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  • "The Patient Is Dying, Please Call the Chaplain": The Activities of Chaplains in One Medical Center's Intensive Care Units. 
  • A case of splenic rupture within an umbilical hernia with loss of domain. 
  • A combined paging alert and web-based instrument alters clinician behavior and shortens hospital length of stay in acute pancreatitis. 
  • A comparison of perioperative outcomes in patients with and without rheumatoid arthritis after receiving a total shoulder replacement arthroplasty. 
  • A comparison of the Charlson comorbidity index derived from medical record data and administrative billing data. 
  • A cost analysis of the impact of a new intravenous antihypertensive in managing perioperative blood pressure during cardiac surgery. 
  • A cost-minimization analysis comparing azithromycin-based and levofloxacin-based protocols for the treatment of patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia: results from the CAP-IN trial. 
  • A decade of change in abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in the United States: Have we improved outcomes equally between men and women? 
  • A descriptive evaluation of transfusion practices in patients receiving mechanical ventilation. 
  • A geriatric assessment and intervention team for hospital inpatients awaiting transfer to a geriatric unit: a randomized trial. 
  • A model for morbidity after lung resection in octogenarians. 
  • A multistage model of hospital bed requirements. 
  • A population-based study of outcomes from thyroidectomy in aging Americans: at what cost? 
  • A predictive index for length of stay in the intensive care unit following cardiac surgery. 
  • A prospective comparison of a noninvasive cardiac output monitor versus esophageal Doppler monitor for goal-directed fluid therapy in colorectal surgery patients. 
  • A prospective evaluation of surgically treated groin complications following percutaneous cardiac procedures. 
  • A prospective registry of 5,451 patients with ultrasound-confirmed deep vein thrombosis. 
  • A prospective, nonrandomized, multicenter evaluation of extreme lateral interbody fusion for the treatment of adult degenerative scoliosis: perioperative outcomes and complications. 
  • A randomized controlled trial of filgrastim during remission induction and consolidation chemotherapy for adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: CALGB study 9111. 
  • A randomized evaluation of bispectral index-augmented sedation assessment in neurological patients. 
  • A retrospective comparison of anesthetic management of robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy versus radical retropubic prostatectomy. 
  • A standardized care plan is associated with shorter hospital length of stay in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy. 
  • A study of 11,003 patients with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis and the association between surgeon and hospital volume and outcomes. 
  • A three-decade review of thermal injuries among the elderly at a regional burn centre. 
  • AKI in Children Hospitalized with Nephrotic Syndrome. 
  • APOE polymorphism is associated with risk of severe sepsis in surgical patients. 
  • Abdominal- versus thigh-based reconstruction of perineal defects in patients with cancer. 
  • Ability of an antibiogram to predict Pseudomonas aeruginosa susceptibility to targeted antimicrobials based on hospital day of isolation. 
  • Accuracy of the aristotle basic complexity score for classifying the mortality and morbidity potential of congenital heart surgery operations. 
  • Active rehabilitation during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation. 
  • Acute and long-term cost implications of coronary stenting. 
  • Acute kidney injury and cardiopulmonary bypass: special situation or same old problem? 
  • Acute myocardial infarction in pregnancy: a United States population-based study. 
  • Acute myocardial infarction: profile and management at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi. 
  • Ad libitum feeds after laparoscopic pyloromyotomy: a retrospective comparison with a standardized feeding regimen in 227 infants. 
  • Adenosine-induced transient asystole for intracranial aneurysm surgery: a retrospective review. 
  • Adjuvant chemotherapy for t1 node-positive colon cancers provides significant survival benefit. 
  • Advanced age is an independent predictor for increased morbidity and mortality after emergent surgery for diverticulitis. 
  • Advancing extubation time for cardiac surgery patients using lean work design. 
  • Adverse clinical and economic outcomes attributable to methicillin resistance among patients with Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection. 
  • Adverse events associated with laparoscopy vs laparotomy in the treatment of endometrial cancer. 
  • Age and gender differences in substance screening may underestimate injury severity: a study of 9793 patients at level 1 trauma center from 2006 to 2010. 
  • Age differences in care practices and outcomes for hospitalized patients with cancer. 
  • Age- and gender-related differences in quality of care and outcomes of patients hospitalized with heart failure (from OPTIMIZE-HF). 
  • Aggressiveness of care following intracerebral hemorrhage in women and men. 
  • Alcohol ablation of the intraventricular septum in symptomatic patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. 
  • Alcohol withdrawal prevention: a randomized evaluation of lorazepam and ethanol--a pilot study. 
  • Alvimopan Provides Additional Improvement in Outcomes and Cost Savings in Enhanced Recovery Colorectal Surgery. 
  • Ambulatory ECMO as a bridge to lung transplant in a previously well pediatric patient with ARDS. 
  • An Asthma Protocol Improved Adherence to Evidence-Based Guidelines for Pediatric Subjects With Status Asthmaticus in the Emergency Department. 
  • An analysis of the heterogeneity of U.S. nursing home patients. 
  • An economic analysis of an aggressive diagnostic strategy with single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging and early exercise stress testing in emergency department patients who present with chest pain but nondiagnostic electrocardiograms: results from a randomized trial. 
  • An international perspective on heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction complicating myocardial infarction: the VALIANT registry. 
  • An open-label, pragmatic, randomized controlled clinical trial to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of daptomycin versus vancomycin for the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infection. 
  • Analgesia and Sedation Requirements in Mechanically Ventilated Trauma Patients With Acute, Preinjury Use of Cocaine and/or Amphetamines. 
  • Analgesic and antiemetic needs following minimally invasive vs open staging for endometrial cancer. 
  • Analysis of early readmissions after combined pancreas-kidney transplantation. 
  • Analysis of recurrence, complications, and functional results with free jejunal flaps. 
  • Anemia and blood transfusion in trauma patients admitted to the intensive care unit. 
  • Applicability of laparoscopic approach to the resection of large adrenal tumours: a retrospective cohort study on 200 patients. 
  • Application of continuous incisional infusion of local anesthetic after major pediatric urological surgery: prospective randomized controlled trial. 
  • Are we finally ready for outpatient management of febrile neutropenia? 
  • Assessing outcomes for consumers in New York's assisted outpatient treatment program. 
  • Assisted early mobility for hospitalized older veterans: preliminary data from the STRIDE program. 
  • Association Between Insurance Status and Hospital Length of Stay Following Trauma. 
  • Association between Initial Fluid Choice and Subsequent In-hospital Mortality during the Resuscitation of Adults with Septic Shock. 
  • Association between bleeding, blood transfusion, and costs among patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Association between the choice of IV crystalloid and in-hospital mortality among critically ill adults with sepsis*. 
  • Association of hospital primary angioplasty volume in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with quality and outcomes. 
  • Association of insurance status with inpatient treatment for coronary artery disease: findings from the Get With the Guidelines program. 
  • Association of race/ethnicity with clinical risk factors, quality of care, and acute outcomes in patients hospitalized with heart failure. 
  • Associations of patient demographic characteristics and regional physician density with early physician follow-up among medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with heart failure. 
  • Atrial fibrillation after pulmonary transplant. 
  • Atrial fibrillation following coronary artery bypass graft surgery: predictors, outcomes, and resource utilization. MultiCenter Study of Perioperative Ischemia Research Group. 
  • Atypical aortic thrombus: should nonoperative management be first line? 
  • Bariatric surgery using a network and teleconferencing to serve remote patients in the Veterans Administration Health Care System: feasibility and results. 
  • Baseline and 6-month costs of primary angioplasty therapy for acute myocardial infarction: results from the primary angioplasty registry. 
  • Bleeding in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: the development of a clinical risk algorithm from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Bundle Up for Value-Based Heart Failure Care. 
  • Burden of childhood rotavirus disease on health systems in the United States. 
  • Can involuntary outpatient commitment reduce hospital recidivism?: Findings from a randomized trial with severely mentally ill individuals. 
  • Candida albicans and non-albicans bloodstream infections in adult and pediatric patients: comparison of mortality and costs. 
  • Cardiac biomarker measurement after elective percutaneous coronary interventions in older patients: insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Care models and associated outcomes in congenital heart surgery. 
  • Carotid endarterectomy then and now: outcome and cost-effectiveness of modern practice. 
  • Carotid endarterectomy trends in the patterns and outcomes of care at academic medical centers, 1990 through 1995. 
  • Cascade iatrogenesis: a case-control study to detect postoperative respiratory failure in hospitalized older adults. 
  • Causes and risk factors for 30-day unplanned readmissions after lumbar spine surgery. 
  • Centenarians--a useful model for healthy aging? A 29-year follow-up of hospitalizations among 40,000 Danes born in 1905. 
  • Center variation and outcomes associated with delayed sternal closure after stage 1 palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. 
  • Center variation in hospital costs for patients undergoing congenital heart surgery. 
  • Center variation in patient age and weight at Fontan operation and impact on postoperative outcomes. 
