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Subject Areas on Research
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"The Patient Is Dying, Please Call the Chaplain": The Activities of Chaplains in One Medical Center's Intensive Care Units.
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313 Impact of Intraoperative Steroids on Postoperative Infection Rates and Length of Hospital Stay: A Study of 1200 Spine Surgery Patients.
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315 Race as a Predictor of Postoperative Hospital Readmission After Spine Surgery.
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40% Glucose Gel for the Treatment of Asymptomatic Neonatal Hypoglycemia.
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A 35-Year Evolution of Free Flap-Based Breast Reconstruction at a Large Urban Academic Center.
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A Comprehensive Risk Score to Predict Prolonged Hospital Length of Stay After Heart Transplantation.
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A Method for Grouping Emergency Department Visits by Severity and Complexity.
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A Novel Rehabilitation Intervention for Older Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: The REHAB-HF Pilot Study.
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A Pilot Randomized Trial of Ferric Citrate Coordination Complex for the Treatment of Advanced CKD.
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A Respiratory Therapist-Driven Asthma Pathway Reduced Hospital Length of Stay in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
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A Simplified Cost-Utility Analysis of Inpatient Flap Monitoring after Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction and Implications for Hospital Length of Stay.
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A Study of Practice Behavior for Endotracheal Intubation Site for Children With Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Surgery: Impact of Endotracheal Intubation Site on Perioperative Outcomes-An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society Database.
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A combined paging alert and web-based instrument alters clinician behavior and shortens hospital length of stay in acute pancreatitis.
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A comparison of perioperative outcomes in patients with and without rheumatoid arthritis after receiving a total shoulder replacement arthroplasty.
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A comparison of the Charlson comorbidity index derived from medical record data and administrative billing data.
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A composite index for predicting readmission following emergency general surgery.
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A cost analysis of the impact of a new intravenous antihypertensive in managing perioperative blood pressure during cardiac surgery.
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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.
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A decade of minimally invasive donation: experience with more than 1200 laparoscopic donor nephrectomies at a single institution.
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A descriptive evaluation of transfusion practices in patients receiving mechanical ventilation.
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A longitudinal study of neurosis in young men.
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A model for morbidity after lung resection in octogenarians.
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A multi-institutional experience of repeat regional chemotherapy for recurrent melanoma of extremities.
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A multistage model of hospital bed requirements.
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A national analysis of open versus minimally invasive thymectomy for stage I to III thymoma.
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A national study for regional variation of inpatient ECT utilization from 4,411 hospitals across the United States.
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A perioperative multidisciplinary care bundle reduces surgical site infections in patients undergoing synchronous colorectal and liver resection.
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A pilot study to explore the safety of perioperative postpyloric enteral nutrition.
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A predictive index for length of stay in the intensive care unit following cardiac surgery.
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A prospective analysis of 1518 laparoscopic cholecystectomies.
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A prospective comparison of a noninvasive cardiac output monitor versus esophageal Doppler monitor for goal-directed fluid therapy in colorectal surgery patients.
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A prospective evaluation of surgically treated groin complications following percutaneous cardiac procedures.
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A randomized controlled trial of filgrastim during remission induction and consolidation chemotherapy for adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: CALGB study 9111.
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A randomized evaluation of bispectral index-augmented sedation assessment in neurological patients.
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A randomized trial of supplemental parenteral nutrition in underweight and overweight critically ill patients: the TOP-UP pilot trial.
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A randomized, double-blind, multicenter trial comparing transdermal scopolamine plus ondansetron to ondansetron alone for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting in the outpatient setting.
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A retrospective comparison of anesthetic management of robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy versus radical retropubic prostatectomy.
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A scoring system derived from electronic health records to identify patients at high risk for noninvasive ventilation failure.
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A single urban center experience with adult pedestrians struck by motor vehicles.
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A standardized care plan is associated with shorter hospital length of stay in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy.
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A state-wide review of contemporary outcomes of gastric bypass in Florida: does provider volume impact outcomes?
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A study of 11,003 patients with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis and the association between surgeon and hospital volume and outcomes.
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A summative evaluation of an EMS partnership aimed at reducing ED length of stay.
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AKI in Children Hospitalized with Nephrotic Syndrome.
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APOE polymorphism is associated with risk of severe sepsis in surgical patients.
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Abciximab in acute ischemic stroke. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-escalation study.
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Ability of an antibiogram to predict Pseudomonas aeruginosa susceptibility to targeted antimicrobials based on hospital day of isolation.
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Access to routine care and risks for 30-day readmission in patients with cardiovascular disease.
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Accuracy of the aristotle basic complexity score for classifying the mortality and morbidity potential of congenital heart surgery operations.
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Active rehabilitation during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation.
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Acute Adverse Events After Spinal Cord Injury and Their Relationship to Long-term Neurologic and Functional Outcomes: Analysis From the North American Clinical Trials Network for Spinal Cord Injury.
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Acute and long-term cost implications of coronary stenting.
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Acute myocardial infarction in pregnancy: a United States population-based study.
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Acute myocardial infarction: profile and management at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi.
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome in the trauma intensive care unit: Morbid but not mortal.
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Acute skeletal muscle wasting and dysfunction predict physical disability at hospital discharge in patients with critical illness.
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Ad libitum feeds after laparoscopic pyloromyotomy: a retrospective comparison with a standardized feeding regimen in 227 infants.
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Addressing the challenges of sleeve gastrectomy in end-stage renal disease: Analysis of 100 consecutive renal failure patients.
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Adenosine-induced transient asystole for intracranial aneurysm surgery: a retrospective review.
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Adherence to Enhanced Recovery Protocols in NSQIP and Association With Colectomy Outcomes.
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Adjunct endovascular interventions in carotid body tumors.
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Adjuvant chemotherapy for t1 node-positive colon cancers provides significant survival benefit.
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Adult Scoliosis Deformity Surgery: Comparison of Outcomes Between One Versus Two Attending Surgeons.
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Advanced age is an independent predictor for increased morbidity and mortality after emergent surgery for diverticulitis.
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Advancing extubation time for cardiac surgery patients using lean work design.
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Adverse clinical and economic outcomes attributable to methicillin resistance among patients with Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection.
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Adverse events associated with laparoscopy vs laparotomy in the treatment of endometrial cancer.
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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.
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Age differences in care practices and outcomes for hospitalized patients with cancer.
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Age- and gender-related differences in quality of care and outcomes of patients hospitalized with heart failure (from OPTIMIZE-HF).
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Aggressive early crystalloid resuscitation adversely affects outcomes in adult blunt trauma patients: an analysis of the Glue Grant database.
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Aggressiveness of care following intracerebral hemorrhage in women and men.
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Alcohol ablation of the intraventricular septum in symptomatic patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
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Alcohol withdrawal prevention: a randomized evaluation of lorazepam and ethanol--a pilot study.
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Algorithm for the management of ERCP-related perforations.
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Alvimopan Provides Additional Improvement in Outcomes and Cost Savings in Enhanced Recovery Colorectal Surgery.
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Ambulatory ECMO as a bridge to lung transplant in a previously well pediatric patient with ARDS.
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American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative Joint Consensus Statement on Postoperative Delirium Prevention.
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An Asthma Protocol Improved Adherence to Evidence-Based Guidelines for Pediatric Subjects With Status Asthmaticus in the Emergency Department.
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An analysis of the heterogeneity of U.S. nursing home patients.
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An assessment of medical resource utilization and hospitalization cost associated with a diagnosis of anemia in women with obstetrical bleeding in the United States.
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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.
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An evaluation of emergency general surgery transfers and a call for standardization of practices.
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An integrative model using flow cytometry identifies nosocomial infection after trauma.
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An international perspective on heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction complicating myocardial infarction: the VALIANT registry.
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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.
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An overview of laparoscopic techniques in abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
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Analgesia and Sedation Requirements in Mechanically Ventilated Trauma Patients With Acute, Preinjury Use of Cocaine and/or Amphetamines.
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Analgesic and antiemetic needs following minimally invasive vs open staging for endometrial cancer.
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Analysis of early readmissions after combined pancreas-kidney transplantation.
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Analysis of recurrence, complications, and functional results with free jejunal flaps.
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Anemia and blood transfusion in trauma patients admitted to the intensive care unit.
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Anesthesia-based pain services improve the quality of postoperative pain management.
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Antenatal methadone vs buprenorphine exposure and length of hospital stay in infants admitted to the intensive care unit with neonatal abstinence syndrome.
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Antipsychotic Use Is Associated With Longer In-hospital Lengths of Stay and Higher Rates of Venous Thromboembolism and Costs of Care After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty.
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Appendicitis in Pregnancy: A Post-Hoc Analysis of an EAST Multicenter Study.
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Application of continuous incisional infusion of local anesthetic after major pediatric urological surgery: prospective randomized controlled trial.
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Appropriate patient selection for outpatient shoulder arthroplasty: a risk prediction tool.
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Are Trends in Hospitalization Prior to Hospice Use Associated With Hospice Episode Characteristics?
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Are we finally ready for outpatient management of febrile neutropenia?
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Are we targeting the right metric for heart failure? Comparison of hospital 30-day readmission rates and total episode of care inpatient days.
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Assessing outcomes for consumers in New York's assisted outpatient treatment program.
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Assisted early mobility for hospitalized older veterans: preliminary data from the STRIDE program.
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Association 'Between Gabapentinoids on the Day of Colorectal Surgery and Adverse Postoperative Respiratory Outcomes.
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Association Between Patient Satisfaction and Short-Term Outcomes After Major Cancer Surgery.
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Association between Dysphagia and Surgical Outcomes across the Continuum of Frailty.
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Association between Initial Fluid Choice and Subsequent In-hospital Mortality during the Resuscitation of Adults with Septic Shock.
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Association between Nephrotoxic Drug Combinations and Acute Kidney Injury in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
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Association between bleeding, blood transfusion, and costs among patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes.
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Association between body mass index and in-hospital outcomes: Analysis of the nationwide inpatient database.
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Association between early postoperative nutritional supplement utilisation and length of stay in malnourished hip fracture patients.
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Association between perioperative fluid management and patient outcomes: a multicentre retrospective study.
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Association between preoperative respiratory support and outcomes in paediatric cardiac surgery.
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Association between race and in-hospital outcomes in children with spina bifida following inpatient urologic surgery.
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Association between the choice of IV crystalloid and in-hospital mortality among critically ill adults with sepsis*.
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Association of Adverse Hearing, Growth, and Discharge Age Outcomes With Postnatal Cytomegalovirus Infection in Infants With Very Low Birth Weight.
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Association of Delivery System Integration and Outcomes for Major Cancer Surgery.
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Association of Electronic Health Record Use With Quality of Care and Outcomes in Heart Failure: An Analysis of Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure.
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Association of Gangrenous, Suppurative, and Exudative Findings With Outcomes and Resource Utilization in Children With Nonperforated Appendicitis.
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Association of Integrated Care Coordination With Postsurgical Outcomes in High-Risk Older Adults: The Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health (POSH) Initiative.
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Association of Interprofessional Discharge Planning Using an Electronic Health Record Tool With Hospital Length of Stay Among Patients with Multimorbidity: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial.
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Association of Pulmonary Hypertension With Clinical Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair.
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Association of Vision Loss With Hospital Use and Costs Among Older Adults.
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Association of an Enhanced Recovery Pilot With Length of Stay in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.
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Association of guideline publication and delays to treatment in pediatric status epilepticus.
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Association of infections and venous thromboembolism in hospitalized children with nephrotic syndrome.
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Association of inpatient vs outpatient onset of ST-elevation myocardial infarction with treatment and clinical outcomes.
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Association of insurance status with inpatient treatment for coronary artery disease: findings from the Get With the Guidelines program.
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Association of race/ethnicity with clinical risk factors, quality of care, and acute outcomes in patients hospitalized with heart failure.
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Associations of patient demographic characteristics and regional physician density with early physician follow-up among medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with heart failure.
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Atrial arrhythmias after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy.
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Atrial fibrillation after pulmonary transplant.
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Atrial fibrillation following coronary artery bypass graft surgery: predictors, outcomes, and resource utilization. MultiCenter Study of Perioperative Ischemia Research Group.
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Atypical aortic thrombus: should nonoperative management be first line?
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Azithromycin in addition to standard of care versus standard of care alone in the treatment of patients admitted to the hospital with severe COVID-19 in Brazil (COALITION II): a randomised clinical trial.
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Bariatric surgery using a network and teleconferencing to serve remote patients in the Veterans Administration Health Care System: feasibility and results.
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Baseline and 6-month costs of primary angioplasty therapy for acute myocardial infarction: results from the primary angioplasty registry.
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Biased ligand of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor in patients with acute heart failure: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase IIB, dose ranging trial (BLAST-AHF).
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Biliary self-expandable metal stents do not adversely affect pancreaticoduodenectomy.
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Bipolar Disorder and Comorbid Borderline Personality Disorder: Patient Characteristics and Outcomes in US Hospitals.
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Bleeding in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: the development of a clinical risk algorithm from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry.
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Bleeding outcomes of inpatients receiving therapeutic plasma exchange: A propensity-matched analysis of the National Inpatient Sample.
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Bleeding-associated outcomes with preoperative clopidogrel use in on- and off-pump coronary artery bypass.
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Blood Versus Crystalloid Cardioplegia in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
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Boarding of Critically Ill Patients in the Emergency Department.
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Body Mass Index, American Society of Anesthesiologists Score, and Elixhauser Comorbidity Index Predict Cost and Delay of Care During Total Knee Arthroplasty.
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Borrowing from Adult Cardiac Surgeons-Bringing Congenital Heart Surgery Up to Speed in the Minimally Invasive Era.
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Bundle Up for Value-Based Heart Failure Care.
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Burden of childhood rotavirus disease on health systems in the United States.
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Campath-1H in intestinal and multivisceral transplantation: preliminary data.
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Can involuntary outpatient commitment reduce hospital recidivism?: Findings from a randomized trial with severely mentally ill individuals.
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Candida albicans and non-albicans bloodstream infections in adult and pediatric patients: comparison of mortality and costs.
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Cardiac Surgery in Patients With Trisomy 13 and 18: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database.
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Cardiac biomarker measurement after elective percutaneous coronary interventions in older patients: insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry.
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Care models and associated outcomes in congenital heart surgery.
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Carotid endarterectomy trends in the patterns and outcomes of care at academic medical centers, 1990 through 1995.
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Cascade iatrogenesis: a case-control study to detect postoperative respiratory failure in hospitalized older adults.
