David N Fisman

Summary

Affiliation: Princeton University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi It's not the heat, it's the humidity: wet weather increases legionellosis risk in the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area
    David N Fisman
    School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    J Infect Dis 192:2066-73. 2005
  2. ncbi Prior pneumococcal vaccination is associated with reduced death, complications, and length of stay among hospitalized adults with community-acquired pneumonia
    David N Fisman
    School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 42:1093-101. 2006
  3. ncbi Influenza vaccination and risk of mortality among adults hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia
    Kimberly A Spaude
    Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    Arch Intern Med 167:53-9. 2007
  4. ncbi Fatigue increases the risk of injury from sharp devices in medical trainees: results from a case-crossover study
    David N Fisman
    Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 28:10-7. 2007
  5. ncbi Physicians' acceptable treatment failure rates in antibiotic therapy for coagulase-negative staphylococcal catheter-associated bacteremia: implications for reducing treatment duration
    Eli N Perencevich
    Veterans Affairs Maryland Healthcare System, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 41:1734-41. 2005
  6. ncbi At the threshold: defining clinically meaningful resistance thresholds for antibiotic choice in community-acquired pneumonia
    Nick Daneman
    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 46:1131-8. 2008
  7. ncbi Cost-effectiveness of competing strategies for the treatment of pediatric empyema
    Eyal Cohen
    Department of Pediatrics, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Pediatrics 121:e1250-7. 2008

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Publications7

  1. ncbi It's not the heat, it's the humidity: wet weather increases legionellosis risk in the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area
    David N Fisman
    School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    J Infect Dis 192:2066-73. 2005
    ..Increases in cases of community-acquired legionellosis in the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area (GPMA) led to concern that changing environmental factors could influence occurrence of disease...
  2. ncbi Prior pneumococcal vaccination is associated with reduced death, complications, and length of stay among hospitalized adults with community-acquired pneumonia
    David N Fisman
    School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 42:1093-101. 2006
    ..We investigated the impact of prior pneumococcal vaccination on in-hospital mortality and the probability of respiratory failure among hospitalized adults with community-acquired pneumonia...
  3. ncbi Influenza vaccination and risk of mortality among adults hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia
    Kimberly A Spaude
    Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    Arch Intern Med 167:53-9. 2007
    ..We evaluated the impact of prior influenza vaccination on in-hospital mortality and other health outcomes among hospitalized adults with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)...
  4. ncbi Fatigue increases the risk of injury from sharp devices in medical trainees: results from a case-crossover study
    David N Fisman
    Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 28:10-7. 2007
    ..Our objective was to evaluate the relationship between fatigue and workplace injury risk among medical trainees and nontrainee healthcare workers...
  5. ncbi Physicians' acceptable treatment failure rates in antibiotic therapy for coagulase-negative staphylococcal catheter-associated bacteremia: implications for reducing treatment duration
    Eli N Perencevich
    Veterans Affairs Maryland Healthcare System, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 41:1734-41. 2005
    ..We aimed to identify acceptable failure rates among infectious disease consultants (IDCs) for treatment of central venous catheter-associated bacteremia...
  6. ncbi At the threshold: defining clinically meaningful resistance thresholds for antibiotic choice in community-acquired pneumonia
    Nick Daneman
    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 46:1131-8. 2008
    ..Guidelines suggest a 25% rate of high-level macrolide resistance in the community as the threshold beyond which macrolides should not be used. We evaluated the implications of this threshold for clinical failure rates...
  7. ncbi Cost-effectiveness of competing strategies for the treatment of pediatric empyema
    Eyal Cohen
    Department of Pediatrics, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Pediatrics 121:e1250-7. 2008
    ..The optimal management of pediatric empyema is controversial. The purpose of this decision analysis was to assess the relative merits in terms of costs and clinical outcomes associated with competing treatment strategies...