  • Centers of Excellence in Bariatric Surgery: design, implementation, and one-year outcomes. 
  • Cervical corpectomy: complications and outcomes. 
  • Changes in Payment Regulation and Acute Care Use for Total Hip Replacement: Trends in Length of Stay, Costs, and Discharge, 1997-2012. 
  • Characteristics and in-hospital outcomes for nonadherent patients with heart failure: findings from Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure (GWTG-HF). 
  • Characteristics and outcomes of hospice enrollees with dementia discharged alive. 
  • Characteristics of hospital inpatient falls across clinical departments. 
  • Characteristics of hospitalizations of HIV-infected patients: an analysis of data from the 1994 healthcare cost and utilization project. 
  • Characteristics of nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage in the United States in 2003. 
  • Characteristics of patients treated for orbital cellulitis: An analysis of inpatient data. 
  • Characteristics, performance measures, and in-hospital outcomes of the first one million stroke and transient ischemic attack admissions in get with the guidelines-stroke. 
  • Characterization of heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction: a comparison between ADHERE-US registry and ADHERE-International registry. 
  • Characterization of myocardial infarction as an end point in two large trials of acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Children with new tracheostomies: planning for family education and common impediments to discharge. 
  • Clinical and financial outcomes due to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection: a multi-center matched outcomes study. 
  • Clinical characteristics and long-term outcome of patients in whom congestive heart failure develops after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: development of a predictive model. 
  • Clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized heart failure patients with systolic dysfunction and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: findings from OPTIMIZE-HF. 
  • Clinical evidence for pharmaconutrition in major elective surgery. 
  • Clinical manifestations and outcome of Haemophilus influenzae type b disease. 
  • Clinical outcomes after ureteroscopic lithotripsy in patients who initially presented with urosepsis: matched pair comparison with elective ureteroscopy. 
  • Clinical outcomes among stroke patients receiving tissue plasminogen activator therapy beyond the 3-hour time window. 
  • Clinical outcomes and costs due to Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia among patients receiving long-term hemodialysis. 
  • Cognitive function and acute care utilization. 
  • Comparative analysis of length of stay, hospitalization costs, opioid use, and discharge status among spine surgery patients with postoperative pain management including intravenous versus oral acetaminophen. 
  • Comparing Coordinated Versus Sequential Salpingo-Oophorectomy for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers With Breast Cancer. 
  • Comparing outcomes of early, late, and non-surgical management of intraspinal abscess. 
  • Comparison of 30-day outcome, resource use, and coronary artery disease severity in patients with suspected coronary artery disease with and without diabetes mellitus assigned to chest pain units. 
  • Comparison of balloon valvuloplasty with operative treatment for mitral stenosis. 
  • Comparison of costs, length of stay, and mortality associated with Candida glabrata and Candida albicans bloodstream infections. 
  • Comparison of helicopter versus ground transport for the interfacility transport of isolated spinal injury. 
  • Comparison of hospital costing methods in an economic evaluation of a multinational clinical trial. 
  • Comparison of laparoscopic versus open adrenalectomy: results from American College of Surgeons-National Surgery Quality Improvement Project. 
  • Comparison of omental and pectoralis flaps for poststernotomy mediastinitis. 
  • Comparison of open and endourologic approaches to the obstructed ureteropelvic junction. 
  • Comparison of outcomes after laparoscopic and open pyloromyotomy at a high-volume pediatric teaching hospital. 
  • Complications and outcomes after spinal cord tumor resection in the United States from 1993 to 2002. 
  • Complications following total knee arthroplasty--does the anaesthetic technique make a difference? 
  • Concomitant vascular reconstruction during pancreatectomy for malignant disease: a propensity score-adjusted, population-based trend analysis involving 10,206 patients. 
  • Connecting the pieces of the cardiovascular care puzzle in Canada. 
  • Contemporary outcomes of complete atrioventricular septal defect repair: analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database. 
  • Contemporary trends and predictors of postacute service use and routine discharge home after stroke. 
  • Controversies regarding laparoscopic colectomy for malignant diseases. 
  • Coronary artery bypass in patients with severely depressed ventricular function. 
  • Correction. Hospitalization in the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly. 
  • Cost analysis of abdominal, laparoscopic, and robotic-assisted myomectomies. 
  • Cost analysis of aprotinin for coronary artery bypass patients: analysis of the randomized trials. 
  • Cost effectiveness of early discharge after uncomplicated acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Cost implications of different surgical management strategies for primary hyperparathyroidism. 
  • Cost of invasive fungal infections in the era of new diagnostics and expanded treatment options. 
  • Cost offsets to medicare attributable to receipt of hip, knee, and shoulder arthroplasty. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of coronary stenting and abciximab for patients with acute myocardial infarction: results from the CADILLAC (Controlled Abciximab and Device Investigation to Lower Late Angioplasty Complications) trial. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition with eptifibatide in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Cost-minimization analysis of robotic-assisted, laparoscopic, and abdominal sacrocolpopexy. 
  • Costs and length of stay for patients with and without sickle cell disease after hysterectomy, appendectomy, or knee replacement. 
  • Costs and outcomes after cardiac surgery in patients refusing transfusion compared with those who do not: a case-matched study. 
  • Costs and outcomes among hemodialysis-dependent patients with methicillin-resistant or methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. 
  • Costs associated with health care-associated infections in cardiac surgery. 
  • Costs of inpatient care among Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure, 2001 to 2004. 
  • Costs of interventional cardiac procedures. 
  • Costs of periprocedural complications in patients treated with transcatheter aortic valve replacement: results from the Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valve trial. 
  • Costs of vasospasm in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. 
  • Crew resource management and VTE prophylaxis in surgery: a quality improvement initiative. 
  • Current Evidence Does Not Support Medicare's 3-Day Rule in Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty. 
  • Cytoreductive surgery and intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemotherapy for peritoneal surface malignancy: experience with 501 procedures. 
  • Day of admission and clinical outcomes for patients hospitalized for heart failure: findings from the Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF). 
  • Death service ratio: a measure of hospice utilization and cost impact. 
  • Defining the learning curve for team-based laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy. 
  • Delayed recovery after pancreaticoduodenectomy: a major factor impairing the delivery of adjuvant therapy? 
  • Delirium affects length of hospital stay after lung transplantation. 
  • Delirium detection and improved delirium management in older patients hospitalized for hip fracture. 
  • Depressive symptoms and outcome of coronary artery bypass grafting. 
  • Depressive symptoms in elderly medical-surgical patients hospitalized in community settings. 
  • Design of the RELAXin in acute heart failure study. 
  • Detection of Multiple Respiratory Viruses Associated With Mortality and Severity of Illness in Children. 
  • Diabetes and early postoperative outcomes following lumbar fusion. 
  • Diabetes and perioperative outcomes following cervical fusion in patients with myelopathy. 
  • Diabetes and the Association of Postoperative Hyperglycemia With Clinical and Economic Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery. 
  • Diabetes mellitus and outcome after primary coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction: lessons from the GUSTO-IIb Angioplasty Substudy. Global Use of Strategies to Open Occluded Arteries in Acute Coronary Syndromes. 
  • Diabetes mellitus increases short-term mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. 
  • Differences in level of care at the end of life according to race. 
  • Differences in pain management between hematologists and hospitalists caring for patients with sickle cell disease hospitalized for vasoocclusive crisis. 
  • Differences in patient characteristics between Veterans Administration and community hospitals. Implications for VA planning. 
  • Differences in rehabilitation services and outcomes among stroke patients cared for in veterans hospitals. 
  • Discriminative value of inflammatory biomarkers for suspected sepsis. 
  • Disease management interventions to improve outcomes in congestive heart failure. 
  • Distribution and characteristics of severe traumatic brain injury at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Uganda. 
  • Diuretic response in patients with acute decompensated heart failure: characteristics and clinical outcome--an analysis from RELAX-AHF. 
  • Do countries or hospitals with longer hospital stays for acute heart failure have lower readmission rates?: Findings from ASCEND-HF. 
  • Do patients treated at academic hospitals have better longitudinal outcomes after admission for non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction? 
  • Do stable non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes require admission to coronary care units? 
  • Does body mass index impact the outcomes of tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy? 
  • Does improved access to diagnostic imaging results reduce hospital length of stay? A retrospective study. 
  • Does method of sternal repair influence long-term outcome of postoperative mediastinitis? 
  • Does negative pressure wound therapy have a role in preventing poststernotomy wound complications? 
  • Does prospective payment reduce inpatient length of stay? 
  • Does the label "fibromyalgia" alter health status, function, and health service utilization? A prospective, within-group comparison in a community cohort of adults with chronic widespread pain. 
  • Dyspnoea in patients with acute heart failure: an analysis of its clinical course, determinants, and relationship to 60-day outcomes in the PROTECT pilot study. 
  • Early acute lung injury: criteria for identifying lung injury prior to the need for positive pressure ventilation*. 
