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J Daley

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1 The Department of Veterans Affairs' NSQIP: the first national, validated, outcome-based, risk-adjusted, and peer-controlled program for the measurement and enhancement of the quality of surgical care. National VA Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Ann Surg 1998 9.77
2 Development and validation of a multifactorial risk index for predicting postoperative pneumonia after major noncardiac surgery. Ann Intern Med 2001 6.59
3 Independent association between acute renal failure and mortality following cardiac surgery. Am J Med 1998 6.34
4 Severe premature coronary artery disease with protease inhibitors. Lancet 1998 5.59
5 Comorbidities, complications, and coding bias. Does the number of diagnosis codes matter in predicting in-hospital mortality? JAMA 1992 5.07
6 Racial variation in cardiac procedure use and survival following acute myocardial infarction in the Department of Veterans Affairs. JAMA 1994 5.03
7 The National Veterans Administration Surgical Risk Study: risk adjustment for the comparative assessment of the quality of surgical care. J Am Coll Surg 1995 4.77
8 Risk adjustment of the postoperative mortality rate for the comparative assessment of the quality of surgical care: results of the National Veterans Affairs Surgical Risk Study. J Am Coll Surg 1997 4.55
9 Preoperative serum albumin level as a predictor of operative mortality and morbidity: results from the National VA Surgical Risk Study. Arch Surg 1999 4.15
10 Identifying complications of care using administrative data. Med Care 1994 4.01
11 Outcome of myocardial infarction in Veterans Health Administration patients as compared with medicare patients. N Engl J Med 2000 3.67
12 Risk factors for prolonged length of stay after major elective surgery. Ann Surg 1999 3.63
13 Preoperative renal risk stratification. Circulation 1997 3.47
14 Chronic conditions and risk of in-hospital death. Health Serv Res 1994 3.00
15 B7, a B-cell-restricted antigen that identifies preactivated B cells. J Immunol 1987 2.92
16 Positive predictive value of the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in an administrative database. J Gen Intern Med 1999 2.70
17 ACC/AHA/ACP-ASIM guidelines for the management of patients with chronic stable angina: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Management of Patients With Chronic Stable Angina). J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 2.58
18 Interpreting hospital mortality data. The role of clinical risk adjustment. JAMA 1989 2.53
19 Multifactorial risk index for predicting postoperative respiratory failure in men after major noncardiac surgery. The National Veterans Administration Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Ann Surg 2000 2.41
20 CD40-activated human B cells: an alternative source of highly efficient antigen presenting cells to generate autologous antigen-specific T cells for adoptive immunotherapy. J Clin Invest 1997 2.39
21 Predicting who dies depends on how severity is measured: implications for evaluating patient outcomes. Ann Intern Med 1995 2.32
22 Vaccination with irradiated autologous melanoma cells engineered to secrete human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor generates potent antitumor immunity in patients with metastatic melanoma. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998 2.29
23 Risk factors for morbidity and mortality after colectomy for colon cancer. Dis Colon Rectum 2000 2.22
24 Judging hospitals by severity-adjusted mortality rates: the influence of the severity-adjustment method. Am J Public Health 1996 2.15
25 Increasing use of Medicare services by veterans with acute myocardial infarction. Med Care 1999 2.04
26 Activated human B lymphocytes express three CTLA-4 counterreceptors that costimulate T-cell activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993 2.03
27 Relation of surgical volume to outcome in eight common operations: results from the VA National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Ann Surg 1999 1.98
28 Best practices for managing surgical services: the role of coordination. Health Care Manage Rev 1997 1.85
29 Using administrative data to screen hospitals for high complication rates. Inquiry 1994 1.83
30 ACC/AHA/ACP-ASIM guidelines for the management of patients with chronic stable angina: executive summary and recommendations. A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Management of Patients with Chronic Stable Angina). Circulation 1999 1.82
