Journal ArticleJ Vasc Surg · June 27, 2024
OBJECTIVE: The frequency of atherectomy in lower extremity arterial disease has increased substantially over the past several years, specifically in the office-based laboratory (OBL) setting, yet the efficacy compared with other interventions and the conse ...
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Journal ArticleCureus · March 2022
Introduction The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted traditional in-person learning models. Free Open Access Medical (FOAM) education resources naturally filled this void, so we evaluated how medical blog and podcast utilization changed ...
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Journal ArticleEJVES Vasc Forum · 2022
OBJECTIVE: To document the recovery of vascular services in Europe following the first COVID-19 pandemic peak. METHODS: An online structured vascular service survey with repeated data entry between 23 March and 9 August 2020 was carried out. Unit level dat ...
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Journal ArticleJ Vasc Surg · October 2021
OBJECTIVE: Patients without adequate outpatient follow-up often present requiring emergency hemodialysis and then undergo permanent dialysis access placement at a later time. We sought to examine the relationship between type of insurance and whether a pat ...
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Journal ArticleVascular · June 2021
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has made a significant impact on all spheres of society. The objective of this study was to examine the impact of COVID-19 on the practices, finances, and social aspects of Brazilian vascular surgeons' lives. METHODS: This ...
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Journal ArticleAnn Vasc Surg · April 2021
BACKGROUND: The impact of the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic on health care workers has been substantial. However, the impact on vascular surgery (VS) trainees has not yet been determined. The goals of our study were to gauge the impact of COVI ...
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Journal ArticleAnn Surg · April 1, 2021
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the COVER Study is to identify global outcomes and decision making for vascular procedures during the pandemic. BACKGROUND DATA: During its initial peak, there were many reports of delays to vital surgery and the release of several gu ...
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ConferenceJ Vasc Surg · March 2021
BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to unprecedented challenges for health care systems globally. We designed and administered a global survey to examine the effects of COVID-19 on vascular surgeons and explore the COVID-19 ...
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Journal ArticleJ Vasc Surg · March 2021
BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to widespread postponement and cancelation of elective surgeries in the United States. We designed and administered a global survey to examine the impact of COVID-19 on vascular surgeons. ...
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Journal ArticleJ Vasc Surg · October 2020
OBJECTIVE: During the COVID-19 pandemic, central venous access line teams were implemented at many hospitals throughout the world to provide access for critically ill patients. The objective of this study was to describe the structure, practice patterns, a ...
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Journal ArticleAm Surg · February 1, 2020
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is linked to reimbursements and publicly reported metrics. Some hospitals discourage venous duplex ultrasound (VDUS) screening in asymptomatic trauma patients because they often find higher rates of DVT. We aim to evaluate the as ...
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Journal ArticleJ Pancreat Cancer · 2020
Purpose: Our institution's hepatopancreaticobiliary surgery service (HPBS) has demonstrated low rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE). We sought to determine whether the HPBS's regimented multimodal VTE prophylaxis pathway, which includes the use of mechan ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Med Qual · 2019
Hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism (VTE) affects morbidity and mortality and increases health care costs. Poor adherence to recommended prophylaxis may be a potential cause of ongoing events. This study aims to identify institutional adherence rates ...
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Journal ArticleJ Vasc Surg · June 27, 2024
OBJECTIVE: The frequency of atherectomy in lower extremity arterial disease has increased substantially over the past several years, specifically in the office-based laboratory (OBL) setting, yet the efficacy compared with other interventions and the conse ...
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Journal ArticleCureus · March 2022
Introduction The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted traditional in-person learning models. Free Open Access Medical (FOAM) education resources naturally filled this void, so we evaluated how medical blog and podcast utilization changed ...
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Journal ArticleEJVES Vasc Forum · 2022
OBJECTIVE: To document the recovery of vascular services in Europe following the first COVID-19 pandemic peak. METHODS: An online structured vascular service survey with repeated data entry between 23 March and 9 August 2020 was carried out. Unit level dat ...
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Journal ArticleJ Vasc Surg · October 2021
OBJECTIVE: Patients without adequate outpatient follow-up often present requiring emergency hemodialysis and then undergo permanent dialysis access placement at a later time. We sought to examine the relationship between type of insurance and whether a pat ...
