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Autor:
Hugh Mackenzie, Tom Wiggins, Alan Askari, S. M. Griffin, J D Birkmeyer, Alan Karthikesalingam, George B. Hanna, O D Faiz, Sheraz R. Markar
Publikováno v:
The British journal of surgery. 105(1)
Background In England in 2001 oesophagogastric cancer surgery was centralized. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether centralization of oesophagogastric cancer to high-volume centres has had an effect on mortality from different emergency uppe
Autor:
J D, Birkmeyer
Publikováno v:
The British journal of surgery. 99(11)
Publikováno v:
Effective clinical practice : ECP. 4(5)
Angioplasty and stent placement for peripheral arterial occlusive disease has traditionally been performed by radiologists and surgeons. However, cardiologists have recently begun to perform these procedures. It is unknown whether this has affected h
Autor:
E V, Finlayson, J D, Birkmeyer
Publikováno v:
Effective clinical practice : ECP. 4(4)
For patients considering elective major surgery, information about operative mortality risks is essential for careful decision making. Because available information is often limited to educated guesses or optimistic data from case series, we examined
Autor:
J L, Cronenwett, J D, Birkmeyer
Publikováno v:
Cardiovascular surgery (London, England). 8(6)
Autor:
M P, Young, J D, Birkmeyer
Publikováno v:
Effective clinical practice : ECP. 3(6)
Because of evidence suggesting that outcomes are better in "intensivist-model" intensive care units (ICUs), the Leapfrog Group's hospital safety standards propose that ICUs be managed by critical care physicians (intensivists) who work exclusively in
Publikováno v:
Effective clinical practice : ECP. 2(6)
Given the strong "volume-outcome" relations observed with many surgical procedures, concentrating surgery in high-volume hospitals could substantially reduce the number of surgical deaths. We explored the potential benefits of regionalizing 10 high-r
Autor:
J D, Birkmeyer
Publikováno v:
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 190(3)
Publikováno v:
The Journal of urology. 163(3)
The value of radical prostatectomy for patients with prostate cancer depends on low morbidity and mortality. We assessed whether patient outcome is associated with how many of these procedures are performed at hospitals yearly.Using the Nationwide In
Publikováno v:
Effective clinical practice : ECP. 2(5)
The incidence of prostate cancer and rates of radical prostatectomy increased sharply in the Medicare population (men older than 65 years of age) after the introduction of prostate-specific antigen screening in the late 1980s.Trends in age-specific r