31 Comparison of complications after radical and partial nephrectomy: results from the National Veterans Administration Surgical Quality Improvement Program. BJU Int 2000 1.82
32 Follicular lymphomas can be induced to present alloantigen efficiently: a conceptual model to improve their tumor immunogenicity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1995 1.75
33 Patterns of coordination and clinical outcomes: a study of surgical services. Health Serv Res 1998 1.75
34 Isolated human follicular dendritic cells display a unique antigenic phenotype. J Exp Med 1989 1.72
35 Prognostic models of thirty-day mortality and morbidity after major pulmonary resection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 1.66
36 Growing use of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the national Veterans Affairs Surgical Risk Study: effects on volume, patient selection, and selected outcomes. Ann Surg 1998 1.61
37 Comparison of surgical outcomes between teaching and nonteaching hospitals in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Ann Surg 2001 1.61
38 Guidelines for the management of patients with chronic stable angina: treatment. Ann Intern Med 2001 1.57
39 Postoperative and late survival outcomes after major amputation: findings from the Department of Veterans Affairs National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Surgery 2001 1.56
40 Tissue-specific expression of the human CD19 gene in transgenic mice inhibits antigen-independent B-lymphocyte development. Mol Cell Biol 1994 1.54
41 Angina patients' ratings of current health and health without angina: associations with severity of angina and comorbidity. Med Decis Making 1996 1.53
42 A defect of immunoregulatory T cell subsets in systemic lupus erythematosus patients demonstrated with anti-2H4 antibody. J Clin Invest 1987 1.46
43 A 61-year-old man with Parkinson's disease, 1 year later. JAMA 1996 1.42
44 A 64-year-old man with adult-onset diabetes, 1 year later. JAMA 1997 1.40
45 Costs of potential complications of care for major surgery patients. Am J Med Qual 1995 1.38
46 Selective loss of the suppressor-inducer T-cell subset in progressive multiple sclerosis. Analysis with anti-2H4 monoclonal antibody. N Engl J Med 1987 1.38
47 An 82-year-old woman with cataracts, 1 year later. JAMA 1997 1.38
48 Judging hospitals by severity-adjusted mortality rates: the case of CABG surgery. Inquiry 1996 1.36
49 Hospital- and community-based surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: previous hospitalization is the major risk factor. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2000 1.35
50 Where do elderly veterans obtain care for acute myocardial infarction: Department of Veterans Affairs or Medicare? Health Serv Res 1997 1.34
51 A method for screening the quality of hospital care using administrative data: preliminary validation results. QRB Qual Rev Bull 1992 1.32
52 Discharge destination and repeat hospitalizations. Med Care 1997 1.31
53 Severity measurement methods and judging hospital death rates for pneumonia. Med Care 1996 1.17
54 Purification and characterization of fetal hematopoietic cells that express the common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen (CALLA). J Exp Med 1983 1.16
55 Provider perceptions in using outcomes data to improve clinical practice. Ann Thorac Surg 1994 1.16
56 Specificity of gap junction communication among human mammary cells and connexin transfectants in culture. J Cell Biol 1993 1.14
57 Outcome after proctectomy for rectal cancer in Department of Veterans Affairs Hospitals: a report from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Ann Surg 1998 1.14
58 Stimulation of T cells via the TAP molecule, a member in a family of activating proteins encoded in the Ly-6 locus. J Immunol 1987 1.14
59 Through the patient's eyes: strategies toward more successful contraception. Obstet Gynecol 1996 1.13
60 Outcomes of acute myocardial infarction in the Department of Veterans Affairs: does regionalization of health care work? Med Care 1997 1.11
61 Inactivation of misselected CD8 T cells by CD8 gene methylation and cell death. Science 1999 1.10
62 Hysterectomy in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. Obstet Gynecol 2001 1.10
63 Racial variation in the use of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the Department of Veterans Affairs medical system. J Am Coll Surg 1999 1.05
64 Validating risk-adjusted surgical outcomes: chart review of process of care. Int J Qual Health Care 2001 1.05
65 Measles epidemic in Waterloo region, Ontario, 1990-1991. Can Dis Wkly Rep 1991 1.03
66 Hyponatraemia and Moduretic-grand mal seizures: a review. J R Soc Med 1989 1.03
