Search Results - "Shirkey, Beverly A."
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Comparison of cognitive behaviour therapy versus activity management, both delivered remotely, to treat paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis: the UK FITNET-NHS RCT
Published in Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) (01-10-2024)“…Parallel-group randomised controlled trial.DesignParallel-group randomised controlled trial.Adolescents aged 11-17 years, diagnosed with myalgic…”
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Reductions in Sepsis Mortality and Costs After Design and Implementation of a Nurse-Based Early Recognition and Response Program
Published in Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety (01-11-2015)“…Sepsis is a leading cause of death, but evidence suggests that early recognition and prompt intervention can save lives. In 2005 Houston Methodist Hospital…”
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The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a group domestic abuse perpetrator programme: protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Published in Current controlled trials in cardiovascular medicine (28-09-2023)“…Background In contrast to evidence for interventions supporting victim/survivors of domestic violence and abuse (DVA), the effectiveness of perpetrator…”
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ACL Surgery Necessity in Non-Acute Patients (ACL SNNAP): a statistical analysis plan for a randomised controlled trial
Published in Current controlled trials in cardiovascular medicine (12-05-2022)“…Rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a common injury, primarily affecting young, active individuals. Despite surgical intervention being the more…”
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Should the nail plate be replaced or discarded after nail bed repair in children? Nail bed INJury Analysis (NINJA) randomised controlled trial: a health economic and statistical analysis plan
Published in Current controlled trials in cardiovascular medicine (07-10-2020)“…Nail bed trauma is one of the most common surgically treated paediatric hand injuries in the UK. Despite surgeons generally expressing a preference to replace…”
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Surgeon-Specific Reports in General Surgery: Establishing Benchmarks for Peer Comparison Within a Single Hospital
Published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons (01-02-2016)“…Background Methods to assess a surgeon's individual performance based on clinically meaningful outcomes have not been fully developed, due to small numbers of…”
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Arthroscopic subacromial decompression for subacromial shoulder pain (CSAW): a multicentre, pragmatic, parallel group, placebo-controlled, three-group, randomised surgical trial
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (27-01-2018)“…Arthroscopic sub-acromial decompression (decompressing the sub-acromial space by removing bone spurs and soft tissue arthroscopically) is a common surgery for…”
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Trends in laparoscopic colorectal surgery over time from 2005-2014 using the NSQIP database
Published in The Journal of surgical research (01-03-2018)“…Laparoscopy, originally pioneered by gynecologists, was first adopted by general surgeons in the late 1980s. Since then, laparoscopy has been adopted in the…”
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Outcomes and Resource Use of Sepsis-associated Stays by Presence on Admission, Severity, and Hospital Type
Published in Medical care (01-03-2016)“…OBJECTIVE:To establish a baseline for the incidence of sepsis by severity and presence on admission in acute care hospital settings before implementation of a…”
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Effect of delirium motoric subtypes on administrative documentation of delirium in the surgical intensive care unit
Published in Journal of clinical monitoring and computing (01-06-2017)“…This study compares the proportions of surgical intensive care unit (ICU) patients with delirium detected using the Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU…”
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The Nanochannel Delivery System for Constant Testosterone Replacement Therapy
Published in Journal of sexual medicine (01-06-2015)“…The goal of testosterone replacement is to provide long-term physiological supplementation at sufficient levels to mitigate the symptoms of hypogonadism. The…”
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Comparison of surgical or non-surgical management for non-acute anterior cruciate ligament injury: the ACL SNNAP RCT
Published in Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) (01-06-2024)“…Anterior cruciate ligament injury of the knee is common and leads to decreased activity and risk of secondary osteoarthritis of the knee. Management of…”
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Effect of Chlorhexidine Bathing Every Other Day on Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Infections in the Surgical ICU: A Single-Center, Randomized Controlled Trial
Published in Critical care medicine (01-10-2016)“…OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that compared with daily soap and water bathing, 2% chlorhexidine gluconate bathing every other day for up to 28 days…”
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Optimizing Evaluation of Patients with Low-to-Intermediate-Risk Acute Chest Pain: A Randomized Study Comparing Stress Myocardial Perfusion Tomography Incorporating Stress-Only Imaging Versus Cardiac CT
Published in Journal of Nuclear Medicine (01-03-2016)“…The purpose of this study was to determine whether stress myocardial perfusion (SPECT) optimized with stress-only (SO) imaging is comparable to cardiac CT…”
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Chlorhexidine bathing and Clostridium difficile infection in a surgical intensive care unit
Published in The Journal of surgical research (01-08-2018)“…Clostridium difficile is the most common causative pathogen for hospital-acquired infections in the intensive care unit. This study evaluated the effect of…”
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Serum undercarboxylated osteocalcin correlates with hemoglobin A1c in children with recently diagnosed pediatric diabetes
Published in Pediatric diabetes (01-12-2017)“…Background Osteocalcin (OC), a hormone secreted by osteoblasts, improves beta‐cell function in vitro and in vivo. We aimed to understand the relationship…”
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Cross‐linking of porcine acellular dermal matrices negatively affects induced neovessel formation using platelet‐rich plasma in a rat model of hernia repair
Published in Wound repair and regeneration (01-01-2017)“…The degree of cross‐linking within acellular dermal matrices (ADM) seems to correlate to neovascularization when used in ventral hernia repair (VHR)…”
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Clinical outcomes of pancreaticoduodenectomy in octogenarians: a surgeon's experience from 2007 to 2015
Published in Journal of gastrointestinal oncology (01-08-2016)“…As the number of elderly people in our population increases, there will be a greater number of octogenarians who will need pancreaticoduodenectomy as the only…”
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The Sepsis Early Recognition and Response Initiative (SERRI)
Published in Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety (01-03-2016)“…48 months and currently ongoing. The Houston Methodist Hospital System and affiliated hospitals (3 facilities with 2 hospital-run skilled nursing facilities in…”
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iPad Tablet Use for General Surgery Residency: Education, Clinical Workflow and Patient Communication
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