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A pilot study of the implementation of WHO Surgical Checklist in Finland: improvements in activities and communication by TAKALA, R. S. K., PAUNIAHO, S.-L., KOTKANSALO, A., HELMIÖ, P., BLOMGREN, K., HELMINEN, M., KINNUNEN, M., TAKALA, A., AALTONEN, R., KATILA, A. J., PELTOMAA, K., IKONEN, T. S.

“…Background World Health Organisation (WHO) has introduced a surgical safety checklist that has reduced post‐operative morbidity and mortality. Prior to…”
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Towards better patient safety: WHO Surgical Safety Checklist in otorhinolaryngology by Helmiö, P., Blomgren, K., Takala, A., Pauniaho, S.-L., Takala, R.S.K., Ikonen, T.S.

“…Clin. Otolaryngol. 2011, 36, 242–247 Objectives:  The World Health Organisation has developed a Surgical Safety Checklist to improve patient safety during…”
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First year with WHO Surgical Safety Checklist in 7148 otorhinolaryngological operations: use and user attitudes by Helmiö, P., Takala, A., Aaltonen, L.-M., Pauniaho, S.-L., Ikonen, T.S., Blomgren, K.

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Surgical safety checklist is associated with improved operating room safety culture, reduced wound complications, and unplanned readmissions in a pilot study in neurosurgery by Lepänluoma, M., Takala, R., Kotkansalo, A., Rahi, M., Ikonen, T. S.

“…Background and Aims: The World Health Organization’s surgical safety checklist is designed to improve adherence to operating room safety standards, and its use…”
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Virtual Reality Simulator Training of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies — A Systematic Review by Ikonen, T. S., Antikainen, T., Silvennoinen, M., Isojärvi, J., Mäkinen, E., Scheinin, T. M.

“…Background and Aims: Simulators are widely used in occupations where practice in authentic environments would involve high human or economic risks. Surgical…”
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Up-regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase in fibroblasts parallels the onset and progression of fibrosis in an experimental model of post-transplant obliterative airway disease by Romanska, Hanna M., Ikonen, Tuija S., Bishop, Anne E., Morris, Randall E., Polak, Julia M.

“…The main cause of mortality following lung transplantation is chronic rejection, manifesting morphologically as obliterative bronchiolitis (OB). It has been…”
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Feasibility of in vivo intravascular ultrasound tissue characterization in the detection of early vascular transplant rejection by JEREMIAS, A, KOLZ, M. L, YOCK, P. G, FITZGERALD, P. J, IKONEN, T. S, GUMMERT, J. F, OSHIMA, A, HAYASE, M, HONDA, Y, KOMIYAMA, N, BERRY, G. J, MORRIS, R. E

“…Unprocessed ultrasound radiofrequency (RF) signal analysis has been shown to distinguish different tissue structures more reliably than gray-scale…”
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Prevention of small airway obliteration in a swine heterotopic lung allograft model by Salminen, U S, Maasilta, P K, Taskinen, E I, Alho, H S, Ikonen, T S, Harjula, A L

“…In our swine model of obliterative bronchiolitis preventing obliteration by the standard immunosuppression with cyclosporine, methylprednisolone, and…”
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Alloimmune injury preceding airway obliteration in porcine heterotopic lung implants : A histologic and immunohistologic study by UUSITALO, M. H, SALMINEN, U.-S, IKONEN, T. S, TASKINEN, E. I, LAUTENSCHLAGER, I. T, MAASILTA, P. K, HARJULA, A. L. J

“…Obliterative bronchiolitis (OB), the major long-term complication of lung transplantation, has thus far lacked a good large-animal model. Our goal was to…”
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Oral Health of Patients Scheduled for Elective Abdominal Aortic Correction with Prosthesis by Häyrinen-Immonen, R, Ikonen, TS, Lepäntalo, M, Lindgren, L, Lindqvist, C

“…Objective: to evaluate the frequency of potential oral foci of infection in patients scheduled for elective abdominal aortic surgery. Design: prospective…”
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Induction of UDP-glycosyltransferase family 1 genes in rat liver: different patterns of mRNA expression with two inducers, 3-methylcholanthrene and β-naphthoflavone by Saarikoski, Sirkku T., Ikonen, Tarja S., Oinonen, Teija, Lindros, Kai O., Ulmanen, Ismo, Husgafvel-Pursiainen, Kirsti

