Published in J Trauma Acute Care Surg on July 01, 2015
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Serum ceramides increase the risk of Alzheimer disease: the Women's Health and Aging Study II. Neurology (2012) 1.91
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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Comparative effectiveness of inhospital trauma resuscitation at a French trauma center and matched patients treated in the United States. Ann Surg (2013) 1.53
Older patients with diverticulitis have low recurrence rates and rarely need surgery. Surgery (2011) 1.48
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
The impact of molecular testing on the surgical management of patients with thyroid nodules. Ann Surg Oncol (2014) 1.43
BRAF V600E mutation and its association with clinicopathological features of papillary thyroid cancer: a meta-analysis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2012) 1.39
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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
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
Video-assisted thoracic surgery removal of foreign bodies after penetrating chest trauma. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 1.17
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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
Limitations of administrative databases. JAMA (2012) 1.12
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
Racial disparities in motorcycle-related mortality: an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank. Am J Surg (2010) 1.10
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Impact of nutritional support on clinical outcome in patients at nutritional risk: a multicenter, prospective cohort study in Baltimore and Beijing teaching hospitals. Nutrition (2009) 1.07
Predictors of positive head CT scan and neurosurgical procedures after minor head trauma. J Surg Res (2011) 1.07
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Prevalence of surgical conditions in individuals aged more than 50 years: a cluster-based household survey in Sierra Leone. World J Surg (2015) 1.05
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Composite measures for rating hospital quality with major surgery. Health Serv Res (2012) 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 impact of insurance status on actuarial survival in hospitalized trauma patients: when do they die? J Trauma (2011) 0.99
Hazards of benchmarking complications with the National Trauma Data Bank: numerators in search of denominators. J Trauma (2008) 0.98
Predictors of outcome in acute encephalitis. Neurology (2013) 0.97
Trends in robot-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty in pediatric patients. Urology (2013) 0.96
Mechanism of injury predicts case fatality and functional outcomes in pediatric trauma patients: the case for its use in trauma outcomes studies. J Pediatr Surg (2011) 0.96
Muscular effects of statins in the elderly female: a review. Clin Interv Aging (2013) 0.96
Disparities in access to surgical care within a lower income country: an alarming inequity. World J Surg (2013) 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
Do popular media and internet-based hospital quality ratings identify hospitals with better cardiovascular surgery outcomes? J Am Coll Surg (2010) 0.95
Spine immobilization in penetrating trauma: more harm than good? J Trauma (2010) 0.95
Motorcycle helmets save lives, but not limbs: a National Trauma Data Bank analysis of functional outcomes after motorcycle crash. J Surg Res (2010) 0.94
Provider versus patient factors impacting hospital length of stay after pancreaticoduodenectomy. Surgery (2013) 0.94
Early versus late readmission after surgery among patients with employer-provided health insurance. Ann Surg (2015) 0.94
Patterns and outcomes among penetrating trauma recidivists: it only gets worse. J Trauma (2006) 0.94
Is BRAF mutation associated with lymph node metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid cancer? Surgery (2012) 0.94
Class I obesity is paradoxically associated with decreased risk of postoperative stroke after carotid endarterectomy. J Vasc Surg (2012) 0.92
Characterization of incisional wound healing in inducible nitric oxide synthase knockout mice. Surgery (2002) 0.92
Does pay-for-performance improve surgical outcomes? An evaluation of phase 2 of the Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration. Ann Surg (2014) 0.91
Causes and trends in traumatic brain injury for United States adolescents. J Neurotrauma (2013) 0.90
Intraoperative Assessment of Final Margins with a Handheld Optical Imaging Probe During Breast-Conserving Surgery May Reduce the Reoperation Rate: Results of a Multicenter Study. Ann Surg Oncol (2015) 0.90
Analgesic Access for Acute Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Patients: A Nationwide Examination. Med Care (2015) 0.89
Supplemental L-arginine enhances wound healing in diabetic rats. Wound Repair Regen (2003) 0.89
Developing best practices to study trauma outcomes in large databases: an evidence-based approach to determine the best mortality risk adjustment model. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2014) 0.88
Differences in dual-task performance and prefrontal cortex activation between younger and older adults. BMC Neurosci (2013) 0.88
Factors affecting the likelihood of presentation to the emergency department of trauma patients after discharge. Ann Emerg Med (2011) 0.88
Incremental Cost of Emergency Versus Elective Surgery. Ann Surg (2015) 0.88
Effect of supplemental ornithine on wound healing. J Surg Res (2002) 0.87
Disparities in mortality after blunt injury: does insurance type matter? J Surg Res (2012) 0.87