Published in Am Surg on July 01, 2012
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Influence of the National Trauma Data Bank on the study of trauma outcomes: is it time to set research best practices to further enhance its impact? J Am Coll Surg (2012) 1.61
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Assessment of capacity for surgery, obstetrics and anaesthesia in 17 Ghanaian hospitals using a WHO assessment tool. Trop Med Int Health (2010) 1.53
Antibiotics and appendicitis in the pediatric population: an American Pediatric Surgical Association Outcomes and Clinical Trials Committee systematic review. J Pediatr Surg (2010) 1.50
The diverse surgeons initiative: an effective method for increasing the number of under-represented minorities in academic surgery. J Am Coll Surg (2010) 1.47
Provider density and health system facility factors and their relationship to rates of pediatric perforated appendicitis in US counties. Arch Surg (2010) 1.47
The number of lymph nodes examined debate in colon cancer: how much is enough? J Surg Res (2010) 1.47
Predictors of marginal ulcers after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. J Surg Res (2012) 1.46
The benefits of international rotations to resource-limited settings for U.S. surgery residents. Surgery (2012) 1.46
Redefining hypotension in the elderly: normotension is not reassuring. Arch Surg (2011) 1.46
Risk factors and outcomes for foreign body left during a procedure: analysis of 413 incidents after 1 946 831 operations in children. Arch Surg (2010) 1.44
Evaluating metrics for quality: death on the same day of elective pediatric surgery. Am J Med Qual (2012) 1.40
Laparoscopic appendectomy in children with complicated appendicitis: ethnic disparity amid changing trend. J Surg Res (2011) 1.40
Assessing the surgical and obstetrics-gynecology workload of medical officers: findings from 10 district hospitals in Ghana. Arch Surg (2012) 1.39
Insurance status is a potent predictor of outcomes in both blunt and penetrating trauma. Am J Surg (2010) 1.38
Emergency, anaesthetic and essential surgical capacity in the Gambia. Bull World Health Organ (2011) 1.34
Validation of the World Health Organization tool for situational analysis to assess emergency and essential surgical care at district hospitals in Ghana. World J Surg (2011) 1.32
Surveillance bias and deep vein thrombosis in the national trauma data bank: the more we look, the more we find. J Trauma (2008) 1.30
Mechanism of injury predicts patient mortality and impairment after blunt trauma. J Surg Res (2008) 1.28
Multiple imputation in trauma disparity research. J Surg Res (2010) 1.26
Simplifying physiologic injury severity measurement for predicting trauma outcomes. J Surg Res (2009) 1.21
Risk of perforation increases with delay in recognition and surgery for acute appendicitis. J Surg Res (2012) 1.19
Video-assisted thoracic surgery removal of foreign bodies after penetrating chest trauma. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 1.17
World Health Organization Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care: 2011 and beyond. World J Surg (2013) 1.16
Risk stratification of 4344 patients with gastroschisis into simple and complex categories. J Pediatr Surg (2007) 1.15
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Duplex ultrasound screening for deep vein thrombosis in asymptomatic trauma patients: a survey of individual trauma surgeon opinions and current trauma center practices. J Trauma (2011) 1.13
Evidence of hormonal basis for improved survival among females with trauma-associated shock: an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank. J Trauma (2010) 1.12
Surgical management of esophageal diverticulum: a review of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database. J Surg Res (2013) 1.11
Racial disparities in motorcycle-related mortality: an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank. Am J Surg (2010) 1.10
Parenteral nutrition-associated cholestasis: an American Pediatric Surgical Association Outcomes and Clinical Trials Committee systematic review. J Pediatr Surg (2012) 1.10
Females have fewer complications and lower mortality following trauma than similarly injured males: a risk adjusted analysis of adults in the National Trauma Data Bank. Surgery (2009) 1.09
Assessing trainee impact on operative time for common general surgical procedures in ACS-NSQIP. J Surg Educ (2011) 1.08
The occurrence of potential patient safety events among trauma patients: are they random? Ann Surg (2008) 1.05
Evolutionary dynamics of West Nile virus in the United States, 1999-2011: phylogeny, selection pressure and evolutionary time-scale analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2013) 1.05
Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy in complicated appendicitis: a review of the NSQIP database. J Surg Res (2010) 1.05
Thoracoscopic-assisted esophagectomy and laparoscopic gastric pull-up for lye injury. JSLS (2008) 1.05
Racial, ethnic, and insurance status disparities in use of posthospitalization care after trauma. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 1.03
Imipenem levels are not predictable in the critically ill patient. J Trauma (2004) 1.03
Disparities in trauma care and outcomes in the United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 1.03
Is laparoscopy a risk factor for bile duct injury during cholecystectomy? JSLS (2013) 1.03
The timing of delivery of infants with gastroschisis influences outcome. J Pediatr Surg (2005) 1.00
Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles further worsen race- and insurance-based disparities in trauma outcomes: the case for inner-city pedestrian injury prevention programs. Surgery (2010) 0.99
The role of clinically significant venous thromboembolism and thromboprophylaxis in pediatric patients with pelvic or femoral fractures. J Pediatr Orthop (2012) 0.99
Incidence of marginal ulcers and the use of absorbable anastomotic sutures in laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Surg Obes Relat Dis (2006) 0.99
The impact of insurance status on actuarial survival in hospitalized trauma patients: when do they die? J Trauma (2011) 0.99
Handsewn versus stapled anastomosis in penetrating colon injuries requiring resection: a multicenter study. J Trauma (2002) 0.98
Development and validation of a risk stratification index to predict death in gastroschisis. J Pediatr Surg (2007) 0.98
Hazards of benchmarking complications with the National Trauma Data Bank: numerators in search of denominators. J Trauma (2008) 0.98
Influence of surgeon experience, hospital volume, and specialty designation on outcomes in pediatric surgery: a systematic review. JAMA Pediatr (2013) 0.97
An open-access microfluidic model for lung-specific functional studies at an air-liquid interface. Biomed Microdevices (2009) 0.97
Early-stage gallbladder cancer in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database: effect of extended surgical resection. Arch Surg (2011) 0.97
Factors influencing survival in newborns with congenital diaphragmatic hernia: the relative role of timing of surgery. J Pediatr Surg (2004) 0.96
Polymerase chain reaction-based tests for pan-species and species-specific detection of human Plasmodium parasites. Transfusion (2012) 0.96
Racial disparities in surgical care and outcomes in the United States: a comprehensive review of patient, provider, and systemic factors. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 0.96
A survey of surgical capacity in rural southern Nigeria: opportunities for change. World J Surg (2012) 0.95
Prevalence of blood-borne pathogens in an urban, university-based general surgical practice. Ann Surg (2005) 0.95
P-glycoprotein induction by breast milk attenuates intestinal inflammation in experimental necrotizing enterocolitis. Lab Invest (2011) 0.95
Predictors of posttraumatic deep vein thrombosis (DVT): hospital practice versus patient factors-an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB). J Trauma (2009) 0.95
Human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis testing and prevalence among surgical patients in an urban university hospital. Am J Surg (2007) 0.95
Spine immobilization in penetrating trauma: more harm than good? J Trauma (2010) 0.95
Thoracoscopic repair of neonatal diaphragmatic hernia. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A (2008) 0.94
Cost of inpatient care and its association with hospital competition. J Am Coll Surg (2010) 0.94
Patterns and outcomes among penetrating trauma recidivists: it only gets worse. J Trauma (2006) 0.94
Surgical needs of Nepal: pilot study of population based survey in Pokhara, Nepal. World J Surg (2014) 0.94
Comparison of pediatric surgical outcomes by the surgeon's degree of specialization in children. J Pediatr Surg (2013) 0.93
A novel multispecialty surgical risk score for children. Pediatrics (2013) 0.93
Treatment of necrotizing enterocolitis: an American Pediatric Surgical Association Outcomes and Clinical Trials Committee systematic review. J Pediatr Surg (2012) 0.93
Analysis of 8681 neonates with transposition of the great arteries: outcomes with and without Rashkind balloon atrial septostomy. Cardiol Young (2010) 0.92
Pediatric negative appendectomy rate: trend, predictors, and differentials. J Surg Res (2011) 0.91