Published in Am Surg on April 01, 2014
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An evaluation of surgical site infections by wound classification system using the ACS-NSQIP. J Surg Res (2011) 1.89
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
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Historical criteria that distinguish syncope from seizures. J Am Coll Cardiol (2002) 1.57
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Provider density and health system facility factors and their relationship to rates of pediatric perforated appendicitis in US counties. Arch Surg (2010) 1.47
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The benefits of international rotations to resource-limited settings for U.S. surgery residents. Surgery (2012) 1.46
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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
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Assessing the surgical and obstetrics-gynecology workload of medical officers: findings from 10 district hospitals in Ghana. Arch Surg (2012) 1.39
Monash medical student's foray into surgical research. ANZ J Surg (2011) 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
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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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Multiple imputation in trauma disparity research. J Surg Res (2010) 1.26
Targeting CB2 cannabinoid receptors as a novel therapy to treat malignant lymphoblastic disease. Blood (2002) 1.24
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
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Risk stratification of 4344 patients with gastroschisis into simple and complex categories. J Pediatr Surg (2007) 1.15
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Hospital-based trauma quality improvement initiatives: first step toward improving trauma outcomes in the developing world. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 1.15
Negative appendectomy: a 10-year review of a nationally representative sample. Am J Surg (2011) 1.14
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
The biological effect of an antisense oligonucleotide depends on its route of endocytosis and trafficking. Oligonucleotides (2010) 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
Cardiovascular manifestations of Alkaptonuria. J Inherit Metab Dis (2011) 1.08
Ten strategies to lower costs, improve quality, and engage patients: the view from leading health system CEOs. Health Aff (Millwood) (2013) 1.07
Predictors of positive head CT scan and neurosurgical procedures after minor head trauma. J Surg Res (2011) 1.07
Smoking as a vital sign: prompts to ask and assess increase cessation counseling. J Am Board Fam Med (2009) 1.07
The occurrence of potential patient safety events among trauma patients: are they random? Ann Surg (2008) 1.05
Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy in complicated appendicitis: a review of the NSQIP database. J Surg Res (2010) 1.05
Delivery of MDR1 small interfering RNA by self-complementary recombinant adeno-associated virus vector. Mol Ther (2005) 1.05
Intracellular delivery of an antisense oligonucleotide via endocytosis of a G protein-coupled receptor. Nucleic Acids 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
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Imipenem levels are not predictable in the critically ill patient. J Trauma (2004) 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
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 role of clinically significant venous thromboembolism and thromboprophylaxis in pediatric patients with pelvic or femoral fractures. J Pediatr Orthop (2012) 0.99
Multivalent cyclic RGD conjugates for targeted delivery of small interfering RNA. Bioconjug Chem (2011) 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
Selective inhibition of P-glycoprotein expression in multidrug-resistant tumor cells by a designed transcriptional regulator. J Pharmacol Exp Ther (2002) 0.97
The small molecule Retro-1 enhances the pharmacological actions of antisense and splice switching oligonucleotides. Nucleic Acids Res (2013) 0.97
An open-access microfluidic model for lung-specific functional studies at an air-liquid interface. Biomed Microdevices (2009) 0.97
Targeted deletion of CD44v7 exon leads to decreased endothelial cell injury but not tumor cell killing mediated by interleukin-2-activated cytolytic lymphocytes. J Biol Chem (2003) 0.97
Factors influencing survival in newborns with congenital diaphragmatic hernia: the relative role of timing of surgery. J Pediatr Surg (2004) 0.96
Strategies for inhibition of MDR1 gene expression. Mol Pharmacol (2004) 0.96