Published in Ann Surg on June 01, 2017
Predictors of postoperative acute renal failure after noncardiac surgery in patients with previously normal renal function. Anesthesiology (2007) 3.96
Hospital costs associated with surgical complications: a report from the private-sector National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. J Am Coll Surg (2004) 3.65
The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program in non-veterans administration hospitals: initial demonstration of feasibility. Ann Surg (2002) 3.44
Development and validation of an acute kidney injury risk index for patients undergoing general surgery: results from a national data set. Anesthesiology (2009) 2.59
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
The patient safety in surgery study: background, study design, and patient populations. J Am Coll Surg (2007) 2.22
How a regional collaborative of hospitals and physicians in Michigan cut costs and improved the quality of care. Health Aff (Millwood) (2011) 2.22
Who pays for poor surgical quality? Building a business case for quality improvement. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 2.03
Association between sarcopenia and the risk of serious infection among adults undergoing liver transplantation. Liver Transpl (2013) 1.88
Seasonal variation in surgical outcomes as measured by the American College of Surgeons-National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP). Ann Surg (2007) 1.81
Accelerating the pace of surgical quality improvement: the power of hospital collaboration. Arch Surg (2010) 1.80
Morphometric age and surgical risk. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 1.73
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
Clinical redesign using all patient refined diagnosis related groups. Pediatrics (2004) 1.62
A validation study of a retrospective venous thromboembolism risk scoring method. Ann Surg (2010) 1.59
Sarcopenia as a prognostic factor among patients with stage III melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol (2011) 1.57
The association of body mass index to postoperative outcomes in elderly vascular surgery patients: a reverse J-curve phenomenon. Anesth Analg (2010) 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
Identifying patients at high risk for venous thromboembolism requiring treatment after outpatient surgery. Ann Surg (2012) 1.55
Patients' perspectives of care and surgical outcomes in Michigan: an analysis using the CAHPS hospital survey. Ann Surg (2014) 1.52
Evaluating individual surgeons based on total hospital costs: evidence for variation in both total costs and volatility of costs. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 1.49
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
Variation in Transfusion Practices and the Effect on Outcomes After Noncardiac Surgery. Ann Surg (2015) 1.46
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
A better approach to medical malpractice claims? The University of Michigan experience. J Health Life Sci Law (2009) 1.32
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
A statewide assessment of surgical site infection following colectomy: the role of oral antibiotics. Ann Surg (2010) 1.29
The Michigan surgical quality collaborative: will a statewide quality improvement initiative pay for itself? Ann Surg (2007) 1.27
Measurement of foot traffic in the operating room: implications for infection control. Am J Med Qual (2009) 1.26
Do the AHRQ patient safety indicators flag conditions that are present at the time of hospital admission? Med Care (2008) 1.22
Long-term survival after liver transplantation in children with metabolic disorders. Pediatr Transplant (2002) 1.21
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
Partnering with payers to improve surgical quality: the Michigan plan. Surgery (2005) 1.12
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver disseminated to the peritoneum treated with liver transplantation and interferon alpha-2B. Transplantation (2002) 1.09
Nurturing a culture of patient safety and achieving lower malpractice risk through disclosure: lessons learned and future directions. Front Health Serv Manage (2012) 1.07
Detecting the blind spot: complications in the trauma registry and trauma quality improvement. Surgery (2007) 1.03
Analytic morphometric assessment of patients undergoing colectomy for colon cancer. J Surg Oncol (2013) 1.02
Influence of body mass index on complications and oncologic outcomes following hepatectomy for malignancy. J Gastrointest Surg (2010) 1.01
Factors associated with and consequences of unplanned post-operative intubation in elderly vascular and general surgery patients. Eur J Anaesthesiol (2011) 1.00
A validated risk model to predict 90-day VTE events in postsurgical patients. Chest (2014) 0.99
Body mass index and adverse perioperative outcomes following hepatic resection. J Gastrointest Surg (2010) 0.98
Resident participation does not affect surgical outcomes, despite introduction of new techniques. J Am Coll Surg (2010) 0.98
Real money: complications and hospital costs in trauma patients. Surgery (2008) 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
Gender imbalance in living donor renal transplantation. Transplantation (2002) 0.97
Quantifying the eyeball test: sarcopenia, analytic morphomics, and liver transplantation. Liver Transpl (2012) 0.94
A statewide, community-based assessment of alvimopan's effect on surgical outcomes. Ann Surg (2013) 0.94
Renal allograft survival in transplant recipients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Am J Transplant (2003) 0.94
Long-term follow-up of percutaneous transhepatic balloon cholangioplasty in the management of biliary strictures after liver transplantation. Transplantation (2004) 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
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
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
A statewide consortium of surgical care: a longitudinal investigation of vascular operative procedures at 16 hospitals. Surgery (2010) 0.89
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
Effects of smoking on survival for patients with end-stage liver disease. J Am Coll Surg (2009) 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
Dorsal muscle group area and surgical outcomes in liver transplantation. Clin Transplant (2014) 0.87
Bowel preparation for colectomy and risk of Clostridium difficile infection. Dis Colon Rectum (2011) 0.87
The effect of increased hip flexion using stirrups on lower-extremity venous flow: a prospective observational study. Am J Surg (2011) 0.87
Cost of major surgery in the sarcopenic patient. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 0.86
Amphetamine stimulates movement through thalamocortical glutamate release. J Neurochem (2013) 0.85
Risk factors for prolonged length of stay after urologic surgery: the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. J Am Coll Surg (2008) 0.85
Liver transplantation in children with metabolic disorders in the United States. Am J Transplant (2003) 0.85
Clinical yield of diagnostic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in orthotopic liver transplant recipients with suspected biliary complications. Liver Transpl (2012) 0.84