Published in Ann Surg on January 01, 2016
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Successful implementation of the Department of Veterans Affairs' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program in the private sector: the Patient Safety in Surgery study. Ann Surg (2008) 2.34
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Massive transfusion in trauma patients: tissue hemoglobin oxygen saturation predicts poor outcome. J Trauma (2008) 1.26
Early hypothermia in severely injured trauma patients is a significant risk factor for multiple organ dysfunction syndrome but not mortality. Ann Surg (2009) 1.25
The increasing use of chest computed tomography for trauma: is it being overutilized? J Trauma (2007) 1.24
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New developments in fluid resuscitation. Surg Clin North Am (2007) 1.23
Impact of plasma transfusion in massively transfused trauma patients. J Trauma (2009) 1.23
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Prothrombin complex concentrate versus fresh-frozen plasma for reversal of coagulopathy of trauma: is there a difference? World J Surg (2014) 1.14
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Obesity and traumatic brain injury. J Trauma (2006) 1.10
Clinical practice guideline: penetrating zone II neck trauma. J Trauma (2008) 1.09
The impact of obesity on severely injured children and adolescents. J Pediatr Surg (2006) 1.08
Utility of ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of parathyroid adenomas for localization before minimally invasive parathyroidectomy. Endocr Pract (2007) 1.08
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An analysis of immediate postmastectomy breast reconstruction frequency using the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results database. Breast J (2011) 1.04
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Trends, outcomes, and predictors of open and conversion to open cholecystectomy in Veterans Health Administration hospitals. Am J Surg (2010) 1.02
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Management and hospital outcomes of blunt renal artery injuries: analysis of 517 patients from the National Trauma Data Bank. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 1.01
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The decreasing incidence of late posttraumatic acute respiratory distress syndrome: the potential role of lung protective ventilation and conservative transfusion practice. J Trauma (2007) 0.98
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Hepatic and pulmonary apoptosis after hemorrhagic shock in swine can be reduced through modifications of conventional Ringer's solution. J Trauma (2006) 0.97
Doubly Robust Nonparametric Multiple Imputation for Ignorable Missing Data. Stat Sin (2012) 0.96
Improving consent rates for organ donation: the effect of an inhouse coordinator program. J Trauma (2007) 0.95
Practice management guidelines for the screening of thoracolumbar spine fracture. J Trauma (2007) 0.95
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Cardiac histones are substrates of histone deacetylase activity in hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation. Surgery (2006) 0.95
Significance of troponin elevation after severe traumatic brain injury. J Trauma (2008) 0.95
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Associations of Ki-ras proto-oncogene mutation and p53 gene overexpression in sporadic colorectal adenomas with demographic and clinicopathologic characteristics. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2006) 0.94
Enterocutaneous fistula complicating trauma laparotomy: a major resource burden. Am Surg (2009) 0.94
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The antitumor thioredoxin-1 inhibitor PX-12 (1-methylpropyl 2-imidazolyl disulfide) decreases thioredoxin-1 and VEGF levels in cancer patient plasma. J Lab Clin Med (2006) 0.93
Impact of the 80-hour workweek on patient care at a level I trauma center. Arch Surg (2007) 0.93