Published in J Am Coll Surg on April 01, 2006
Acute care surgery: Eraritjaritjaka. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 2.12
Delivery of emergency neurosurgical care. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 1.38
Acute care surgery: a new strategy for the general surgery patients left behind. Can J Surg (2010) 1.32
Acute care surgery: the European model. World J Surg (2008) 0.91
Changing models of care for emergency surgical and trauma patients in Singapore. Singapore Med J (2016) 0.87
Patient demographics in acute care surgery at the ruijin hospital in shanghai. ISRN Surg (2011) 0.75
Drotrecogin alfa (activated) in adults with septic shock. N Engl J Med (2012) 9.19
Design, conduct, analysis and reporting of a multi-national placebo-controlled trial of activated protein C for persistent septic shock. Intensive Care Med (2008) 4.21
Clinical practice guideline: red blood cell transfusion in adult trauma and critical care. Crit Care Med (2009) 3.81
Guidelines for evaluation of new fever in critically ill adult patients: 2008 update from the American College of Critical Care Medicine and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Crit Care Med (2008) 3.67
A comparison of the abilities of nine scoring algorithms in predicting mortality. J Trauma (2002) 2.70
Early antibiotic treatment for severe acute necrotizing pancreatitis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Ann Surg (2007) 2.55
Does de-escalation of antibiotic therapy for ventilator-associated pneumonia affect the likelihood of recurrent pneumonia or mortality in critically ill surgical patients? J Trauma (2009) 2.25
International integrated database for the evaluation of severe sepsis and drotrecogin alfa (activated) therapy: analysis of efficacy and safety data in a large surgical cohort. Surgery (2006) 2.05
Increased mortality associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in the intensive care unit: results from the EPIC II study. Int J Antimicrob Agents (2011) 1.80
Traumatic lumbar hernia: report of cases and comprehensive review of the literature. J Trauma (2004) 1.79
Abdominal compartment syndrome in the open abdomen. Arch Surg (2002) 1.70
Clinical and economic burden of postoperative pulmonary complications: patient safety summit on definition, risk-reducing interventions, and preventive strategies. Crit Care Med (2011) 1.70
Practice management guidelines for geriatric trauma: the EAST Practice Management Guidelines Work Group. J Trauma (2003) 1.55
Use of admission Glasgow Coma Score, pupil size, and pupil reactivity to determine outcome for trauma patients. J Trauma (2003) 1.52
The position of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma on the future of trauma surgery. J Trauma (2005) 1.52
Strategies in the prevention and management of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Am Surg (2007) 1.43
Pitfalls in percutaneous dilational tracheostomy using the Ciaglia one-step technique. South Med J (2008) 1.39
Universal screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in surgical patients. J Am Coll Surg (2010) 1.38
Not so FAST. J Trauma (2003) 1.38
Defining the current negative appendectomy rate: for whom is preoperative computed tomography making an impact? Surgery (2008) 1.25
Telemedicine for anger management therapy in a rural population of combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized noninferiority trial. J Clin Psychiatry (2010) 1.21
Damage control resuscitation: the new face of damage control. J Trauma (2010) 1.21
Hepatic angioembolization in trauma patients: indications and complications. J Trauma (2009) 1.20
The Trauma Quality Improvement Program: pilot study and initial demonstration of feasibility. J Trauma (2010) 1.17
Structure of surgical critical care and trauma fellowships. Crit Care Med (2006) 1.14
Duodenocaval fistula: a late complication of retroperitoneal irradiation and vena cava replacement. Ann Vasc Surg (2004) 1.13
The contemporary approach to the care of Jehovah's witnesses. J Trauma (2008) 1.12
Accuracy of short-duration creatinine clearance determinations in predicting 24-hour creatinine clearance in critically ill and injured patients. J Trauma (2002) 1.11
Complications following thoracic trauma managed with tube thoracostomy. Injury (2011) 1.10
Degree of anticoagulation, but not warfarin use itself, predicts adverse outcomes after traumatic brain injury in elderly trauma patients. J Trauma (2007) 1.09
Insurance status, but not race, predicts perforation in adult patients with acute appendicitis. J Am Coll Surg (2007) 1.07
The surgical revolving door: risk factors for hospital readmission. J Surg Res (2011) 1.04
The effect of an intermediate care unit on the demographics and outcomes of a surgical intensive care unit population. Arch Surg (2004) 1.04
Diagnosis and management of iron-related anemias in critical illness. Crit Care Med (2006) 1.01
Outcome after decompressive craniectomy for the treatment of severe traumatic brain injury. J Trauma (2008) 1.00
"All in" for a huge pot: the PROWESS-SHOCK trial for refractory septic shock. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2007) 1.00
Sex differences in creation of do-not-resuscitate orders for critically ill elderly patients following emergency surgery. J Trauma (2006) 0.99
Preservation of myocardial structure is enhanced by pim-1 engineering of bone marrow cells. Circ Res (2012) 0.98
Neutropenic enterocolitis. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2009) 0.98
Clinical practice guideline: red blood cell transfusion in adult trauma and critical care. J Trauma (2009) 0.97
The Trauma Quality Improvement Program of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. J Am Coll Surg (2009) 0.96
Impact of age and anticoagulation: need for neurosurgical intervention in trauma patients with mild traumatic brain injury. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2012) 0.95
Ileocecal valve lipoma with refractory hemorrhage. JSLS (2009) 0.95
Early hospital readmission in the trauma population: are the risk factors different? Injury (2013) 0.94
National Trauma Institute prospective evaluation of the ventilator bundle in trauma patients: does it really work? J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 0.94
The Hartford Consensus: THREAT, a medical disaster preparedness concept. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 0.94
Cefepime dosing in the morbidly obese patient population. Obes Surg (2012) 0.93
Use of meropenem by continuous infusion to treat a patient with a Bla(kpc-2)-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae blood stream infection. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2011) 0.93
