2010
Improvements in US Maternal Obstetrical Outcomes From 1992 to 2006
Srinivas SK, Epstein AJ, Nicholson S, Herrin J, Asch DA. Improvements in US Maternal Obstetrical Outcomes From 1992 to 2006. Medical Care 2010, 48: 487-493. PMID: 20393363, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0b013e3181d68840.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor maternal complicationsMaternal complicationsCesarean deliveryVaginal deliveryObstetrical outcomesHospital discharge dataPopulation-based sampleRisk-adjusted ratesThrombotic complicationsCD patientsVD patientsMajor complicationsObstetric proceduresHospital careDelivery outcomesCommon reasonComplicationsPatientsComorbiditiesWomenOutcomesAverage numberComposite measureCD ratesDischarge data
2001
Utilization of technologies to reduce allogeneic blood transfusion in the United States
Hutchinson A, Fergusson D, Graham I, Laupacis A, Herrin J, Hillyer C. Utilization of technologies to reduce allogeneic blood transfusion in the United States. Transfusion Medicine 2001, 11: 79-85. PMID: 11299024, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.2001.00290.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreoperative autologous donationAcute normovolemic haemodilutionAllogeneic blood transfusionOpen heart surgeryCell salvageEpsilon-aminocaproic acidBlood transfusionTranexamic acidUS hospitalsPeri-operative settingCross-sectional mail surveyRecombinant human erythropoietinHospital bed sizeCent of hospitalsNormovolemic haemodilutionAllogeneic bloodAutologous donationBlood supplyCommon reasonHuman erythropoietinHospitalLack of familiarityTransfusionSurgeryInfrequent use