“…Uridine diphosphate (UDP)-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs), presently called UDP-glycosyltransferases, catalyse the detoxification of many toxic and…”
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Multidimensional assessment of graft vascular disease (GVD) in aortic grafts by serial intravascular ultrasound in rhesus monkeys by IKONEN, T. S, BRIFFA, N, GUMMERT, J. F, HONDA, Y, HAYASE, M, HAUSEN, B, BILLINGHAM, M. E, YOCK, P. G, ROBBINS, R. C, MORRIS, R. E

“…Graft vascular disease (GVD) is an incompletely understood process and the primary cause of late allograft failure. A nonhuman primate model was established to…”
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Alterations in inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and nitrotyrosine (NitroY) during re-epithelialization of heterotopic rat tracheal composite grafts by Ikonen, T.S, Romanska, H.M, Bishop, A.E, Berry, G.J, Polak, J.M, Morris, R.E

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Development of models of graft vascular disease in nonhuman primates: evaluation of gvd by intravascular ultrasound in a new cynomolgus model with arterial allograft exchange by Ikonen, T.S, Gummert, J.F, Honda, Y, Hayase, M, Perlroth, J, Hausen, B, Barlow, C, Fitzgerald, P, Yock, P.G, Morris, R.E

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Sirolimus (rapamycin) halts and reverses progression of allograft vascular disease in non-human primates by IKONEN, Tuija S, GUMMERT, Jan F, HAYASE, Motoya, HONDA, Yasuhiro, HAUSEN, Bernard, CHRISTIANS, Uwe, BERRY, Gerald J, YOCK, Paul G, MORRIS, Randall E

“…Current immunosuppressive protocols fail to prevent chronic rejection often manifested as graft vascular disease (GVD) in solid organ transplant recipients…”
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Epithelial re-growth is associated with inhibition of obliterative airway disease in orthotopic tracheal allografts in non-immunosuppressed rats by IKONEN, Tuija S, BRAZELTON, Tim R, BERRY, Gerald J, SHORTHOUSE, Randi S, MORRIS, Randall E

“…Because epithelial cells are targets of alloimmune injury leading ultimately to airway obliteration, we tested whether epithelial re-growth could prevent…”
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Collagens I and III in a Porcine Bronchial Model of Obliterative Bronchiolitis by ALHO, HANNI S, INKINEN, KAIJA A, SALMINEN, ULLA-STINA, MAASILTA, PAULA K, TASKINEN, EERO I, GLUMOFF, VIRPI, VUORIO, EERO I, IKONEN, TUIJA S, HARJULA, ARI L. J

“…The main extracellular matrix components of the lung, type I and III collagens, were studied in chronic allograft rejection developing in a porcine heterotopic…”
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Efficacies of sirolimus (rapamycin) and cyclosporine in allograft vascular disease in non-human primates: trough levels of sirolimus correlate with inhibition of progression of arterial intimal thickening by Ikonen, T S, Gummert, J F, Serkova, N, Hayase, M, Honda, Y, Kobayase, Y, Hausen, B, Yock, P G, Christians, U, Morris, R E

“…We investigated the efficacies of sirolimus (rapamycin) and cyclosporine for inhibition of graft vascular disease (GVD) in cynomolgus monkey recipients of…”
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A pilot study of the implementation of WHO S urgical C hecklist in F inland: improvements in activities and communication by TAKALA, R. S. K., PAUNIAHO, S.‐L., KOTKANSALO, A., HELMIÖ, P., BLOMGREN, K., HELMINEN, M., KINNUNEN, M., TAKALA, A., AALTONEN, R., KATILA, A. J., PELTOMAA, K., IKONEN, T. S.

“…Background W orld H ealth O rganisation ( WHO ) has introduced a surgical safety checklist that has reduced post‐operative morbidity and mortality. Prior to…”
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Surgical safety checklist is associated with improved operating room safety culture, reduced wound complications, and unplanned readmissions in a pilot study in neurosurgery by Lepänluoma, M, Takala, R, Kotkansalo, A, Rahi, M, Ikonen, T S

“…The World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist is designed to improve adherence to operating room safety standards, and its use has been shown to…”
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