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Ten years of the Surgical Safety Checklist by Weiser, T. G., Haynes, A. B.

“…Not just a tick box exercise…”
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Functional dyspepsia: the economic impact to patients by Lacy, B. E., Weiser, K. T., Kennedy, A. T., Crowell, M. D., Talley, N. J.

“…Summary Background Although highly prevalent, little is known about the economic impact of functional dyspepsia (FD). Aims To quantify FD patients' health care…”
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Variation in global uptake of the Surgical Safety Checklist by Delisle, M., Pradarelli, J. C., Panda, N., Koritsanszky, L., Sonnay, Y., Lipsitz, S., Pearse, R., Harrison, E. M., Biccard, B., Weiser, T. G., Haynes, A. B.

“…Background The Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) is a patient safety tool shown to reduce mortality and to improve teamwork and adherence with perioperative…”
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Implementation science and innovation in global surgery by Weiser, T. G., Forrester, J. A., Negussie, T.

“…Introduces implementation science…”
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Evaluating the collection, comparability and findings of six global surgery indicators by Holmer, H., Bekele, A., Hagander, L., Harrison, E. M., Kamali, P., Ng‐Kamstra, J. S., Khan, M. A., Knowlton, L., Leather, A. J. M., Marks, I. H., Meara, J. G., Shrime, M. G., Smith, M., Søreide, K., Weiser, T. G., Davies, J.

“…Background In 2015, six indicators were proposed to evaluate global progress towards access to safe, affordable and timely surgical and anaesthesia care…”
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How powerful is failure to rescue as a global metric? Not as powerful as a commitment to measurement by Weiser, T.G.

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A label-free, impedance-based real time assay to identify drug-induced toxicities and differentiate cytostatic from cytotoxic effects by Kustermann, S., Boess, F., Buness, A., Schmitz, M., Watzele, M., Weiser, T., Singer, T., Suter, L., Roth, A.

“…► A novel impedance based real-time cytotoxicity assay has been established. ► An analysis algorithm for impedance data has been developed. ► Cytotoxic and…”
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Clean Cut (adaptive, multimodal surgical infection prevention programme) for low-resource settings: a prospective quality improvement study by Forrester, J A, Starr, N, Negussie, T, Schaps, D, Adem, M, Alemu, S, Amenu, D, Gebeyehu, N, Habteyohannes, T, Jiru, F, Tesfaye, A, Wayessa, E, Chen, R, Trickey, A, Bitew, S, Bekele, A, Weiser, T G

“…Clean Cut is an adaptive, multimodal programme to identify improvement opportunities and safety changes in surgery by enhancing outcomes surveillance, closing…”
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Efficacy and safety of a fixed‐dose combination of ibuprofen and caffeine in the management of moderate to severe dental pain after third molar extraction by Weiser, T., Richter, E., Hegewisch, A., Muse, D.D., Lange, R.

“…Background Ibuprofen is an effective analgesic treatment with a ceiling effect at doses above 400 mg. This study compared the combination of ibuprofen 400 mg…”
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A Nationwide Enumeration of the Surgical Workforce, its Production and Disparities in Operative Productivity in Liberia by Adde, H. A., van Duinen, A. J., Sherman, L. M., Andrews, B. C., Salvesen, Ø., Dunbar, N. K., Bleah, A. J., Weiser, T. G., Bolkan, H. A.

“…Background Any health care system that strives to deliver good health and well-being to its population relies on a trained workforce. The aim of this study was…”
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The Lifebox Surgical Headlight Project: engineering, testing, and field assessment in a resource‐constrained setting by Starr, N., Panda, N., Johansen, E. W., Forrester, J. A., Wayessa, E., Rebollo, D., August, A., Fernandez, K., Bitew, S., Mammo, T. Negussie, Weiser, T. G.

“…Background Poor surgical lighting represents a major patient safety issue in low‐income countries. This study evaluated device performance and undertook field…”
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Evaluation of an adult immunization composite measure in the Indian Health Service by Weiser, T., Bacon, A., Corum, B., Van Lew, H., Groom, A.

“…•We developed and tested the first composite measure of adult immunization coverage.•This new composite measure assessed adult immunization services in…”
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The role of epidemiology in informing United States childhood immunization policy and practice by Carter-Pokras, O., Hutchins, S., Gaudino, J.A., Veeranki, S.P., Lurie, P., Weiser, T., DeMarco, M., Khan, N.F., Cordero, J.F.

“…One of the ten greatest public health achievements is childhood vaccination because of its impact on controlling and eliminating vaccine-preventable diseases…”
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Mass casualty incident training in a resource-limited environment (Br J Surg 2012; 99: 356-361) by Weiser, T. G.

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Surgically avertable burden of obstetric conditions in low‐ and middle‐income regions: a modelled analysis by Higashi, H, Barendregt, JJ, Kassebaum, NJ, Weiser, TG, Bickler, SW, Vos, T

“…Objective To quantify the burden of maternal and neonatal conditions in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) that could be averted by full access to…”
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Comparison of the effects of four Na + channel analgesics on TTX-resistant Na + currents in rat sensory neurons and recombinant Nav1.2 channels by Weiser, Thomas

“…Na + channel blockers are highly effective analgesics. Among the neuronal Na + channel subtypes, Nav1.8 is discussed to be of importance for certain pain…”
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Topical ambroxol for the treatment of neuropathic pain: An initial clinical observation. English version by Kern, K.-U., Weiser, T.

“…Background Neuropathic pain is difficult to treat, and the available options are often inadequate. The expectorant ambroxol also acts as a strong local…”
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Effect of hyoscine butylbromide (Buscopan®) on cholinergic pathways in the human intestine by Krueger, D., Michel, K., Allam, S., Weiser, T., Demir, I. E., Ceyhan, G. O., Zeller, F., Schemann, M.

“…Background Hyoscine butylbromide (HBB, Buscopan®) is clinically used to treat intestinal cramps and visceral pain. Various studies, mainly on animal tissues,…”
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Effectiveness and safety of topical capsaicin cream in the treatment of chronic soft tissue pain by Chrubasik, S, Weiser, T, Beime, B

“…Topical capsaicin is an established treatment option for various pain conditions. In a randomized double‐blind multi‐centre study, 281 patients suffering from…”
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Efficacy and safety of nicoboxil/nonivamide ointment for the treatment of acute pain in the low back - A randomized, controlled trial by Gaubitz, M., Schiffer, T., Holm, C., Richter, E., Pisternick-Ruf, W., Weiser, T.

“…Background Until now, nonivamide/nicoboxil ointment has not been tested in a randomized trial for the treatment of acute non‐specific low back pain. Methods…”
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