2015
Guidelines for the Treatment of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Are They Used?
Piper LC, Zogg CK, Schneider EB, Orman JA, Rasmussen TE, Blackbourne LH, Haider AH. Guidelines for the Treatment of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Are They Used? JAMA Surgery 2015, 150: 1013-1015. PMID: 26267138, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1838.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Hospital Bed Type, the Electronic Medical Record, and Safe Bed Elevation in the Intensive Care Setting
Fitch Z, Duquaine D, Ohkuma R, Schneider E, Whitman G. Hospital Bed Type, the Electronic Medical Record, and Safe Bed Elevation in the Intensive Care Setting. American Journal Of Medical Quality 2014, 31: 69-72. PMID: 25366326, DOI: 10.1177/1062860614556743.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic medical recordsHOB angleMedical recordsCardiac surgical intensive care unitSurgical intensive care unitVentilator-associated pneumoniaIntensive care settingIntensive care unitPercent of nursesCare unitHOB elevationBedside indicatorsCare settingsNursesElevationCompliancePneumoniaPatients
2012
Variations in surgical outcomes associated with hospital compliance with safety practices
Brooke B, Dominici F, Pronovost P, Makary M, Schneider E, Pawlik T. Variations in surgical outcomes associated with hospital compliance with safety practices. Surgery 2012, 151: 651-659. PMID: 22261296, PMCID: PMC3414538, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.12.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleGuideline AdherenceHealth Care SurveysHospitalsHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient SafetyPostoperative ComplicationsPractice Guidelines as TopicQuality Assurance, Health CareSurgical Procedures, OperativeUnited StatesConceptsHigh-risk operationsHospital compliancePostoperative complicationsSafe practiceOpen aortic aneurysm repairHospital-level confoundersRisk-adjusted oddsAortic aneurysm repairRandom effects logistic regression modelEffects logistic regression modelsCross-sectional analysisLogistic regression modelsSafety practicesNationwide hospitalsAneurysm repairRate of failureSurgical outcomesGastrectomy proceduresDecreased oddsComplicationsHospitalDecreased likelihoodHospital qualityLeapfrog GroupPatient safety