  • Early colonoscopy for acute lower GI bleeding predicts shorter hospital stay: a retrospective study of experience in a single center. 
  • Early discharge after acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Early discharge after myocardial infarction. 
  • Early discharge in the thrombolytic era: an analysis of criteria for uncomplicated infarction from the Global Utilization of Streptokinase and t-PA for Occluded Coronary Arteries (GUSTO) trial. 
  • Early dyspnoea relief in acute heart failure: prevalence, association with mortality, and effect of rolofylline in the PROTECT Study. 
  • Early hospital discharge after uncomplicated acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Early hospital discharge after uncomplicated myocardial infarction: are further improvements possible? 
  • Economic analysis of endovascular repair versus surveillance for patients with small abdominal aortic aneurysms. 
  • Economic assessment of thrombocytopenia: CATCH Registry. 
  • Effect of Free Dental Services on Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease. 
  • Effect of Palliative Care-Led Meetings for Families of Patients With Chronic Critical Illness: A Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Effect of a Multidisciplinary Approach for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Department on Hospital Admission Rate and Length of Stay. 
  • Effect of clinical factors on length of stay after coronary artery bypass surgery: results of the cooperative cardiovascular project. 
  • Effect of facility on the operative costs of distal radius fractures. 
  • Effect of fluconazole prophylaxis on candidiasis and mortality in premature infants: a randomized clinical trial. 
  • Effect of hospital use of oral nutritional supplementation on length of stay, hospital cost, and 30-day readmissions among Medicare patients with COPD. 
  • Effect of institutional volume and academic status on outcomes of coronary interventions: the IMPACT-II experience. 
  • Effect of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in the neonatal intensive care unit on total hospital cost. 
  • Effect of nosocomial bloodstream infections on mortality, length of stay, and hospital costs in older adults. 
  • Effect of outpatient treatment of febrile neutropenia on the risk threshold for the use of CSF in patients with cancer treated with chemotherapy. 
  • Effect of repair strategy on hospital cost for infants with tetralogy of Fallot. 
  • Effect of temperature during cardiopulmonary bypass on gastric mucosal perfusion. 
  • Effect of the Deyo score on outcomes and costs in shoulder arthroplasty patients. 
  • Effective Implementation of Enhanced Recovery Pathway Programs: The Key to Disseminating Evidence into Practice. 
  • Effectively identifying the inpatient with hyperglycemia to increase patient care and lower costs. 
  • Effectiveness of antimicrobial guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia in children. 
  • Effects of cognitive performance on change in physical function in long-stay nursing home residents. 
  • Effects of red-cell storage duration on patients undergoing cardiac surgery. 
  • Effects of routine monitoring of delirium in a surgical/trauma intensive care unit. 
  • Efficacy and Safety of Glutamine-supplemented Parenteral Nutrition in Surgical ICU Patients: An American Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. 
  • Efficacy and safety of early versus late initiation of warfarin during heparin therapy in acute thromboembolism. 
  • Elective cholecystectomy in children with sickle hemoglobinopathies. Successful outcome using a preoperative transfusion regimen. 
  • Emergency surgery in patients who have undergone recent radiotherapy is associated with increased complications and mortality: review of 536 patients. 
  • End points for clinical trials in acute heart failure syndromes. 
  • Endovascular management of isolated iliac artery aneurysms. 
  • Endovascular procedures for aorto-iliac occlusive disease are associated with superior short-term clinical and economic outcomes compared with open surgery in the inpatient population. 
  • Endovascular treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms: results of the phase II multicenter trial of the GORE TAG thoracic endoprosthesis. 
  • Endpoints for diuresis: are we there yet? 
  • Enteral Feeding with Human Milk Decreases Time to Discharge in Infants following Gastroschisis Repair. 
  • Epidemiology of recurrent cerebral infarction: a medicare claims-based comparison of first and recurrent strokes on 2-year survival and cost. 
  • Epidemiology, pathophysiology, and in-hospital management of pulmonary edema: data from the Romanian Acute Heart Failure Syndromes registry. 
  • Estimating the Annual Incremental Cost of Several Complications Following Pulmonary Lobectomy. 
  • Estimating the nationwide, hospital based economic impact of pediatric urolithiasis. 
  • Ethnic disparities in stroke: epidemiology, acute care, and postacute outcomes. 
  • Etiology and complications of thrombocytopenia in hospitalized medical patients. 
  • Evaluating treatment efficacy by multiple end points in phase II acute heart failure clinical trials: analyzing data using a global method. 
  • Evaluation of a Hospital-Based Pneumonia Nurse Navigator Program. 
  • Evaluation of a Preoperative Clinic for Women With Gynecologic Cancer. 
  • Evaluation of vacuum-assisted closure in the treatment of poststernotomy mediastinitis. 
  • Evolution of the coronary care unit: clinical characteristics and temporal trends in healthcare delivery and outcomes. 
  • Evolution of the surgeon-volume, patient-outcome relationship. 
  • Evolving trends in interventional device use and outcomes: results from the National Cardiovascular Network Database. 
  • Excess costs associated with complications and prolonged length of stay after congenital heart surgery. 
  • Excess costs of hospital care associated with neonatal candidemia. 
  • Excess dosing of antiplatelet and antithrombin agents in the treatment of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Exploring patterns of health service use in older emergency department patients. 
  • Exploring predictors of complication in older surgical patients: a deficit accumulation index and the Braden Scale. 
  • Factors affecting selection of operative approach and subsequent short-term outcomes after anatomic resection for lung cancer. 
  • Factors affecting the incidence of infectious morbidity after radical hysterectomy. 
  • Factors associated with discharge to home versus discharge to institutional care after inpatient stroke rehabilitation. 
  • Factors associated with high hospital resource use in a population-based study of children with orofacial clefts. 
  • Factors at admission associated with bleeding risk in medical patients: findings from the IMPROVE investigators. 
  • Factors related to patients' satisfaction with their medical care. 
  • Fast-tracking ambulatory surgery patients following anesthesia. 
  • Feasibility and implications of an early discharge strategy after percutaneous intervention with abciximab in acute myocardial infarction (the CADILLAC Trial). 
  • Feeding jejunostomy tube placement in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy: an ongoing dilemma. 
  • Femur fractures and lung complications: a prospective randomized study of reaming. 
  • Five-year results of endovascular treatment with the Gore TAG device compared with open repair of thoracic aortic aneurysms. 
  • Fluid management and goal-directed therapy as an adjunct to Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS). 
  • Frailty Assessment in Hospitalized Older Adults Using the Electronic Health Record. 
  • Frailty as a Risk Predictor of Morbidity and Mortality Following Liver Surgery. 
  • Free jejunal interposition graft for reconstruction of the esophagus. 
  • Frequency, significance, and cost of recurrent ischemia after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction. TAMI Study Group. 
  • Functional status among survivors of in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation. SUPPORT Investigators Study to Understand Progress and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment. 
  • Geographic variation in lumbar fusion for degenerative disorders: 1990 to 2000. 
  • Geographic variation in resource use for coronary artery bypass surgery. IHD Port Investigators. 
  • Gestational age at birth and outcomes after neonatal cardiac surgery: an analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database. 
  • Goal-directed fluid management with trans-oesophageal Doppler. 
  • Goal-directed intraoperative fluid administration reduces length of hospital stay after major surgery. 
  • Going the Extra Mile: Improved Survival for Pancreatic Cancer Patients Traveling to High-volume Centers. 
  • Growing use of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the national Veterans Affairs Surgical Risk Study: effects on volume, patient selection, and selected outcomes. 
  • Hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy for inflammatory renal conditions. 
  • Health care--associated bloodstream infections in adults: a reason to change the accepted definition of community-acquired infections. 
  • Heart failure on admission and the risk of stroke following acute myocardial infarction: the VALIANT registry. 
  • Hemodynamic benefits of regional anesthesia for carotid endarterectomy. 
  • Hemostasis using a bipolar sealer in primary unilateral total knee arthroplasty. 
  • High Postoperative Blood Pressure After Cardiac Surgery Is Associated With Acute Kidney Injury and Death. 
  • High mortality without ESCAPE: the registry of heart failure patients receiving pulmonary artery catheters without randomization. 
  • High risks for adverse outcomes after gastric bypass surgery following failed gastric banding: a population-based trend analysis of the United States. 
  • Hip and other osteoporotic fractures increase the risk of subsequent fractures in nursing home residents. 
  • Hip fracture outcomes: does surgeon or hospital volume really matter? 
  • Hospital credentialing and quality of care. 
  • Hospital discharge one week after acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Hospital drug formularies and use of hospital services. 
  • Hospital length of stay and clinical outcomes in older STEMI patients after primary PCI: a report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Hospital length of stay in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Hospital readmission rates: are we measuring the right thing? 
  • Hospital readmissions reduction program. 
  • Hospital use and costs among patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy in the first prospective randomized amlodipine survival evaluation study. 
  • Hospital variability in length of stay after coronary artery bypass surgery: results from the Society of Thoracic Surgeon's National Cardiac Database. 
