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Shaping the future of surgery: the role of private regulation in determining quality standards. Ann Surg (2006) 0.83
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Striving for a better operative outcome: 101 pancreaticoduodenectomies. HPB (Oxford) (2008) 0.78
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Eliminating catheter-related bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2004) 5.47
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Explaining Michigan: developing an ex post theory of a quality improvement program. Milbank Q (2011) 4.58
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Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 4.09
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Balancing "no blame" with accountability in patient safety. N Engl J Med (2009) 3.78
Rapid response systems: a systematic review. Crit Care Med (2007) 3.51
Efficacy of postoperative epidural analgesia: a meta-analysis. JAMA (2003) 3.36
Reality check for checklists. Lancet (2009) 3.07
Achieving the National Quality Forum's "Never Events": prevention of wrong site, wrong procedure, and wrong patient operations. Ann Surg (2007) 3.04
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Identification of physician impairment. JAMA (2013) 2.66
A systematic review of the Charlson comorbidity index using Canadian administrative databases: a perspective on risk adjustment in critical care research. J Crit Care (2005) 2.62
Association of unconscious race and social class bias with vignette-based clinical assessments by medical students. JAMA (2011) 2.61
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Projected incidence of mechanical ventilation in Ontario to 2026: Preparing for the aging baby boomers. Crit Care Med (2005) 2.52
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Needlestick injuries among surgeons in training. N Engl J Med (2007) 2.37
Systematic review identifies number of strategies important for retaining study participants. J Clin Epidemiol (2007) 2.36
Mechanical ventilation in Ontario, 1992-2000: incidence, survival, and hospital bed utilization of noncardiac surgery adult patients. Crit Care Med (2004) 2.34
Electronic monitoring and voice prompts improve hand hygiene and decrease nosocomial infections in an intermediate care unit. Crit Care Med (2004) 2.34
Patient and intensive care unit organizational factors associated with low tidal volume ventilation in acute lung injury. Crit Care Med (2008) 2.28
Operating room teamwork among physicians and nurses: teamwork in the eye of the beholder. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 2.26
Impact of attending physician workload on patient care: a survey of hospitalists. JAMA Intern Med (2013) 2.25
Assessing and improving safety climate in a large cohort of intensive care units. Crit Care Med (2011) 2.22
A multicenter, phased, cluster-randomized controlled trial to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections in intensive care units*. Crit Care Med (2012) 2.18
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The 100,000 Lives Campaign: A scientific and policy review. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf (2006) 2.12
In their own words: patients and families define high-quality palliative care in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2010) 2.08
Is quality of care improving in the UK? BMJ (2011) 2.06
Renal sonography with Doppler for detecting suspected pediatric renin-mediated hypertension - is it adequate? Pediatr Radiol (2013) 2.04
The impact of obesity on outcomes after critical illness: a meta-analysis. Intensive Care Med (2009) 2.01
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California's Proposition 46: a wolf in sheep's wool. Ann Intern Med (2014) 1.98
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National trends in the use and outcomes of hepatic resection. J Am Coll Surg (2004) 1.92
Surgeon volume as an indicator of outcomes after carotid endarterectomy: an effect independent of specialty practice and hospital volume. J Am Coll Surg (2002) 1.91
Study protocol: The Improving Care of Acute Lung Injury Patients (ICAP) study. Crit Care (2006) 1.89
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Improved prophylaxis and decreased rates of preventable harm with the use of a mandatory computerized clinical decision support tool for prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in trauma. Arch Surg (2012) 1.87
The top patient safety strategies that can be encouraged for adoption now. Ann Intern Med (2013) 1.87
Qualitative review of intensive care unit quality indicators. J Crit Care (2002) 1.84
Importance of refractory pain and hypertension in acute type B aortic dissection: insights from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD). Circulation (2010) 1.84
Lessons from the Johns Hopkins Multi-Disciplinary Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prevention Collaborative. BMJ (2012) 1.78
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Osteomyelitis of the foot and toe in adults is a surgical disease: conservative management worsens lower extremity salvage. Ann Surg (2005) 1.76
Commentary: a call to go green in health care by reprocessing medical equipment. Acad Med (2010) 1.75
Current concepts in the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm. J Vasc Surg (2003) 1.74
Hepatic resection in the United States: indications, outcomes, and hospital procedural volumes from a nationally representative database. Arch Surg (2003) 1.74
25-Year summary of US malpractice claims for diagnostic errors 1986-2010: an analysis from the National Practitioner Data Bank. BMJ Qual Saf (2013) 1.73
The business case for quality: economic analysis of the Michigan Keystone Patient Safety Program in ICUs. Am J Med Qual (2011) 1.73
Differential regulation of aortic growth in male and female rodents is associated with AAA development. J Surg Res (2008) 1.72
The physician's role in discussing organ donation with families. Crit Care Med (2003) 1.72
Effectiveness and efficiency of root cause analysis in medicine. JAMA (2008) 1.70
Collaborative cohort study of an intervention to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia in the intensive care unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2011) 1.69
Adverse events during medical and surgical hospitalizations for persons with schizophrenia. Arch Gen Psychiatry (2006) 1.68
Role and results of surgery in acute type B aortic dissection: insights from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD). Circulation (2006) 1.66
Prolonged administration of doxycycline in patients with small asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms: report of a prospective (Phase II) multicenter study. J Vasc Surg (2002) 1.64
Impact of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) on safety culture in a surgical inpatient unit. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf (2010) 1.64
Reduction of catheter-associated bloodstream infections in pediatric patients: experimentation and reality. Pediatr Crit Care Med (2008) 1.63
Epidemiology and impact of aspiration pneumonia in patients undergoing surgery in Maryland, 1999-2000. Crit Care Med (2003) 1.63
Surgical treatment of intact thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms in the United States: hospital and surgeon volume-related outcomes. J Vasc Surg (2003) 1.63
Impact of surgical volume on mortality and length of stay after nephrectomy. Urology (2004) 1.62
Responsibility for quality improvement and patient safety: hospital board and medical staff leadership challenges. Chest (2010) 1.61
Number needed to treat and cost of recombinant human erythropoietin to avoid one transfusion-related adverse event in critically ill patients. Crit Care Med (2005) 1.60
Vancomycin-sensitive and vancomycin-resistant enterococcal infections in the ICU: attributable costs and outcomes. Intensive Care Med (2002) 1.60