it that internists do not follow guidelines for preventing intravascular catheter infections?
    Lewis Rubinson
    Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 26:525-33. 2005
    ..This study sought to identify and characterize the obstacles to and potential opportunities for improving adherence...
  2. ncbi Best practices for insertion of central venous catheters in intensive-care units to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections
    Lewis Rubinson
    Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    J Lab Clin Med 143:5-13. 2004
  3. ncbi Low caloric intake is associated with nosocomial bloodstream infections in patients in the medical intensive care unit
    Lewis Rubinson
    Johns Hopkins University, Department of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Crit Care Med 32:350-7. 2004
    ..To determine whether caloric intake is associated with risk of nosocomial bloodstream infection in critically ill medical patients...
  4. ncbi Critical care during epidemics
    Lewis Rubinson
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Crit Care 9:311-3. 2005
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  5. ncbi Chapter 8. Medical procedures. Recommendations and standard operating procedures for intensive care unit and hospital preparations for an influenza epidemic or mass disaster
    Janice L Zimmerman
    Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
    Intensive Care Med 36:S65-9. 2010
    ....
  6. ncbi Infection control in mass respiratory failure: preparing to respond to H1N1
    Elizabeth L Daugherty
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Crit Care Med 38:e103-9. 2010
    ....
  7. ncbi Survey study of the knowledge, attitudes, and expected behaviors of critical care clinicians regarding an influenza pandemic
    Elizabeth L Daugherty
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 30:1143-9. 2009
    ..An influenza pandemic is expected to result in a dramatic surge of critically ill patients, and ICU healthcare workers (HCW) are likely to be at high risk of infection...
  8. ncbi Mass casualty respiratory failure
    Elizabeth L Daugherty
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Curr Opin Crit Care 13:51-6. 2007
    ..In this article, we review appropriate medical equipment, treatment space, and strategies to augment health professional staff in response to a massive increase in need for sustained critical care...
  9. ncbi Preparing your intensive care unit to respond in crisis: considerations for critical care clinicians
    Elizabeth L Daugherty
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Crit Care Med 39:2534-9. 2011
    ..We summarize the Task Force recommendations and available updated information to answer a fundamental question for critical care disaster planners: What is a prepared intensive care unit and how do I ensure my unit's readiness?..
  10. ncbi Modified critical care and treatment space considerations for mass casualty critical illness and injury
    David L Hotchkin
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
    Respir Care 53:67-74; discussion 74-7. 2008
    ..This paper reviews current concepts to provide life-sustaining care for hundreds or thousands of people outside of traditional critical care sites...
  11. ncbi Prognostic importance of promoter hypermethylation of multiple genes in esophageal adenocarcinoma
    Malcolm V Brock
    Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
    Clin Cancer Res 9:2912-9. 2003
    ..The association of clinicopathological and biomolecular risk factors to survival and recurrence was performed using the Log-rank test and Cox proportional hazards model for multivariate analysis...
  12. ncbi Predictors of time to death after terminal withdrawal of mechanical ventilation in the ICU
    Colin R Cooke
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, 6 Ann Arbor, MI 48109 5604, USA
    Chest 138:289-97. 2010
    ..Little information exists about the expected time to death after terminal withdrawal of mechanical ventilation. We sought to determine the independent predictors of time to death after withdrawal of mechanical ventilation...
  13. ncbi A porcine model for initial surge mechanical ventilator assessment and evaluation of two limited-function ventilators
    Robert P Dickson
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    Crit Care Med 39:527-32. 2011
    ..To adapt an animal model of acute lung injury for use as a standard protocol for a screening initial evaluation of limited function, or "surge," ventilators for use in mass casualty scenarios...
  14. ncbi Chapter 4. Manpower. Recommendations and standard operating procedures for intensive care unit and hospital preparations for an influenza epidemic or mass disaster
    Christian Sandrock
    Intensive Care Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95820, USA
    Intensive Care Med 36:S32-7. 2010
    ..To provide recommendations and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital preparations for an influenza pandemic or mass disaster with a specific focus on manpower...
  15. ncbi The challenge of hospital infection control during a response to bioterrorist attacks
    Robert W Grow
    Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Biosecur Bioterror 1:215-20. 2003
  16. ncbi The use of personal protective equipment for control of influenza among critical care clinicians: A survey study
    Elizabeth L Daugherty
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Crit Care Med 37:1210-6. 2009
    ..Although effective PPE use may significantly reduce healthcare-associated influenza transmission, PPE adherence among ICU HCWs for preventing nosocomial influenza infection has not been evaluated...
