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Steven Zweig

Professor of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri
Verified email at missouri.edu
Cited by 1768

[PDF][PDF] Efficacy and safety of high‐dose pravastatin in hypercholesterolemic patients with well‐compensated chronic liver disease: results of a prospective, randomized …

JH Lewis, ME Mortensen, S Zweig, MJ Fusco… - …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The hepatotoxic potential of 3‐hydroxy‐3‐methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors in
patients with underlying chronic liver disease remains controversial. We performed a …

Predicting death in the nursing home: development and validation of the 6-month Minimum Data Set mortality risk index

D Porock, D Parker Oliver, S Zweig… - The Journals of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Background. Currently, 24% of all deaths nationally occur in nursing homes making this an
important focus of care. However, many residents are not identified as dying and thus do not …

End-of-life care in US nursing homes: a review of the evidence

DP Oliver, D Porock, S Zweig - Journal of the American Medical Directors …, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to systematically review the empiric evidence
on end-of-life care in nursing homes in the United States The guiding research question for …

[HTML][HTML] Urinary catheter management

DD Cravens, S Zweig - American family physician, 2000 - aafp.org
The use of urinary catheters should be avoided whenever possible. Clean intermittent
catheterization, when practical, is preferable to long-term catheterization. Suprapubic catheters …

Predicting mortality in nursing home residents with lower respiratory tract infection: The Missouri LRI Study

DR Mehr, EF Binder, RL Kruse, SC Zweig, R Madsen… - Jama, 2001 - jamanetwork.com
ContextLower respiratory tract infection (LRI) is a leading cause of mortality and hospitalization
in nursing home residents. Treatment decisions may be aided by a clinical prediction rule …

Effect of do‐not‐resuscitate orders on hospitalization of nursing home residents evaluated for lower respiratory infections

SC Zweig, RL Kruse, EF Binder… - Journal of the …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
(See editorial comments by Dr. Joan Teno on pp 159–160) Objectives: To determine resident
and facility characteristics associated with do‐not‐resuscitate (DNR) orders and to test the …

First year medical students' knowledge, attitudes, and interest in geriatric medicine

…, MC Hosokawa, MP Gray, SC Zweig - Educational …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of an extracurricular geriatric program
on medical students' knowledge of, and attitudes toward, the elderly and their interest in …

Predictors of short-term functional decline in survivors of nursing home-acquired lower respiratory tract infection

…, AK Sherman, R Madsen, SC Zweig… - The Journals of …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Background. Scant information exists about the risk of functional decline following treatment
of acute illness in the nursing home (NH) setting. The aim of this study was to determine the …

Clinical findings associated with radiographic pneumonia in nursing home residents.

DR Mehr, EF Binder, RL Kruse, SC Zweig… - Journal of Family …, 2001 - go.gale.com
* OBJECTIVE Subtle presentation and the frequent lack of on-site physicians complicate the
diagnosis of pneumonia in nursing home residents. We sought to identify clinical findings (…

Using mortality risk scores for long-term prognosis of nursing home residents: caution is recommended

…, GF Petroski, DL Swenson, SC Zweig - … Series A: Biomedical …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Background. Determining prognosis for nursing home residents is important for care planning,
but reliable prediction is difficult. We compared performance of four long-term mortality …