Published in BMJ on June 06, 1998
Making self regulation credible. Through benchmarking, peer review, appraisal-and management. BMJ (1998) 3.84
Public confidence and cardiac surgical outcome. Cardiac surgery: the fall guy in medical quality assurance. BMJ (1998) 3.77
Quality to the fore in health policy--at last. But the NHS mustn't encourage quality improvement with punitive approaches. BMJ (1998) 1.30
Motion analysis. Surg Endosc (2001) 1.17
Cover picture meant that BMJ had descended to level of tabloid newspapers BMJ (1998) 1.14
The need for a national body for research misconduct. Nothing less will reassure the public. BMJ (1998) 1.14
Effect of surgical training on outcome and hospital costs in coronary surgery. Heart (2001) 1.03
Repositioning self regulation. The influence of the GMC may be leaking away. BMJ (1998) 1.01
Expanding the role of the family history in primary care. Br J Gen Pract (1999) 1.01
The National Health Service in England considers on the government's plans to improve quality of health care. Qual Health Care (1998) 0.97
The aftermath of the Bristol case. Bristol case highlights potential weakness of Calman system. BMJ (1998) 0.86
The NHS's 50 anniversary. Will the fudge on equity sustain the NHS into the next millennium? BMJ (1998) 0.80
A very public failure: lessons for quality improvement in healthcare organisations from the Bristol Royal Infirmary. Qual Health Care (2001) 0.80
Revalidation. Br J Gen Pract (1999) 0.78
Defining appropriateness: the challenge of knowing the difference. Qual Health Care (1998) 0.75
The aftermath of the Bristol case. Roles of GMC, royal colleges, and Department of Health remain unclear. BMJ (1998) 0.75
The aftermath of the Bristol case. Deaths are acceptable in some specialties but not all. BMJ (1998) 0.75
The aftermath of the Bristol case. Formal mentoring might have helped. BMJ (1998) 0.75
The aftermath of the Bristol case. Returning contracts to regional level might prevent such cases. BMJ (1998) 0.75
The aftermath of the Bristol case. Supraregional neonatal cardiac surgery works in Western Australia. BMJ (1998) 0.75
The UK cardiac surgical register, 1977-82. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1984) 5.04
Five times: coincidence or something more serious? BMJ (1998) 5.04
Analysis of a cluster of surgical failures. Application to a series of neonatal arterial switch operations. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1994) 4.28
Competence, professional self regulation, and the public interest. BMJ (1998) 3.80
Renegotiating medicine's contract with patients. The GMC is leading the way. BMJ (1998) 1.94
How much to tell parents. Lancet (1997) 1.57
Recent advances. Cardiac surgery. BMJ (1997) 1.54
Minimisation: the platinum standard for trials?. Randomisation doesn't guarantee similarity of groups; minimisation does. BMJ (1998) 7.31
Monitoring the results of cardiac surgery by variable life-adjusted display. Lancet (1997) 6.58
A scoring method (ASEPSIS) for postoperative wound infections for use in clinical trials of antibiotic prophylaxis. Lancet (1986) 2.52
Pre-operative aspirin decreases platelet aggregation and increases post-operative blood loss--a prospective, randomised, placebo controlled, double-blind clinical trial in 100 patients with chronic stable angina. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (1994) 2.28
The impact of microemboli during cardiopulmonary bypass on neuropsychological functioning. Stroke (1994) 2.25
Comparison of two strategies for myocardial management during coronary artery operations. Ann Thorac Surg (1994) 2.21
EuroSCORE: a systematic review of international performance. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2004) 2.10
Redefining leadership in health care. BMJ (2001) 2.08
Cardiac surgery in older people. Br J Hosp Med (1993) 2.04
Quality of life, employment status, and anginal symptoms after coronary angioplasty or bypass surgery. 3-year follow-up in the Randomized Intervention Treatment of Angina (RITA) Trial. Circulation (1996) 1.86
Monitoring surgical performance using risk-adjusted cumulative sum charts. Biostatistics (2000) 1.85
The culprit coronary artery lesion. Lancet (1991) 1.75
False aneurysm of the left ventricle. Heart (1998) 1.69
'Get some research under your belt!'--good advice? A personal view. J R Soc Med (1995) 1.60
Quick-fix technique? J Am Dent Assoc (1998) 1.60
Resternotomy for bleeding after cardiac operation: a marker for increased morbidity and mortality. Ann Thorac Surg (1995) 1.58