67 Using severity-adjusted stroke mortality rates to judge hospitals. Int J Qual Health Care 1995 1.02
68 Changing demographic characteristics of women veterans: results from a national sample. Mil Med 2000 1.00
69 Abnormal T-lymphocyte subsets in type I diabetes. Diabetes 1989 1.00
70 Expression and regulation of CD5 on in vitro activated human B cells. Eur J Immunol 1989 0.99
71 Using outcomes data to improve clinical practice: what we have learned. Ann Thorac Surg 1994 0.99
72 How severity measures rate hospitalized patients. J Gen Intern Med 1996 0.97
73 Signaling function of reconstituted CD16: zeta: gamma receptor complex isoforms. Int Immunol 1992 0.96
74 Oxygen tension regulates the nitric oxide pathway. Physiological role in penile erection. J Clin Invest 1993 0.96
75 Clinical crossroads: an invitation. JAMA 1995 0.96
76 Medical uncertainty and practice variation get personal: what should I do about hormone replacement therapy? Ann Intern Med 1999 0.94
77 A description and clinical assessment of the Computerized Severity Index. QRB Qual Rev Bull 1992 0.94
78 Participation of the CD94 receptor complex in costimulation of human natural killer cells. J Immunol 1998 0.93
79 Reconstitution of T-cell function after CD6-depleted allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Blood 1990 0.92
80 Possible role of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase in the regulation of human corpus cavernosum smooth muscle contractility by nitric oxide. Br J Pharmacol 1995 0.92
81 Medical patients' assessments of their care during hospitalization: insights for internists. J Gen Intern Med 1995 0.91
82 Studies of in vitro activated CD5+ B cells. Blood 1989 0.91
83 Normal cellular counterparts of B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 1987 0.91
84 Autologous and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for poor prognosis patients with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 1993 0.91
85 Prediction of graft-versus-host disease by phenotypic analysis of early immune reconstitution after CD6-depleted allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Blood 1993 0.90
86 Preoperative risk factors for 30-day mortality after elective surgery for vascular disease in Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals: is race important? J Vasc Surg 2001 0.90
87 Nuclear import strategies of high-risk HPV18 L2 minor capsid protein. Virology 2006 0.88
88 A preliminary investigation of alternatives to fumagillin for the treatment of Loma salmonae infection in rainbow trout. J Comp Pathol 1999 0.88
89 Expression and tyrosine phosphorylation of the T cell receptor zeta-subunit in human thymocytes. J Immunol 1991 0.87
90 Nigrostriatal collaterals to thalamus degenerate in parkinsonian animal models. Ann Neurol 2001 0.87
91 A heterogeneous population of alpha 1 adrenergic receptors mediates contraction of human corpus cavernosum smooth muscle to norepinephrine. J Urol 1995 0.85
92 Arterial dilation and reduced wave reflection. Benefit of dilevalol in hypertension. Hypertension 1989 0.85
93 Effects of secondary metabolites from marine algae on feeding by the sea urchin,Lytechinus variegatus. J Chem Ecol 1982 0.84
94 Identification and cloning of a prethymic precursor T lymphocyte from a population of common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen (CALLA)-positive fetal bone marrow cells. J Exp Med 1987 0.84
95 Pre-exposure of human B cells to recombinant IL-1 enhances subsequent proliferation. J Immunol 1988 0.83
96 Expression of B cell activation antigens on normal and malignant B cells. Leukemia 1987 0.83
97 The proprietary hospital industry: a financial analysis 1972-1982. Soc Sci Med 1985 0.81
98 Availability of cardiac technology: trends in procedure use and outcomes for patients with acute myocardial infarction. Med Care Res Rev 1998 0.80
99 Postoperative and amputation-free survival outcomes after femorodistal bypass grafting surgery: findings from the Department of Veterans Affairs National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. J Vasc Surg 2001 0.80
100 Measurement of apoptosis in heterogenous cell populations. Cytometry 1997 0.80
101 Defective expression of the 2H4 molecule after autologous mixed lymphocyte reaction activation in systemic lupus erythematosus patients. J Clin Invest 1988 0.80
102 Preexposure of resting B cells to interferon-gamma enhances their proliferative response to subsequent activation signals. Cell Immunol 1987 0.80
103 A possible mechanism for alteration of human erectile function by digoxin: inhibition of corpus cavernosum sodium/potassium adenosine triphosphatase activity. J Urol 1998 0.80