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Journal ArticleVascular · June 2021
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has made a significant impact on all spheres of society. The objective of this study was to examine the impact of COVID-19 on the practices, finances, and social aspects of Brazilian vascular surgeons' lives. METHODS: This ...
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Journal ArticleAnn Vasc Surg · April 2021
BACKGROUND: The impact of the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic on health care workers has been substantial. However, the impact on vascular surgery (VS) trainees has not yet been determined. The goals of our study were to gauge the impact of COVI ...
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Journal ArticleAnn Surg · April 1, 2021
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the COVER Study is to identify global outcomes and decision making for vascular procedures during the pandemic. BACKGROUND DATA: During its initial peak, there were many reports of delays to vital surgery and the release of several gu ...
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ConferenceJ Vasc Surg · March 2021
BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to unprecedented challenges for health care systems globally. We designed and administered a global survey to examine the effects of COVID-19 on vascular surgeons and explore the COVID-19 ...
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Journal ArticleJ Vasc Surg · March 2021
BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to widespread postponement and cancelation of elective surgeries in the United States. We designed and administered a global survey to examine the impact of COVID-19 on vascular surgeons. ...
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Journal ArticleJ Vasc Surg · October 2020
OBJECTIVE: During the COVID-19 pandemic, central venous access line teams were implemented at many hospitals throughout the world to provide access for critically ill patients. The objective of this study was to describe the structure, practice patterns, a ...
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Journal ArticleAm Surg · February 1, 2020
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is linked to reimbursements and publicly reported metrics. Some hospitals discourage venous duplex ultrasound (VDUS) screening in asymptomatic trauma patients because they often find higher rates of DVT. We aim to evaluate the as ...
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Journal ArticleJ Pancreat Cancer · 2020
Purpose: Our institution's hepatopancreaticobiliary surgery service (HPBS) has demonstrated low rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE). We sought to determine whether the HPBS's regimented multimodal VTE prophylaxis pathway, which includes the use of mechan ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Med Qual · 2019
Hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism (VTE) affects morbidity and mortality and increases health care costs. Poor adherence to recommended prophylaxis may be a potential cause of ongoing events. This study aims to identify institutional adherence rates ...
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Journal ArticleJ Surg Educ · 2019
OBJECTIVE: We investigated the association of perceived trainee autonomy with patient clinical outcomes following colorectal surgery. DESIGN: This was a prospective multi-institutional study that consisted of surgery trainees completing a survey tool immed ...
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Journal ArticleJ Surg Educ · 2018
OBJECTIVE: To examine resident intraoperative participation, perceived autonomy, and communication patterns between residents and attending surgeons using a novel survey tool. DESIGN: This was a prospective multi-institutional study. Operative residents co ...
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Journal ArticleAnn Surg · December 2017
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to develop a Respiratory Failure Risk Score (RFRS) with good predictability for elective abdominal and vascular patients to be used in the outpatient setting for risk stratification and to guide preoperative pulmonary optimizatio ...
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ConferenceJ Vasc Surg · April 2017
OBJECTIVE: Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a salvage therapy in patients with severe cardiopulmonary failure. Owing to the large size of the cannulas inserted via the femoral vessels (≤24-F) required for adequate oxygenation, thi ...
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Journal ArticleCirc J · January 25, 2017
BACKGROUND: Obesity has been correlated with various adverse events in patients who receive left ventricular assist devices (LVAD). In this study, we sought to further characterize the role of obesity in this patient population.Methods and Results:We perfo ...
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Journal ArticleAnn Transplant · September 8, 2016
BACKGROUND Dual kidney transplantation (DKT) of expanded-criteria donors is a cost-intensive procedure that aims to increase the pool of available deceased organ donors and has demonstrated equivalent outcomes to expanded-criteria single kidney transplanta ...
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Journal ArticleHeart Lung Vessel · 2015
Tracheal injury is a rare but highly morbid complication of endotracheal intubation. Recent reviews have advocated conservative management of these injuries without operative intervention. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation may be a useful tool in non-ope ...
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Journal ArticleCase Rep Pancreat Cancer · 2015
Background: Correct preoperative diagnosis of hepatobiliary disease can be challenging-even with current advances in radiographical imaging, laboratory testing, and endoscopic evaluation. Case presentation 1: A 65-year-old female with painless jaundice and ...
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