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Cervical Total Disc Replacement and Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: Comparison of 30-Day Population Comorbidities and Perioperative Complications Using 6 Years of American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Participant Use File Data by Watts, Charles R., Haapala, Jacob L.

“…American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Participant Use File data from 2014 through 2019 were used to compare 1- and 2-level…”
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Effects of force fields on the conformational and dynamic properties of amyloid β(1‐40) dimer explored by replica exchange molecular dynamics simulations by Watts, Charles R., Gregory, Andrew, Frisbie, Cole, Lovas, Sándor

“…The conformational space and structural ensembles of amyloid beta (Aβ) peptides and their oligomers in solution are inherently disordered and proven to be…”
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Effects of Selective Substitution of Cysteine Residues on the Conformational Properties of Chlorotoxin Explored by Molecular Dynamics Simulations by Gregory, Andrew J, Voit-Ostricki, Leah, Lovas, Sándor, Watts, Charles R

“…Chlorotoxin (CTX) is a 36⁻amino acid peptide with eight Cys residues that forms four disulfide bonds. It has high affinity for the glioma-specific chloride…”
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Conformation and Domain Movement Analysis of Human Matrix Metalloproteinase-2: Role of Associated Zn2+ and Ca2+ Ions by Voit-Ostricki, Leah, Lovas, Sándor, Watts, Charles R.

“…Matrix metaloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) is an extracellular Zn2+ protease specific to type I and IV collagens. Its expression is associated with several…”
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Prompting Physicians to Address a Daily Checklist and Process of Care and Clinical Outcomes: A Single-Site Study by WEISS, Curtis H, MOAZED, Farzad, SZNAJDER, Jacob I, WUNDERINK, Richard G, MCEVOY, Colleen A, SINGER, Benjamin D, SZLEIFER, Igal, AMARAL, Luís A. N, KWASNY, Mary, WATTS, Charles M, PERSELL, Stephen D, BAKER, David W

“…Checklists may reduce errors of omission for critically ill patients. To determine whether prompting to use a checklist improves process of care and clinical…”
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Structural properties of amyloid β(1‐40) dimer explored by replica exchange molecular dynamics simulations by Watts, Charles R., Gregory, Andrew J., Frisbie, Cole P., Lovas, Sándor

“…ABSTRACT Replica exchange molecular dynamics simulations (300 ns) were used to study the dimerization of amyloid β(1‐40) (Aβ(1‐40)) polypeptide…”
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Using a Data-Driven Improvement Methodology to Decrease Surgical Site Infections in a Community Neurosurgery Practice: Optimizing Preoperative Screening and Perioperative Antibiotics by Kerezoudis, Panagiotis, Kelley, Parker C., Watts, Charles R., Heiderscheit, Chris J., Roskos, Michael C.

“…We used a data-driven methodology to decrease the departmental surgical site infection rate to a goal of 1%. A prospective interventional study with historical…”
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Isolated Cerebral Mucormycosis: Patient-Level Data Meta-Analysis and Mayo Clinic Experience by Kerezoudis, Panagiotis, Watts, Charles R., Bydon, Mohamad, Dababneh, Ala S., Deyo, Christopher N., Frye, Judson M., Kelley, Parker C., Kemp, Anna M., Palraj, Bharath V., Pupillo, Gregory T.

“…Isolated cerebral mucormycosis is a rare and serious infection associated with intravenous drug abuse. We performed a comprehensive meta-analysis of cases…”
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Accepting critically III transfer patients: Adverse effect on a referral center's outcome and benchmark measures by ROSENBERG, Andrew L, HOFER, Timothy P, STRACHAN, Cathy, WATTS, Charles M, HAYWARD, Rodney A

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Targeted Temperature Management (Therapeutic Hypothermia) for Acute Brain Injury: A Primer for Neurosurgeons by Sorenson, Thomas, Watts, Charles R

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The attributable mortality and costs of primary nosocomial bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit by DIGIOVINE, B, CHENOWETH, C, WATTS, C, HIGGINS, M

“…Primary nosocomial bloodstream infection (BSI) is a common occurrence in the intensive care unit (ICU) and is associated with a crude mortality of 31.5 to…”
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Use of electronic alerts to enhance hand hygiene compliance and decrease transmission of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in a hematology unit by Venkatesh, Arjun K., MBA, Lankford, Mary G., BSN, Rooney, Denise M., BSN, Blachford, Todd, BSIE, Watts, Charles M., MD, Noskin, Gary A., MD

“…Background Hand hygiene (HH) compliance among health care workers (HCWs) has been historically low and hampered by poor surveillance methods. This study…”
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Comprehensive Management of Osteoporotic Thoracic and Lumbar Vertebral Compression Fractures by Sorenson, Thomas, Korducki, Jane M, Watts, Charles R

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Sedation and Analgesia in Neurosurgery/Neurocritical Care by Watts, Charles R, Kelley, Parker

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Accepting critically ill transfer patients: adverse effect on a referral center's outcome and benchmark measures by Rosenberg, Andrew L, Hofer, Timothy P, Strachan, Cathy, Watts, Charles M, Hayward, Rodney A

“…Common methods of benchmarking clinical performance rarely, if ever, account for admission source and, in particular, the effect of a patient being transferred…”
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Fever burden and functional recovery after subarachnoid hemorrhage by Naidech, Andrew M, Bendok, Bernard R, Bernstein, Richard A, Alberts, Mark J, Batjer, H Hunt, Watts, Charles M, Bleck, Thomas P

“…Fever is associated with worse outcome after subarachnoid hemorrhage, but there are few prospective data to quantify this relationship. We prospectively…”
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Who bounces back? Physiologic and other predictors of intensive care unit readmission by Rosenberg, Andrew L, Hofer, Timothy P, Hayward, Rodney A, Strachan, Cathy, Watts, Charles M

“…OBJECTIVETo determine the influence of changes in acute physiology scores (APS) and other patient characteristics on predicting intensive care unit (ICU)…”
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Supply chain bolt-ons: investment and usage by manufacturers by Watts, Charles A., Mabert, Vincent A., Hartman, Nathan

“…Purpose - While past IT investment research has looked at a number of important factors, one issue that needs to be resolved in supply chain IT is the ability…”
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Medical Complications Drive Length of Stay After Brain Hemorrhage: A Cohort Study by Naidech, Andrew M., Bendok, Bernard R., Tamul, Paul, Bassin, Sarice L., Watts, Charles M., Batjer, H. Hunt, Bleck, Thomas P.

“…Introduction Longer length of stay (LOS) is associated with higher complications and costs in ICU patients, while hospital protocols may decrease complications…”
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Appreciating the Complexity of Project Management Execution: Using Simulation in the Classroom by Hartman, Nathan S., Watts, Charles A., Treleven, Mark D.

“…ABSTRACT As the popularity and importance of project management increase, so does the need for well‐prepared project managers. This article discusses our…”
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