Published in J Trauma on May 01, 2006
Trial of short-course antimicrobial therapy for intraabdominal infection. N Engl J Med (2015) 5.21
The prospective, observational, multicenter, major trauma transfusion (PROMMTT) study: comparative effectiveness of a time-varying treatment with competing risks. JAMA Surg (2013) 3.25
Surgeons, intensivists, and the covenant of care: administrative models and values affecting care at the end of life--Updated. Crit Care Med (2003) 3.09
Seven hundred fifty-three consecutive deaths in a level I trauma center: the argument for injury prevention. J Trauma (2003) 1.83
Malpractice risk and cost are significantly reduced after tort reform. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 1.61
Surgeons, intensivists, and the covenant of care: administrative models and values affecting care at the end of life. Crit Care Med (2003) 1.48
Perceptions and attitudes of critical care training and careers among United States surgical residents: who wants to be a surgical intensivist? Am Surg (2007) 1.44
Improving outcomes following penetrating colon wounds: application of a clinical pathway. Ann Surg (2002) 1.26
Intensive insulin protocol improves glucose control and is associated with a reduction in intensive care unit mortality. J Am Coll Surg (2007) 1.14
Resuscitate early with plasma and platelets or balance blood products gradually: findings from the PROMMTT study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 1.13
Clinical and mechanistic drivers of acute traumatic coagulopathy. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 1.13
Laparoscopic appendectomy is superior to open appendectomy in obese patients. Am J Surg (2007) 1.08
Early resuscitation intensity as a surrogate for bleeding severity and early mortality in the PROMMTT study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 1.05
Pneumoperitoneum after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in patients in the intensive care unit. Am Surg (2007) 1.04
Prehospital intravenous fluid is associated with increased survival in trauma patients. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 1.04
The use of laparoscopic surgery in pregnancy: evaluation of safety and efficacy. Am J Surg (2010) 0.99
Significant variations in mortality occur at similarly designated trauma centers. Arch Surg (2009) 0.99
Recurrent skin and soft tissue infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus requiring operative debridement. Am J Surg (2010) 0.99
Defining when to initiate massive transfusion: a validation study of individual massive transfusion triggers in PROMMTT patients. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 0.95
Traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the pulmonary artery. J Trauma (2010) 0.95
Application of the Berlin definition in PROMMTT patients: the impact of resuscitation on the incidence of hypoxemia. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 0.94
Trauma surgery malpractice risk: perception versus reality. Ann Surg (2005) 0.92
Computed tomography grading systems poorly predict the need for intervention after spleen and liver injuries. Am Surg (2009) 0.91
A regional medical operations center improves disaster response and inter-hospital trauma transfers. Am J Surg (2006) 0.90
Views of surgery program directors on the current ACGME and proposed IOM duty-hour standards. J Surg Educ (2009) 0.90
Current issues in trauma. Curr Probl Surg (2002) 0.86
Increasing time to operation is associated with decreased survival in patients with a positive FAST examination requiring emergent laparotomy. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 0.85
Pediatric radiation exposure during the initial evaluation for blunt trauma. J Trauma (2011) 0.85
Comparing three pedagogical approaches to psychomotor skills acquisition. Am J Surg (2011) 0.84
Time-dependent prediction and evaluation of variable importance using superlearning in high-dimensional clinical data. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 0.84
Vascular arginase contributes to arteriolar endothelial dysfunction in a rat model of hemorrhagic shock. J Trauma (2010) 0.84
A large single-center experience with treatment of patients with crotalid envenomations: outcomes with and evolution of antivenin therapy. Am J Surg (2006) 0.84
Pediatric vascular injuries: acute management and early outcomes. J Trauma (2011) 0.83
Cryoprecipitate use in the PROMMTT study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 0.83
The impact of missing trauma data on predicting massive transfusion. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 0.83
A latent class model for defining severe hemorrhage: experience from the PROMMTT study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 0.83
Impact of low-dose vasopressin on trauma outcome: prospective randomized study. World J Surg (2011) 0.82
Surgical critical care and private practice surgeons: a different world out there! J Am Coll Surg (2007) 0.81
The splenic injury outcomes trial: An American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multi-institutional study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2015) 0.81
Transfusion-related acute lung injury in a rat model of trauma-hemorrhage. J Trauma (2011) 0.81
Do-not-resuscitate orders in trauma patients may bias mortality-based effect estimates: an evaluation using the PROMMTT study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 0.81
Endovascular repair of innominate artery injury secondary to air rifle pellet: a case report and review of the literature. Vasc Endovascular Surg (2009) 0.79
Time and degree of glycemic derangement are associated with increased mortality in trauma patients in the setting of tight glycemic control. Am J Surg (2010) 0.79
Full time trauma service leads to improved Level III trauma center outcomes. Am J Surg (2010) 0.79
The multiply injured patient. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 0.79
Position statement of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Report, A National Trauma Care System: Integrating Military and Civilian Trauma Systems to Achieve Zero Preventable Deaths After Injury. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2016) 0.79
Performance on brief practice examination identifies residents at risk for poor ABSITE and ABS qualifying examination performance. J Surg Educ (2011) 0.79
Transparent and open discussion of errors does not increase malpractice risk in trauma patients. Ann Surg (2006) 0.79
Waiver of consent in noninterventional, observational emergency research: the PROMMTT experience. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 0.78
A small amount can make a difference: a prospective human study of the paradoxical coagulation characteristics of hemothorax. Am J Surg (2013) 0.78
Position statement of the Coalition for National Trauma Research on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report, A National Trauma Care System: Integrating Military and Civilian Trauma Systems to Achieve Zero Preventable Deaths After Injury. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2016) 0.78
Appendicitis: selective use of abdominal CT reduces negative appendectomy rate. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2003) 0.77
Case discussion in blood glucose variability. J Neurosci Nurs (2011) 0.77
Diaphragmatic injuries: what has changed over a 20-year period? Am Surg (2010) 0.77
Purposeful variable selection and stratification to impute missing Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma data in trauma research. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 0.77
Emergency department thoracotomy. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 0.77
Analysis of free flap complications and utilization of intensive care unit monitoring. J Reconstr Microsurg (2013) 0.77
Shed Pleural Blood from Traumatic Hemothorax Contains Elevated Levels of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines. Shock (2016) 0.77
Blunt avulsion of the right inferior pulmonary vein. J Trauma (2004) 0.76
Upper airway injury and its management. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 0.76
Still searching for the magic food. Crit Care Med (2007) 0.75
Absence of clinical findings reliably excludes unstable cervical spine injuries in children 5 years or younger. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2015) 0.75
Mass Casualty Incident Management Preparedness: A Survey of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. Am Surg (2016) 0.75
Traumatic Hemothorax Blood Contains Elevated Levels of Microparticles that are Prothrombotic but Inhibit Platelet Aggregation. Shock (2016) 0.75
Professionalism in the Twilight Zone: A Multicenter, Mixed-Methods Study of Shift Transition Dynamics in Surgical Residencies. Acad Med (2016) 0.75
Usefulness of the American College of Surgeons' Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum as a knowledge preparatory tool for incoming surgery interns. Am J Surg (2013) 0.75
Surgeons' performance during critical situations: competence, confidence, and composure. Am J Surg (2009) 0.75
Right ventricular air embolism during radiographic evaluation of a pediatric patient for blunt vehicular trauma. J Trauma (2004) 0.75
A crisis in the delivery of care to patients with brain injuries in South Texas. J Trauma (2007) 0.75