  • Hospital variability in use of anticoagulant strategies during acute myocardial infarction treated with an early invasive strategy. 
  • Hospital variation in intravenous inotrope use for patients hospitalized with heart failure: insights from Get With The Guidelines. 
  • Hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infections: estimating all-cause mortality and length of stay. 
  • Hospital-acquired candidemia. The attributable mortality and excess length of stay. 
  • Hospital-acquired pneumonia. Attributable mortality and morbidity. 
  • Hospitalization in the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE): rates, concomitants, and predictors. 
  • Hospitalization rates and in-hospital mortality among centenarians. 
  • How to reduce the cost of hindfoot fusion. 
  • Hypocaloric compared with eucaloric nutritional support and its effect on infection rates in a surgical intensive care unit: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Hypoxic Gene Expression of Donor Bronchi Linked to Airway Complications after Lung Transplantation. 
  • ICU stay after single lung transplantation. 
  • Image-guided percutaneous drainage vs. surgical repair of gastrointestinal anastomotic leaks: is there a difference in hospital course or hospitalization cost? 
  • Impact and cost of care of venous thromboembolism following pituitary surgery. 
  • Impact of Affective Disorders on Recovery of Baseline Function in Patients Undergoing Spinal Surgery: A Single Institution Study of 275 Patients. 
  • Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on Head and Neck Cancer Patients Undergoing Surgery. 
  • Impact of Intraoperative Steroids on Postoperative Infection Rates and Length of Hospital Stay: A Study of 1200 Spine Surgery Patients. 
  • Impact of a randomized, controlled trial of liberal vs conservative hospital discharge criteria on energy, protein, and fluid intake in patients who received marrow transplants. 
  • Impact of clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes requiring coronary artery bypass surgery: a multicenter analysis. 
  • Impact of early discharge after coronary artery bypass graft surgery on rates of hospital readmission and death. The Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) Investigators. 
  • Impact of intravenous lidocaine infusion on postoperative analgesia and recovery from surgery: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. 
  • Impact of marital status in patients undergoing radical cystectomy for bladder cancer. 
  • Impact of minimally invasive vs. open distal pancreatectomy on use of adjuvant chemoradiation for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. 
  • Impact of preoperative neurological status on perioperative morbidity associated with anterior and posterior cervical fusion. 
  • Impact of ruptured cerebral aneurysm coiling and clipping on the incidence of cerebral vasospasm and clinical outcome. 
  • Implantable left ventricular assist devices: new hope for patients with end-stage heart failure. 
  • Importance of hospital volume in the overall management of pancreatic cancer. 
  • Improvements in pulmonary and general critical care reduces mortality following ventilator-associated pneumonia. 
  • Improving aneurysm-related outcomes: nationwide benefits of endovascular repair. 
  • Improving the Efficiency of Care for Pediatric Patients Hospitalized With Asthma. 
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  • In-hospital costs of coronary stent implantation with and without eptifibatide (the ESPRIT Trial). Enhanced Suppression of the Platelet IIb/IIIa Receptor with Integrilin. 
  • In-hospital management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. 
  • In-hospital resource use and medical costs in the last year of life by mode of death (from the HF-ACTION randomized controlled trial). 
  • Inappropriate therapy for staphylococcal infection is common and commonly fatal. 
  • Incidence and predictors of all and preventable adverse drug reactions in frail elderly persons after hospital stay. 
  • Increase in tracheostomy for prolonged mechanical ventilation in North Carolina, 1993-2002. 
  • Increasing healthcare resource utilization after coronary artery bypass graft surgery in the United States. 
  • Increasing hospital charges for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in the United States. 
  • Increasing incidence of the neonatal abstinence syndrome in U.S. neonatal ICUs. 
  • Infant pediatric liver transplantation results equal those for older pediatric patients. 
  • Infarct volume on apparent diffusion coefficient maps correlates with length of stay and outcome after middle cerebral artery stroke. 
  • Influence of Gender on Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in the Community. 
  • Influence of a performance-improvement initiative on quality of care for patients hospitalized with heart failure: results of the Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF). 
  • Influence of donor base deficit status on recipient outcomes in liver transplantation. 
  • Influence of panel-reactive antibodies on posttransplant outcomes in lung transplant recipients. 
  • Inhaled nitric oxide after left ventricular assist device implantation: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, multicenter, placebo-controlled trial. 
  • Inpatient Rehabilitation Outcomes in a National Sample of Medicare Beneficiaries With Hip Fracture. 
  • Inpatient complications, mortality, and discharge disposition after surgical correction of idiopathic scoliosis: a national perspective. 
  • Inpatient costs, length of stay, and mortality for cerebrovascular events in community hospitals. 
  • Inpatient geriatric evaluation and management units (GEMs) in the veterans health system: diamonds in the rough? 
  • Inpatient hospital utilization among veterans with traumatic spinal cord injury. 
  • Intensive care in critical access hospitals. 
  • Intensive care unit safety culture and outcomes: a US multicenter study. 
  • Internal hernia: postoperative complication of roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. 
  • International differences in clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes in acute heart failure patients: better short-term outcomes in patients enrolled in Eastern Europe and Russia in the PROTECT trial. 
  • International differences in evolution of early discharge after acute myocardial infarction. 
  • International differences in in-hospital revascularization and outcomes following acute myocardial infarction: a multilevel analysis of patients in ASSENT-2. 
  • International variation in and factors associated with hospital readmission after myocardial infarction. 
  • Interspecialty differences in the care of children with chronic or serious acute conditions: a review of the literature. 
  • Interspinous device versus laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis: a comparative effectiveness study. 
  • Interventions for preventing falls in acute- and chronic-care hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Intraoperative acceleromyography monitoring reduces symptoms of muscle weakness and improves quality of recovery in the early postoperative period. 
  • Intraoperative and postoperative complications of radical retropubic prostatectomy in a consecutive series of 1,000 cases. 
  • Intraoperative autotransfusion in aortic surgery. 
  • Invasive Mechanical Ventilation and Mortality in Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Multicenter Study. 
  • Invasive and noninvasive pediatric mechanical ventilation. 
  • Invited commentary. 
  • Is early too early? Effect of shorter stays after bypass surgery. 
  • Is hospital teaching status a key factor in hospital charge for children with hip fractures?: preliminary findings from KID database. 
  • Is living donor nephrectomy a "23-hr stay" procedure? 
  • Is there a difference in bloodstream infections in critically ill patients associated with ready-to-use versus compounded parenteral nutrition? 
  • Is there a role for simultaneous hepatic and colorectal resections? A contemporary view from NSQIP. 
  • Jehovah's Witnesses and cardiac surgery: a single institution's experience. 
  • Lack of impact of electronic health records on quality of care and outcomes for ischemic stroke. 
  • Laminectomy and fusion after spinal cord injury: national inpatient complications and outcomes. 
  • Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery for management of ovarian endometriomas. 
  • Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery in patients with benign adnexal disease: a comparative study. 
  • Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication for treating reflux in lung transplant recipients. 
  • Laparoscopic antireflux surgery in the lung transplant population. 
  • Laparoscopic appendectomy in the elderly. 
  • Laparoscopic colectomy for cancer: an oncologic feasible option. 
  • Laparoscopic dismembered pyeloplasty. 
  • Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy increases the supply of living donor kidneys: a center-specific microeconomic analysis. 
  • Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy with a 23-hour stay: a new standard for transplantation surgery. 
  • Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: beyond the straightforward T1a. 
  • Laparoscopic ventral and incisional hernioplasty. 
  • Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy: outcomes comparison based on a large administrative database. 
  • Laparoscopic vs open partial colectomy in elderly patients: Insights from the American College of Surgeons - National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. 
  • Laparoscopic vs open right hepatectomy: a value-based analysis. 
  • Laparoscopy Is Safe in Infants and Neonates with Congenital Heart Disease: A National Study of 3684 Patients. 
  • Length of hospital stay and 30-day readmission following heart failure hospitalization: insights from the EVEREST trial. 
  • Length of stay and mortality associated with febrile neutropenia among children with cancer. 
  • Length of stay, functional outcome, and mortality following medical rehabilitation. 
  • Less invasive transjugular approach with Fallopian bridge technique for facial nerve protection and hearing preservation in surgery of glomus jugulare tumors. 
  • Life table methods for assessing the dynamics of U.S. nursing home utilization: 1976-1977. 
  • Link between decisions regarding resuscitation and preferences for quality over length of life with heart failure. 
  • Local cost structures and the economics of robot assisted radical prostatectomy. 
  • Long term outcome of blunt trauma care in the elderly. 
  • Long-term Cost-effectiveness in the Veterans Affairs Open vs Endovascular Repair Study of Aortic Abdominal Aneurysm: A Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Long-term clinical and economic analysis of the Endeavor drug-eluting stent versus the Driver bare-metal stent: 4-year results from the ENDEAVOR II trial (Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of the Medtronic AVE ABT-578 Eluting Driver Coronary Stent in De Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions). 