104 CSF and brain ions, acid-base balance, and ventilation in acute hyponatremia. J Appl Physiol Respir Environ Exerc Physiol 1980 0.78
105 Looking for quality in primary care physicians. Health Aff (Millwood) 1988 0.78
106 Clonal analysis of T-cell deficiencies in autotransplant recipients. Blood 1991 0.78
107 Timing of changes in growth rate, feed intake and feed conversion in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), experimentally infected with Loma salmonae (Microspora). J Fish Dis 2004 0.78
108 Predictive modelling of post-onset xenoma growth during microsporidial gill disease (Loma salmonae) of salmonids. J Comp Pathol 2004 0.78
109 Follicular dendritic cells inhibit human B-lymphocyte proliferation. Blood 1992 0.77
110 The characteristics of training in ambulatory medicine in U.S. residencies. J Med Educ 1985 0.75
111 A 45-year-old man with low back pain and a numb left foot, 1 year later. JAMA 1999 0.75
112 A 50-year-old woman with disabling spinal stenosis, 1 year later. JAMA 1996 0.75
113 A 73-year-old woman with osteoporosis, 1 year later. JAMA 2000 0.75
114 A 47-year-old man with chronic depression, 1 year later. JAMA 1996 0.75
115 A 28-year-old woman with multiple moles, 1 year later. JAMA 1998 0.75
116 A 96-year-old woman with insomnia, 1 year later. JAMA 1997 0.75
117 A 35-year-old pregnant woman considering maternal serum screening and amniocentesis, 1 year later. JAMA 1996 0.75
118 A 24-year-old woman with anorexia nervosa, 1 year later. JAMA 1999 0.75
119 A 42-year-old man with hypertension, 1 year later. JAMA 1998 0.75
120 A 56-year-old woman with chronic fatigue syndrome, 1 year later. JAMA 1998 0.75
121 A 72-year-old man with localized prostate cancer, 1 year later. JAMA 1996 0.75
122 A 45-year-old woman with premenstrual dysphoric disorder, 1 year later. JAMA 1999 0.75
123 Complication rates as a measure of quality of care. JAMA 1995 0.75
124 A 47-year-old man with asymptomatic hepatitis C infection, 1 year later. JAMA 1996 0.75
125 A 79-year-old musician with asymptomatic carotid artery disease, 1 year later. JAMA 1996 0.75
126 An 89-year-old woman with urinary incontinence, 1 year later. JAMA 1997 0.75
127 An 85-year-old woman with a history of falls, 1 year later. JAMA 1997 0.75
128 A 65-year-old man with an inguinal hernia, 1 year later. JAMA 1997 0.75
129 Comparison of efficacy of sulbactam: ampicillin to ampicillin and saline for treatment of experimentally induced Escherichia coli diarrhea in neonatal calves. Can J Vet Res 1996 0.75
130 A 76-year-old woman considering total hip replacement, 1 year later. JAMA 1997 0.75
131 21-year-old woman with menstrual irregularity, 1 year later. JAMA 1997 0.75
132 A man with alcoholism and HIV infection, 1 year later. JAMA 1996 0.75
133 A 47-year-old woman with ductal carcinoma in situ, 1 year later. JAMA 1996 0.75
134 An 88-year-old woman facing the end of life, 1 year later. JAMA 1998 0.75
135 A 37-year-old man with multiple somatic complaints, 1 year later. JAMA 1998 0.75
136 A 52-year-old woman with diabetes and claudication, 1 year later. JAMA 1998 0.75
137 A 27-year-old woman with migraine headaches, 1 year later. JAMA 1998 0.75
138 A 35-year-old man with epigastric pain, 1 year later. JAMA 1996 0.75
139 A 36-year-old woman recuperating from a stroke, 1 year later. JAMA 1998 0.75
140 The measurement of quality in surgery. Adv Surg 1999 0.75
141 Intensity of in-hospital care for persons with AIDS. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 1991 0.75
142 Cultivation and ex vivo expansion of human CD34+ progenitor cells under serum-free culture conditions. Prog Clin Biol Res 1994 0.75
143 Using hospital data to spot utilization problems. Bus Health 1987 0.75
144 Engineering polarization rotation in a ferroelectric superlattice. Phys Rev Lett 2012 0.75
145 General internal medicine. JAMA 1996 0.75
146 A 17-year-old mother seeking contraception, 1 year later. JAMA 1997 0.75
147 Observations on production of hemolysin, heat-labile enterotoxin and antimicrobial drug resistance among enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli from pigs. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 1992 0.75
148 New guidebook shows value of mortality data in QA. QA Rev 1989 0.75
149 Pharmacotherapy of depression in the medically ill: directions for future research. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 1992 0.75
150 Alterations in Ca2+ signal transduction in critically ill surgical patients. Surgery 1994 0.75
151 A 61-year-old man with psoriasis, 1 year later. JAMA 1997 0.75