Published in J Trauma Acute Care Surg on July 01, 2013
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A novel role for otolaryngologists in the multidisciplinary Difficult Airway Response Team. Laryngoscope (2014) 2.00
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Optimizing ACS NSQIP modeling for evaluation of surgical quality and risk: patient risk adjustment, procedure mix adjustment, shrinkage adjustment, and surgical focus. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 1.84
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The impact of provider volume on mortality after intracranial tumor resection. Neurosurgery (2003) 1.59
Motorcycle helmets associated with lower risk of cervical spine injury: debunking the myth. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 1.55
Is venous thromboembolism in colorectal surgery patients preventable or inevitable? One institution's experience. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 1.54
Comparative effectiveness of inhospital trauma resuscitation at a French trauma center and matched patients treated in the United States. Ann Surg (2013) 1.53
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Evaluating popular media and internet-based hospital quality ratings for cancer surgery. Arch Surg (2011) 1.46
Redefining hypotension in the elderly: normotension is not reassuring. Arch Surg (2011) 1.46
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Relevance of the c-statistic when evaluating risk-adjustment models in surgery. J Am Coll Surg (2012) 1.45
Hospital characteristics associated with failure to rescue from complications after pancreatectomy. J Am Coll Surg (2010) 1.44
The impact of molecular testing on the surgical management of patients with thyroid nodules. Ann Surg Oncol (2014) 1.43
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Laparoscopic appendectomy in children with complicated appendicitis: ethnic disparity amid changing trend. J Surg Res (2011) 1.40
Risk adjustment in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: a comparison of logistic versus hierarchical modeling. J Am Coll Surg (2009) 1.40
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Attending, house officer, and medical student perceptions about teaching in the third-year medical school general surgery clerkship. J Am Coll Surg (2004) 1.39
Monash medical student's foray into surgical research. ANZ J Surg (2011) 1.39
Association of surgical care improvement project infection-related process measure compliance with risk-adjusted outcomes: implications for quality measurement. J Am Coll Surg (2010) 1.38
Insurance status is a potent predictor of outcomes in both blunt and penetrating trauma. Am J Surg (2010) 1.38
Outlier payments for cardiac surgery and hospital quality. Health Aff (Millwood) (2009) 1.35
Multicenter validation of a simplified score to predict massive transfusion in trauma. J Trauma (2010) 1.34
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
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