  • Loop ileostomy closure at an ambulatory surgery facility: a safe and cost-effective alternative to routine hospitalization. 
  • Lower serum sodium is associated with increased short-term mortality in hospitalized patients with worsening heart failure: results from the Outcomes of a Prospective Trial of Intravenous Milrinone for Exacerbations of Chronic Heart Failure (OPTIME-CHF) study. 
  • Lung transplantation after long-term mechanical ventilation : results and 1-year follow-up. 
  • Malnutrition in liver transplant patients: preoperative subjective global assessment is predictive of outcome after liver transplantation. 
  • Management of lawnmower injuries to the lower extremity in children and adolescents. 
  • Management of postoperative atrial fibrillation and subsequent outcomes in contemporary patients undergoing cardiac surgery: insights from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons CAPS-Care Atrial Fibrillation Registry. 
  • Maximizing the functional status of geriatric patients in an acute community hospital setting. 
  • Measurement of high-sensitivity troponin T in noncardiac medical intensive care unit patients. Correlation to mortality and length of stay. 
  • Measuring the effect of inappropriate initial antibiotic therapy on outcomes of patients with Gram-negative sepsis: An imprecise science. 
  • Mechanical Ventilation and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Retrospective Observational Study. 
  • Medicaid, managed care, and the care of patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Medical and economic implications of prolonged mechanical ventilation and expedited post-acute care. 
  • Medical therapies and invasive treatments for coronary artery disease by body mass: the "obesity paradox" in the Get With The Guidelines database. 
  • Medical utilization and cost outcomes for poststroke veterans who receive assistive technology devices from the Veterans Health Administration. 
  • Medicare HMO penetration and mortality outcomes of ischemic stroke. 
  • Medicare's 3-Day Rule: Time for a Rethink. 
  • Microsurgery costs and outcome. 
  • Midterm results with thoracic endovascular aortic repair for chronic type B aortic dissection with associated aneurysm. 
  • Milrinone use is associated with postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery. 
  • Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy for Cancer: Short-Term Oncologic Outcomes in 1,733 Patients. 
  • Minimally Invasive Versus Open Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: A Population-Based Analysis. 
  • Minimally invasive microendoscopy-assisted transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with instrumentation. 
  • Modifiable risk factors for vascular access site complications in the IMPACT II Trial of angioplasty with versus without eptifibatide. Integrilin to Minimize Platelet Aggregation and Coronary Thrombosis. 
  • Monitoring ventilator weaning--predictors of success. 
  • Morbidity, mortality, and health care costs for patients undergoing spine surgery following the ACGME resident duty-hour reform: Clinical article. 
  • Mortality and neurodevelopmental outcome after Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in infants. 
  • Mortality, length of hospitalization, and costs associated with invasive fungal infections in high-risk patients. 
  • Mortality, morbidity, and cost associated with febrile neutropenia in adult cancer patients. 
  • Moyamoya disorder in the United States. 
  • Multiple nosocomial infections. An incidence study. 
  • Myocardial infarction following coronary artery bypass graft surgery increases healthcare resource utilization. 
  • National inpatient complications and outcomes after surgery for spinal metastasis from 1993-2002. 
  • National trends in spinal arteriovenous malformations. 
  • National trends in vertebral augmentation procedures for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures. 
  • National trends, complications, and outcomes following transsphenoidal surgery for Cushing's disease from 1993 to 2002. 
  • Nationwide trends and outcomes associated with neoadjuvant therapy in pancreatic cancer: An analysis of 18 243 patients. 
  • Near-miss maternal mortality: cardiac dysfunction as the principal cause of obstetric intensive care unit admissions. 
  • Nicotine for postoperative analgesia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • No association between donor age and recipient outcomes: transfusion of plasma in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. 
  • No need to wait: an analysis of the timing of cholecystectomy during admission for acute cholecystitis using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. 
  • Nosocomial infection rate as a function of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 status in hemophiliacs. 
  • Nosocomial infections in the elderly. Increased risk per hospital day. 
  • Nosocomial methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus primary bacteremia: at what costs? 
  • Nurse staffing and patient care costs in acute inpatient nursing units. 
  • Nursing home length of stay and spenddown in Connecticut, 1977-1986. 
  • One-year trajectories of care and resource utilization for recipients of prolonged mechanical ventilation: a cohort study. 
  • Open versus minimally invasive resection of gastric GIST: a multi-institutional analysis of short- and long-term outcomes. 
  • Opioid patient controlled analgesia use during the initial experience with the IMPROVE PCA trial: a phase III analgesic trial for hospitalized sickle cell patients with painful episodes. 
  • Opioid tolerance--a predictor of increased length of stay and higher readmission rates. 
  • Opioid-Based Analgesia: Impact on Total Joint Arthroplasty. 
  • Optimal operative strategies in repair of juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms. 
  • Optimising outcomes: socioeconomic perspective. 
  • Orbital fractures: national inpatient trends and complications. 
  • Osteocel Plus cellular allograft in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: evaluation of clinical and radiographic outcomes from a prospective multicenter study. 
  • Outcome after regional anaesthesia in the ambulatory setting--is it really worth it? 
  • Outcome analysis of patients with acute pancreatitis by using an artificial neural network. 
  • Outcome based comparison of surgical approaches for pediatric pyeloplasty: dorsal lumbar versus flank incision. 
  • Outcome of acute myocardial infarction according to the specialty of the admitting physician. 
  • Outcome of lung transplant patients admitted to the medical ICU. 
  • Outcomes after regional anesthesia. 
  • Outcomes following cholecystectomy in pregnant and nonpregnant women. 
  • Outcomes following interventions in small coronary arteries with the use of hand-crimped Palmaz-Schatz stents. 
  • Outcomes following thyroid and parathyroid surgery in pregnant women. 
  • Outcomes of Staphylococcus aureus infection in hemodialysis-dependent patients. 
  • Outcomes of Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery among the Elderly. 
  • Outcomes of cholecystectomy in US heart transplant recipients. 
  • Outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery in 24,461 patients aged 80 years or older. 
  • Outcomes of early extubation after bypass surgery in the elderly. 
  • Outcomes of inpatients with and without sickle cell disease after high-volume surgical procedures. 
  • Outcomes of off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: Impact of preoperative risk. 
  • Outcomes of repeat cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for the treatment of peritoneal surface malignancy. 
  • Outcomes of surgical revascularization for lower extremity arterial thromboembolism in patients with advanced malignancy. 
  • Outcomes of sutureless gastroschisis closure. 
  • Outcomes of video-assisted thoracoscopic decortication. 
  • Outcomes with an alternate list strategy for heart transplantation. 
  • Outpatient surgery reduces short-term complications in lumbar discectomy: an analysis of 4310 patients from the ACS-NSQIP database. 
  • Paravertebral Block for Inguinal Herniorrhaphy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. 
  • Parenteral glutamine supplementation in critical illness: a systematic review. 
  • Partial and transitional atrioventricular septal defect outcomes. 
  • Patient expectation is the most important predictor of discharge destination after primary total joint arthroplasty. 
  • Patient, physician, and procedural factors influencing the use of defibrillation testing during initial implantable cardioverter defibrillator insertion: findings from the NCDR®. 
  • Patterns of Use and Short-Term Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Surgery for Malignant Pheochromocytoma: A Population-Level Study. 
  • Pectoralis major myocutaneous flap vs revascularized free tissue transfer: complications, gastrostomy tube dependence, and hospitalization. 
  • Pediatric tracheostomies: a recent experience from one academic center. 
  • Percent body fat more associated with perioperative risks after total joint arthroplasty than body mass index. 
  • Percutaneous lithotripsy in morbid obesity. 
  • Performance status and outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting in persons aged 80 to 93 years. 
  • Performance-based outcomes of inpatient rehabilitation facilities treating hip fracture patients in the United States. 
  • Perioperative Fluid Utilization Variability and Association With Outcomes: Considerations for Enhanced Recovery Efforts in Sample US Surgical Populations. 
  • Perioperative Optimization of Geriatric Lower Extremity Bypass in the Era of Increased Performance Accountability. 
  • Perioperative Outcomes and Management in Pediatric Complex Cranial Vault Reconstruction: A Multicenter Study from the Pediatric Craniofacial Collaborative Group. 
  • Perioperative and oncologic outcomes of minimally invasive liver resection for colorectal metastases: A case-control study of 130 patients. 
  • Perioperative management for orthopaedic patients with sickle cell anaemia. 
  • Perioperative methylprednisolone and outcome in neonates undergoing heart surgery. 
  • Perioperative outcomes among patients with end-stage renal disease following coronary artery bypass surgery in the USA. 
  • Perioperative use of dexmedetomidine is associated with decreased incidence of ventricular and supraventricular tachyarrhythmias after congenital cardiac operations. 
  • Phase II, randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of a polyclonal anti-Staphylococcus aureus capsular polysaccharide immune globulin in treatment of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. 