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Causative factors affecting peripheral neuropathy in burn patients.
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Center variation and outcomes associated with delayed sternal closure after stage 1 palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
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Center variation in hospital costs for patients undergoing congenital heart surgery.
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Center variation in patient age and weight at Fontan operation and impact on postoperative outcomes.
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Centers of Excellence in Bariatric Surgery: design, implementation, and one-year outcomes.
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Central hepatectomy versus extended hepatectomy for liver malignancy: a matched cohort comparison.
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Central line "attention" is their best prevention.
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Cervical corpectomy: complications and outcomes.
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Cervicoisthmic cerclage: transabdominal vs transvaginal approach.
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Change in intrathoracic impedance measures during acute decompensated heart failure admission: results from the Diagnostic Data for Discharge in Heart Failure Patients (3D-HF) Pilot Study.
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Changes in Payment Regulation and Acute Care Use for Total Hip Replacement: Trends in Length of Stay, Costs, and Discharge, 1997-2012.
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Characteristics and in-hospital outcomes for nonadherent patients with heart failure: findings from Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure (GWTG-HF).
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Characteristics and outcomes of hospice enrollees with dementia discharged alive.
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Characteristics of nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage in the United States in 2003.
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Characteristics, performance measures, and in-hospital outcomes of the first one million stroke and transient ischemic attack admissions in get with the guidelines-stroke.
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Characterization of heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction: a comparison between ADHERE-US registry and ADHERE-International registry.
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Characterization of myocardial infarction as an end point in two large trials of acute coronary syndromes.
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Children with appendicitis on the US-Mexico border have socioeconomic challenges and are best served by a freestanding children's hospital.
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Children with new tracheostomies: planning for family education and common impediments to discharge.
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Cholecystectomy concomitant with laparoscopic gastric bypass: a trend analysis of the nationwide inpatient sample from 2001 to 2008.
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Climbing out of the black hole of subacute care.
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Clinical and Functional Results of 119 Patients With Knee Dislocations.
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Clinical and financial outcomes due to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection: a multi-center matched outcomes study.
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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.
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized heart failure patients with systolic dysfunction and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: findings from OPTIMIZE-HF.
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Clinical evidence for pharmaconutrition in major elective surgery.
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Clinical manifestations and outcome of Haemophilus influenzae type b disease.
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Clinical outcomes after ureteroscopic lithotripsy in patients who initially presented with urosepsis: matched pair comparison with elective ureteroscopy.
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Clinical outcomes among stroke patients receiving tissue plasminogen activator therapy beyond the 3-hour time window.
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Clinical outcomes and costs due to Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia among patients receiving long-term hemodialysis.
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Clinical utilization of digital rectal examination and fecal occult blood testing upon hospital admission.
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Cognitive Recovery During Inpatient Rehabilitation Following Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pediatric Brain Injury Consortium Study.
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Cognitive function and acute care utilization.
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Commentary: Cutoffs and Tradeoffs: Predicting Prolonged Length of Stay After Routine Cardiac Surgery.
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Common Medical Comorbidities Correlated With Poor Outcomes in Hip Periprosthetic Infection.
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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.
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Comparing Coordinated Versus Sequential Salpingo-Oophorectomy for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers With Breast Cancer.
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Comparing Outcomes and Cost of 3 Surgical Treatments for Sagittal Synostosis: A Retrospective Study Including Procedure-Related Cost Analysis.
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Comparing outcomes of early, late, and non-surgical management of intraspinal abscess.
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Comparison between robotic and open liver resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis of short-term outcomes.
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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.
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Comparison of Days Alive Out of Hospital With Initial Invasive vs Conservative Management: A Prespecified Analysis of the ISCHEMIA Trial.
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Comparison of Outcomes Following Anterior vs Posterior Fusion Surgery for Patients With Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: An Analysis From Quality Outcomes Database.
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Comparison of balloon valvuloplasty with operative treatment for mitral stenosis.
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Comparison of costs, length of stay, and mortality associated with Candida glabrata and Candida albicans bloodstream infections.
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Comparison of helicopter versus ground transport for the interfacility transport of isolated spinal injury.
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Comparison of hospital costing methods in an economic evaluation of a multinational clinical trial.
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Comparison of minimally invasive transspinous and open approaches for thoracolumbar intradural-extramedullary spinal tumors.
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Comparison of omental and pectoralis flaps for poststernotomy mediastinitis.
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Comparison of open and endourologic approaches to the obstructed ureteropelvic junction.
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Comparison of outcomes after laparoscopic and open pyloromyotomy at a high-volume pediatric teaching hospital.
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Complicated Appendicitis: Are Extended Antibiotics Necessary? A Post Hoc Analysis of the EAST Appendicitis "MUSTANG" Study.
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Complications and outcomes after spinal cord tumor resection in the United States from 1993 to 2002.
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Complications following total knee arthroplasty--does the anaesthetic technique make a difference?
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Concomitant Vascular Reconstruction During Pancreatectomy for Malignant Disease: A Propensity Score-Adjusted, Population-Based Trend Analysis Involving 10 206 Patients.
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Concurrent bariatric surgery and paraesophageal hernia repair: comparison of sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
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Connecting the pieces of the cardiovascular care puzzle in Canada.
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Conscious Sedation Versus General Anesthesia for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry.
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Consumer protection and the HMO backlash: are HMOs to blame for drive-through deliveries?
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Contemporary Demographic, Treatment, and Geographic Distribution Patterns for Disorders of Sex Development.
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Contemporary experience with postpancreatectomy hemorrhage: results of 1,122 patients resected between 2006 and 2011.
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Contemporary management and outcomes of acute type A aortic dissection: An analysis of the STS adult cardiac surgery database.
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Contemporary outcomes after distal vertebral reconstruction.
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Contemporary outcomes of complete atrioventricular septal defect repair: analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database.
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Contemporary trends and predictors of postacute service use and routine discharge home after stroke.
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Continuous adductor canal blockade facilitates increased home discharge and decreased opioid consumption after total knee arthroplasty.
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Controversies regarding laparoscopic colectomy for malignant diseases.
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Conversion vs Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty: Increased Cost of Care and Perioperative Complications.
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Coronary artery bypass in patients with severely depressed ventricular function.
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Corticosteroid Therapy During Acute Bronchiolitis in Patients Who Later Develop Asthma.
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Cost analysis of abdominal, laparoscopic, and robotic-assisted myomectomies.
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Cost analysis of aprotinin for coronary artery bypass patients: analysis of the randomized trials.
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Cost and health care utilization in ARDS--different from other critical illness?
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Cost effectiveness of early discharge after uncomplicated acute myocardial infarction.
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Cost of achieving equivalent outcomes in sicker patients after liver transplant.
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Cost of invasive fungal infections in the era of new diagnostics and expanded treatment options.
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Cost offsets to medicare attributable to receipt of hip, knee, and shoulder arthroplasty.
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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.
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Cost-effectiveness of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition with eptifibatide in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes.
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Cost-minimization analysis of robotic-assisted, laparoscopic, and abdominal sacrocolpopexy.
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Costs and length of stay for patients with and without sickle cell disease after hysterectomy, appendectomy, or knee replacement.
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Costs and outcomes after cardiac surgery in patients refusing transfusion compared with those who do not: a case-matched study.
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Costs and outcomes among hemodialysis-dependent patients with methicillin-resistant or methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
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Costs associated with health care-associated infections in cardiac surgery.
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Costs of inpatient care among Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure, 2001 to 2004.
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Costs of interventional cardiac procedures.
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Costs of periprocedural complications in patients treated with transcatheter aortic valve replacement: results from the Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valve trial.
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Costs of vasospasm in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
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Criteria for early discharge after acute myocardial infarction: validation in a community hospital.
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Critical care admission following elective surgery was not associated with survival benefit: prospective analysis of data from 27 countries.
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Culprit-only or multivessel revascularization in patients with acute coronary syndromes: an American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Database Registry report.
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Current Evidence Does Not Support Medicare's 3-Day Rule in Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty.
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Current status of perioperative temporary mechanical circulatory support during cardiac surgery.
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Current trends and 30-day surgical outcomes for thyroglossal duct cyst excision in children.
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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).
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Days Alive and Out of Hospital: Exploring a Patient-Centered, Pragmatic Outcome in a Clinical Trial of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes.
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Death service ratio: a measure of hospice utilization and cost impact.
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Defining a textbook surgical outcome for patients undergoing surgical resection of intermediate and high-grade soft tissue sarcomas of the extremities.
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Defining the learning curve for team-based laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy.
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Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: An Analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database.
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Delayed Sleeve Gastrectomy Following Liver Transplantation: A 5-Year Experience.
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Delayed recovery after pancreaticoduodenectomy: a major factor impairing the delivery of adjuvant therapy?
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Delirium affects length of hospital stay after lung transplantation.
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Delirium detection and improved delirium management in older patients hospitalized for hip fracture.
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Delirium is a robust predictor of morbidity and mortality among critically ill patients treated in the cardiac intensive care unit.
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Delirium monitoring and patient outcomes in a general intensive care unit.
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Demonstrating the relationships of length of stay, cost and clinical outcomes in a simulated NICU.
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Denominator Matters in Estimating Antimicrobial Use: A Comparison of Days Present and Patient Days.
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Depression and Anxiety Disorders among Hospitalized Women with Breast Cancer.
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Depression and Health Care Utilization at End of Life Among Older Adults With Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.
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Depression is associated with worse outcomes among women undergoing breast reconstruction following mastectomy.
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Depression, social support, and clinical outcomes following lung transplantation: a single-center cohort study.
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Depressive symptoms and outcome of coronary artery bypass grafting.
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Depressive symptoms in elderly medical-surgical patients hospitalized in community settings.
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Derivation and Validation of the Critical Bronchiolitis Score for the PICU.
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Design of the RELAXin in acute heart failure study.
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Detection of Multiple Respiratory Viruses Associated With Mortality and Severity of Illness in Children.
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Determination of the effective therapeutic dose of intrathecal sufentanil for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.
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Determining the Optimal Quantitative Threshold for Preoperative Albumin Level Before Elective Colorectal Surgery.
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Developing a Real-Time Electroencephalogram-Guided Anesthesia-Management Curriculum for Educating Residents: A Single-Center Randomized Controlled Trial.
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Development and Performance of a Clinical Decision Support Tool to Inform Resource Utilization for Elective Operations.
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Development of a Metastatic Spinal Tumor Frailty Index (MSTFI) Using a Nationwide Database and Its Association with Inpatient Morbidity, Mortality, and Length of Stay After Spine Surgery.
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Development of a Novel Cervical Deformity Surgical Invasiveness Index.
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Development of a Pediatric Cardiac Mechanical Support Program.
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Diabetes and early postoperative outcomes following lumbar fusion.
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Diabetes and perioperative outcomes following cervical fusion in patients with myelopathy.
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Diabetes and the Association of Postoperative Hyperglycemia With Clinical and Economic Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery.
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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.
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Differences in Characteristics and Outcome of Patients with Penetrating Injuries in the USA and the Netherlands: A Multi-institutional Comparison.
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Differences in level of care at the end of life according to race.
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Differences in pain management between hematologists and hospitalists caring for patients with sickle cell disease hospitalized for vasoocclusive crisis.
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Differences in patient characteristics between Veterans Administration and community hospitals. Implications for VA planning.
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Differences in rehabilitation services and outcomes among stroke patients cared for in veterans hospitals.
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Differences in treatment, outcomes, and quality of life among patients with heart failure in Canada and the United States.
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Difficulty of Total Hip Arthroplasty Following Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Acetabular Fractures.
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Discharge timing and outcomes after uncomplicated non-ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction.
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Discharging Medically Complex Infants with Supplemental Nasogastric Tube Feeds: Impact on Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay and Prevention of Gastrostomy Tubes.
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Discriminative value of inflammatory biomarkers for suspected sepsis.
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Disease management interventions to improve outcomes in congestive heart failure.
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Disproportionate Use of Inpatient Care by Older Adults With Kidney Stones.
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Distal pancreatectomy: a single institution's experience in open, laparoscopic, and robotic approaches.
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Distance Traveled to Treatment and Client Retention
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Distribution and characteristics of severe traumatic brain injury at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Uganda.
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Diuretic response in patients with acute decompensated heart failure: characteristics and clinical outcome--an analysis from RELAX-AHF.
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Do Patients with Paget's Disease Have Worse Outcomes following Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty?
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Do countries or hospitals with longer hospital stays for acute heart failure have lower readmission rates?: Findings from ASCEND-HF.
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Do patients treated at academic hospitals have better longitudinal outcomes after admission for non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction?
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Do stable non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes require admission to coronary care units?
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Does Conversion in Laparoscopic Colectomy Portend an Inferior Oncologic Outcome? Results from 104,400 Patients.
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Does body mass index impact the outcomes of tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy?
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Does improved access to diagnostic imaging results reduce hospital length of stay? A retrospective study.
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Does method of sternal repair influence long-term outcome of postoperative mediastinitis?
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Does negative pressure wound therapy have a role in preventing poststernotomy wound complications?
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Does prospective payment reduce inpatient length of stay?
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Does routine serial computed tomography of the head influence management of traumatic brain injury? A prospective evaluation.
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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.
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Does travel distance influence length of stay in elective colorectal surgery?
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Doppler flow patterns in the right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery shunt and neo-aorta in infants with single right ventricle anomalies: impact on outcome after initial staged palliations.
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Downstaging in pancreatic cancer: a matched analysis of patients resected following systemic treatment of initially locally unresectable disease.
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Dysphagia following combined anterior-posterior cervical spine surgeries.
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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.
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ECT use in unipolar and bipolar depression.
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Early Ambulation Among Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients Is Associated With Reduced Length of Stay and 30-Day Readmissions.
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Early Ambulation Decreases Length of Hospital Stay, Perioperative Complications and Improves Functional Outcomes in Elderly Patients Undergoing Surgery for Correction of Adult Degenerative Scoliosis.
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Early Blood Transfusions in Sepsis: Unchanged Survival and Increased Costs.
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Early Discharge After Radical Nephrectomy: An Analysis of Complications and Readmissions.
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Early Postoperative Emergency Department Care of Abdominal Transplant Recipients.
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Early Systolic Dysfunction Following Traumatic Brain Injury: A Cohort Study.
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Early acute lung injury: criteria for identifying lung injury prior to the need for positive pressure ventilation*.
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Early but not late convalescent plasma is associated with better survival in moderate-to-severe COVID-19.
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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.
