Search Results - "Stukenborg, G J"

Regional Variability in Symptom‐Based MELD Exceptions: A Response to Organ Shortage? by Argo, C. K., Stukenborg, G. J., Schmitt, T. M., Kumer, S. C., Berg, C. L., Northup, P. G.

“…MELD (model for end‐stage liver disease) exception awards affect the liver allocation process. Award rates of specific nonhepatocellular carcinoma exceptions,…”
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Survival After Adult Liver Transplantation Does Not Correlate with Transplant Center Case Volume in the MELD Era by Northup, P. G., Pruett, T. L., Stukenborg, G. J., Berg, C. L.

“…It has been demonstrated that low‐volume orthotopic liver transplant centers have poorer outcomes compared to high‐volume centers. In light of the recent…”
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Seattle Heart Failure and Proportional Risk Models Predict Benefit From Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators by Bilchick, Kenneth C., MD, Wang, Yongfei, MS, Cheng, Alan, MD, Curtis, Jeptha P., MD, Dharmarajan, Kumar, MD, Stukenborg, George J., PhD, Shadman, Ramin, MD, Anand, Inder, MD, Lund, Lars H., MD, Dahlström, Ulf, MD, PhD, Sartipy, Ulrik, MD, PhD, Maggioni, Aldo, MD, Swedberg, Karl, MD, PhD, O’Conner, Chris, MD, Levy, Wayne C., MD

“…Abstract Background Recent clinical trials highlight the need for better models to identify patients at higher risk of sudden death. Objectives The authors…”
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Cancer patient-reported outcomes assessment using wireless touch screen tablet computers by Stukenborg, G. J., Blackhall, L., Harrison, J., Barclay, J. S., Dillon, P., Davis, M. A., Mallory, M., Read, P.

“…Purpose To assess the feasibility of collecting patient-reported outcomes data with wireless touch screen tablet computers in the adult oncology palliative…”
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Effects of patient factors on inpatient mortality after complex liver, pancreatic and gastric resections by Zaydfudim, V M, Stukenborg, G J

“…There is mixed evidence that patients who receive care in hospitals with a low case volume for complex gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary operations have an…”
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Comparison of the Performance of Two Comorbidity Measures, with and without Information from Prior Hospitalizations by Stukenborg, George J., Wagner, Douglas P., Connors, Alfred F.

“…Objectives. This study compares the performance of two comorbidity risk adjustment methods (the Deyo et al adaptation of the Charlson index and the Elixhauser…”
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A cost comparison of two strategies for treating stage IB2 cervical cancer by Lachance, J A, Darus, C J, Stukenborg, G J, Schneider, B F, Rice, L W, Jazaeri, A A

“…Patients with stage IB2 cervical cancer at our institution are treated primarily with definitive chemoradiation, or chemoradiation followed by adjuvant…”
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Comparison of carotid endarterectomy outcomes from randomized controlled trials and Medicare administrative databases by Stukenborg, G J

“…To compare the characteristics and outcomes demonstrated for participants in randomized controlled trials of carotid endarterectomy with those of the Medicare…”
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The incidence of lymphoid and myeloid malignancies among hospitalized Crohn's disease patients by Arseneau, Kristen O., Stukenborg, George J., Connors, Alfred F., Cominelli, Fabio

“…An association may exist between Crohn's disease (CD) and lymphoid/myeloid malignancies. We aimed to evaluate the 2‐year cumulative incidence rate of…”
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Effects of patient factors on inpatient mortality after complex liver, pancreatic and gastric resections: Mortality and patient factors for complex operations by Zaydfudim, V. M., Stukenborg, G. J.

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Adding value to clinical data by linkage to a public death registry by Pates, R D, Scully, K W, Einbinder, J S, Merkel, R L, Stukenborg, G J, Spraggins, T A, Reynolds, C, Hyman, R, Dembling, B P

“…We describe the methodology and impact of merging detailed statewide mortality data into the master patient index tables of the clinical data repository (CDR)…”
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Portal vein thrombosis, mortality and hepatic decompensation in patients with cirrhosis: A meta-analysis by Stine, Jonathan G, Shah, Puja M, Cornella, Scott L, Rudnick, Sean R, Ghabril, Marwan S, Stukenborg, George J, Northup, Patrick G

“…AIM: To determine the clinical impact of portal vein thrombosis in terms of both mortality and hepatic decompensations(variceal hemorrhage, ascites,…”
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Long-Term Forecasting of Death in the Neonatal ICU using Heart Rate Characteristics Monitoring and Clinical Data by Moorman, J R, Carlo, W A, Kattwinkel, J, Schelonka, R L, Porcelli, P J, Navarrete, C T, Bancalari, E, Aschner, J L, Walker, M W, Perez, J A, Palmer, C, Wagner, D P, Stukenborg, G J, Lake, D E, O'Shea, T M

“…Background: Early and on-going prediction of in-NICU mortality can aid clinicians and parents who are caring for high-risk preterm infants. We developed heart…”
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The Association between Hospital Characteristics and Rates of Preventable Complications and Adverse Events by Thornlow, Deirdre K., Stukenborg, George J.

“…Background/Objectives: This study examined the statistical relationship between hospital ownership and teaching status and hospital rates for potentially…”
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A nomogram for estimating the risk of unplanned readmission after major surgery by Williams, Michael D., MD, FACS, Turrentine, Florence E., PhD, RN, Stukenborg, George J., PhD, MA

“…Background Unplanned hospital readmissions among surgical patients are the target of multiple efforts to improve patient outcomes and to decrease avoidable…”
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The ideal physician: implications for contemporary hospital marketing by Gochman, D S, Stukenborg, G J, Feler, A

“…A questionnaire asking individuals to identify freely the characteristics most descriptive of physicians who are closest to their ideal was mailed to a…”
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Present-at-admission diagnoses improve mortality risk adjustment and allow more accurate assessment of the relationship between volume of lung cancer operations and mortality risk by Stukenborg, George J., Kilbridge, Kerry L., Wagner, Douglas P., Harrell, Frank E., Oliver, M. Norman, Lyman, Jason A., Einbinder, Jonathan S., Connors, Alfred F.

“…Mortality risk adjustment is a key component of studies that examine the statistical relationship between hospital lung cancer operation volume and in-hospital…”
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Hospital discharge abstract data on comorbidity improved the prediction of death among patients hospitalized with aspiration pneumonia by Stukenborg, George J, Wagner, Douglas P, Harrell, Frank E, Oliver, M.Norman, Kilbridge, Kerry L, Lyman, Jason, Einbinder, Jonathan, Connors, Alfred F

“…To use diagnoses reported as present at admission in California hospital discharge abstract data to identify categories of comorbid disease and conditions…”
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Comorbid disease and the effect of race and ethnicity on in-hospital mortality from aspiration pneumonia by OLIVER, M. Norman, STUKENBORG, George J, WAGNER, Douglas P, HARRELL, Frank E, KILBRIDGE, Kerry L, LYMAN, Jason A, EINBINDER, Jonathan, CONNORS, Alfred F

“…Racial and ethnic disparities in mortality have been demonstrated in several diseases. African Americans are hospitalized at a significantly higher rate than…”
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A potential increased risk of lymphatic and/or hematopoietic neoplasms among Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis patients admitted to the university of virginia health sciences center: A four year retrospective study by O'Dell, KE, Stukenborg, GJ, Connors, AF, Cominelli, F.

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