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Flaws in methods of evidence-based medicine may adversely affect public health directives by Kral, J.G., Dixon, J.B., Horber, F.F., Rössner, S., Stiles, S., Torgerson, J.S., Sugerman, H.J.

“…• It is inappropriate to randomize treatments acknowledged to have different safety and quality-of-life outcomes. And • Evidence from such randomization is…”
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case-control study of successful maintenance of a substantial weight loss: individuals who lost weight through surgery versus those who lost weight through non-surgical means by Klem, M.L, Wing, R.R, Ho Chang, C.C, Lang, W, McGuire, M.T, Sugerman, H.J, Hutchison, S.L, Makovich, A.L, Hill, J.O

“…To determine if method of weight loss (surgery; non-surgery) is associated with current levels of psychosocial functional or current weight maintenance…”
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Hand-assisted laparoscopic gastric bypass does not improve outcome and increases costs when compared to open gastric bypass for the surgical treatment of obesity by DEMARIA, E. J, SCHWEITZER, M. A, KELLUM, J. M, MEADOR, J, WOLFE, L, SUGERMAN, H. J

“…Hand-assisted laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (Hand-Lap GB) has been adopted by some surgeons to treat morbid obesity because it is easier to perform…”
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Chronically increased intra-abdominal pressure produces systemic hypertension in dogs by Bloomfield, G.L, Sugerman, H.J, Blocher, C.R, Gehr, T.W.B, Sica, D.A

“…OBJECTIVE: Determine if increased intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) alone can cause systemic hypertension in a chronic canine model. DESIGN: Evaluate effects of…”
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Re: Flaws in evidence-based medicine methodologies may adversely affect public health directives (Surgery 2005;137:280-4.) by Dixon, J.B., Horber, F.F., Rössner, S., Stiles, S., Torgerson, J.S., Sugerman, H.J., Kral, John G.

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Death in the operating room: An analysis of a multi-center experience by Hoyt, D.B., Bulger, E.M., Knudson, M, Morris, J, Ierardi, R, Sugerman, H.J.

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Computerized scintigraphic technique for the evaluation of adult respiratory distress syndrome: initial clinical trials by Tatum, J L, Burke, T S, Sugerman, H J, Strash, A M, Hirsch, J I, Fratkin, M J

“…Eleven patients with suspected adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and five control patients were studied using a computerized gamma imaging and…”
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Radionuclide evaluation of lung trauma by Lull, R J, Tatum, J L, Sugerman, H J, Hartshorne, M F, Boll, D A, Kaplan, K A

“…Nuclear medicine imaging procedures can play a significant role in evaluating the pulmonary complications that are seen in trauma patients. A quantitative…”
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Comparative scintigraphy in oleic acid pulmonary microvascular injury by Sugerman, H J, Hirsch, J I, Tatum, J L, Strash, A M, Sharp, D E, Greenfield, L J

“…Computerized gamma scintigraphy revealed a significant (p less than 0.001) rising lung:heart radioactivity ratio, which has been called "slope of injury" or…”
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Single isotope evaluation of pulmonary capillary protein leak (ARDS model) using computerized gamma scintigraphy by Tatum, J L, Strash, A M, Sugerman, H J, Hirsch, J I, Beachley, M C, Greenfield, L J

“…Using a canine oleic acid model, a computerized gamma scintigraphic technique was evaluated to determine 1) ability to detect pulmonary capillary protein leak…”
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Gamma scintigraphic localization of platelets labeled with indium 111 in a focus of infection by Sugerman, H J, Tatum, J L, Hirsch, J I, Sharp, D E, Qureshi, G D, Hylemon, P B

“…To determine if autologous platelets would localize in a focus of infection, a pyogenic abscess was created in the left hind limb of dogs, using previously…”
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Sensitivity of scintigraphy for detection of pulmonary capillary albumin leak in canine oleic acid ARDS by Sugerman, H J, Strash, A M, Hirsch, J I, Glauser, F L, Shirazi, K K, Sharp, D E, Greenfield, L J

“…Computerized gamma scintigraphy was shown in this study to be a sensitive technique for the detection and kinetic analysis of a pulmonary capillary protein…”
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Comparison of indium 111-labeled platelets v leukocytes in a pyogenic abscess by Wright, T P, Sugerman, H J, Tatum, J L, Hirsch, J I, Sharp, D E, Qureshi, G D

“…This study sought to determine which blood component, WBCs or platelets, is the more specific indicator of an abscess and where each localizes. An abscess was…”
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