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Early dyspnoea relief in acute heart failure: prevalence, association with mortality, and effect of rolofylline in the PROTECT Study.
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Early hospital discharge after uncomplicated myocardial infarction: are further improvements possible?
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Early report of a randomized comparative clinical trial of Strattice™ reconstructive tissue matrix to lightweight synthetic mesh in the repair of inguinal hernias.
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Early versus delayed amputation in the setting of severe lower extremity trauma.
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Economic analysis of endovascular repair versus surveillance for patients with small abdominal aortic aneurysms.
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Economic assessment of thrombocytopenia: CATCH Registry.
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Effect of Diagnosis on Outcomes in the Setting of Enhanced Recovery Protocols.
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Effect of Free Dental Services on Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease.
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Effect of Palliative Care-Led Meetings for Families of Patients With Chronic Critical Illness: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
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Effect of Resident and Fellow Involvement in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery.
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Effect of clinical factors on length of stay after coronary artery bypass surgery: results of the cooperative cardiovascular project.
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Effect of daily charge feedback on inpatient charges and physician knowledge and behavior.
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Effect of epidural compared to patient-controlled intravenous analgesia on outcomes for patients undergoing liver resection for neoplastic disease.
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Effect of facility on the operative costs of distal radius fractures.
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Effect of fluconazole prophylaxis on candidiasis and mortality in premature infants: a randomized clinical trial.
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Effect of hospital use of oral nutritional supplementation on length of stay, hospital cost, and 30-day readmissions among Medicare patients with COPD.
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Effect of institutional volume and academic status on outcomes of coronary interventions: the IMPACT-II experience.
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Effect of liberal blood transfusion on clinical outcomes and cost in spine surgery patients.
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Effect of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in the neonatal intensive care unit on total hospital cost.
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Effect of nosocomial bloodstream infections on mortality, length of stay, and hospital costs in older adults.
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Effect of outpatient treatment of febrile neutropenia on the risk threshold for the use of CSF in patients with cancer treated with chemotherapy.
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Effect of repair strategy on hospital cost for infants with tetralogy of Fallot.
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Effect of temperature during cardiopulmonary bypass on gastric mucosal perfusion.
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Effect of the Deyo score on outcomes and costs in shoulder arthroplasty patients.
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Effect of tracheostomy timing in premature infants.
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Effective Implementation of Enhanced Recovery Pathway Programs: The Key to Disseminating Evidence into Practice.
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Effectively identifying the inpatient with hyperglycemia to increase patient care and lower costs.
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Effectiveness of antimicrobial guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia in children.
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Effects of Acute-Postacute Continuity on Community Discharge and 30-Day Rehospitalization Following Inpatient Rehabilitation.
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Effects of Virtual Exercise Rehabilitation In-Home Therapy Compared with Traditional Care After Total Knee Arthroplasty: VERITAS, a Randomized Controlled Trial.
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Effects of cognitive performance on change in physical function in long-stay nursing home residents.
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Effects of low-dose atrial natriuretic peptide infusion on cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury: A multicenter randomized controlled trial.
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Effects of red-cell storage duration on patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
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Efficacy and Safety of Glutamine-supplemented Parenteral Nutrition in Surgical ICU Patients: An American Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.
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Efficacy and safety of early versus late initiation of warfarin during heparin therapy in acute thromboembolism.
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Electroconvulsive Treatment Utilization for the Inpatient Management of Severe Manic Episodes of Bipolar Disorder.
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Emergency Department Boarding: Nowhere Else to Go.
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Emergency Department Discharge of Pulmonary Embolus Patients.
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Emergency General Surgery-A Misnomer?
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Emergency department use and subsequent hospitalizations among members of a high-deductible health plan.
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Empiric nasogastric decompression after pancreaticoduodenectomy is not necessary.
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End points for clinical trials in acute heart failure syndromes.
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Endovascular aneurysm repair is associated with less malnutrition than open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
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Endpoints for diuresis: are we there yet?
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Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) for Spine Surgery: A Systematic Review.
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Enhanced Recovery for Orthopedic Surgery.
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Enteral Feeding with Human Milk Decreases Time to Discharge in Infants following Gastroschisis Repair.
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Epidemiology and Characteristics of Neurosurgical Conditions at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.
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Epidemiology and Outcomes of Patients Readmitted to the Intensive Care Unit After Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Admission.
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Epidemiology and outcomes of in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the United States, 2000-2009.
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Epidemiology of facial fracture injuries.
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Epidemiology of new-onset atrial fibrillation following coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
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Epidemiology of recurrent cerebral infarction: a medicare claims-based comparison of first and recurrent strokes on 2-year survival and cost.
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Epidemiology of surgical site infections after solid organ transplants in the period 2015-2019: A single-center retrospective cohort study.
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Epidemiology, management, and outcomes of sustained ventricular arrhythmias after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation.
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Epidural analgesia in hepatic resection.
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Estimating the Annual Incremental Cost of Several Complications Following Pulmonary Lobectomy.
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Estimating the nationwide, hospital based economic impact of pediatric urolithiasis.
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Etiology and Resource Use of Fever of Unknown Origin in Hospitalized Children.
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Etiology and complications of thrombocytopenia in hospitalized medical patients.
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Community and Hospital Medical Record Integration on Management of Behavioral Health in the Emergency Department.
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Evaluating treatment efficacy by multiple end points in phase II acute heart failure clinical trials: analyzing data using a global method.
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Evaluation of Gentamicin Exposure in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Hearing Function at Discharge.
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Evaluation of Opioid Use in Acute Pancreatitis in Absence of Chronic Pancreatitis: Absence of Opioid Dependence an Important Feature.
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Evaluation of a Hospital-Based Pneumonia Nurse Navigator Program.
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Evaluation of a Nurse-Initiated Acute Gastroenteritis Pathway in the Pediatric Emergency Department.
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Evaluation of a Preoperative Clinic for Women With Gynecologic Cancer.
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Evaluation of malnutrition via modified GLIM criteria for in patients undergoing emergent gastrointestinal surgery.
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Evaluation of pectus bar position and osseous bone formation.
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Evolution of the coronary care unit: clinical characteristics and temporal trends in healthcare delivery and outcomes.
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Evolving Cost-Quality Relationship in Pediatric Heart Surgery.
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Evolving trends in interventional device use and outcomes: results from the National Cardiovascular Network Database.
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Excess costs associated with complications and prolonged length of stay after congenital heart surgery.
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Excess costs of hospital care associated with neonatal candidemia.
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Excess dosing of antiplatelet and antithrombin agents in the treatment of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes.
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Exploring Factors Associated With Morbidity and Mortality in Patients With Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders: A National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database Analysis Within Surgical Groups.
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Exploring patterns of health service use in older emergency department patients.
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Exploring predictors of complication in older surgical patients: a deficit accumulation index and the Braden Scale.
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External Validation of the Adult Spinal Deformity (ASD) Frailty Index (ASD-FI) in the Scoli-RISK-1 Patient Database.
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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Interfacility Transfer: A Regional Referral Experience.
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Extrapancreatic Complications in Hospitalized Patients With Mild Acute Pancreatitis Are Associated With Poorer Outcomes: Results From a Single-Center Study.
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Extubation Failure after Neonatal Cardiac Surgery: A Multicenter Analysis.
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Factors Associated With Head and Neck Cancer Hospitalization Cost and Length of Stay-A National Study.
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Factors Associated With Hospital Length of Stay Following Fibular Free-Tissue Reconstruction of Head and Neck Defects: Assessment Using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) Criteria.
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Factors Associated With Successful Postoperative Day One Discharge After Anatomic Lung Resection.
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Factors Associated With and Prognostic Implications of Cardiac Troponin Elevation in Decompensated Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Findings From the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Program.
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Factors affecting prolonged length of stay in psychiatric patients in Japan: A retrospective observational study.
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Factors affecting selection of operative approach and subsequent short-term outcomes after anatomic resection for lung cancer.
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Factors affecting the incidence of infectious morbidity after radical hysterectomy.
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Factors affecting the surgical approach and timing of bilateral adrenalectomy.
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Factors and Outcomes Associated with MRCP Use prior to ERCP in Patients at High Risk for Choledocholithiasis.
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Factors associated with 30-day unplanned pediatric surgical readmission.
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Factors associated with discharge to home versus discharge to institutional care after inpatient stroke rehabilitation.
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Factors associated with high hospital resource use in a population-based study of children with orofacial clefts.
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Factors related to extended hospital stays following deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease.
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Failure of Medicare health maintenance organizations to control the cost of colon resections in elderly patients.
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Fast-Tracking Patients in an Academic Hospital to Increase Efficiency and Decrease Discharge Delays: A Process Improvement Plan.
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Fast-tracking ambulatory surgery patients following anesthesia.
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Feasibility and implications of an early discharge strategy after percutaneous intervention with abciximab in acute myocardial infarction (the CADILLAC Trial).
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Feeding jejunostomy tube placement in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy: an ongoing dilemma.
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Femur fractures and lung complications: a prospective randomized study of reaming.
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Flexible ureteroscopy in conjunction with in situ lithotripsy for lower pole calculi.
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Fluid management and goal-directed therapy as an adjunct to Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS).
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Frailty Assessment in Hospitalized Older Adults Using the Electronic Health Record.
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Frailty and length of stay in older adults with blunt injury in a national multicentre prospective cohort study.
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Frailty as a Risk Predictor of Morbidity and Mortality Following Liver Surgery.
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Free jejunal interposition graft for reconstruction of the esophagus.
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Frequency, significance, and cost of recurrent ischemia after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction. TAMI Study Group.
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From Open to MIS: Robotic Surgery Enables Surgeons to Do More With Less.
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Gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with acute coronary syndromes: incidence, predictors, and clinical implications: analysis from the ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy) trial.
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Geographic variation in lumbar fusion for degenerative disorders: 1990 to 2000.
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Geographic variation in resource use for coronary artery bypass surgery. IHD Port Investigators.
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Gestational age at birth and outcomes after neonatal cardiac surgery: an analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database.
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Global Survey of Outcomes of Neurocritical Care Patients: Analysis of the PRINCE Study Part 2.
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Global patient outcomes after elective surgery: prospective cohort study in 27 low-, middle- and high-income countries.
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Goal-directed fluid management with trans-oesophageal Doppler.
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Goal-directed intraoperative fluid administration reduces length of hospital stay after major surgery.
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Going the Extra Mile: Improved Survival for Pancreatic Cancer Patients Traveling to High-volume Centers.
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Grading of Complications After Cervical Deformity-corrective Surgery: Are Existing Classification Systems Applicable?
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Greater Compliance With Early Sepsis Management is Associated With Safer Care and Shorter Hospital Stay.
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Growing use of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the national Veterans Affairs Surgical Risk Study: effects on volume, patient selection, and selected outcomes.
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Guidelines for perioperative care in elective rectal/pelvic surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society recommendations.
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Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Colectomy Improves Perioperative Outcomes Without Increasing Operative Time Compared to the Open Approach: a National Analysis of 8791 Patients.
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Hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy for inflammatory renal conditions.
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Head and Neck Reconstruction: Does Surgical Specialty Affect Complication Rates?
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Health care utilization following a homeless medical respite pilot program.
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Health care--associated bloodstream infections in adults: a reason to change the accepted definition of community-acquired infections.
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Health resource utilization of labor induction versus expectant management.
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Healthcare Economics of Hydrocephalus After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in the United States.
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Healthcare Resource Availability, Quality of Care, and Acute Ischemic Stroke Outcomes.
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Healthcare resource utilization in patients receiving idarucizumab for reversal of dabigatran anticoagulation due to major bleeding, urgent surgery, or procedural interventions: interim results from the RE-VERSE AD™ study.
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Hematologic and economic impact of aprotinin in reoperative pediatric cardiac operations.
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Hemodynamic benefits of regional anesthesia for carotid endarterectomy.
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Hemostasis using a bipolar sealer in primary unilateral total knee arthroplasty.
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High Levels of Morbidity and Mortality Among Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients With Severe Sepsis: Insights From the Sepsis PRevalence, OUtcomes, and Therapies International Point Prevalence Study.
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High Postoperative Blood Pressure After Cardiac Surgery Is Associated With Acute Kidney Injury and Death.
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High mortality without ESCAPE: the registry of heart failure patients receiving pulmonary artery catheters without randomization.
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High risks for adverse outcomes after gastric bypass surgery following failed gastric banding: a population-based trend analysis of the United States.
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Hip and other osteoporotic fractures increase the risk of subsequent fractures in nursing home residents.
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Hip fracture outcomes: does surgeon or hospital volume really matter?
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Homelessness and discharge delays from an urban safety net hospital.
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Hospital Readmission and Costs of Total Knee Replacement Surgery in 2009 and 2014: Potential Implications for Health Care Managers.
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Hospital Volume and the Costs Associated with Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer.
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Hospital charges and length of stay associated with septicemia among children hospitalized for leukemia treatment in the United States.
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Hospital competitive intensity and perioperative outcomes following lumbar spinal fusion.
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Hospital costs, incidence, and inhospital mortality rates of traumatic subdural hematoma in the United States.
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Hospital credentialing and quality of care.
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Hospital drug formularies and use of hospital services.
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Hospital length of stay in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
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Hospital mortality of patients aged 80 and older after surgical repair for type A acute aortic dissection in Japan.
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Hospital readmission rates: are we measuring the right thing?
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Hospital readmissions after liver surgery for metastatic colorectal cancer.
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Hospital readmissions in decompensated cirrhotics: Factors pointing toward a prevention strategy.
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Hospital readmissions reduction program.
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Hospital use and costs among patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy in the first prospective randomized amlodipine survival evaluation study.
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Hospital variability in length of stay after coronary artery bypass surgery: results from the Society of Thoracic Surgeon's National Cardiac Database.
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Hospital variability in use of anticoagulant strategies during acute myocardial infarction treated with an early invasive strategy.
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Hospital variation in intravenous inotrope use for patients hospitalized with heart failure: insights from Get With The Guidelines.
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Hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infections: estimating all-cause mortality and length of stay.
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Hospitalization Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and a Recent Acute Coronary Syndrome or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Treated With Apixaban or Aspirin: Insights From the AUGUSTUS Trial.
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Hospitalization and outcomes attributed to epidermal necrolysis in the United States: predictors of mortality.
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How to reduce the cost of hindfoot fusion.
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Human milk versus formula after gastroschisis repair: effects on time to full feeds and time to discharge.
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Hypertensive heart failure: patient characteristics, treatment, and outcomes.
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Hypocaloric compared with eucaloric nutritional support and its effect on infection rates in a surgical intensive care unit: a randomized controlled trial.