  17. ncbi Clinical review: allocating ventilators during large-scale disasters--problems, planning, and process
    John L Hick
    University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Crit Care 11:217. 2007
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  18. ncbi Internists' adherence to guidelines for prevention of intravascular catheter infections
    Lewis Rubinson
    JAMA 290:2802. 2003
  19. ncbi Augmentation of hospital critical care capacity after bioterrorist attacks or epidemics: recommendations of the Working Group on Emergency Mass Critical Care
    Lewis Rubinson
    Crit Care Med 33:2393-403. 2005
    ..S. hospitals facing these situations have not been developed. The Working Group offers recommendations for this situation...
  20. ncbi Definition and functions of health unified command and emergency operations centers for large-scale bioevent disasters within the existing ICS
    Frederick M Burkle
    Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Disaster Med Public Health Prep 1:135-41. 2007
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  21. ncbi Definitive care for the critically ill during a disaster: a framework for optimizing critical care surge capacity: from a Task Force for Mass Critical Care summit meeting, January 26-27, 2007, Chicago, IL
    Lewis Rubinson
    University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Campus Box 359762, 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
    Chest 133:18S-31S. 2008
    ..Additional research is required to evaluate EMCC and revise the strategy as warranted...
  22. ncbi Simple triage scoring system predicting death and the need for critical care resources for use during epidemics
    Daniel Talmor
    Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Crit Care Med 35:1251-6. 2007
    ..To date, no standardized method for allocating scarce resources when the number of patients in need far exceeds capacity exists. We sought to derive and validate such a triage scheme...
  23. ncbi Definitive care for the critically ill during a disaster: current capabilities and limitations: from a Task Force for Mass Critical Care summit meeting, January 26-27, 2007, Chicago, IL
    Michael D Christian
    FRCPC, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Ave, Suite 18 206, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1X5
    Chest 133:8S-17S. 2008
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  24. ncbi The pulmonary artery catheter, 1967-2007: rest in peace?
    Gordon D Rubenfeld
    JAMA 298:458-61. 2007
  25. ncbi Surge capacity mechanical ventilation
    Richard D Branson
    Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati OH 45267 0558, USA
    Respir Care 53:78-88; discussion 88-90. 2008
    ..Careful planning with an emphasis on matching ventilator performance to patient need and caregiver skill is critical to appropriate stockpile choices...
  26. ncbi Positive-pressure ventilation equipment for mass casualty respiratory failure
    Lewis Rubinson
    Deschutes County Health Department and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Bend Memorial Clinic, Bend, Oregon 97701, USA
    Biosecur Bioterror 4:183-94. 2006
    ..This article offers guidance to authorities charged with preparing for mass casualty PPV in deciding which PPV equipment would be adequate for ventilating patients for days, weeks, or even months during a medical catastrophe...
  27. ncbi Allocating mechanical ventilators during mass respiratory failure: Kudos to New York State, but more work to be done
    Lewis Rubinson
    Disaster Med Public Health Prep 2:7-10. 2008
  28. ncbi A consensus-based educational framework and competency set for the discipline of disaster medicine and public health preparedness
    Italo Subbarao
    Public Health Readiness Office, American Medical Association, USA
    Disaster Med Public Health Prep 2:57-68. 2008
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  29. ncbi Summary of suggestions from the Task Force for Mass Critical Care summit, January 26-27, 2007
    Asha Devereaux
    Sharp Coronado Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA
    Chest 133:1S-7S. 2008
  30. ncbi Definitive care for the critically ill during a disaster: a framework for allocation of scarce resources in mass critical care: from a Task Force for Mass Critical Care summit meeting, January 26-27, 2007, Chicago, IL
    Asha V Devereaux
    Sharp Coronado Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA
    Chest 133:51S-66S. 2008
    ....
  31. ncbi Definitive care for the critically ill during a disaster: medical resources for surge capacity: from a Task Force for Mass Critical Care summit meeting, January 26-27, 2007, Chicago, IL
    Lewis Rubinson
    University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Campus Box 359762, 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
    Chest 133:32S-50S. 2008
    ..This article suggests medical equipment, concepts to expand treatment spaces, and staffing models for EMCC...