  • Physician payment for 2007: a description of the process by which major changes in valuation of cardiothoracic surgical procedures occurred. 
  • Physician-determined worsening heart failure: a novel definition for early worsening heart failure in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure--association with signs and symptoms, hospitalization duration, and 60-day outcomes. 
  • Physician-diagnosed depression as a correlate of hospitalizations in patients receiving long-term hemodialysis. 
  • Pneumonia hospitalizations in the US Navy and Marine Corps: rates and risk factors for 6,522 admissions, 1981-1991. 
  • Post-myocardial infarction risk stratification in elderly patients. 
  • Postdischarge complications predict reoperation and mortality after otolaryngologic surgery. 
  • Postendarterectomy mortality in octogenarians and nonagenarians in the USA from 1993 to 1999. 
  • Postoperative Pulmonary Complications, Early Mortality, and Hospital Stay Following Noncardiothoracic Surgery: A Multicenter Study by the Perioperative Research Network Investigators. 
  • Postoperative antibiotic therapy for children with perforated appendicitis: long course of intravenous antibiotics versus early conversion to an oral regimen. 
  • Postoperative morbidity and mortality following total knee arthroplasty with computer navigation. 
  • Postoperative surgical site infections in patients undergoing spinal tumor surgery: incidence and risk factors. 
  • Postoperative troponin-T predicts prolonged intensive care unit length of stay following cardiac surgery. 
  • Practice pattern variability for myocardial revascularization: impact on resource use across 24 centers. 
  • Practice patterns and clinical outcomes after hybrid coronary revascularization in the United States: an analysis from the society of thoracic surgeons adult cardiac database. 
  • Pre-operative homocysteine levels and morbidity and mortality following cardiac surgery. 
  • Predicting poor outcome from acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. 
  • Predictors and clinical outcomes of permanent pacemaker implantation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: the PARTNER (Placement of AoRtic TraNscathetER Valves) trial and registry. 
  • Predictors of an inadequate defibrillation safety margin at ICD implantation: insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Predictors of clinical outcomes in the laparoscopic management of adnexal masses. 
  • Predictors of costs of caring for elderly patients discharged with heart failure. 
  • Predictors of extraventricular drain-associated bacterial ventriculitis. 
  • Predictors of hospital length of stay in heart failure: findings from Get With the Guidelines. 
  • Predictors of nosocomial bloodstream infections in older adults. 
  • Predictors of outcome in nursing homes. 
  • Predictors of prolonged length of stay after lobectomy for lung cancer: a Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database risk-adjustment model. 
  • Predictors of prolonged operative time during robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. 
  • Predischarge initiation of carvedilol in patients hospitalized for decompensated heart failure: results of the Initiation Management Predischarge: Process for Assessment of Carvedilol Therapy in Heart Failure (IMPACT-HF) trial. 
  • Preoperative anti-PF4/heparin antibody level predicts adverse outcome after cardiac surgery. 
  • Preoperative pain level and patient expectation predict hospital length of stay after total hip arthroplasty. 
  • Preoperative predictors of extended hospital length of stay following total knee arthroplasty. 
  • Prescribing of potentially harmful drugs to patients admitted to hospital after head injury. 
  • Presence of atrial fibrillation is independently associated with adverse outcomes in patients hospitalized with heart failure: an analysis of get with the guidelines-heart failure. 
  • Preterm infants born at less than 31 weeks' gestation have improved growth in cycled light compared with continuous near darkness. 
  • Prevalence and outcomes of same-day discharge after elective percutaneous coronary intervention among older patients. 
  • Prevalence and repair of intraoperatively diagnosed patent foramen ovale and association with perioperative outcomes and long-term survival. 
  • Prolonged emergency department stays of non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction patients are associated with worse adherence to the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines for management and increased adverse events. 
  • Prolonged hospital stay for extremely premature infants: risk factors, center differences, and the impact of mortality on selecting a best-performing center. 
  • Propensity matched comparison of outcomes in older and younger patients after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. 
  • Prophylactic value of preincision intra-aortic balloon pump: analysis of a statewide experience. 
  • Prospective analysis of pneumonectomy: risk factors for major morbidity and cardiac dysrhythmias. 
  • Prospective evaluation of beta-blocker use at the time of hospital discharge as a heart failure performance measure: results from OPTIMIZE-HF. 
  • Prospective evaluation of pain medication requirements and recovery after radical perineal prostatectomy. 
  • Prospective payment and psychiatric discharges from general hospitals with and without psychiatric units. 
  • Prospective pilot study of living kidney donor decision-making and outcomes. 
  • Prospective randomized study evaluating a biodegradable polymeric sealant for sealing intraoperative air leaks that occur during pulmonary resection. 
  • Prospective, randomized trial comparing shock wave lithotripsy and ureteroscopy for lower pole caliceal calculi 1 cm or less. 
  • Protective effects of ischemic preconditioning for liver resection performed under inflow occlusion in humans. 
  • Protocol versus ad libitum feeds after laparoscopic pyloromyotomy: a prospective randomized trial. 
  • Provider Volume of Total Knee Arthroplasties and Patient Outcomes in the HCUP-Nationwide Inpatient Sample. 
  • Psychiatric co-morbidities and patients with head and spinal cord trauma. Effects on acute hospital care. 
  • Pulmonary segmentectomy by thoracotomy or thoracoscopy: reduced hospital length of stay with a minimally-invasive approach. 
  • Quality of care and in-hospital outcomes in patients with coronary heart disease in rural and urban hospitals (from Get With the Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease Program). 
  • Quality of care for acute coronary syndrome patients with known atherosclerotic disease: results from the Get With the Guidelines Program. 
  • Racial differences in mortality among patients with acute ischemic stroke: an observational study. 
  • Racial differences in the characteristics of patients admitted for acute decompensated heart failure and their relation to outcomes: results from the OPTIME-CHF trial. 
  • Racial disparities in clinical and economic outcomes from thyroidectomy. 
  • Racial disparities in outcomes after spinal cord injury. 
  • Racial disparities in outcomes of spinal surgery for lumbar stenosis. 
  • Rapid assay brain natriuretic peptide and troponin I in patients hospitalized with decompensated heart failure (from the Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Effectiveness Trial). 
  • Rationale and design of the OPTIME CHF trial: outcomes of a prospective trial of intravenous milrinone for exacerbations of chronic heart failure. 
  • Readmissions after cardiac surgery: experience of the National Institutes of Health/Canadian Institutes of Health research cardiothoracic surgical trials network. 
  • Reamed femoral nailing in patients with multiple injuries. Adverse effects of tourniquet use. 
  • Reduced length of hospital stay in colorectal surgery after implementation of an enhanced recovery protocol. 
  • Reduction by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor of fever and neutropenia induced by chemotherapy in patients with small-cell lung cancer. 
  • Reduction in wound morbidity rates following endoscopic saphenous vein harvest. 
  • Reduction of pain and nausea after laparoscopic sterilization with bupivacaine, metoclopramide, scopolamine, ketorolac, and gastric suctioning. 
  • Refractory systemic hypertension following type B aortic dissection. 
  • Regional differences in quality of care and outcomes for the treatment of acute coronary syndromes: an analysis from the get with the guidelines coronary artery disease program. 
  • Regional variation across the United States in the management of acute myocardial infarction. GUSTO-1 Investigators. Global Utilization of Streptokinase and Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Occluded Coronary Arteries. 
  • Regional versus general anesthesia for carotid endarterectomy: the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program perspective. 
  • Rehabilitation services following total joint replacement: a qualitative analysis of key processes and structures to decrease length of stay and increase surgical volumes in Ontario, Canada. 
  • Rehospitalization among elderly patients with thyroid cancer after thyroidectomy are prevalent and costly. 
  • Rehospitalization for respiratory illness in infants of less than 32 weeks' gestation. 
  • Relation between dose of loop diuretics and outcomes in a heart failure population: results of the ESCAPE trial. 
  • Relation of low hemoglobin and anemia to morbidity and mortality in patients hospitalized with heart failure (insight from the OPTIMIZE-HF registry). 
  • Relationship between early physician follow-up and 30-day readmission among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for heart failure. 
  • Relationship between provider volume and outcomes for orthotopic liver transplantation. 
  • Relationship between race and mortality and morbidity after valve replacement surgery. 
  • Relationship of preoperative antiendotoxin core antibodies and adverse outcomes following cardiac surgery. 
  • Relationship of vitamin D deficiency to clinical outcomes in critically ill patients. 
  • Reoperations for pediatric and congenital heart disease: an analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) congenital heart surgery database. 
  • Representativeness of the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Registry: comparison of patient and hospital characteristics among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with ischemic stroke. 
  • Rescue therapy in adult and pediatric patients with pH1N1 influenza infection: a tertiary center intensive care unit experience from April to October 2009. 
  • Resource use in the last 6 months of life among medicare beneficiaries with heart failure, 2000-2007. 
  • Resource use in the last 6 months of life among patients with heart failure in Canada. 
  • Respiratory controversies in the critical care setting. Should heliox be used for mechanically ventilated patients? 