Likely variations in perioperative mortality associated with cardiac surgery: when does high mortality reflect bad practice? Heart (2000) 1.53
Management of patients with Björk-Shiley prosthetic valves. Br Heart J (1991) 1.46
What sort of letters do GPs want to receive from hospital specialists? Br J Hosp Med (1989) 1.46
Training surgeons and safeguarding patients. Ann R Coll Surg Engl (1996) 1.44
Which patients will not benefit from further intensive care after cardiac surgery? Lancet (1994) 1.43
Correlation of angiographic and surgical findings in distal coronary branches. Br Heart J (1984) 1.41
What is the place of the clinical case report in medical publishing? J R Soc Med (1995) 1.39
A controlled trial of substrate-enhanced, warm reperfusion ("hot shot") versus simple reperfusion. Ann Thorac Surg (2000) 1.38
Flying after heart surgery. Heart (1999) 1.37
Square pegs in round holes: has psychometric testing a place in choosing a surgical career? A preliminary report of work in progress. Ann R Coll Surg Engl (1999) 1.32
Imaging the dissected aorta. Br Heart J (1993) 1.25
Elective replacement of the aortic root in Marfan's syndrome. Br Heart J (1993) 1.23
Meta-analysis of the association of enteroviruses with human heart disease. Heart (1997) 1.20
Cerebral consequences of cardiopulmonary bypass. Lancet (1986) 1.20
Imaging the thoracic aorta in the injured patient. Heart (1997) 1.16
Whose lung is it anyway? Thorax (2002) 1.15
Cardiovascular manifestations of Marfan's syndrome: improved evaluation by transoesophageal echocardiography. Br Heart J (1993) 1.13
Contamination of blood during cardiopulmonary bypass: the effect of antibiotic prophylaxis. J Hosp Infect (1988) 1.12
A prospective randomized controlled trial of suction versus non-suction to the under-water seal drains following lung resection. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2005) 1.11
The effect of hypothermic circulatory arrest time on cerebral function, morphology, and biochemistry. An experimental study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1983) 1.06
Demonstration of the ascending aorta in infective endocarditis by intravenous digital subtraction angiography. Br Heart J (1988) 1.06
Quality of life measurements in eating disorders, angina, and transplant candidates: are they comparable? J R Soc Med (1994) 1.04
QT interval in anorexia nervosa. Br Heart J (1994) 1.01
Clinical reports of pulmonary metastasectomy for colorectal cancer: a citation network analysis. Br J Cancer (2011) 0.97
Demographic characteristics of patients undergoing aortic valve replacement for stenosis: relation to valve morphology. Heart (1996) 0.96
Traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta: computed tomography may be a dangerous waste of time. Ann R Coll Surg Engl (1994) 0.96
Exocrine pancreatic function in mediastinal teratomata: an aid to preoperative diagnosis? Ann Thorac Surg (1992) 0.96
Parsonnet score is a good predictor of the duration of intensive care unit stay following cardiac surgery. Heart (2000) 0.95
Replacement of the aortic root in Marfan's syndrome. N Engl J Med (1999) 0.95
Insertion of a chest drain: how to do it. Br J Hosp Med (1998) 0.94
False aneurysm of the right internal mammary artery. Ann Thorac Surg (1991) 0.93
Antibiotic prophylaxis in cardiac surgery: serum and tissue levels of teicoplanin, flucloxacillin and tobramycin. J Antimicrob Chemother (1988) 0.92
Subjective reports of cognition in relation to assessed cognitive performance following coronary artery bypass surgery. J Psychosom Res (1989) 0.92
Reducing the risk of major elective surgery. BMJ (1999) 0.92
An unusual cause of dysphagia: a vascular ring. Postgrad Med J (1994) 0.92
The safe duration of total circulatory arrest with profound hypothermia. Ann R Coll Surg Engl (1984) 0.92
The use of a new glycopeptide antibiotic, teicoplanin, in the treatment of bacterial endocarditis. Postgrad Med J (1987) 0.92
Monophasic action potentials at discontinuation of cardiopulmonary bypass: evidence for contraction-excitation feedback in man. Circulation (1988) 0.92
Minimisation is much better than the randomised block design in certain cases. BMJ (1999) 0.92
Living with a univentricular heart. Heart (2001) 0.91
An ion selective electrode for the determination of potassium [proceedings]. J Physiol (1977) 0.91
Need all young surgeons be Masters? Br J Hosp Med (1986) 0.91
Incidence and patterns of depression following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. J Psychosom Res (1997) 0.90
Left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy as the presenting feature of sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis (1986) 0.90
