Search Results - "ARMOUR FORSE, R"
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Development and Validation of a Bariatric Surgery Morbidity Risk Calculator Using the Prospective, Multicenter NSQIP Dataset
Published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons (01-03-2011)“…Background Although a risk score estimating postoperative mortality for patients undergoing gastric bypass exists, there is none predicting postoperative…”
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Development and Validation of a Risk Calculator Predicting Postoperative Respiratory Failure
Published in Chest (01-11-2011)“…Background Postoperative respiratory failure (PRF) (requiring mechanical ventilation > 48 h after surgery or unplanned intubation within 30 days of surgery) is…”
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Development and Validation of a Risk Calculator for Prediction of Cardiac Risk After Surgery
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (26-07-2011)“…Perioperative myocardial infarction or cardiac arrest is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The Revised Cardiac Risk Index is currently the…”
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Development and Validation of a Bariatric Surgery Mortality Risk Calculator
Published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons (01-06-2012)“…Background While the epidemic of obesity continues to plague America, bariatric surgery is underused due to concerns for surgical risk among patients and…”
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Team training can improve operating room performance
Published in Surgery (01-10-2011)“…Background This study was conducted to determine if team training using a federally sponsored team training program improves operating room (OR) performance…”
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Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and its receptor hnRNP M are mediators of metastasis and the inflammatory response in the liver
Published in Clinical & experimental metastasis (01-12-2011)“…This article discusses the role of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) as a facilitator of the inflammatory response and its effect on colorectal cancer hepatic…”
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Fat Depot–Specific Characteristics Are Retained in Strains Derived From Single Human Preadipocytes
Published in Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) (01-09-2006)“…Fat Depot–Specific Characteristics Are Retained in Strains Derived From Single Human Preadipocytes Tamara Tchkonia 1 , Nino Giorgadze 1 , Tamar Pirtskhalava 1…”
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The effect of Hispanic ethnicity on surgical outcomes: An analysis of the NSQIP database
Published in The American journal of surgery (01-04-2019)“…Existing literature has shown racial/ethnic disparities between white and black surgical populations, however, surgical outcomes for Hispanic patients are…”
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Identification of depot-specific human fat cell progenitors through distinct expression profiles and developmental gene patterns
Published in American journal of physiology: endocrinology and metabolism (01-01-2007)“…Anatomically separate fat depots differ in size, function, and contribution to pathological states, such as the metabolic syndrome. We isolated preadipocytes…”
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Comment on: Prevalence of hiatal hernia in the morbidly obese
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Outcomes after thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy
Published in Head & neck (01-04-2012)“…Background Previous reports on postoperative outcomes following thyroid and parathyroid surgery are limited by relatively small sample size. We report 30‐day…”
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Alcohol withdrawal syndrome in admitted trauma patients
Published in The American journal of surgery (01-11-2014)“…Abstract Background As alcohol use is highly prevalent in trauma patients, we hypothesized that a significant proportion of hospitalized trauma patients would…”
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Fat depot origin affects adipogenesis in primary cultured and cloned human preadipocytes
Published in American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology (01-05-2002)“…Fat distribution varies among individuals with similar body fat content. Innate differences in adipose cell characteristics may contribute because lipid…”
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Predictors of pulmonary complications after bariatric surgery
Published in Surgery for obesity and related diseases (01-09-2012)“…Abstract Background Postoperative pneumonia (PP) and respiratory failure (PRF) are known to be the most common nonwound complications after bariatric surgery…”
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Best Practice Guidelines in Pediatric/Adolescent Weight Loss Surgery
Published in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (01-02-2005)“…Objective: To establish evidence‐based guidelines for best practices in pediatric/adolescent weight loss surgery (WLS). Research Methods and Procedures: We…”
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Comment on: Omentectomy added to Roux-en- Y gastric bypass surgery: a randomized, controlled trial
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Determinants of resource utilization and outcomes in laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a multicenter analysis of 14,251 patients
Published in Surgical endoscopy (01-08-2011)“…Background Outcomes for patients who undergo laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) surgery have improved, but a subset of patients who significantly…”
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Effect of medical and surgical weight loss on endothelial vasomotor function in obese patients
Published in The American journal of cardiology (15-01-2005)“…We prospectively examined brachial artery endothelial function using vascular ultrasound in 41 obese subjects treated with medical or surgical (gastric bypass)…”
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Early Postoperative Glucose Control Predicts Nosocomial Infection Rate in Diabetic Patients
Published in JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition (01-03-1998)“…Objectives: To determine the relationship between perioperative glucose control and postoperative nosocomial infection rate in 100 consecutive diabetic…”
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