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Publikováno v:
Journal of Vascular Surgery. 57:158-164
IntroductionThe American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program ranks hospitals according to risk-adjusted rates of postoperative complications. However, this approach does not consider the severity or number of complicatio
Autor:
Micah E. Girotti, John A. Kern, Gorav Ailawadi, Srijoy Mahapatra, Damien J. LaPar, John P. DiMarco, Brian R. Swenson, James D. Bergin, Cory Maxwell
Publikováno v:
Heart Rhythm. 7:619-625
Cardiac resynchronization therapy using a left ventricular (LV) lead inserted via the coronary sinus (CS) improves symptoms of congestive heart failure, decreases hospitalizations, and improves survival. An epicardial LV lead is often placed surgical
Publikováno v:
The American Surgeon. 75:734-737
The ventriculo-gallbladder (VGB) shunt has been reported on several occasions for the alleviation of ventriculo-peritoneal (VP) –shunt-refractory hydrocephalus. There is little data regarding VGB shunts and a need for delineating appropriate surgic
Autor:
Benjamin B. Peeler, Irving L. Kron, Leo M. Gazoni, John A. Kern, Gorav Ailawadi, Brian R. Swenson, Lynn M. Fedoruk, Micah E. Girotti
Publikováno v:
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 86:77-86
Mitral valve replacement is more frequently performed and perceived to be equivalent to repair in elderly patients, despite the superiority of repair in younger patients. Our objective was to compare mitral repair to replacement in elderly patients a
Publikováno v:
JAMA surgery. 149(8)
Importance With the health policy focus on shifting risk to hospitals and physicians, hospital leaders are increasing efforts to reduce excessive resource use, such as patients with extended length of stay (LOS) after surgery. However, the degree to
Publikováno v:
Annals of surgery. 260(1)
Objective: To determine the relationship between postoperative morbidity and mortality and patients' perspectives of care. Background: Priorities in health care quality research are shifting to place greater emphasis on patient-centered outcomes. Whe
Publikováno v:
Journal of Vascular Surgery. 57(5)
Publikováno v:
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 217(6)
Surgical readmissions will be targeted for reimbursement cuts in the near future. We sought to understand differences between hospitals with high and low readmission rates in a statewide surgical collaborative to identify potential quality improvemen
Publikováno v:
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 218(3)
Background Racial disparities have been described in many surgical outcomes. We sought to examine whether these disparities extend to postoperative readmission rates and whether the disparities are associated with differences in patient mix and/or ho
Autor:
Randall R. De Martino, Justin B. Dimick, Micah E. Girotti, Philip P. Goodney, Benjamin S. Brooke
Publikováno v:
Journal of vascular surgery. 56(2)
The escalating cost burden of hospital readmission has prompted recent nationwide efforts aimed at reducing the incidence of this important quality measure. Because patients undergoing vascular surgery account for a significant proportion of readmiss