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Hyponatremia and Hypotonic Intravenous Fluids Are Associated With Unfavorable Outcomes of Bronchiolitis Admissions.
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Hypoxic Gene Expression of Donor Bronchi Linked to Airway Complications after Lung Transplantation.
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Image-guided percutaneous drainage vs. surgical repair of gastrointestinal anastomotic leaks: is there a difference in hospital course or hospitalization cost?
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Immune response profiling in patients with traumatic injuries associated with alcohol ingestion.
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Impact of Affective Disorders on Recovery of Baseline Function in Patients Undergoing Spinal Surgery: A Single Institution Study of 275 Patients.
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Impact of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease on Postoperative Complication Rates, Ambulation, and Length of Hospital Stay After Elective Spinal Fusion (≥3 Levels) in Elderly Spine Deformity Patients.
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Impact of Contrast Echocardiography on Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients.
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Impact of Depression in Sickle Cell Disease Hospitalization-Related Outcomes: An Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample (NIS).
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Impact of Intraoperative Steroids on Postoperative Infection Rates and Length of Hospital Stay: A Study of 1200 Spine Surgery Patients.
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Impact of Local Anesthesia Only Versus Procedural Sedation Using the Vancouver Clinical Pathway for TAVR: Insights From the 3M TAVR Study.
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Impact of Malnutrition on Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Insertion.
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Impact of Multidisciplinary Intraoperative Teams on Thirty-Day Complications After Sacral Tumor Resection.
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Impact of Preoperative Opioid Use After Emergency General Surgery.
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Impact of Race on 30-Day Complication Rates After Elective Complex Spinal Fusion (≥5 Levels): A Single Institutional Study of 446 Patients.
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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.
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Impact of an Alcohol Withdrawal Treatment Pathway on Hospital Length of Stay: A Retrospective Observational Study Comparing Pre and Post Pathway Implementation.
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Impact of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocol on Unplanned Patient Encounters in the Early Postoperative Period After Ureteroscopy.
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Impact of automatic infectious diseases consultation on the management of fungemia at a large academic medical center.
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Impact of case type, length of stay, institution type, and comorbidities on Medicare diagnosis-related group reimbursement for adult spinal deformity surgery.
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Impact of clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes requiring coronary artery bypass surgery: a multicenter analysis.
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Impact of complications on outcomes following aortic and mitral valve replacements in the United States.
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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.
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Impact of enhanced recovery after cesarean delivery on maternal outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Impact of enhanced recovery protocols after pancreatoduodenectomy: meta-analysis.
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Impact of intravenous lidocaine infusion on postoperative analgesia and recovery from surgery: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
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Impact of marital status in patients undergoing radical cystectomy for bladder cancer.
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Impact of minimally invasive gastrectomy on use of and time to adjuvant chemotherapy for gastric adenocarcinoma.
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Impact of minimally invasive vs. open distal pancreatectomy on use of adjuvant chemoradiation for pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
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Impact of obesity on complications and outcomes: a comparison of fusion and nonfusion lumbar spine surgery.
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Impact of posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy in a tertiary care center: a paradigm shift.
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Impact of preoperative neurological status on perioperative morbidity associated with anterior and posterior cervical fusion.
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Impact of ruptured cerebral aneurysm coiling and clipping on the incidence of cerebral vasospasm and clinical outcome.
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Impact of spatial neglect on stroke rehabilitation: evidence from the setting of an inpatient rehabilitation facility.
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Impacts of Prism Adaptation Treatment on Spatial Neglect and Rehabilitation Outcome: Dosage Matters.
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Implantable left ventricular assist devices: new hope for patients with end-stage heart failure.
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Implementation and refinement of the emergency severity index.
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Implementation of Physiological Scoring to Determine Discharge Readiness for Patients Undergoing Otolaryngology Head and Neck Procedures.
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Implementation of a diuretic stewardship program in a pediatric cardiovascular intensive care unit to reduce medication expenditures.
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Implementing a Weaning Protocol for Cardiac Surgery Patients Using Simulation: A Quality Improvement Project.
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Importance of hospital volume in the overall management of pancreatic cancer.
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Improved analgesia, sedation, and delirium protocol associated with decreased duration of delirium and mechanical ventilation.
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Improvement in quality indicators using NCDR® registries: First international experience.
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Improvements in Patient and Health System Outcomes Using an Integrated Oncology and Palliative Medicine Approach on a Solid Tumor Inpatient Service.
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Improvements in pulmonary and general critical care reduces mortality following ventilator-associated pneumonia.
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Improving the Efficiency of Care for Pediatric Patients Hospitalized With Asthma.
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Improving the detection of pressure ulcers using the TMI ImageMed system.
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In inpatients with cirrhosis opioid use is common and associated with length of stay and persistent use post-discharge.
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In response.
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In response.
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In-Hospital Complications and Resource Utilization Following Lumbar Spine Surgery in Patients with Parkinson Disease: Evaluation of the National Inpatient Sample Database.
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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.
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In-hospital death following inpatient surgical procedures in the United States, 1996-2006.
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In-hospital management of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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In-hospital medical complications after non-operative and operative treatment of thoracolumbar fractures in patients over 75 years of age.
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In-hospital outcomes after bariatric surgery in patients with heart failure.
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In-hospital resource use and medical costs in the last year of life by mode of death (from the HF-ACTION randomized controlled trial).
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Inappropriate therapy for staphylococcal infection is common and commonly fatal.
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Incidence and predictors of all and preventable adverse drug reactions in frail elderly persons after hospital stay.
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Incidence of Bloodstream Infections, Length of Hospital Stay, and Survival in Patients With Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection Treated With Fecal Microbiota Transplantation or Antibiotics: A Prospective Cohort Study.
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Increase in tracheostomy for prolonged mechanical ventilation in North Carolina, 1993-2002.
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Increased Costs Associated with Bloodstream Infections Caused by Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria Are Due Primarily to Patients with Hospital-Acquired Infections.
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Increased number of coagulation products in relationship to red blood cell products transfused improves mortality in trauma patients.
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Increasing Access to State Psychiatric Hospital Beds: Exploring Supply-Side Solutions.
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Increasing healthcare resource utilization after coronary artery bypass graft surgery in the United States.
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Increasing incidence of the neonatal abstinence syndrome in U.S. neonatal ICUs.
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Infant pediatric liver transplantation results equal those for older pediatric patients.
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Infants with single ventricle physiology in the emergency department: are physicians prepared?
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Infarct volume on apparent diffusion coefficient maps correlates with length of stay and outcome after middle cerebral artery stroke.
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Infective endocarditis and solid organ transplantation: Only worse outcomes during initial transplantation hospitalization.
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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).
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Influence of donor base deficit status on recipient outcomes in liver transplantation.
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Influence of hospital length of stay for heart failure on quality of care.
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Influence of panel-reactive antibodies on posttransplant outcomes in lung transplant recipients.
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Influence of the initial level of consciousness on early, goal-directed mobilization: a post hoc analysis.
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Inhaled nitric oxide after left ventricular assist device implantation: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, multicenter, placebo-controlled trial.
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Initial Modified Pulmonary Index Score Predicts Hospital Length of Stay for Asthma Subjects Admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
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Inpatient Rehabilitation Outcomes in a National Sample of Medicare Beneficiaries With Hip Fracture.
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Inpatient burden of juvenile dermatomyositis among children in the United States.
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Inpatient complications, mortality, and discharge disposition after surgical correction of idiopathic scoliosis: a national perspective.
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Inpatient costs, length of stay, and mortality for cerebrovascular events in community hospitals.
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Inpatient hospital utilization among veterans with traumatic spinal cord injury.
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Insurance status and race affect treatment and outcome of traumatic brain injury.
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Intensive Care Unit Management of the Adult with Congenital Heart Disease.
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Intensive care in critical access hospitals.
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Intensive care unit experience of haemopoietic stem cell transplant patients.
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Intensive care unit safety culture and outcomes: a US multicenter study.
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Intensive insulin therapy and mortality in critically ill patients.
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Interhospital transfer status for spinal metastasis patients in the United States is associated with more severe clinical presentations and higher rates of inpatient complications.
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Internal hernia: postoperative complication of roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.
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International Multicenter Experience of Isolated Limb Infusion for In-Transit Melanoma Metastases in Octogenarian and Nonagenarian Patients.
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International Study of the Epidemiology of Platelet Transfusions in Critically Ill Children With an Underlying Oncologic Diagnosis.
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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.
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International differences in evolution of early discharge after acute myocardial infarction.
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International differences in in-hospital revascularization and outcomes following acute myocardial infarction: a multilevel analysis of patients in ASSENT-2.
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International variation in and factors associated with hospital readmission after myocardial infarction.
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Interrater Reliability of Surveillance for Ventilator-Associated Events and Pneumonia.
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Interrupted versus Continuous Suturing for Vesicourethral Anastomosis During Radical Prostatectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
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Interspecialty differences in the care of children with chronic or serious acute conditions: a review of the literature.
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Interspinous device versus laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis: a comparative effectiveness study.
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Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in US and non-US centres: results of the Benchmark Registry.
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Intraoperative Versus Extended Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Liver Transplant Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.
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Intraoperative acceleromyography monitoring reduces symptoms of muscle weakness and improves quality of recovery in the early postoperative period.
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Intraoperative adherence to a low tidal volume ventilation strategy in critically ill patients with preexisting acute lung injury.
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Intraoperative autotransfusion in aortic surgery.
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Intraoperative fluid management and complications following pancreatectomy.
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Intraparenchymal vs extracranial ventricular drain intracranial pressure monitors in traumatic brain injury: less is more?
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Intravenous ondansetron in established postoperative emesis in children. S3A-381 Study Group.
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Inverse National Trends in Decompressive Craniectomy versus Endovascular Thrombectomy for Stroke.
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Inverse relationship of serum albumin to the risk of venous thromboembolism among acutely ill hospitalized patients: Analysis from the APEX trial.
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Investigating Mediators of the Poor Pneumonia Outcomes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Exposed but Uninfected Children.
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Is bariatric surgery safe in academic centers?
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Is early too early? Effect of shorter stays after bypass surgery.
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Is hospital procedure volume associated with hospitalization charges and complication rates for cleft lip repairs?
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Is living donor nephrectomy a "23-hr stay" procedure?
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Is the Face an Air Bag for the Brain and Torso?-The Potential Protective Effects of Severe Midface Fractures.
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Is there a "July effect" for head and neck cancer surgery?
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Is there a difference in bloodstream infections in critically ill patients associated with ready-to-use versus compounded parenteral nutrition?
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Is there a role for simultaneous hepatic and colorectal resections? A contemporary view from NSQIP.
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Jehovah's Witnesses and cardiac surgery: a single institution's experience.
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Kessler Foundation Neglect Assessment Process uniquely measures spatial neglect during activities of daily living.
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Ketorolac is underutilized after ureteral reimplantation despite reduced hospital cost and reduced length of stay.
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Lack of impact of electronic health records on quality of care and outcomes for ischemic stroke.
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Laminectomy and fusion after spinal cord injury: national inpatient complications and outcomes.
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Laminoplasty versus laminectomy with fusion for the treatment of spondylotic cervical myelopathy: short-term follow-up.
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Laparo-endoscopic single-site (LESS) cholecystectomy with epidural vs. general anesthesia.
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Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) for major urological procedures in the pediatric population: A systematic review.
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Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery for management of ovarian endometriomas.
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Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery in patients with benign adnexal disease: a comparative study.
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Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication for treating reflux in lung transplant recipients.
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Laparoscopic Versus Open Adrenalectomy for Localized/Locally Advanced Primary Adrenocortical Carcinoma (ENSAT I-III) in Adults: Is Margin-Free Resection the Key Surgical Factor that Dictates Outcome? A Review of the Literature.
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Laparoscopic adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma. A comparison to aldosteronoma and incidentaloma.
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Laparoscopic antireflux surgery in the lung transplant population.
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Laparoscopic appendectomy in the elderly.
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Laparoscopic appendectomy outcomes on the weekend and during the week are no different: a national study of 151,774 patients.
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Laparoscopic colectomy for cancer: an oncologic feasible option.
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Laparoscopic dismembered pyeloplasty.
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Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy increases the supply of living donor kidneys: a center-specific microeconomic analysis.
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Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy with a 23-hour stay: a new standard for transplantation surgery.
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Laparoscopic ventral and incisional hernioplasty.
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Laparoscopic versus open Ladd's procedure for intestinal malrotation in adults.
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Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy: outcomes comparison based on a large administrative database.
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Laparoscopic versus robotic adrenalectomy: A comprehensive meta-analysis.
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Laparoscopic vs open colectomy: outcomes comparison based on large nationwide databases.
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Laparoscopic vs open right hepatectomy: a value-based analysis.
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Laparoscopy Is Safe in Infants and Neonates with Congenital Heart Disease: A National Study of 3684 Patients.
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Launching a Geriatric Surgery Center: Recommendations from the Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement.
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Leadless pacemaker implant in patients with pre-existing infections: Results from the Micra postapproval registry.
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Lending a hand for laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy: the optimal approach?
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Length of Stay After Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry.
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Length of Stay Predicts Risk of Early Infection for Hospitalized Patients Undergoing Central Venous Port Placement.
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Length of Stay, Mortality, Cost, and Perceptions of Care Associated With Transition From an Open to Closed Staffing Model in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.
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Length of hospital stay and 30-day readmission following heart failure hospitalization: insights from the EVEREST trial.
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Length of hospital stays among obese individuals.
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Length of stay and mortality associated with febrile neutropenia among children with cancer.
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Length of stay, functional outcome, and mortality following medical rehabilitation.
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Less invasive transjugular approach with Fallopian bridge technique for facial nerve protection and hearing preservation in surgery of glomus jugulare tumors.
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Life table methods for assessing the dynamics of U.S. nursing home utilization: 1976-1977.
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Life-threatening complications among women with severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.
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Lifting Coronavirus Disease-19 Shelter-in-Place Restrictions: Impact on Heart Failure Hospitalizations in Northeast Georgia.
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Limb preservation with isolated limb infusion for locally advanced nonmelanoma cutaneous and soft-tissue malignant neoplasms.
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Link between decisions regarding resuscitation and preferences for quality over length of life with heart failure.
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Liver transplantation at safety net hospitals: Potentially vulnerable patients with noninferior outcomes.
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Local cost structures and the economics of robot assisted radical prostatectomy.
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Long term outcome of blunt trauma care in the elderly.
