Physician

Neonat/Perinatology

Dr. David D. Wirtschafter, MD

David D. Wirtschafter, MD is an expert in the field of Neonat/Perinatology. He graduated from Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine. David Wirtschafter is a published physician. He published 50 publications, including: 'Endotracheal intubation and its relationship to bacterial colonization and systemic infection of newborn infants.'

Publications

Nosocomial infection reduction in VLBW infants with a statewide quality-improvement model.
Neonatal intensive care unit collaboration to decrease hospital-acquired bloodstream infections: from comparative performance reports to improvement networks.
Cesarean delivery rates and neonatal morbidity in a low-risk population.
Evaluation and development of potentially better practices to prevent neonatal nosocomial bacteremia.
Implementation of evidence-based potentially better practices to decrease nosocomial infections.
Idiopathic neonatal giant cell hepatitis presenting with acute hepatic failure on postnatal day one.
The Kaiser Permanente prenatal smoking-cessation trial: when more isn''t better, what is enough?
The Kaiser Permanente prenatal smoking cessation trial: when more isn''t better, what is enough?
Prevention of Group B Streptococcus early-onset disease: a toolkit by the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative.
Prospective evaluation of postnatal steroid administration: a 1-year experience from the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative.
Ocular quinine toxicity treated with hyperbaric oxygen.
Endotracheal intubation and its relationship to bacterial colonization and systemic infection of newborn infants.
Computerized algorithms and pediatricians' management of common problems in a community clinic.
Postnatal physiologic hypercholemia in both premature and full-term infants.
A consultant-extender system for breast cancer adjuvant chemotherapy.
Nasal continuous positive airway pressure. Improvement in arterial oxygenation in hyaline membrane disease.
BCNU, velban, cyclophosphamide, procarbazine, and prednisone (BVCPP) in advanced Hodgkin''s disease.
Percutaneous peripheral arterial cannulation in the neonate.
The impact of DRGs on medical management.
Systemic bacterial infections in neonatal deaths.
Increasing frequency of penicillin-resistant pneumococci: epidemiological aspects and case-control study.
Continuing medical education using clinical algorithms. A controlled-trial assessment of effect on neonatal care.
Peer review in the university hospital setting.
Effective thrombolytic therapy of aortic thrombosis in the small premature infant.
Construction of clinical algorithms for educational programs.
Rheumatology algorithms for primary care physicians.
Cost-effectiveness and obstetric services.
Economic analysis of an automated billing system for physicians'' services.
Automating ambulatory medical records: a claims-based medical profile.
Automation of a patient medical profile from insurance claims data: a possible first step in automating ambulatory medical records on a national scale.
Continuing medical education: an assessment of impact upon neonatal care in community hospitals.
In utero versus neonatal transportation of high-risk perinates: a comparison.
Do information systems improve the quality of clinical research? Results of a randomized trial in a cooperative multi-institutional cancer group.
A county-wide obstetrical automated medical record system.
Favorable factors in the adjuvant therapy of breast cancer.
On-line medicaid billing system for physicians'' services.
Clinical algorithms for cancer chemotherapy--systems for community-based consultant-extenders and oncology centers.
A strategy for redesigning the medical record for quality assurance.
One health maintenance organization's experience: obstetric costs depend more on staffing patterns than on mode of delivery.
Perinatal services in the era of managed care: a Kaiser Permanente physician's perspective.
Why pay extra for cesarean-section deliveries?
Cost-effectiveness and data envelopment analysis.
Using health care outcomes to improve patient care in the NICU.
Regional neonatal transport: impact of an integrated community/center system.
Promoting antenatal steroid use for fetal maturation: results from the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative.
Continuous neonatal pulmonary mechanics with the BICORE CP-100 monitor.
A statewide quality improvement collaborative to reduce neonatal central line-associated blood stream infections.
The inverse groups?
Antibiotic use for presumed neonatally acquired infections far exceeds that for central line-associated blood stream infections: an exploratory critique.

Schools

Oregon Health And Science University School Of Medicine
Stanford Med Center
University Ala Hospital

Doctors Specialties

Neonatal Medicine
Neonat/Perinatology

Accepted Insurances

Education

Stanford University
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine

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