Pitfalls of implementing acute care surgery. J Trauma (2007) 0.92
The role of surveillance duplex scanning in preventing venous thromboembolism in trauma patients. J Trauma (2002) 0.92
The relationships of hypocholesterolemia to cytokine concentrations and mortality in critically ill patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2004) 0.92
Improving survival from active shooter events: the Hartford Consensus. Bull Am Coll Surg (2013) 0.92
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of effects of enteral iron supplementation on anemia and risk of infection during surgical critical illness. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2009) 0.91
Active shooter and intentional mass-casualty events: the Hartford Consensus II. Bull Am Coll Surg (2013) 0.91
Intra-abdominal infections. Curr Opin Crit Care (2007) 0.91
Laparoscopic versus open sigmoid colectomy for diverticulitis. Am Surg (2003) 0.90
"Low-dose" recombinant activated factor VII results in less blood and blood product use in traumatic hemorrhage. J Trauma (2005) 0.90
Odontoid fractures in the elderly: should we operate? J Trauma (2010) 0.90
The changing face of Staphylococcus aureus: a continuing surgical challenge. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2011) 0.90
Identification of BERP (brain-expressed RING finger protein) as a p53 target gene that modulates seizure susceptibility through interacting with GABA(A) receptors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 0.89
Iron and the risk of infection. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2005) 0.89
Differing risk factors for incisional and organ/space surgical site infections following abdominal colorectal surgery. Dis Colon Rectum (2011) 0.88
International integrated database for the evaluation of severe sepsis and drotrecogin alfa (activated) therapy: analysis of efficacy and safety data in a large surgical cohort. Surgery (2007) 0.88
Factors associated with mortality and brain injury after falls from the standing position. J Trauma (2009) 0.88
Developing quality measures for sepsis care in the ICU. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf (2007) 0.88
Preinjury warfarin worsens outcome in elderly patients who fall from standing. J Trauma (2009) 0.88
Serum bicarbonate concentration correlates with arterial base deficit in critically ill patients. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2003) 0.87
Outcomes of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in elderly patients. J Trauma (2007) 0.87
Breaking with tradition: evidence-based antibiotic prophylaxis of open fractures. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2006) 0.85
Clinical clearance of the cervical spine in blunt trauma patients younger than 3 years: a multi-center study of the american association for the surgery of trauma. J Trauma (2009) 0.85
Higher body mass index predicts need for insulin but not hyperglycemia, nosocomial infection, or death in critically ill surgical patients. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2008) 0.85
Acute renal failure in critically ill surgical patients: persistent lethality despite new modes of renal replacement therapy. J Trauma (2007) 0.85
Does a well-done analysis of poor-quality data constitute evidence of benefit? Ann Surg (2012) 0.85
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services quality indicators do not correlate with risk-adjusted mortality at trauma centers. J Trauma (2010) 0.84
The impact of the 2003 blackout on a level 1 trauma center: lessons learned and implications for injury prevention. J Trauma (2004) 0.84
The relationship between body mass index and postoperative mortality from critical illness. Obes Surg (2008) 0.84
The role of laparoscopy in penetrating abdominal stab wounds. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech (2005) 0.83
The cost of failure. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2008) 0.83
Factors influencing DNR decision-making in a surgical ICU. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 0.82
Ensembles of uncertain mathematical models can identify network response to therapeutic interventions. Mol Biosyst (2010) 0.82
The effect of a rotating night-float coverage scheme on preventable and potentially preventable morbidity at a level 1 trauma center. Am J Surg (2005) 0.81
Exception from informed consent for emergency research: consulting the trauma community. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 0.81
The pathogen of ventilator-associated pneumonia does not influence the mortality rate of surgical intensive care unit patients treated with a rotational antibiotic system. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2010) 0.81
Non-oral treatment with ivermectin for disseminated strongyloidiasis. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2010) 0.81
Superior mesenteric arteriovenous fistula causing massive hematemesis. Surgery (2003) 0.81
Cefazolin dosing for surgical prophylaxis in morbidly obese patients. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2012) 0.81
The CPT1C 5'UTR contains a repressing upstream open reading frame that is regulated by cellular energy availability and AMPK. PLoS One (2011) 0.80
Antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery--2005 and beyond. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2005) 0.80
Current surgical opinion of computed tomography for acute appendicitis. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2004) 0.80
Critical care of the bariatric patient. Crit Care Med (2006) 0.80
Severity scoring for prognostication in patients with severe acute pancreatitis: comparative analysis of the Ranson score and the APACHE III score. Arch Surg (2002) 0.80
Antibiotic regimen and the timing of prophylaxis are important for reducing surgical site infection after elective abdominal colorectal surgery. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2011) 0.79
Contemporary predictors of conversion from laparoscopic to open appendectomy. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2011) 0.79
A multi-disciplinary review of the potential association between closed-suction drains and surgical site infection. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2013) 0.79
Explaining insurance-related and racial disparities in the surgical management of patients with acute appendicitis. Am J Surg (2007) 0.78
Importing controversy. U.S. hospitals' recruitment of foreign nurses stirs debate as poorer countries struggle with staffing shortages of their own. Mod Healthc (2003) 0.78
Is imaging necessary for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis? Adv Surg (2003) 0.78