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Long-Term Neurobehavioral and Quality of Life Outcomes of Critically Ill Children after Glycemic Control.
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Long-Term Survival after Cardiac Surgery in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
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Long-Term Survival in Patients With Acute Kidney Injury After Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Repair.
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Long-term Cost-effectiveness in the Veterans Affairs Open vs Endovascular Repair Study of Aortic Abdominal Aneurysm: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
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Long-term analgesic use: sometimes less is not more.
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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).
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Long-term follow-up after thymectomy for myasthenia gravis: thoracoscopic vs open.
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Long-term outcomes following tumor ablation for treatment of bilateral colorectal liver metastases.
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Long-term survival in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome and rescue therapies for refractory hypoxemia*.
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Longitudinal medical resources and costs among type 2 diabetes patients participating in the Trial Evaluating Cardiovascular Outcomes with Sitagliptin (TECOS).
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Loop ileostomy closure at an ambulatory surgery facility: a safe and cost-effective alternative to routine hospitalization.
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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.
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Lower urine sodium predicts longer length of stay in acute heart failure patients: Insights from the ROSE AHF trial.
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Lung transplantation after long-term mechanical ventilation : results and 1-year follow-up.
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Malnutrition in elective shoulder arthroplasty: a multi-institutional retrospective study of preoperative albumin and adverse outcomes.
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Malnutrition in liver transplant patients: preoperative subjective global assessment is predictive of outcome after liver transplantation.
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Management guided by brain tissue oxygen monitoring and outcome following severe traumatic brain injury.
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Management of lawnmower injuries to the lower extremity in children and adolescents.
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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.
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Management of simple thoracic injuries at a level I trauma centre: can primary health care system take over?
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Mannitol and dopamine in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass: a randomized clinical trial.
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Marrow transplantation for chronic myeloid leukemia: a randomized study comparing cyclophosphamide and total body irradiation with busulfan and cyclophosphamide.
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Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes Associated with Amniotomy among Nulliparous Women Undergoing Labor Induction at Term.
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Maternal near miss and mortality due to postpartum infection: a cross-sectional analysis from Rwanda.
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Maximizing the functional status of geriatric patients in an acute community hospital setting.
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Measuring the effect of inappropriate initial antibiotic therapy on outcomes of patients with Gram-negative sepsis: An imprecise science.
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Measuring use and cost of care for patients with mood disorders: the utilization and cost inventory.
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Mechanical Ventilation and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Retrospective Observational Study.
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Medicaid Insurance Correlates With Increased Resource Utilization Following Total Hip Arthroplasty.
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Medicaid, managed care, and the care of patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction.
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Medical Complications and Outcomes After Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: A Nationwide Analysis.
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Medical and economic implications of prolonged mechanical ventilation and expedited post-acute care.
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Medical therapies and invasive treatments for coronary artery disease by body mass: the "obesity paradox" in the Get With The Guidelines database.
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Medical utilization and cost outcomes for poststroke veterans who receive assistive technology devices from the Veterans Health Administration.
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Medicare HMO penetration and mortality outcomes of ischemic stroke.
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Medicare claims indicators of healthcare utilization differences after hospitalization for ischemic stroke: Race, gender, and caregiving effects.
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Medicare prospective payment and posthospital transfers to subacute care.
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Medicare prospective payment and the use of medical technologies in hospitals.
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Medicare's 3-Day Rule: Time for a Rethink.
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Melatonin and melatonin-receptor agonists to prevent delirium in hospitalized older adults: An umbrella review.
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Meta-analysis of Timing for Microsurgical Free-Flap Reconstruction for Lower Limb Injury: Evaluation of the Godina Principles.
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Metabolomic Fingerprinting of Infants Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Changes in Metabolic Pathways and Association With Mortality and Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay.
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Midterm results with thoracic endovascular aortic repair for chronic type B aortic dissection with associated aneurysm.
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Milrinone use is associated with postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery.
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Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy for Cancer: Short-Term Oncologic Outcomes in 1,733 Patients.
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Minimally Invasive Surgery for Mild-to-Moderate Adult Spinal Deformities: Impact on Intensive Care Unit and Hospital Stay.
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Minimally Invasive Surgery vs Device Closure for Atrial Septal Defects: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
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Minimally Invasive Versus Open Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: A Population-Based Analysis.
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Minimally invasive gastrectomy for gastric cancer: A national perspective on oncologic outcomes and overall survival.
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Modeling Emergency Department crowding: Restoring the balance between demand for and supply of emergency medicine.
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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.
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Morbidity of anastomotic leaks in patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
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Morbidity, mortality, and health care costs for patients undergoing spine surgery following the ACGME resident duty-hour reform: Clinical article.
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Morphine vs Methadone Treatment for Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome.
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Morphometric age and surgical risk.
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Mortality and neurodevelopmental outcome after Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in infants.
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Mortality, length of hospitalization, and costs associated with invasive fungal infections in high-risk patients.
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Mortality, morbidity, and cost associated with febrile neutropenia in adult cancer patients.
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Most Common Causes of Hospitalization Associated with Inpatient Mortality in the United States Between 2005-2018.
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Multi-institutional comparison of helicopter transfers directly to the operating room versus the pit stop in the emergency department.
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Multicenter Study of the Treatment of Appendicitis in America: Acute, Perforated, and Gangrenous (MUSTANG), an EAST Multicenter Study.
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Multicenter evaluation of the clinical utility of laparoscopy-assisted ERCP in patients with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
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Multiple nosocomial infections. An incidence study.
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Musculoskeletal Injuries and Outcomes Pre- and Post- Emergency Medicine Training Program.
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Myocardial infarction following coronary artery bypass graft surgery increases healthcare resource utilization.
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Naproxen as prophylaxis against atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: the NAFARM randomized trial.
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National inpatient complications and outcomes after surgery for spinal metastasis from 1993-2002.
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National trends and predictors of mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction.
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National trends in spinal arteriovenous malformations.
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National trends in vertebral augmentation procedures for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures.
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National trends, complications, and outcomes following transsphenoidal surgery for Cushing's disease from 1993 to 2002.
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Nationwide trends and outcomes associated with neoadjuvant therapy in pancreatic cancer: An analysis of 18 243 patients.
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Native valve infective endocarditis in elderly and younger adult patients: comparison of clinical features and outcomes with use of the Duke criteria.
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Near-miss maternal mortality: cardiac dysfunction as the principal cause of obstetric intensive care unit admissions.
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Neural tube defects in Uganda: follow-up outcomes from a national referral hospital.
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Neurointerventional procedures for unruptured intracranial aneurysms under procedural sedation and local anesthesia: a large-volume, single-center experience.
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Next-day discharge after minimally invasive partial nephrectomy: an analysis of the US National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.
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Nicotine for postoperative analgesia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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No Changes in Patient Selection and Value-Based Metrics for Total Hip Arthroplasty After Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Bundle Implementation at a Single Center.
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No association between donor age and recipient outcomes: transfusion of plasma in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.
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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.
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Non-English Primary Language Is Associated with Short-Term Outcomes After Supratentorial Tumor Resection.
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Nonoperative Management in Neurologically Intact Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures: Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes.
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Nosocomial infection rate as a function of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 status in hemophiliacs.
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Nosocomial infections in the elderly. Increased risk per hospital day.
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Nosocomial methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus primary bacteremia: at what costs?
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Novel Preoperative Patient-centered Surgical Wellness Program Impacts Length of Stay Following Pancreatectomy.
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Number of Ribs Resected is Associated with Respiratory Complications Following Lobectomy with en bloc Chest Wall Resection.
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Number of rib fractures thresholds independently predict worse outcomes in older patients with blunt trauma.
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Nurse staffing and patient care costs in acute inpatient nursing units.
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Nursing home length of stay and spenddown in Connecticut, 1977-1986.
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Obesity and 30-Day Outcomes Following Minimally Invasive Nephrectomy.
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Obesity and Outcomes Following Cardiogenic Shock Requiring Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support.
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Occurrence and complications of tracheal reintubation in critically ill adults.
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Occurrence of Symptomatic Hypotension in Patients Undergoing Breast Free Flaps: Is Enhanced Recovery after Surgery to Blame?
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One-year Surgical Outcomes and Costs for Medicaid Versus Non-Medicaid Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A Single-Center Study.
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One-year results from the first US-based enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery (ERAS Cardiac) program.
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One-year trajectories of care and resource utilization for recipients of prolonged mechanical ventilation: a cohort study.
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Operative fixation of rib fractures after blunt trauma: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
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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.
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Opioid tolerance--a predictor of increased length of stay and higher readmission rates.
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Opioid-Based Analgesia: Impact on Total Joint Arthroplasty.
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Optimising outcomes: socioeconomic perspective.
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Optimizing Intraoperative Fluid Replacement for Patients Receiving Mannitol During Neurosurgical Procedures: A Quality Improvement Initiative.
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Orbital fractures: national inpatient trends and complications.
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Osteocel Plus cellular allograft in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: evaluation of clinical and radiographic outcomes from a prospective multicenter study.
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Outcome after regional anaesthesia in the ambulatory setting--is it really worth it?
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Outcome analysis of patients with acute pancreatitis by using an artificial neural network.
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Outcome based comparison of surgical approaches for pediatric pyeloplasty: dorsal lumbar versus flank incision.
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Outcome of acute myocardial infarction according to the specialty of the admitting physician.
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Outcome of extremely preterm infants (<1,000 g) with congenital heart defects from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network.
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Outcome of lung transplant patients admitted to the medical ICU.
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Outcomes after Ventral Hernia Repair Using the Rives-Stoppa, Endoscopic, and Open Component Separation Techniques.
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Outcomes after regional anesthesia.
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Outcomes following acute exacerbation of severe chronic obstructive lung disease. The SUPPORT investigators (Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments).
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Outcomes following interventions in small coronary arteries with the use of hand-crimped Palmaz-Schatz stents.
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Outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve replacement in the United States.
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Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery Who Decline Transfusion and Received Erythropoietin Compared to Patients Who Did Not: A Matched Cohort Study.
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Outcomes of COPD Patients with Flame Burn and Inhalation Injuries at a Single Institution.
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Outcomes of Children With Critical Bronchiolitis Living in Poor Communities.
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Outcomes of Children With Critical Bronchiolitis Meeting at Risk for Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Criteria.
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Outcomes of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Patients Supported with a Left Ventricular Assist Device.
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Outcomes of Staphylococcus aureus infection in hemodialysis-dependent patients.
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Outcomes of bariatric surgery in patients > or =65 years.
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Outcomes of cholecystectomy in US heart transplant recipients.
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Outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery in 24,461 patients aged 80 years or older.
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Outcomes of early extubation after bypass surgery in the elderly.
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Outcomes of inpatients with and without sickle cell disease after high-volume surgical procedures.
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Outcomes of invasive mechanical ventilation in children and adolescents hospitalized due to status asthmaticus in United States: a population based study.
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Outcomes of laparoscopic resection of Meckel's diverticulum are equivalent to open laparotomy.
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Outcomes of off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: Impact of preoperative risk.
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Outcomes of surgical revascularization for lower extremity arterial thromboembolism in patients with advanced malignancy.
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Outcomes of video-assisted thoracoscopic decortication.
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Outcomes with an alternate list strategy for heart transplantation.
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Outpatient Total Joint Arthroplasty: The New Reality.
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Outpatient consolidation treatment with clofarabine in a phase 2 study of older adult patients with previously untreated acute myelogenous leukemia.
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Overcoming a travel burden to high-volume centers for treatment of retroperitoneal sarcomas is associated with improved survival.
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Overcoming challenges to enteral nutrition delivery in critical care.
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Paget's Disease in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty Is Associated With Greater In-Hospital Lengths of Stay, Costs, and Complications.
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Paravertebral Block for Inguinal Herniorrhaphy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
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Parenchymal-Sparing Versus Anatomic Liver Resection for Colorectal Liver Metastases: a Systematic Review.
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Parent-child interaction and attention regulation in children born prematurely.
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Parenteral glutamine supplementation in critical illness: a systematic review.
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Partial and radical nephrectomy in children, adolescents, and young adults: Equivalent readmissions and postoperative complications.
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Partial and transitional atrioventricular septal defect outcomes.
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Pathophysiology and Pathology of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients With COVID-19.
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Patient Blood Management: The Forgotten Element of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Programs.
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Patient Body Mass Index is an Independent Predictor of 30-Day Hospital Readmission After Elective Spine Surgery.
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Patient and hospital characteristics associated with traditional measures of inpatient quality of care for patients with heart failure.
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Patient expectation is the most important predictor of discharge destination after primary total joint arthroplasty.
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Patient journey after admission for acute heart failure: length of stay, 30-day readmission and 90-day mortality.
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Patient selection and outcomes of laparoscopic transabdominal versus posterior retroperitoneal adrenalectomy among surgeons in the Collaborative Endocrine Surgery Quality Improvement Program (CESQIP).
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Patient, physician, and procedural factors influencing the use of defibrillation testing during initial implantable cardioverter defibrillator insertion: findings from the NCDR®.
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Patients at Risk for Exceeding CJR Cost Targets After Total Ankle Arthroplasty.
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Patterns of Use and Short-Term Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Surgery for Malignant Pheochromocytoma: A Population-Level Study.
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Patterns of inpatient care for prostate cancer in men with spina bifida.
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Pectoralis major myocutaneous flap vs revascularized free tissue transfer: complications, gastrostomy tube dependence, and hospitalization.
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Pediatric median arcuate ligament syndrome: surgical outcomes and quality of life.
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Pediatric tracheostomies: a recent experience from one academic center.
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Percent body fat more associated with perioperative risks after total joint arthroplasty than body mass index.
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Percutaneous Cholecystostomy in Acute Cholecystitis-Predictors of Recurrence and Interval Cholecystectomy.
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Percutaneous lithotripsy in morbid obesity.
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Performance status and outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting in persons aged 80 to 93 years.
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Performance-based outcomes of inpatient rehabilitation facilities treating hip fracture patients in the United States.
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Perioperative Care Implementation: Evidence-Based Practice for Patients With Pancreaticoduodenectomy Using the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Guidelines 
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Perioperative Complications in Minimally Invasive Sacrocolpopexy Versus Transvaginal Mesh in the Management of Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Analysis of a National Multi-institutional Dataset.
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Perioperative Fluid Utilization Variability and Association With Outcomes: Considerations for Enhanced Recovery Efforts in Sample US Surgical Populations.
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Perioperative Optimization of Geriatric Lower Extremity Bypass in the Era of Increased Performance Accountability.
