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Predictors of postoperative acute renal failure after noncardiac surgery in patients with previously normal renal function. Anesthesiology (2007) 3.96

The economic burden of low back pain: a review of studies published between 1996 and 2001. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol (2002) 2.48

Association between sarcopenia and the risk of serious infection among adults undergoing liver transplantation. Liver Transpl (2013) 1.88

Accelerating the pace of surgical quality improvement: the power of hospital collaboration. Arch Surg (2010) 1.80

Surgical site infection and analytic morphometric assessment of body composition in patients undergoing midline laparotomy. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 1.73

Preoperative and intraoperative predictors of cardiac adverse events after general, vascular, and urological surgery. Anesthesiology (2009) 1.72

Effect of body mass index on the survival benefit of liver transplantation. Liver Transpl (2007) 1.69

Donation after cardiac death as a strategy to increase deceased donor liver availability. Ann Surg (2006) 1.66

Incremental costs of post-liver transplantation complications. J Am Coll Surg (2007) 1.63

Sarcopenia as a prognostic factor among patients with stage III melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol (2011) 1.57

Surgical site infection prevention: the importance of operative duration and blood transfusion--results of the first American College of Surgeons-National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Best Practices Initiative. J Am Coll Surg (2008) 1.56

Perioperative peripheral nerve injuries: a retrospective study of 380,680 cases during a 10-year period at a single institution. Anesthesiology (2009) 1.53

Patients' perspectives of care and surgical outcomes in Michigan: an analysis using the CAHPS hospital survey. Ann Surg (2014) 1.52

Survivors of childhood cancer have increased risk of gastrointestinal complications later in life. Gastroenterology (2011) 1.51

The Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative: a legacy of Shukri Khuri. Am J Surg (2009) 1.48

Financial implications of surgical complications in pediatric liver transplantation. Pediatr Transplant (2008) 1.48

There is plenty for everyone: transection of the infracardiac inferior vena cava during organ recovery. Liver Transpl (2012) 1.48

Frailty, core muscle size, and mortality in patients undergoing open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg (2011) 1.47

Pressure Pain Sensitivity in Patients With Suspected Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia. Reg Anesth Pain Med (2015) 1.44

Is routine ureteral stenting cost-effective in renal transplantation? J Urol (2007) 1.41

Failure to Rescue as a Quality Improvement Approach in Transplantation: A First Effort to Evaluate This Tool in Pediatric Liver Transplantation. Transplantation (2016) 1.39

A comparison of in-hospital mortality risk conferred by high hospital occupancy, differences in nurse staffing levels, weekend admission, and seasonal influenza. Med Care (2010) 1.36

Obesity, surgical site infection, and outcome following renal transplantation. Ann Surg (2009) 1.34

Biliary complications following liver transplantation in the model for end-stage liver disease era: effect of donor, recipient, and technical factors. Liver Transpl (2008) 1.30

Frailty and delayed graft function in kidney transplant recipients. Arch Surg (2012) 1.30

Measurement of foot traffic in the operating room: implications for infection control. Am J Med Qual (2009) 1.26

Antibiotic choice is independently associated with risk of surgical site infection after colectomy: a population-based cohort study. Ann Surg (2013) 1.20

Informatics and the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: automated processes could replace manual record review. J Am Coll Surg (2008) 1.13

Analytic morphometric assessment of patients undergoing colectomy for colon cancer. J Surg Oncol (2013) 1.02

Dexmedetomidine added to ropivacaine extends the duration of interscalene brachial plexus blocks for elective shoulder surgery when compared with ropivacaine alone: a single-center, prospective, triple-blind, randomized controlled trial. Reg Anesth Pain Med (2013) 1.01

Fibromyalgia survey criteria are associated with increased postoperative opioid consumption in women undergoing hysterectomy. Anesthesiology (2015) 1.01

Influence of body mass index on complications and oncologic outcomes following hepatectomy for malignancy. J Gastrointest Surg (2010) 1.01

Resident participation does not affect surgical outcomes, despite introduction of new techniques. J Am Coll Surg (2010) 0.98