  • Respiratory syncytial virus and influenza A infections in the hospitalized elderly. 
  • Respiratory syncytial virus morbidity and mortality estimates in congenital heart disease patients: a recent experience. 
  • Response letter to Dr. Oliver: Preventing falls in hospitals - Interpreting the evidence. 
  • Retinopathy of prematurity in the United States. 
  • Retransplantation in the diabetic patient with a pancreas allograft. 
  • Rib fracture stabilization in patients sustaining blunt chest injury. 
  • Right heart dysfunction after left ventricular assist device implantation: a comparison of the pulsatile HeartMate I and axial-flow HeartMate II devices. 
  • Risk Factors and In-Hospital Outcomes following Tracheostomy in Infants. 
  • Risk factors for morbidity after lobectomy for lung cancer in elderly patients. 
  • Risk factors for nosocomial pneumonia: comparing adult critical-care populations. 
  • Risk versus reward: total joint arthroplasty outcomes after various solid organ transplantations. 
  • Robotic Low Anterior Resection for Rectal Cancer: A National Perspective on Short-term Oncologic Outcomes. 
  • Robotic-assisted hysterectomy for the management of severe endometriosis: a retrospective review of short-term surgical outcomes. 
  • Robotic-assisted minimally invasive central pancreatectomy: technique and outcomes. 
  • Role of L-glutamine in critical illness: new insights. 
  • Role of diabetes type in perioperative outcomes after hip and knee arthroplasty in the United States. 
  • Routine nasogastric tubes are not required following cystectomy with urinary diversion: a comparative analysis of 430 patients. 
  • Safety and efficacy of concurrent pediatric spinal cord untethering and deformity correction. 
  • Safety of pacemaker implantation in nonagenarians: an analysis of the healthcare cost and utilization project-nationwide inpatient sample. 
  • Safety of same-day discharge after percutaneous coronary intervention: what is the level of evidence? 
  • Screening older patients at risk for falling during hospitalization. 
  • Self-Care and Mobility Following Postacute Rehabilitation for Older Adults With Hip Fracture: A Multilevel Analysis. 
  • Serelaxin in acute heart failure patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction: results from the RELAX-AHF trial. 
  • Serelaxin, recombinant human relaxin-2, for treatment of acute heart failure (RELAX-AHF): a randomised, placebo-controlled trial. 
  • Serious infections among unselected patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with contemporary primary percutaneous coronary intervention. 
  • Sex differences in early dyspnea relief between men and women hospitalized for acute heart failure: insights from the RELAX-AHF study. 
  • Sex differences in neurological outcomes and mortality after cardiac surgery: a society of thoracic surgery national database report. 
  • Short recovery time after percutaneous liver biopsy: should we change our current practices? 
  • Short-term outcomes after esophagectomy at 164 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program hospitals: effect of operative approach and hospital-level variation. 
  • Should hepatic resections be performed at high-volume referral centers? 
  • Significance of diabetes on morbidity and mortality following cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. 
  • Simultaneous pancreas/kidney transplantation--a comparison of enteric and bladder drainage of exocrine pancreatic secretions. 
  • Simultaneous vs staged bilateral total knee arthroplasty among Medicare beneficiaries, 2000-2009. 
  • Single-incision laparoscopic right colectomy: an efficient technique. 
  • Sleeve lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer with N1 nodal disease does not compromise survival. 
  • Small increases in serum creatinine are associated with prolonged ICU stay and increased hospital mortality in critically ill patients with cancer. 
  • Socioeconomic trends in hospitalization for multiple sclerosis. 
  • Sodium bicarbonate use and the risk of hypernatremia in thoracic aortic surgical patients with metabolic acidosis following deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. 
  • Storage age of transfused platelets and outcomes after cardiac surgery. 
  • Strategies of patient care in acute coronary syndromes: rationale for the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) registry. 
  • Strict hand hygiene and other practices shortened stays and cut costs and mortality in a pediatric intensive care unit. 
  • Stroke after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: timing, characteristics, and clinical outcomes. 
  • Substantial postoperative pain is common among children undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy. 
  • Surgeon volume trumps specialty: outcomes from 3596 pediatric cholecystectomies. 
  • Surgery for spinal stenosis: long-term reoperation rates, health care cost, and impact of instrumentation. 
  • Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation trends and outcomes in North America. 
  • Surgical-site infection due to Staphylococcus aureus among elderly patients: mortality, duration of hospitalization, and cost. 
  • Survival and health care utilization in elderly medical inpatients with major depression. 
  • Sustained effectiveness of converting-enzyme inhibition in patients with severe congestive heart failure. 
  • Tailoring your heart failure project for success in rural areas. 
  • Technical performance score is associated with outcomes after the Norwood procedure. 
  • Telephone enhancement of long-term engagement (TELE) in continuing care for substance abuse treatment: a NIDA clinical trials network (CTN) study. 
  • Temporal Trends in the Risk Profile of Patients Undergoing Outpatient Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry's CathPCI Registry. 
  • Temporal trends in early clinical outcomes and health care resource utilization for liver transplantation in the United States. 
  • The Association Between Hospital Finances and Complications After Complex Abdominal Surgery: Deficiencies in the Current Health Care Reimbursement System and Implications for the Future. 
  • The Effect of Adductor-Canal-Blockade on Outcome after Medial Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty: A Preliminary Study. 
  • The Kraske procedure: a critical analysis of a surgical approach for mid-rectal lesions. 
  • The Quality in Australian Health Care Study. 
  • The Ross procedure: shorter hospital stay, decreased morbidity, and cost effective. 
  • The Sepulveda VA Geriatric Evaluation Unit: data on four-year outcomes and predictors of improved patient outcomes. 
  • The Single Ventricle Reconstruction trial: The gift that keeps on giving. 
  • The addition of interscalene block to general anesthesia for patients undergoing open shoulder procedures. 
  • The association of chronic lung disease with early mortality and respiratory adverse events after aortic valve replacement. 
  • The association of complication type with mortality and prolonged stay after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. 
  • The association of optimism and perceived discrimination with health care utilization in adults with sickle cell disease. 
  • The challenges of early discharge. Common newborn problems in the first few weeks of life. 
  • The characteristics and utilization pattern of an admission cohort of nursing home patients (II). 
  • The characteristics and utilization pattern of an admission cohort of nursing home patients. 
  • The clinical and prognostic importance of positive blood cultures in adults. 
  • The colony-stimulating factors: use to prevent and treat neutropenia and its complications. 
  • The cost of inefficiency in US hospitals, 1985-1997. 
  • The differential impact of preoperative comorbidity on perioperative outcomes following thoracoscopic and open lobectomies. 
  • The economic impact and cost-effectiveness of urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin after cardiac surgery. 
  • The effect of Medicaid status on weight loss, hospital length of stay, and 30-day readmission after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. 
  • The effect of neoadjuvant radiation therapy on perioperative outcomes among patients undergoing resection of retroperitoneal sarcomas. 
  • The effect of surgical site infection on older operative patients. 
  • The effect of ultrasonic disintegration on the outcome of percutaneous nephrolithotripsy. 
  • The effectiveness of right heart catheterization in the initial care of critically ill patients. SUPPORT Investigators. 
  • The effects of state psychiatric hospital waitlist policies on length of stay and time to readmission. 
  • The efficacy and resource utilization of remifentanil and fentanyl in fast-track coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a prospective randomized, double-blinded controlled, multi-center trial. 
  • The epidemiology of chronic critical illness in the United States*. 
  • The general public's concerns about clinical risk in live kidney donation. 
  • The global health and economic burden of hospitalizations for heart failure: lessons learned from hospitalized heart failure registries. 
  • The impact of amino-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide testing on hospital length of stay and morbidity in patients with acute decompensated heart failure. 
  • The impact of diabetes mellitus and renal insufficiency on the outcome of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. 
  • The impact of diabetes on patient outcomes after ankle fracture. 
  • The impact of for-profit hospital status on the care and outcomes of patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: results from the CRUSADE Initiative. 
  • The impact of glycemic control and diabetes mellitus on perioperative outcomes after total joint arthroplasty. 
  • The impact of statistical adjustment on economic profiles of interventional cardiologists. 
  • The impact of surgical-site infections following orthopedic surgery at a community hospital and a university hospital: adverse quality of life, excess length of stay, and extra cost. 
  • The impact of surgical-site infections in the 1990s: attributable mortality, excess length of hospitalization, and extra costs. 
  • The importance of VTE prevention after orthopaedic surgery. 
  • The importance of initial management in the treatment of severe infectious corneal ulcers. 
  • The length-of-stay pattern of nursing home admissions. 
  • The management of fractures with soft-tissue disruptions. 
  • The nature and effectiveness of general hospital psychiatric services. 
  • The preventive surgical site infection bundle in colorectal surgery: an effective approach to surgical site infection reduction and health care cost savings. 
  • The prognostic importance of different definitions of worsening renal function in congestive heart failure. 