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Perioperative Outcomes and Management in Pediatric Complex Cranial Vault Reconstruction: A Multicenter Study from the Pediatric Craniofacial Collaborative Group.
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Perioperative Outcomes and Surgical Case Volume in Pediatric Complex Cranial Vault Reconstruction: A Multicenter Observational Study From the Pediatric Craniofacial Collaborative Group.
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Perioperative characteristics and complications in obese patients undergoing anterior cervical fusion surgery.
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Perioperative complications influence recurrence and survival after resection of hepatic colorectal metastases.
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Perioperative management for orthopaedic patients with sickle cell anaemia.
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Perioperative methylprednisolone and outcome in neonates undergoing heart surgery.
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Perioperative outcomes among patients with end-stage renal disease following coronary artery bypass surgery in the USA.
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Perioperative outcomes of robotically assisted hysterectomy for benign cases with complex pathology.
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Perioperative use of dexmedetomidine is associated with decreased incidence of ventricular and supraventricular tachyarrhythmias after congenital cardiac operations.
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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.
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Physician payment for 2007: a description of the process by which major changes in valuation of cardiothoracic surgical procedures occurred.
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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.
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Physician-diagnosed depression as a correlate of hospitalizations in patients receiving long-term hemodialysis.
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Platelet transfusion increases risk for acute respiratory distress syndrome in non-massively transfused blunt trauma patients.
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Polymicrobial Infections in Hip Arthroplasty: Lower Treatment Success Rate, Increased Surgery, and Longer Hospitalization.
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Possible Implications for Bundled Payment Models of Comorbidities and Complications as Drivers of Cost in Total Ankle Arthroplasty.
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Post-myocardial infarction risk stratification in elderly patients.
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Post-operative delirium is an independent predictor of 30-day hospital readmission after spine surgery in the elderly (≥65years old): A study of 453 consecutive elderly spine surgery patients.
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Postendarterectomy mortality in octogenarians and nonagenarians in the USA from 1993 to 1999.
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Postoperative Pulmonary Complications, Early Mortality, and Hospital Stay Following Noncardiothoracic Surgery: A Multicenter Study by the Perioperative Research Network Investigators.
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Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Undergoing Abdominal Surgery for IBD: A Common but Rarely Addressed Problem.
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Postoperative antibiotic therapy for children with perforated appendicitis: long course of intravenous antibiotics versus early conversion to an oral regimen.
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Postoperative complications and overall survival after pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
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Postoperative delirium: etiology and management.
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Postoperative management and restrictions for female pelvic surgery: a systematic review.
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Postoperative morbidity and mortality following total knee arthroplasty with computer navigation.
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Postoperative spinal fusion care in pediatric patients: Co-management decreases length of stay.
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Postoperative surgical site infections in patients undergoing spinal tumor surgery: incidence and risk factors.
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Practice pattern variability for myocardial revascularization: impact on resource use across 24 centers.
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Practice patterns and clinical outcomes after hybrid coronary revascularization in the United States: an analysis from the society of thoracic surgeons adult cardiac database.
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Pre-discharge prognostic factors of physical function among older adults with hip fracture surgery: a systematic review.
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Pre-operative homocysteine levels and morbidity and mortality following cardiac surgery.
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Pre-transplant weight loss and clinical outcomes after lung transplantation.
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Precipitating Clinical Factors, Heart Failure Characterization, and Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure With Reduced, Borderline, and Preserved Ejection Fraction.
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Predicting Inpatient Dissatisfaction Following Total Joint Arthroplasty: An Analysis of 3,593 Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey Responses.
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Predicting Length of Hospice Stay: An Application of Quantile Regression.
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Predicting Short-Term Outcome After Surgery for Primary Spinal Tumors Based on Patient Frailty.
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Predicting extended operative time and length of inpatient stay in cervical deformity corrective surgery.
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Predicting in-hospital length of stay: a two-stage modeling approach to account for highly skewed data.
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Predicting non-home discharge in epithelial ovarian cancer patients: External validation of a predictive model.
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Predicting the Risk of Readmission From Dehydration After Ileostomy Formation: The Dehydration Readmission After Ileostomy Prediction Score.
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Predicting time to hospital discharge for extremely preterm infants.
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Predictive Modeling of Length of Hospital Stay Following Adult Spinal Deformity Correction: Analysis of 653 Patients with an Accuracy of 75% within 2 Days.
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Predictors and Associations With Outcomes of Length of Hospital Stay in Patients With Acute Heart Failure: Results From VERITAS.
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Predictors and clinical outcomes of permanent pacemaker implantation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: the PARTNER (Placement of AoRtic TraNscathetER Valves) trial and registry.
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Predictors of Hospitalization, Length of Stay, and Cost of Care Among Adults With Dermatomyositis in the United States.
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Predictors of Increased Length of Hospital Stay Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.
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Predictors of Unplanned Hospitalizations Among Older Adults Receiving Cancer Chemotherapy.
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Predictors of an inadequate defibrillation safety margin at ICD implantation: insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry.
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Predictors of clinical outcomes in the laparoscopic management of adnexal masses.
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Predictors of costs of caring for elderly patients discharged with heart failure.
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Predictors of extraventricular drain-associated bacterial ventriculitis.
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Predictors of hospital length of stay in heart failure: findings from Get With the Guidelines.
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Predictors of intensive care unit length of stay and intracranial pressure in severe traumatic brain injury.
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Predictors of length of hospital stay in elderly hip fracture patients.
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Predictors of mortality, hospital utilization, and the role of race in outcomes in head and neck trauma.
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Predictors of nosocomial bloodstream infections in older adults.
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Predictors of outcome in nursing homes.
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Predictors of perioperative complications in paediatric cranial vault reconstruction surgery: a multicentre observational study from the Pediatric Craniofacial Collaborative Group.
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Predictors of prolonged length of stay after lobectomy for lung cancer: a Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database risk-adjustment model.
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Predictors of ventriculostomy infection in a large single-center cohort.
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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.
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Preemptive Oral Acetaminophen for Women Undergoing Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy.
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Prehospital electrocardiograms (ECGs) do not improve the process of emergency department care in hospitals with higher usage of ECGs in non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients.
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Preoperative Hemoglobin Level is Associated with Increased Health Care Use After Elective Spinal Fusion (≥3 Levels) in Elderly Male Patients with Spine Deformity.
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Preoperative Hypoalbuminemia Predicts Poor Short-term Outcomes for Hip Fracture Surgery.
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Preoperative Nutrition Consults Associated with Decreased Postoperative Complication Rate and Decreased Length of Hospital Stay After Spine Metastasis Surgery.
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Preoperative Renal Insufficiency: Underreporting and Association With Readmission and Major Postoperative Morbidity in an Academic Medical Center.
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Preoperative anti-PF4/heparin antibody level predicts adverse outcome after cardiac surgery.
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Preoperative biological therapy and short-term outcomes of abdominal surgery in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
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Preoperative experience for public hospital patients with gynecologic cancer: Do structural barriers widen the gap?
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Preoperative pain level and patient expectation predict hospital length of stay after total hip arthroplasty.
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Preoperative predictors of extended hospital length of stay following total knee arthroplasty.
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Prescribing of potentially harmful drugs to patients admitted to hospital after head injury.
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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.
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Presence of gingivitis and periodontitis significantly increases hospital charges in patients undergoing heart valve surgery.
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Presentation and management of gastrointestinal stromal tumors of the duodenum: a multi-institutional analysis.
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Preterm infants born at less than 31 weeks' gestation have improved growth in cycled light compared with continuous near darkness.
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Pretransfer computed tomography delays arrival to definitive care without affecting pediatric trauma outcomes.
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Prevalence and outcomes of same-day discharge after elective percutaneous coronary intervention among older patients.
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Prevalence and repair of intraoperatively diagnosed patent foramen ovale and association with perioperative outcomes and long-term survival.
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Prevalence estimates and outcomes of mental health conditions in those hospitalized owing to dental conditions.
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Prognosis for psychophysiologic disorders in the naval service.
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Program Evaluation of an Early Nurse Intervention Team.
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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.
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Prolonged hospital stay for extremely premature infants: risk factors, center differences, and the impact of mortality on selecting a best-performing center.
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Promoting Early Mobility in Patients After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: An Evidence-Based Protocol.
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Propensity matched comparison of outcomes in older and younger patients after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
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Prophylactic Drainage after Appendectomy for Perforated Appendicitis in Adults: A Post Hoc Analysis of an EAST Multi-Center Study.
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Prospective evaluation of beta-blocker use at the time of hospital discharge as a heart failure performance measure: results from OPTIMIZE-HF.
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Prospective evaluation of pain medication requirements and recovery after radical perineal prostatectomy.
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Prospective payment and psychiatric discharges from general hospitals with and without psychiatric units.
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Prospective pilot study of living kidney donor decision-making and outcomes.
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Prospective randomized study evaluating a biodegradable polymeric sealant for sealing intraoperative air leaks that occur during pulmonary resection.
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Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Comparison of Bupivacaine versus Liposomal Bupivacaine for Pain Management after Unilateral Delayed Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Free Flap Reconstruction.
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Prospective, randomized trial comparing shock wave lithotripsy and ureteroscopy for lower pole caliceal calculi 1 cm or less.
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Protective effects of ischemic preconditioning for liver resection performed under inflow occlusion in humans.
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Protocol versus ad libitum feeds after laparoscopic pyloromyotomy: a prospective randomized trial.
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Provider Volume of Total Knee Arthroplasties and Patient Outcomes in the HCUP-Nationwide Inpatient Sample.
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Provider-level effects on psychiatric inpatient length of stay for youth with mental health and substance abuse disorders.
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Psychiatric co-morbidities and patients with head and spinal cord trauma. Effects on acute hospital care.
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Pulmonary segmentectomy by thoracotomy or thoracoscopy: reduced hospital length of stay with a minimally-invasive approach.
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Quality improvement initiative to improve inpatient outcomes for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome.
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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).
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Quality of care and outcomes in women hospitalized for heart failure.
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Quality of care for acute coronary syndrome patients with known atherosclerotic disease: results from the Get With the Guidelines Program.
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Race as a predictor of morbidity, mortality, and neurologic events after carotid endarterectomy.
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Race as a predictor of postoperative hospital readmission after spine surgery.
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Race, insurance status, and traumatic brain injury outcomes before and after enactment of the Affordable Care Act.
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Race/ethnicity and socio-economic differences in colorectal cancer surgery outcomes: analysis of the nationwide inpatient sample.
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Racial and gender disparities and the role of primary tumor type on inpatient outcomes following craniotomy for brain metastases.
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Racial differences in mortality among patients with acute ischemic stroke: an observational study.
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Racial differences in the characteristics of patients admitted for acute decompensated heart failure and their relation to outcomes: results from the OPTIME-CHF trial.
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Racial disparities in Medicaid patients after brain tumor surgery.
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Racial disparities in outcomes after spinal cord injury.
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Racial disparities in outcomes of spinal surgery for lumbar stenosis.
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Radiographic and clinical outcomes following single-level anterior cervical discectomy and allograft fusion without plate placement or cervical collar.
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Randomized clinical trial of an emergency department observation syncope protocol versus routine inpatient admission.
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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).
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Rate of instrumentation changes on postoperative and follow-up radiographs after primary complex spinal fusion (five or more levels) for adult deformity correction.
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Rate of pathologic complete response with increased interval between preoperative combined modality therapy and rectal cancer resection.
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Rationale and design of the OPTIME CHF trial: outcomes of a prospective trial of intravenous milrinone for exacerbations of chronic heart failure.
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Rationale and design of the STeroids to REduce Systemic inflammation after infant heart Surgery (STRESS) trial.
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Rationale, study design, and analysis plan of the Alveolar Recruitment for ARDS Trial (ART): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
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Readmission after pancreatic resection: causes and causality pattern.
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Readmission after spinal cord injury: analysis of an institutional cohort of 795 patients.
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Readmissions After Acute Myocardial Infarction: How Often Do Patients Return to the Discharging Hospital?
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Readmissions after cardiac surgery: experience of the National Institutes of Health/Canadian Institutes of Health research cardiothoracic surgical trials network.
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Reamed femoral nailing in patients with multiple injuries. Adverse effects of tourniquet use.
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Reduced length of hospital stay in colorectal surgery after implementation of an enhanced recovery protocol.
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Reducing Hospitalization in Mild Acute Pancreatitis: Results of Long-term Follow-up.
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Reducing Intubation Time in Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients With a Fast-track Extubation Protocol.
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Reduction by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor of fever and neutropenia induced by chemotherapy in patients with small-cell lung cancer.
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Reduction in wound morbidity rates following endoscopic saphenous vein harvest.
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Reduction of pain and nausea after laparoscopic sterilization with bupivacaine, metoclopramide, scopolamine, ketorolac, and gastric suctioning.
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Regional Variations in Rehabilitation Outcomes of Adult Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation Investigation.
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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.
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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.
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Regional versus general anesthesia for carotid endarterectomy: the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program perspective.
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Relation between dose of loop diuretics and outcomes in a heart failure population: results of the ESCAPE trial.
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Relation of Volume Overload to Clinical Outcomes in Acute Heart Failure (From ASCEND-HF).
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Relation of low hemoglobin and anemia to morbidity and mortality in patients hospitalized with heart failure (insight from the OPTIMIZE-HF registry).
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Relationship Among Koenig Depression Scale and Postoperative Outcomes, Ambulation, and Perception of Pain in Elderly Patients (≥65 Years) Undergoing Elective Spinal Surgery for Adult Scoliosis.
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Relationship Between Adverse Tracheal Intubation Associated Events and PICU Outcomes.
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Relationship between early physician follow-up and 30-day readmission among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for heart failure.
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Relationship between provider volume and outcomes for orthotopic liver transplantation.
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Relationship between race and mortality and morbidity after valve replacement surgery.
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Relationship of preoperative antiendotoxin core antibodies and adverse outcomes following cardiac surgery.
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Relationship of vitamin D deficiency to clinical outcomes in critically ill patients.
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Relaxation therapy reduces anxiety in child and adolescent psychiatric patients.
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Reliability and validity of a new five-level triage instrument.
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Reoperations for pediatric and congenital heart disease: an analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) congenital heart surgery database.
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Representativeness of the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Registry: comparison of patient and hospital characteristics among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with ischemic stroke.
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Rescue therapy in adult and pediatric patients with pH1N1 influenza infection: a tertiary center intensive care unit experience from April to October 2009.
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Resident involvement and experience do not affect perioperative complications following robotic prostatectomy.
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Resource use in the last 6 months of life among medicare beneficiaries with heart failure, 2000-2007.
