Association between time to source control in sepsis and 90-day mortality
Importance Rapid source control is recommended to improve patient outcomes in sepsis.
Yet there are few data to guide how rapidly source control is required. Objective To …
Yet there are few data to guide how rapidly source control is required. Objective To …
National trends in robotic pancreas surgery
Background Robotic pancreatic surgery is expanding throughout centers across the country.
We investigated national trends in the use and outcomes for robotic-assisted …
We investigated national trends in the use and outcomes for robotic-assisted …
Is long travel distance a barrier to surgical cancer care in the United States? A systematic review
Background Travel distance to surgical cancer care is increasing. The relationship between
increased travel distance and receipt of surgical cancer care in the United States is not well …
increased travel distance and receipt of surgical cancer care in the United States is not well …
How referring providers choose specialists for their patients: a systematic review
CB Finn, JK Tong, HE Alexander, C Wirtalla… - Journal of General …, 2022 - Springer
Background Physician referrals are a critical step in directing patients to high-quality
specialists. Despite efforts to encourage referrals to high-volume hospitals, many patients …
specialists. Despite efforts to encourage referrals to high-volume hospitals, many patients …
Outcomes for high-risk surgical procedures across high-and low-competition hospital markets
SR Thumma, SHA Dualeh, NJ Kunnath… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Maintaining competition among hospitals is increasingly seen as important to
achieving high-quality outcomes. Whether or not there is an association between hospital …
achieving high-quality outcomes. Whether or not there is an association between hospital …
European Respiratory Society guideline on various aspects of quality in lung cancer care
This European Respiratory Society guideline is dedicated to the provision of good quality
recommendations in lung cancer care. All the clinical recommendations contained were …
recommendations in lung cancer care. All the clinical recommendations contained were …
Impact of two waves of Sars‐Cov2 outbreak on the number, clinical presentation, care trajectories and survival of patients newly referred for a colorectal cancer: a …
The SARS‐Cov2 may have impaired care trajectories, patient overall survival (OS), tumor
stage at initial presentation for new colorectal cancer (CRC) cases. This study aimed at …
stage at initial presentation for new colorectal cancer (CRC) cases. This study aimed at …
Association of textbook outcome and surgical case volume with long-term survival in patients undergoing surgical resection for pancreatic cancer
R Kalagara, A Norain, YH Chang… - Journal of the …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Current literature has identified textbook outcome (TO) as a quality metric
after cancer surgery. We studied whether TO after pancreatic resection has a stronger …
after cancer surgery. We studied whether TO after pancreatic resection has a stronger …
Association of social vulnerability with the use of high-volume and Magnet recognition hospitals for hepatopancreatic cancer surgery
Background In an effort to improve perioperative and oncologic outcomes, there have been
multiple quality improvement initiatives, including regionalization of high-risk procedures …
multiple quality improvement initiatives, including regionalization of high-risk procedures …
Type A aortic dissection: optimal annual case volume for surgery
MJ Kawczynski, SMJ van Kuijk… - European Heart …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims The current study proposes a novel volume–outcome (V–O)
meta-analytical approach to determine the optimal annual hospital case volume threshold …
meta-analytical approach to determine the optimal annual hospital case volume threshold …