2013
Does Chronic Kidney Disease Affect Outcomes after Major Abdominal Surgery? Results from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
Cloyd JM, Ma Y, Morton JM, Tamura M, Poultsides GA, Visser BC. Does Chronic Kidney Disease Affect Outcomes after Major Abdominal Surgery? Results from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2013, 18: 605-612. PMID: 24241964, DOI: 10.1007/s11605-013-2390-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic kidney diseaseMajor abdominal surgeryGlomerular filtration rateAbdominal surgeryPostoperative mortalityKidney functionNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramNormal preoperative kidney functionEnd-stage renal diseaseSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramComplex abdominal surgeryMild asymptomatic diseaseNon-dialysis patientsPreoperative kidney functionPreoperative renal insufficiencyThirty-day morbidityOverall complication rateRate of pneumoniaThirty-day mortalityMajor abdominal operationsQuality Improvement ProgramKidney impairmentPostoperative complicationsPostoperative morbidityRenal insufficiency
2007
Clinical resolution of severely symptomatic pseudotumor cerebri after gastric bypass in an adolescent
Chandra V, Dutta S, Albanese CT, Shepard E, Farrales-Nguyen S, Morton J. Clinical resolution of severely symptomatic pseudotumor cerebri after gastric bypass in an adolescent. Surgery For Obesity And Related Diseases 2007, 3: 198-200. PMID: 17324634, DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2006.11.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentDisease ProgressionFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGastric BypassHumansIntracranial PressureObesity, MorbidPseudotumor CerebriSeverity of Illness IndexVisual FieldsConceptsVisual field deficitsPseudotumor cerebriIntracranial pressureGastric bypassField deficitsProgressive visual field deficitIntensive medical managementExcess body weightGastric bypass surgeryObese adolescent girlsElevated intracranial pressureSevere visual impairmentBypass surgeryClinical resolutionLumboperitoneal shuntMedical managementComplete regressionTreatment optionsSymptomatic pseudotumorBody weightCerebriVisual impairmentWeight lossAdolescent girlsBypass
2005
Nitrous Oxide and Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery
Brodsky J, Lemmens H, Collins J, Morton J, Curet M, Brock-Utne J. Nitrous Oxide and Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery. Obesity Surgery 2005, 15: 494-496. PMID: 15946427, DOI: 10.1381/0960892053723286.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnesthesia Recovery PeriodAnesthesia, InhalationAnesthetics, InhalationBody Mass IndexDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleGastric BypassHalothaneHumansLaparoscopyMaleMiddle AgedNitrous OxideObesity, MorbidOxygenProspective StudiesRisk AssessmentSensitivity and SpecificitySeverity of Illness IndexTreatment Outcome