  • The resident as surgeon: an analysis of ACS-NSQIP. 
  • The risk of risk-adjustment measures for perioperative spine infection after spinal surgery. 
  • The role of clinical care pathways: an experience with distal pancreatectomy. 
  • The role of laparoscopy in the management of suspected pancreatic and periampullary malignancies. 
  • The role of radical surgery in the management of radiation recurrent and large volume prostate cancer. 
  • The safety and versatility of video-thoracoscopy: a prospective analysis of 895 consecutive cases. 
  • The self-reported functional measure: Predictive validity for health care utilization in multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury. 
  • The significance of atrial fibrillation in patients aged ≥ 55 years undergoing abdominal surgery. 
  • The timing of do-not-resuscitate orders and hospital costs. 
  • The usage patterns of cardiac bedside markers employing point-of-care testing for troponin in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: results from CRUSADE. 
  • The use of Grade of Membership analysis to evaluate and modify diagnosis-related groups. 
  • The use of a postoperative morbidity survey to evaluate patients with prolonged hospitalization after routine, moderate-risk, elective surgery. 
  • The use of patient mix-adjusted control charts to compare in-hospital costs of care. 
  • The value of patient-reported health status in predicting short-term outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. 
  • Therapeutic use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factors for established febrile neutropenia: effect on costs from a hospital perspective. 
  • Third prize: the role of endoscopic nephron-sparing surgery in the management of upper tract urothelial carcinoma. 
  • Thoracoscopic lobectomy: a safe and effective strategy for patients receiving induction therapy for non-small cell lung cancer. 
  • Thrombocytopenia in hospitalized patients with severe clostridium difficile infection. 
  • Time-based risk assessment after myocardial infarction. Implications for timing of discharge and applications to medical decision-making. 
  • Time: the forgotten outcome. 
  • To heal and restore broken bodies: a retrospective, descriptive study of the role and impact of pastoral care in the treatment of patients with burn injury. 
  • Totally robot-assisted biliary pancreatic diversion with duodenal switch: single dock technique and technical outcomes. 
  • Tracheostomy in mechanically ventilated patients: unanswered questions. 
  • Transition of care for acute stroke and myocardial infarction patients: from hospitalization to rehabilitation, recovery, and secondary prevention. 
  • Transitional care in skilled nursing facilities: a multiple case study. 
  • Transradial coronary stenting: comparison with femoral access closed with an arterial suture device. 
  • Treating menstruating women with thrombolytic therapy: insights from the global utilization of streptokinase and tissue plasminogen activator for occluded coronary arteries (GUSTO-I) trial. 
  • Treatment of cervical necrotizing fasciitis with hyperbaric oxygen therapy. 
  • Treatment of giant hemangiomas of the liver by enucleation. 
  • Treatment patterns and outcomes for patients with adrenocortical carcinoma associated with hospital case volume in the United States. 
  • Treatment with tissue plasminogen activator and inpatient mortality rates for patients with ischemic stroke treated in community hospitals. 
  • Trend and geographic analysis for traumatic brain injury mortality and cost based on MarketScan database. 
  • Trends and predictors of length of stay after primary percutaneous coronary intervention: a report from the CathPCI registry. 
  • Trends in clinical trials of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes over 15 years. 
  • Trends in emergency coronary artery bypass grafting after percutaneous coronary intervention, 1994-2003. 
  • Trends in median, ulnar, radial, and brachioplexus nerve injuries in the United States. 
  • Trends in physician management of uncomplicated acute myocardial infarction, 1970 to 1987. 
  • Trends in postoperative length of stay after bypass surgery. 
  • Trends in the use of total ankle replacement and ankle arthrodesis in the United States Medicare population. 
  • Trends in utilization of coronary artery bypass surgery and associated outcomes: Alberta, Manitoba, and Nova Scotia. 
  • Trials of nonoperative management exceeding 3 days are associated with increased morbidity in patients undergoing surgery for uncomplicated adhesive small bowel obstruction. 
  • Triggering management for quality improvement. 
  • Two-Year Outcomes of Surgical Treatment of Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation. 
  • Umbilical Negative Pressure Dressing for Transumbilical Appendectomy in Childern. 
  • Underimmunization at discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit. 
  • Urgent colonoscopy for evaluation and management of acute lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Urinary diversion in patients with spinal cord injury in the United States. 
  • Use of antiarrhythmic drug therapy and clinical outcomes in older patients with concomitant atrial fibrillation and coronary artery disease. 
  • Use of endovascular therapy for peripheral arterial lesions: an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank from 2007 to 2009. 
  • Use of health services by hospitalized medically ill depressed elderly patients. 
  • Use of health services by medically ill depressed elderly patients after hospital discharge. 
  • Use of hospital services, religious attendance, and religious affiliation. 
  • Use of medical resources and quality of life after acute myocardial infarction in Canada and the United States. 
  • Use of paravertebral block anesthesia in the surgical management of breast cancer: experience in 156 cases. 
  • Use of physical therapy in patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of generalized weakness: a retrospective study. 
  • Use of resources, quality of life, and clinical outcomes in patients with and without new Q waves after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction (from the GUSTO-I trial). 
  • Using diversional activity to enhance coping. 
  • Using physician claims to identify postoperative complications of carotid endarterectomy. 
  • Utility of concomitant tricuspid valve procedures for patients undergoing implantation of a continuous-flow left ventricular device. 
  • VA Stroke Study: neurologist care is associated with increased testing but improved outcomes. 
  • VATS lobectomy has better perioperative outcomes than open lobectomy: CALGB 31001, an ancillary analysis of CALGB 140202 (Alliance). 
  • Vaginal delivery from the persistent occiput posterior position. Influence on maternal and neonatal morbidity. 
  • Vagotomy/drainage is superior to local oversew in patients who require emergency surgery for bleeding peptic ulcers. 
  • Variability in cost of coronary bypass surgery in New York State: potential for cost savings. 
  • Variation in Inpatient Rehabilitation Utilization After Hospitalization for Burn Injury in the United States. 
  • Variation in Warfarin Use at Hospital Discharge After Isolated Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve Replacement: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database. 
  • Variation in patient management and outcomes for acute coronary syndromes in Latin America and North America: results from the Platelet IIb/IIIa in Unstable Angina: Receptor Suppression Using Integrilin Therapy (PURSUIT) trial. 
  • Variation in pediatric traumatic brain injury outcomes in the United States. 
  • Variation in warfarin thromboprophylaxis after mitral valve repair: does equipoise exist and is a randomized trial warranted? 
  • Variations in and correlates of length of stay in academic hospitals among patients with heart failure resulting from systolic dysfunction. 
  • Variations in practice and outcomes in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention in the United States and Canada: insights from the Assessment of Pexelizumab in Acute Myocardial Infarction (APEX AMI) trial. 
  • Vascular access site complications after percutaneous coronary intervention with abciximab in the Evaluation of c7E3 for the Prevention of Ischemic Complications (EPIC) trial. 
  • Video-assisted thoracic surgery in the elderly. A review of 307 cases. 
  • Weekend hospital admission and discharge for heart failure: association with quality of care and clinical outcomes. 
  • What is different about patients with hematologic malignancies? A retrospective cohort study of cancer patients referred to a hospice research network. 
  • What is the role of timing in the surgical and rehabilitative care of community-dwelling older persons with acute hip fracture? 
  • What length of hospice use maximizes reduction in medical expenditures near death in the US Medicare program? 
  • Women undergoing aortic surgery are at higher risk for unplanned readmissions compared with men especially when discharged home. 
  • Worse outcomes for patients undergoing brain tumor and cerebrovascular procedures following the ACGME resident duty-hour restrictions. 
  • Worse outcomes in patients undergoing urgent surgery for left-sided diverticulitis admitted on weekends vs weekdays: a population-based study of 31 832 patients. 
  • Worsening heart failure, a critical event during hospital admission for acute heart failure: results from the VERITAS study. 
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  • Berchuck, Andrew, James M. Ingram Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology
  • Curtis, Lesley H., Professor in Population Health Sciences, Duke Clinical Research Institute
  • Gottfried, Oren N, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery
  • Grambow, Steven C., Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
  • Jowell, Paul Simon, Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Gastroenterology
  • Laskowitz, Daniel Todd, Professor of Neurology, Neurobiology
  • McConnell, Eleanor Schildwachter, Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, with tenure, School of Nursing
  • Middleton, John Paul, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Nephrology
  • Milano, Carmelo Alessio, Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
  • Moon, Richard Edward, Professor of Anesthesiology, Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
  • Myers, Evan Robert, Walter L. Thomas Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the School of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Preminger, Glenn Michael, James F. Glenn, M.D. Professor of Urology, Surgery
  • Reed, Shelby Derene, Professor in Population Health Sciences, Duke Cancer Institute
  • Tsalik, Ephraim, Associate Professor of Medicine, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
  • Warner, David Samuel, Distinguished Professor of Anesthesiology, in the School of Medicine, Neurobiology