Reciprocal inhibition of nitric oxide and prostacyclin synthesis in human saphenous vein. Br J Pharmacol (1996) 0.90
Use of monophasic action potential recordings during routine coronary-artery bypass surgery as an index of localised myocardial ischaemia. Lancet (1986) 0.89
Aortic root complications of infective endocarditis--influence on surgical outcome. Eur Heart J (1991) 0.89
Factors predisposing to wound infection in cardiac surgery. A prospective study of 517 patients. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (1987) 0.89
Neuropsychological change and S-100 protein release in 130 unselected patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Stroke (1999) 0.89
Type B dissection involving a right-sided aortic arch. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (1996) 0.87
Computer tools to assist the monitoring of outcomes in surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2004) 0.86
Pulmonary metastasectomy in colorectal cancer: a prospective study of demography and clinical characteristics of 543 patients in the Spanish colorectal metastasectomy registry (GECMP-CCR). BMJ Open (2013) 0.86
How to aspirate the pericardium. Br J Hosp Med (1980) 0.85
Trauma care and the pitfalls of diaphragmatic rupture. J R Soc Med (1999) 0.85
Pain is not the only feature of heart attack. BMJ (1998) 0.85
Heart valves: which is the best choice? Cardiovasc Surg (1999) 0.85
Incorporating psychometric measures in selecting and developing surgeons. J Manag Med (1996) 0.84
Relationship between activity and concentration measurements of plasma potassium. Analyst (1978) 0.84
Isolated complete transection of the common bile duct by blunt abdominal trauma. Br J Surg (1978) 0.84
Repeatability of asepsis wound scoring method. Lancet (1986) 0.84
Effect of abrupt changes in ventricular loading on repolarization induced by transient aortic occlusion in humans. Am J Physiol (1992) 0.84
Counting the cost of cancer surgery for advanced and metastatic disease. Br J Surg (2012) 0.83
Creatine kinase MB isoforms: sensitive markers of ischemic myocardial damage. Clin Chem (1994) 0.83
The pathogenesis of spontaneous arterial dissection. Heart (1996) 0.83
Drainage of neoplastic pericardial effusions. Lancet (1983) 0.83
Aprotinin therapy in cardiac operations: a report on use in 41 cardiac centers in the United Kingdom. Ann Thorac Surg (1993) 0.82
The history of adoption of hepatic resection for metastatic colorectal cancer: 1984-95. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol (2012) 0.82
Factors relating to the development of hypertension after cardiopulmonary bypass. Br Heart J (1985) 0.82
Detection of middle cerebral emboli during coronary artery bypass surgery using transcranial Doppler sonography. Stroke (1990) 0.82
Antibiotic prophylaxis in cardiac surgery: a prospective comparison of two dosage regimens of teicoplanin with a combination of flucloxacillin and tobramycin. J Antimicrob Chemother (1988) 0.82
Antibiotic prophylaxis in cardiothoracic surgery in the United Kingdom: current practice. Thorax (1986) 0.82
Influence of endothelium and surgical preparation on responses of human saphenous vein and internal thoracic artery to angiotensin II. Br J Clin Pharmacol (1994) 0.81
S-100 protein release in a range of cardiothoracic surgical procedures. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1997) 0.81
A catheter-tip potassium-selective electrode. J Med Eng Technol (1977) 0.81
Ischaemic preconditioning and cardiac surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (1996) 0.81
Preoperative Sterispon embolisation to facilitate wide excision of mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of the ribs. Thorax (1984) 0.80
Percutaneous balloon valve dilatation. BMJ (1989) 0.80
An ion selective electrode for the determination of calcium activity [proceedings]. J Physiol (1978) 0.80
Infected interventricular Teflon patch: repair and closure of fistula with omentum. Br Heart J (1992) 0.79
Cold blood cardioplegia or intermittent cross-clamping in coronary artery bypass grafting? Ann Thorac Surg (1998) 0.79
Diminutive pulmonary artery growth following right ventricular outflow tract enlargement. Int J Cardiol (1983) 0.79
The effect of antibiotic prophylaxis and topical antiseptics on the bacterial flora of the skin after cardiac surgery. J Hosp Infect (1987) 0.78
The ducts of Brunner's glands. J Anat (1978) 0.78
Continuous multi-channel intravascular monitoring of the effects of dopamine and dobutamine on plasma potassium in dogs. Intensive Care Med (1989) 0.78