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Resource use in the last 6 months of life among patients with heart failure in Canada.
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Resource use trajectories for aged medicare beneficiaries with complex coronary conditions.
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Restrictive versus liberal red blood cell transfusion for cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
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Results of the modified bi-pectoral muscle flap procedure for post-sternotomy deep wound infection.
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Retinopathy of prematurity in the United States.
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Retransplantation in the diabetic patient with a pancreas allograft.
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Retropharyngeal and Parapharyngeal Abscesses Among Children and Adolescents in the United States: Epidemiology and Management Trends, 2003-2012.
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Retrospective analysis of culture-negative versus culture-positive postoperative spinal infections.
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Review of literature on aftercare services among children and adolescents.
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Rib Fracture Location Should Be Evaluated When Predicting Morbidity and Mortality in Trauma Patients.
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Rib fracture stabilization in patients sustaining blunt chest injury.
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Right heart dysfunction after left ventricular assist device implantation: a comparison of the pulsatile HeartMate I and axial-flow HeartMate II devices.
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Rising rates of surgery among the elderly.
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Risk Factors and In-Hospital Outcomes following Tracheostomy in Infants.
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Risk Factors for Delayed Discharge and Adverse Outcomes Following Outpatient Billed Total Knee Arthroplasty.
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Risk Factors for Mortality in Pediatric Postsurgical versus Medical Severe Sepsis.
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Risk factors for early unplanned readmission in patients with bipolar disorder: A retrospective observational study.
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Risk factors for in-hospital mortality and prolonged length of stay in older patients with solid tumor malignancies.
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Risk factors for morbidity after lobectomy for lung cancer in elderly patients.
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Risk factors for nosocomial pneumonia: comparing adult critical-care populations.
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Risk factors for prolonged length of stay after the stage 2 procedure in the single-ventricle reconstruction trial.
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Risk factors for prolonged length of stay in patients undergoing surgery for intramedullary spinal cord tumors.
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Risk versus reward: total joint arthroplasty outcomes after various solid organ transplantations.
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Robot-Assisted Retroperitoneal Lymphadenectomy in Testicular Cancer Treatment: A Systematic Review.
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Robotic Liver Resection: A Case-Matched Comparison.
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Robotic Low Anterior Resection for Rectal Cancer: A National Perspective on Short-term Oncologic Outcomes.
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Robotic Mitral Valve Repair in Older Individuals: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database.
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Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Hysterectomy for Benign Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials.
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Robotic single port cholecystectomy: current data and future perspectives.
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Robotic-Assisted Versus Laparoscopic Colectomy Results in Increased Operative Time Without Improved Perioperative Outcomes.
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Robotic-assisted Roux-en-Y gastric bypass performed in a community hospital setting: the future of bariatric surgery?
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Robotic-assisted hysterectomy for the management of severe endometriosis: a retrospective review of short-term surgical outcomes.
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Robotic-assisted minimally invasive central pancreatectomy: technique and outcomes.
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Role of L-glutamine in critical illness: new insights.
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Role of diabetes type in perioperative outcomes after hip and knee arthroplasty in the United States.
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Role of pretransplant echocardiographic evaluation in predicting outcomes following liver transplantation.
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Routine Intensive Care Unit Admission Following Liver Resection: What Is the Value Proposition?
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Routine nasogastric tubes are not required following cystectomy with urinary diversion: a comparative analysis of 430 patients.
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SICQ Coping and the Health-Related Quality of Life and Recovery of Critically Ill ICU Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study.
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Safety and efficacy of concurrent pediatric spinal cord untethering and deformity correction.
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Safety and efficacy of median sternotomy versus video-assisted thoracic surgery for lung volume reduction surgery.
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Safety and postoperative adverse events in management of acute mastoiditis in children - 30 Day NSQIP outcomes.
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Safety climate, safety climate strength, and length of stay in the NICU.
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Safety in Numbers: Progressive Implementation of a Robotics Program in an Academic Surgical Oncology Practice.
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Safety of immediate transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous breast reconstruction for patients with locally advanced disease.
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Same-Day Discharge After Robotic-Assisted Sacrocolpopexy.
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Same-day discharge among patients undergoing elective PCI: Insights from the VA CART Program.
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Seclusion on an adolescent unit.
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Secondary surgical-site infection after coronary artery bypass grafting: A multi-institutional prospective cohort study.
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Sedation practices in a cohort of critically ill patients receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation.
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Seizure Correlates with Prolonged Hospital Stay, Increased Costs, and Increased Mortality in Nontraumatic Subdural Hematoma.
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Self-Care and Mobility Following Postacute Rehabilitation for Older Adults With Hip Fracture: A Multilevel Analysis.
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Sequential matched analysis of racial disparities in breast cancer hospitalization outcomes among African American and White patients.
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Serelaxin in acute heart failure patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction: results from the RELAX-AHF trial.
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Serelaxin, recombinant human relaxin-2, for treatment of acute heart failure (RELAX-AHF): a randomised, placebo-controlled trial.
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Serious infections among unselected patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with contemporary primary percutaneous coronary intervention.
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Severe Hypocalcemia After Thyroidectomy: An Analysis of 7366 Patients.
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Severity of symptoms in chronically institutionalized geriatric schizophrenic patients.
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Sex differences in early dyspnea relief between men and women hospitalized for acute heart failure: insights from the RELAX-AHF study.
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Sex differences in neurological outcomes and mortality after cardiac surgery: a society of thoracic surgery national database report.
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Shifting Medicare patients out of the hospital.
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Short stay after shoulder arthroplasty does not increase 90-day readmissions in Medicare patients compared with privately insured patients.
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Short- and long-term rehospitalization and mortality for heart failure in 4 racial/ethnic populations.
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Short-Stay Arthroplasty is Not Associated With Increased Risk of 90-Day Hospital Returns.
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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.
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Short-term outcomes of splenectomy avoidance in trauma patients.
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Should health care systems and health care providers implement a new pathway for hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia?
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Significance and Prognostic Value of Red Blood Cell Distribution as a Severity Index for Patients Diagnosed as Having Acute Pancreatitis.
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Simultaneous pancreas/kidney transplantation--a comparison of enteric and bladder drainage of exocrine pancreatic secretions.
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Simultaneous resection for rectal cancer with synchronous liver metastasis is a safe procedure.
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Simultaneous vs staged bilateral total knee arthroplasty among Medicare beneficiaries, 2000-2009.
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Single Incision Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: a Review.
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Single-incision laparoscopic right colectomy: an efficient technique.
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Skin-sparing mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction: a prospective cohort study for the treatment of advanced stages of breast carcinoma.
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Sleep in the Intensive Care Unit: Biological, Environmental, and Pharmacologic Implications for Nurses.
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Sleeve lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer with N1 nodal disease does not compromise survival.
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Socioeconomic Status Affects Outcomes After Severity-Stratified Traumatic Brain Injury.
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Socioeconomic characteristics of pediatric traumatic brain injury patients.
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Socioeconomic trends in hospitalization for multiple sclerosis.
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Socioeconomics affecting quality outcomes in Asian trauma patients within the United States.
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Sodium bicarbonate use and the risk of hypernatremia in thoracic aortic surgical patients with metabolic acidosis following deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.
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Specific Infectious Organisms Associated With Poor Outcomes in Treatment for Hip Periprosthetic Infection.
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Staging of Bilateral Lung Transplantation for High-Risk Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease: One Lung at a Time.
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Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: a pooled analysis of five prospective, observational studies.
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Storage age of transfused platelets and outcomes after cardiac surgery.
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Strategic Patient Discharge: the Case of Long-Term Care Hospitals.
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Strategies of patient care in acute coronary syndromes: rationale for the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) registry.
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Stratification of complexity improves the utility and accuracy of outcomes analysis in a Multi-Institutional Congenital Heart Surgery Database: Application of the Risk Adjustment in Congenital Heart Surgery (RACHS-1) and Aristotle Systems in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Congenital Heart Surgery Database.
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Strict hand hygiene and other practices shortened stays and cut costs and mortality in a pediatric intensive care unit.
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Stroke after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: timing, characteristics, and clinical outcomes.
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Substantial postoperative pain is common among children undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy.
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Successful nonoperative management of the most severe blunt renal injuries: a multicenter study of the research consortium of New England Centers for Trauma.
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Superior in-hospital and 30-day outcomes with abciximab versus eptifibatide: a contemporary analysis of 495 consecutive percutaneous coronary interventions.
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Supplemental Parenteral Nutrition: Review of the Literature and Current Nutrition Guidelines.
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Surgery for colorectal cancer in elderly patients: a systematic review. Colorectal Cancer Collaborative Group.
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Surgery for spinal stenosis: long-term reoperation rates, health care cost, and impact of instrumentation.
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Surgery for the Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients After Skeletal Maturity: Early Versus Late Surgery.
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Surgical Factors and Treatment Severity for Perioperative Complications Predict Hospital Length of Stay in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery.
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Surgical Strategy and Outcomes in Duodenal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor.
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Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation trends and outcomes in North America.
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Surgical approaches for the correction of unstable thoracolumbar burst fractures: a retrospective analysis of treatment outcomes.
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Surgical-site infection due to Staphylococcus aureus among elderly patients: mortality, duration of hospitalization, and cost.
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Survival and health care utilization in elderly medical inpatients with major depression.
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Sustained effectiveness of converting-enzyme inhibition in patients with severe congestive heart failure.
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THE EFFECTS OF PERIOPERATIVE DEXAMETHASONE ON GLYCEMIC CONTROL AND POSTOPERATIVE OUTCOMES.
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Tactile/kinesthetic stimulation effects on preterm neonates.
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Tailoring your heart failure project for success in rural areas.
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Technical complications and durability of hepatic artery infusion pumps for unresectable colorectal liver metastases: an institutional experience of 544 consecutive cases.
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Technical performance score is associated with outcomes after the Norwood procedure.
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Temporal Trends in Incidence and Outcomes of Acute Pancreatitis in Hospitalized Patients in the United States From 2002 to 2013.
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Temporal Trends in the Risk Profile of Patients Undergoing Outpatient Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry's CathPCI Registry.
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Temporal trends in early clinical outcomes and health care resource utilization for liver transplantation in the United States.
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Textbook Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Resection.
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The "Nouvelle Vague" of surgeons in pancreatic surgery: can they rise to the legacy of current surgeons?
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The Association Between Hearing Loss and Surgical Complications in Older Adults.
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The Cost of Intramedullary Nailing Versus Skeletal Traction for Treatment of Femoral Shaft Fractures in Malawi: A Prospective Economic Analysis.
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The Effect of Adductor-Canal-Blockade on Outcome after Medial Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty: A Preliminary Study.
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The Effect of Patient Characteristics on 1 to 2-Year and Minimum 5-Year Outcomes After Total Ankle Arthroplasty.
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The Effect of Transfer on Outcomes in Burns.
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The Emergency Severity Index (version 3) 5-level triage system scores predict ED resource consumption.
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The Impact of Early Epidural Discontinuation on Pain, Opioid Usage, and Length of Stay After Periacetabular Osteotomy.
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The Impact of Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs on Older Adult Trauma Patients With Hip Fractures.
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The Impact of Postoperative Intensive Care Unit Admission on Postoperative Hospital Length of Stay and Costs: A Prespecified Propensity-Matched Cohort Study.
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The Impact of Resident Holdover Admissions on Length of Hospital Stay and Risk of Transfer to an Intensive Care Unit.
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The Impact of an Inpatient Pancreatitis Service and Educational Intervention Program on the Outcome of Acute Pancreatitis.
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The Incidence of Perioperative Adverse Events in the Very Elderly Undergoing Urogynecologic Surgery.
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The Kraske procedure: a critical analysis of a surgical approach for mid-rectal lesions.
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The Medicare Shared Savings Program and Outcomes for Ischemic Stroke Patients: a Retrospective Cohort Study.
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The Michigan Surgical Home and Optimization Program is a scalable model to improve care and reduce costs.
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The Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Determines Clinical Efficacy of Corticosteroid Therapy in Patients with COVID-19.
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The Prevalence and Impact of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Among Patients Undergoing Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease.
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The Quality in Australian Health Care Study.
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The Risk Assessment and Prediction Tool (RAPT) for Discharge Planning in a Posterior Lumbar Fusion Population.
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The Robotic Method of Repairing Dysphagia.
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The Role of Malnutrition in Ninety-Day Outcomes After Total Joint Arthroplasty.
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The Role of Social Support and Psychological Distress in Predicting Discharge: A Pilot Study for Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Patients.
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The Ross procedure: shorter hospital stay, decreased morbidity, and cost effective.
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The Science Behind Mini-Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
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The Vancouver 3M (Multidisciplinary, Multimodality, But Minimalist) Clinical Pathway Facilitates Safe Next-Day Discharge Home at Low-, Medium-, and High-Volume Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Centers: The 3M TAVR Study.
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The addition of interscalene block to general anesthesia for patients undergoing open shoulder procedures.
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The association between cardiac intensive care unit mechanical ventilation volumes and in-hospital mortality.
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The association of chronic lung disease with early mortality and respiratory adverse events after aortic valve replacement.
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The association of complication type with mortality and prolonged stay after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.
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The association of optimism and perceived discrimination with health care utilization in adults with sickle cell disease.
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The burden of acute renal failure in nonrenal solid organ transplantation.
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The burden of non-cardiac comorbidities and association with clinical outcomes in an acute heart failure trial - insights from ASCEND-HF.
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The center volume-outcome effect in pancreas transplantation: a national analysis.
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The challenges of early discharge. Common newborn problems in the first few weeks of life.
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The characteristics and utilization pattern of an admission cohort of nursing home patients (II).
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The characteristics and utilization pattern of an admission cohort of nursing home patients.
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The clinical and prognostic importance of positive blood cultures in adults.
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The colony-stimulating factors: use to prevent and treat neutropenia and its complications.
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The cost of inefficiency in US hospitals, 1985-1997.
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The differential impact of preoperative comorbidity on perioperative outcomes following thoracoscopic and open lobectomies.
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The effect of Medicaid status on weight loss, hospital length of stay, and 30-day readmission after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.
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The effect of neoadjuvant radiation therapy on perioperative outcomes among patients undergoing resection of retroperitoneal sarcomas.
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The effect of surgical site infection on older operative patients.
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The effect of tracheostomy delay time on outcome of patients with prolonged mechanical ventilation: A STROBE-compliant retrospective cohort study.
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The effect of ultrasonic disintegration on the outcome of percutaneous nephrolithotripsy.
