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A Quality Collaboration in Heart Failure and Pneumonia Inpatient Care at Novant Health: Standardizing Hospitalist Practices to Improve Patient Care and System Performance by Weems, Larry, Strong, Jodi, Plummer, Dianne, Martin, Jenny, Zweng, Thomas N., Lindsay, Jeff, Paculdo, David, Tran, Mary, Peabody, John

“…Heart failure and pneumonia are among the most measured and expensive conditions to treat in the United States across all payer types and are top of mind for…”
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Percutaneous dilational tracheostomy: Report of 141 cases by Toursarkissian, Boulos, Zweng, Thomas N., Kearney, Paul A., Pofahl, Walter E., Johnson, Steven B., Barker, Donald E.

“…Tracheostomy is indicated frequently in the treatment of critically ill patients who require prolonged mechanical ventilation. The purpose of this prospective…”
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Percutaneous dilational tracheostomy in children and teenagers by Toursarkissian, B, Fowler, C L, Zweng, T N, Kearney, P A

“…Percutaneous dilational tracheostomy (PDT) is a new technique that has been successfully performed in adult patients who required long-term mechanical…”
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The Structured Clinical Instruction Module: A Novel Strategy for Improving the Instruction of Clinical Skills by Sloan, David A., Donnelly, Michael B., Zweng, Thomas N., Lieber, Arthur, Yu, George, Griffith, Charles, Schwartz, Richard W., Strodel, W.E.

“…We have previously shown that both medical students and residents demonstrate numerous important deficits when evaluating patients with abdominal complaints…”
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Pentobarbital Coma in Neurosurgical Patients: Nutrition Considerations by Magnuson, Barbara, Hatton, Jimmi, Zweng, Thomas N., Young, Byron

“…Neurosurgical patients in pentobarbital coma are a complex nutrition support population. Physiologic changes associated with the primary injury to the brain,…”
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Mitral valve replacement in the first 5 years of life by Zweng, Thomas N., Bluett, Michael K., Mosca, Ralph, Callow, Louise B., Bove, Edward L.

“…Between 1976 and 1986, 19 children aged 1 month to 5 years underwent replacement of the mitral (systemic atrioventricular) valve. Indications for valve…”
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Mirizzi's syndrome by Toursarkissian, B, Holley, D T, Kearney, P A, McGrath, P C, Zweng, T N

“…Mirizzi's syndrome is a partial obstruction of the biliary tree caused by a stone impacted in the cystic duct, with or without development of a…”
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Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy: Report of 356 Cases by Hill, Bradley B., Zweng, Thomas N., Maley, Richard H., Charash, William E., Toursarkissian, Boulos, Kearney, Paul A.

“…OBJECTIVE To evaluate the procedure time, complications, and percutaneous dilational tracheostomy (PDT) charges. DESIGN Operative data were prospectively…”
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The concentration of calcium in neonatal cardioplegia by Zweng, Thomas N., Iannettoni, Mark D., Bove, Edward L., Pridjian, Ara K., Fox, Mark H., Bolling, Steven F., Gallagher, Kim P.

“…The optimal calcium concentration in cardioplegia for the newborn has not been determined. Therefore, the effect of 0, 0.6, 1.2, 1.8, and 2.4 mmol/L calcium in…”
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Protection of the Neonatal Heart Following Normothermic Ischemia: A Comparison of Oxygenated Saline and Oxygenated versus Nonoxygenated Cardioplegia by Lynch, Martin J., Bove, Edward L., Zweng, Thomas N., Fox, Mark H., Boiling, Steven F., Gallagher, Kim P.

“…Optimal methods of myocardial preservation in the neonate remain unknown. Hypothermia and cardioplegia have been shown to protect neonatal hearts, but few…”
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