Body mass index and adverse perioperative outcomes following hepatic resection. J Gastrointest Surg (2010) 0.98

Effect of intraoperative hyperglycemia during liver transplantation. J Surg Res (2007) 0.98

The importance of improving the quality of emergency surgery for a regional quality collaborative. Ann Surg (2013) 0.98

Longitudinal assessment of pain outcomes in the clinical setting: development of the "APOLO" electronic data capture system. Reg Anesth Pain Med (2012) 0.96

Quantifying the eyeball test: sarcopenia, analytic morphomics, and liver transplantation. Liver Transpl (2012) 0.94

Sleep duration and overweight/obesity in children: review and implications for pediatric nursing. J Spec Pediatr Nurs (2012) 0.94

A statewide, community-based assessment of alvimopan's effect on surgical outcomes. Ann Surg (2013) 0.94

A contemporary comparison of aortofemoral bypass and aortoiliac stenting in the treatment of aortoiliac occlusive disease. Ann Vasc Surg (2010) 0.94

Resident workload, pager communications, and quality of care. World J Surg (2010) 0.93

Characteristics of chronic pain patients who take opioids and persistently report high pain intensity. Reg Anesth Pain Med (2013) 0.93

Improving mortality following emergent surgery in older patients requires focus on complication rescue. Ann Surg (2013) 0.93

Operative mortality after renal transplantation--does surgeon type matter? J Urol (2007) 0.92

Impact of low blood lead concentrations on IQ and school performance in Chinese children. PLoS One (2013) 0.91

How can the American College of Surgeons-National Surgical Quality Improvement Program help or hinder the general surgeon? Adv Surg (2008) 0.91

A statewide colectomy experience: the role of full bowel preparation in preventing surgical site infection. Ann Surg (2014) 0.90

Isolation, expression, and characterization of the human ZCRB1 gene mapped to 12q12. Genomics (2006) 0.90

A statewide consortium of surgical care: a longitudinal investigation of vascular operative procedures at 16 hospitals. Surgery (2010) 0.89

Reliability of hip examination tests for femoroacetabular impingement. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) (2013) 0.88

Abdominal aortic calcification and surgical outcomes in patients with no known cardiovascular risk factors. Ann Surg (2013) 0.88

Emergent versus elective cholecystectomy: conversion rates and outcomes. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2013) 0.88

Portal vein thrombosis and outcomes for pediatric liver transplant candidates and recipients in the United States. Liver Transpl (2011) 0.88

Cigarette smoking and pain: depressive symptoms mediate smoking-related pain symptoms. Pain (2012) 0.88

Reports of chronic pain in childhood and adolescence among patients at a tertiary care pain clinic. J Pain (2013) 0.87

Effects of smoking on survival for patients with end-stage liver disease. J Am Coll Surg (2009) 0.87

Dorsal muscle group area and surgical outcomes in liver transplantation. Clin Transplant (2014) 0.87

Targeting cancer gene therapy with magnetic nanoparticles. Oncotarget (2012) 0.87

Addition of adult-to-adult living donation to liver transplant programs improves survival but at an increased cost. Liver Transpl (2009) 0.87

A customized protocol to assess bone quality in the metacarpal head, metacarpal shaft and distal radius: a high resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography precision study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord (2013) 0.86

Cost of major surgery in the sarcopenic patient. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 0.86

Molecular cytogenetic abnormalities in patients with concurrent chronic lymphocytic leukemia and multiple myeloma shown by interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization: evidence of distinct clonal origin. Cancer Genet Cytogenet (2004) 0.85

Clinical yield of diagnostic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in orthotopic liver transplant recipients with suspected biliary complications. Liver Transpl (2012) 0.84

Analyzing "failure to rescue": is this an opportunity for outcome improvement in cardiac surgery? Ann Thorac Surg (2013) 0.84

Quality of life in liver transplant candidates: frailty is a better indicator than severity of liver disease. Transplantation (2015) 0.83

Buprenorphine disrupts sleep and decreases adenosine concentrations in sleep-regulating brain regions of Sprague Dawley rat. Anesthesiology (2011) 0.83