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The effectiveness of right heart catheterization in the initial care of critically ill patients. SUPPORT Investigators.
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The effects of state psychiatric hospital waitlist policies on length of stay and time to readmission.
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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.
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The efficacy and safety of the open approach irreversible electroporation in the treatment of pancreatic cancer: A systematic review.
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The epidemiology of chronic critical illness in the United States*.
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The epidemiology of hip fractures across western Victoria, Australia.
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The evaluation of screening methods to identify medically unnecessary hospital stay for patients with pneumonia.
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The experience of patients with ABI and their families during the hospital stay: A systematic review of qualitative literature.
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The general public's concerns about clinical risk in live kidney donation.
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The global health and economic burden of hospitalizations for heart failure: lessons learned from hospitalized heart failure registries.
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The impact of diabetes mellitus and renal insufficiency on the outcome of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
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The impact of diabetes on patient outcomes after ankle fracture.
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The impact of facet dislocation on clinical outcomes after cervical spinal cord injury: results of a multicenter North American prospective cohort study.
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The impact of femoral arterial thrombosis in paediatric cardiac catheterisation: a national study.
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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.
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The impact of glycemic control and diabetes mellitus on perioperative outcomes after total joint arthroplasty.
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The impact of hospital volume on clinical and economic outcomes in ventral hernia repair: an analysis with national policy implications.
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The impact of hyperglycemia and obesity on hospitalization costs and clinical outcome in general surgery patients.
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The impact of minimally invasive parathyroidectomy on the way endocrinologists treat primary hyperparathyroidism.
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The impact of pre-injury controlled substance use on clinical outcomes after trauma.
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The impact of septicemia occurring during hospitalization for renal transplantation procedures on outcomes in adults in United States.
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The impact of statistical adjustment on economic profiles of interventional cardiologists.
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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.
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The impact of surgical-site infections in the 1990s: attributable mortality, excess length of hospitalization, and extra costs.
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The impact of the prospective payment system: perceived changes in the nature of practice and clinical education.
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The impact of urban health insurance reform on hospital charges: a case study from two cities in China.
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The importance of VTE prevention after orthopaedic surgery.
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The importance of initial management in the treatment of severe infectious corneal ulcers.
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The influence of triage systems and triage scores on timeliness of ED analgesic administration.
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The interplay between atrial fibrillation and heart failure on long-term mortality and length of stay: Insights from the, United Kingdom ACALM registry.
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The length-of-stay pattern of nursing home admissions.
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The management of fractures with soft-tissue disruptions.
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The nature and effectiveness of general hospital psychiatric services.
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The preventive surgical site infection bundle in colorectal surgery: an effective approach to surgical site infection reduction and health care cost savings.
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The prognostic importance of different definitions of worsening renal function in congestive heart failure.
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The relationship between workload and length of stay in Singapore.
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The resident as surgeon: an analysis of ACS-NSQIP.
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The risk of risk-adjustment measures for perioperative spine infection after spinal surgery.
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The role of clinical care pathways: an experience with distal pancreatectomy.
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The role of continuous passive motion after total knee arthroplasty.
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The role of laparoscopy in the management of suspected pancreatic and periampullary malignancies.
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The role of radical surgery in the management of radiation recurrent and large volume prostate cancer.
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The safety and versatility of video-thoracoscopy: a prospective analysis of 895 consecutive cases.
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The safety of a pancreaticoduodenectomy in patients older than 80 years: risk vs. benefits.
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The self-reported functional measure: Predictive validity for health care utilization in multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury.
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The significance of atrial fibrillation in patients aged ≥ 55 years undergoing abdominal surgery.
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The structure of critical care transfer networks.
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The surgical intensive care unit optimal mobility score predicts mortality and length of stay.
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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.
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The use of Grade of Membership analysis to evaluate and modify diagnosis-related groups.
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The use of a postoperative morbidity survey to evaluate patients with prolonged hospitalization after routine, moderate-risk, elective surgery.
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The use of acute normovolemic hemodilution in paediatric cardiac surgery.
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The use of patient mix-adjusted control charts to compare in-hospital costs of care.
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The value of patient-reported health status in predicting short-term outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
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Therapeutic use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factors for established febrile neutropenia: effect on costs from a hospital perspective.
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Third prize: the role of endoscopic nephron-sparing surgery in the management of upper tract urothelial carcinoma.
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Thoracoscopic lobectomy: a safe and effective strategy for patients receiving induction therapy for non-small cell lung cancer.
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Thrombocytopenia in hospitalized patients with severe clostridium difficile infection.
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Thrombosis in infants in the neonatal intensive care unit: Analysis of a large national database.
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Thrombotic, infectious, and procedural complications of the jugular bulb catheter in the intensive care unit.
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Time-based risk assessment after myocardial infarction. Implications for timing of discharge and applications to medical decision-making.
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Time: the forgotten outcome.
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Timing and Causes of Readmission After Acute Heart Failure Hospitalization-Insights From the Heart Failure Network Trials.
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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.
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Total ankle arthroplasty and ankle arthrodesis in rheumatic disease patients: An analysis of outcomes and complications using the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database.
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Total robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy: a systematic review of the literature.
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Totally robot-assisted biliary pancreatic diversion with duodenal switch: single dock technique and technical outcomes.
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Towards precision medicine: Accurate predictive modeling of infectious complications in combat casualties.
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Tracheostomy in mechanically ventilated patients: unanswered questions.
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Trainee participation is associated with adverse outcomes in emergency general surgery: an analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database.
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Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement with a Balloon-Expandable Valve in Low-Risk Patients.
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Transfusion dependence, use of hospice services, and quality of end-of-life care in leukemia.
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Transient situational disturbances: course and outcome.
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Transition From an Open to Closed Staffing Model in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Improves Clinical Outcomes.
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Transition of care for acute stroke and myocardial infarction patients: from hospitalization to rehabilitation, recovery, and secondary prevention.
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Transitional care in skilled nursing facilities: a multiple case study.
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Transradial access for carotid artery stenting: a single-center experience.
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Trauma Bay Disposition of Infants and Young Children With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Positive Head Imaging.
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Treating menstruating women with thrombolytic therapy: insights from the global utilization of streptokinase and tissue plasminogen activator for occluded coronary arteries (GUSTO-I) trial.
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Treatment of cervical necrotizing fasciitis with hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
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Treatment of giant hemangiomas of the liver by enucleation.
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Treatment patterns and economic burden of sickle-cell disease patients prescribed hydroxyurea: a retrospective claims-based study.
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Treatment patterns and outcomes for patients with adrenocortical carcinoma associated with hospital case volume in the United States.
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Treatment with tissue plasminogen activator and inpatient mortality rates for patients with ischemic stroke treated in community hospitals.
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Trend and geographic analysis for traumatic brain injury mortality and cost based on MarketScan database.
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Trends and predictors of length of stay after primary percutaneous coronary intervention: a report from the CathPCI registry.
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Trends in Drug Use-Associated Infective Endocarditis and Heart Valve Surgery, 2007 to 2017: A Study of Statewide Discharge Data.
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Trends in Hospice Discharge and Relative Outcomes Among Medicare Patients in the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry.
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Trends in Readmissions and Length of Stay for Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure in Canada and the United States.
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Trends in Use and In-Hospital Outcomes of Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Patients Undergoing Long-Term Dialysis.
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Trends in clinical trials of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes over 15 years.
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Trends in emergency coronary artery bypass grafting after percutaneous coronary intervention, 1994-2003.
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Trends in median, ulnar, radial, and brachioplexus nerve injuries in the United States.
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Trends in physician management of uncomplicated acute myocardial infarction, 1970 to 1987.
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Trends in postoperative length of stay after bypass surgery.
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Trends in the use of total ankle replacement and ankle arthrodesis in the United States Medicare population.
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Trends in utilization of coronary artery bypass surgery and associated outcomes: Alberta, Manitoba, and Nova Scotia.
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Trials of nonoperative management exceeding 3 days are associated with increased morbidity in patients undergoing surgery for uncomplicated adhesive small bowel obstruction.
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Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation Immediately After Heart Transplant and Long-Term Outcomes.
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Triggering management for quality improvement.
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Tuberculosis management continues to utilize a large amount of hospital resources in the United States.
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Two-Year Outcomes of Surgical Treatment of Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation.
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Ultrasound-Accelerated, Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis for Submassive Pulmonary Embolism: Single-Center Retrospective Review with Intermediate-Term Outcomes.
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Understanding the relationship between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Hospital Compare star rating, surgical case volume, and short-term outcomes after major cancer surgery.
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Urgent colonoscopy for evaluation and management of acute lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage: a randomized controlled trial.
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Urinary diversion in patients with spinal cord injury in the United States.
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Urinary tract infection after stroke: A narrative review.
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Use of High-Sensitivity Troponin T to Identify Patients With Acute Heart Failure at Lower Risk for Adverse Outcomes: An Exploratory Analysis From the RELAX-AHF Trial.
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Use of antiarrhythmic drug therapy and clinical outcomes in older patients with concomitant atrial fibrillation and coronary artery disease.
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Use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and associated outcomes in children hospitalized for sepsis in the United States: A large population-based study.
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Use of health services by hospitalized medically ill depressed elderly patients.
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Use of health services by medically ill depressed elderly patients after hospital discharge.
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Use of hospital services, religious attendance, and religious affiliation.
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Use of medical resources and quality of life after acute myocardial infarction in Canada and the United States.
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Use of nitroglycerin by bolus prevents intensive care unit admission in patients with acute hypertensive heart failure.
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Use of paravertebral block anesthesia in the surgical management of breast cancer: experience in 156 cases.
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Use of physical therapy in patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of generalized weakness: a retrospective study.
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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).
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Using diversional activity to enhance coping.
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Using physician claims to identify postoperative complications of carotid endarterectomy.
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Uterine exteriorization versus in situ repair in Cesarean delivery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Utility of concomitant tricuspid valve procedures for patients undergoing implantation of a continuous-flow left ventricular device.
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Utilization of Predictive Modeling to Determine Episode of Care Costs and to Accurately Identify Catastrophic Cost Nonwarranty Outlier Patients in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: A Step Toward Bundled Payments and Risk Sharing.
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Utilization of hospital services: the roles of teaching, case mix, and reimbursement.
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VA Stroke Study: neurologist care is associated with increased testing but improved outcomes.
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VATS lobectomy has better perioperative outcomes than open lobectomy: CALGB 31001, an ancillary analysis of CALGB 140202 (Alliance).
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Vaginal delivery from the persistent occiput posterior position. Influence on maternal and neonatal morbidity.
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Vagotomy/drainage is superior to local oversew in patients who require emergency surgery for bleeding peptic ulcers.
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Validation of the perioperative nutrition screen for prediction of postoperative outcomes.
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Variability in Standard Outcomes of Posterior Lumbar Fusion Determined by National Databases.
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Variability in cost of coronary bypass surgery in New York State: potential for cost savings.
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Variability in determining sepsis time zero and bundle compliance rates for the centers for medicare and medicaid services SEP-1 measure.
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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.
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Variation in the use of laparoscopy with inguinal hernia repairs in a sample of pediatric patients at children's hospitals.
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Variation in warfarin thromboprophylaxis after mitral valve repair: does equipoise exist and is a randomized trial warranted?
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Variations in and correlates of length of stay in academic hospitals among patients with heart failure resulting from systolic dysfunction.
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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.
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Vascular access site complications after percutaneous coronary intervention with abciximab in the Evaluation of c7E3 for the Prevention of Ischemic Complications (EPIC) trial.
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Venous thromboembolism after thoracic/thoracolumbar spinal fusion.
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Vestibular schwannoma surgical volume and short-term outcomes in Maryland.
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Video-assisted thoracic surgery in the elderly. A review of 307 cases.
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Vitamin D has no impact on outcomes after HSCT in children-A retrospective study.
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Volume-outcome relationship in adrenal surgery: A review of existing literature.
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Weaning of Moderately Preterm Infants from the Incubator to the Crib: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
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Weekend hospital admission and discharge for heart failure: association with quality of care and clinical outcomes.
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What are the risk factors of hospital length of stay in the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) patients? A survival analysis in southwest China.
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What do we know about the safe surgery checklist now?
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What is different about patients with hematologic malignancies? A retrospective cohort study of cancer patients referred to a hospice research network.
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What is the role of timing in the surgical and rehabilitative care of community-dwelling older persons with acute hip fracture?
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What length of hospice use maximizes reduction in medical expenditures near death in the US Medicare program?
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What's One More Day?
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Which Patients Require Extended Thromboprophylaxis After Colectomy? Modeling Risk and Assessing Indications for Post-discharge Pharmacoprophylaxis.
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Why has hospital length of stay declined? An evaluation of alternative theories.
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Women undergoing aortic surgery are at higher risk for unplanned readmissions compared with men especially when discharged home.
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Working memory and schizophrenia: evidence for slowed encoding.
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Worse outcomes for patients undergoing brain tumor and cerebrovascular procedures following the ACGME resident duty-hour restrictions.
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Worse outcomes in patients undergoing urgent surgery for left-sided diverticulitis admitted on weekends vs weekdays: a population-based study of 31 832 patients.
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Worsening heart failure, a critical event during hospital admission for acute heart failure: results from the VERITAS study.
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Worsening renal function during decongestion among patients hospitalized for heart failure: Findings from the Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Effectiveness (ESCAPE) trial.
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Keywords of People
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Berchuck, Andrew,
James M. Ingram Distinguished Professor of Gynecologic Oncology,
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology
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Curtis, Lesley H.,
Professor in Population Health Sciences,
Medicine, General Internal Medicine
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Gallagher, David Michael,
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Medicine, General Internal Medicine
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Grambow, Steven C.,
Associate Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics,
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
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Jowell, Paul Simon,
Professor of Medicine,
Medicine, Gastroenterology
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Laskowitz, Daniel Todd,
Professor of Neurology,
Duke Science & Society
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McConnell, Eleanor Schildwachter,
Associate Professor in the School of Nursing,
School of Nursing
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Middleton, John Paul,
Professor of Medicine,
Medicine, Nephrology
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Milano, Carmelo Alessio,
Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Distinguished Professor of Experimental Surgery,
Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
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O'Connor, Christopher Michael,
Richard Sean Stack, M.D. Distinguished Professor,
Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology
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Preminger, Glenn Michael,
James F. Glenn, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Urology,
Surgery, Urology
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Reed, Shelby Derene,
Professor in Population Health Sciences,
Duke Science & Society
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Tsalik, Ephraim,
Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine,
Medicine, Infectious Diseases