Building the case for enhanced recovery protocols in living kidney donors. Transplantation (2015) 0.83

Patient perspectives of patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) and methods for improving pain control and patient satisfaction. Reg Anesth Pain Med (2013) 0.83

Prophylactic antibiotic practices for colectomy in Michigan. Am J Surg (2011) 0.83

Gas-Phase Reaction of Tetraborane(10) and Ethyne: Molecular Structure of nido-1,2-C(2)B(3)H(7) in the Gas Phase. Inorg Chem (1998) 0.82

Pregabalin as a treatment for painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy: a meta-analysis. Reg Anesth Pain Med (2008) 0.81

Discovery of 4-oxo-6-((pyrimidin-2-ylthio)methyl)-4H-pyran-3-yl 4-nitrobenzoate (ML221) as a functional antagonist of the apelin (APJ) receptor. Bioorg Med Chem Lett (2012) 0.81

More is not always better: a case postrenal transplant large volume diuresis, hyponatremia, and postoperative seizure. Transpl Int (2006) 0.81

A prospective, randomized trial of complete avoidance of steroids in liver transplantation with follow-up of over 7 years. HPB (Oxford) (2012) 0.81

Medical record validation of maternal recall of pregnancy and birth events from a twin cohort. Twin Res Hum Genet (2013) 0.80

Cigarette smoking in living kidney donors: donor and recipient outcomes. Clin Transplant (2014) 0.80

The effect of smoking on biliary complications following liver transplantation. Transpl Int (2011) 0.80

Improving the care of elderly adults undergoing surgery in Michigan. J Am Geriatr Soc (2014) 0.79

Preoperative risk factors for postoperative Clostridium difficile infection in colectomy patients. Am J Surg (2013) 0.79

Survival among children with portal vein thrombosis and end-stage liver disease. Pediatr Transplant (2009) 0.79

Safety and efficiency of dexmedetomidine as adjuvant to local anesthetics. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol (2016) 0.79

Preoperative Opioid Use is Independently Associated With Increased Costs and Worse Outcomes After Major Abdominal Surgery. Ann Surg (2017) 0.78

Financial impact of surgical site infection after kidney transplantation: implications for quality improvement initiative design. J Am Coll Surg (2010) 0.78

Peripheral nerve blocks in shoulder arthroplasty: how do they influence complications and length of stay? Clin Orthop Relat Res (2014) 0.78

Thermal hyperalgesia after sciatic nerve block in rat is transient and clinically insignificant. Reg Anesth Pain Med (2013) 0.77

Parent-reported mild head injury history and behavioural performance in children at 6 years. Brain Inj (2013) 0.77

Reliability of surgeon-specific reporting of complications after colectomy. Ann Surg (2015) 0.77

Trends and predictors of opioid use after total knee and total hip arthroplasty. Pain (2016) 0.77

Can urologic oncologists help expand the renal donor pool with "restored" kidneys? Urol Oncol (2008) 0.77

Aortic valve endocarditis possibly caused by a Haematobacter-like species. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 0.76

Does using HTK solution for cold perfusion of cadaveric kidneys save money? Transplantation (2006) 0.76

Medial Branch Blocks or Intra-Articular Injections as a Prognostic Tool Before Lumbar Facet Radiofrequency Denervation: A Multicenter, Case-Control Study. Reg Anesth Pain Med (2015) 0.76

Does using HTK solution for cold perfusion of cadaveric kidneys save money? Transplantation (2006) 0.76

Trust, but verify: examining the role of observational data in perioperative decision-making. Anesthesiology (2013) 0.76

Clinical and economic outcomes of rabbit antithymocyte globulin induction in adults who received kidney transplants from living unrelated donors and received cyclosporine-based immunosuppression. Pharmacotherapy (2009) 0.76

Population-based Assessment of Intraoperative Fluid Administration Practices Across Three Surgical Specialties. Ann Surg (2017) 0.75

Complication rates of ostomy surgery are high and vary significantly between hospitals. Dis Colon Rectum (2014) 0.75